Zoalords
Chapter 12
The Creature
The rebuilt base at Relic's Point
It was resting within a reinforced processing tube, heavily guarded and sedated.
"So, this is what happens when you combine Guyver and human DNA." Lord Mirabilis reached out and touched the tube.
"This is the uncontrolled Guyver in it's raw state. He developed within nine hours of recovery of the arm. " Dr. Nighthawk observed, "He had to be restrained by three Gregoles and a Minodlius. He nearly bonded with one of the Gregoles. God only knows what would happen to his host without a Control Unit . . ."
"You should have let it take the Zoanoid." Barcus stated, "Then we would know what would happen."
Czyvek grimaced, "Not every scientist is completely amoral, Doctor Barcus."
"Science progresses through experimentation. Risk. Sacrifice." Barcus smiled, "Would you like to volunteer to bond with this Guyver, Lord Czyvek?"
"Only if you go first, Lord Barcus."
'He' looked nothing like Makashima Agito, or any other human being. He was a hominid, hairless, with powerful musculature and sharp teeth and claws. His reddish-brown flesh had a sagging, almost molten appearance. He would have made a good Zoanoid design. As he had been spawned from a male host and contained male chromosomes, he had been labeled male for ease of reference.
The name on the identification plate beneath the Processing Unit was rather fitting.
Agito
"I'm not sure if the Guyver creature is naturally humanoid, or if he gained that shape from his host." Dr. Nighthawk continued, "We haven't had time to study him closely. His genetic material is, apparently, unstable, he may not survive."
Czyvek reached out to touch the creature's mind, but could not reach it.
"Don't waste your time, Czyvek. This creature is a Guyver, by definition our telepathy cannot affect it." Hamilcar Barcus stroked his beard, "Besides, it seems to be mindless. Driven only by instinct to merge with a host."
Czyvek turned to Doctor Nighthawk, "How did you manage to subdue it?"
Doctor Nighthawk blushed, "We . . . We used one of the few things we knew could incapacitate a Guyver. We had our Elegen pour over four million volts into him. Then we gave him enough tranquilizers to kill a hundred elephants."
"We can learn much from it." Czyvek circled the creature, examining it. "This could unlock many of the secrets behind the Guyver organisms.
"Perhaps a host can be located for it." Barcus mused.
"I volunteer Doctor Shaver." Czyvek replied. Doctor Thomas Shaver, a human scientist stationed at Takeshiro, had been uncovered as Agito's spy within the project. Czyvek intended to make an example of him. He was not in a forgiving mood.
"As a meal perhaps, but not a host." Mirabilis replied, "If it did bond with him and grant him even a fraction of the power of a Guyver . . ."
Mirabilis had a point. A traitor would not be the best candidate for such an experiment.
"You needn't worry about that," Dr. Shirai hobbled over, "The Guyver is a parasitoid. A parasite that devours its host. All that protects Fukamachi and Makashima is their Control Medallions. That's what happened, or started to happen, to Lisker when Fukamachi destroyed his Control Medallion. He was being eaten alive when Guyver I vaporized him." He paused thoughtfully, "A pity we did not get to see what the creature would have done after devouring him."
"Hopefully we will get the chance to see it unleashed upon Makashima." Czyvek replied coldly.
Makashima Agito opened his eyes to find himself in a hospital bed in a windowless room. His arm was fully restored, the burns were gone. As hard as they tried, CHRONOS could not find an acid that would permanently harm the Guyver. They didn't want to, as they intended to use the Unit themselves.
"So, you're finally awake." Agito turned his head toward the voice. He was a tall, blonde man with a heavily scarred face. Agito was stunned.
"How can you be here? You're dead!"
"Do dead men walk and talk?" Richard Guyot, former head of CHRONOS Japan and the first Zoalord to betray Archanfel, smiled, "No, I am alive. And I want to help you make sure CHRONOS pays for what they have done to us."
To be continued . . .