Hey I want to thank people for such nice reviews, I will mention now- Mam is the woman's name- not mum or short for madam...but is her name
His heartbeat raced. It raced like never before. He was panting, his mouth was wide open. Gasping… taking in as much air as it could. Exhaustion swept over him and he so wished to fall into it. Just a little further, he allowed his eye lids to close, he began to slip into the sweet embrace of sleep.
A jolt through his body persuaded them to fly open again and he let out a yell.
"You're not done yet, Solaris" A faceless man told him, dragging him back to his feet for the twentieth time. Not done? Not DONE? How much longer they had been at it since he had come back in from outside? Summon was right and he hated it. He threw back his head and gave the scientist a sweet smile but his lips remained sealed. He swayed a little as he battled to stay awake.
Then suddenly the world went black.
A small Labrador with red eyes was running around the hallways of the facility. He ran and ran laughing as not far behind him was his favourite playmate.
Larry the Security Guard
"Get back here, you mutt!" the man growled as he ran after the animal. Beast rolled his eyes,
Oh yeah, I am so gonna stop now
But all Larry heard was barking. The dog picked up the pace
Come on, move your fat ass, or you'll never get me back in the room
As the dog rounded another corner he ran into someone. Shaking his head he looked up to see a tall woman, she was thin and well blessed in her assets; her black hair complimented her tanned skin. She smiled darkly.
"So Beast…you come to me as a dog? You know better than that"
Beast shivered. He did know better than that, after all, this woman was a demon; she knew how to control the subjects by finding their weakness. And his was embarrassing.
"Please forgive me, Mam…he was too fast"
She smiled "It's ok…I'll make him come along" she knelt down and smiled. "Who's a good boy?" her voice was suddenly honey soaked. Beast felt his ears prick up and his tail wag
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Beast's weakness was he was prone to also take on the behaviour patterns of the animal he took the form of, so if you knew how to train the animal he was… you could control Beast. Mam scratched behind his ear and he melted
Damn it!
She started talking and praising him and he began barking playfully
Damn it!
"Come on! " she smiled, tapping her knees "Up!" and he jumped on her lap
Damn it!
He suddenly disliked dogs, so much. He suddenly realised how much they craved attention.
Ten minutes later, Mam was carrying a very disgruntled Albino back through the halls
"I hate you…"
"I think highly of you too my boy, maybe next time give me a challenge…like an ant…"
He grumbled under his breath as she carried him into the sleeping quarters of the subjects.
The sleeping quarters was a series of blocks that belonged to each Subject, each of the blocks only had 3 walls so the room was on full display and each one was a simple bed, table and seat. The blocks were arranged around a courtyard that was accessed through a door into the other areas of the lab. On the East wall was Summon's room and Amazonia's room on the ground level, then up a ladder was Harmonic's room. On the west wall was Flora's room and Briar's room on the ground level with Atomics and Glaciers above them. On the south wall was Beast's room and a shared room between Mirror and Reflect, there was an empty block on the second floor of the south wall now as Solaris' new room. On the North wall was the way out and nothing else, in the centre of the courtyard was a container that the scientists filled with all sorts of books and toys that the subjects could decorate the blocks with if they so wish.
The door was locked at Mam left. Beast sighed and looked around, the only ones up were himself and Summon, who was sat reading on his bed.
"New book?" he asked looking over at Summon and then the container noticing it had some new additions. Summon looked up and nodded, then returned to reading
"Must be good" he grumbled, walked over to his room and sat down.
A few hours passed until Solaris was dragged in and dumped disorientated and tired. Beast blinked as the boy made no movement so walked over and peered over the boy.
"So, rough day?"
"I think so…I don't really remember most of it…" Solaris laughed. Beast sighed and sat down next to Solaris
"Good to see you still smiling, most would fall into a depression"
"Ah, but things always look better with a smile" Solaris added still smiling; Beast could swear he could see sparkles coming off the boy "Oh…is that a bunny?"
Thinking it a strange comment the German looked towards where the boy was pointing and sure enough, there was a rabbit.
"Ah…that would be Summon"
"Summon is a rabbit?"
"No, Summon created the rabbit, idiot" Beast laughed "At night his dreaming activates his power because of the guy's imagination, it's like nearly as awesome as I am!" he peered over and sure enough the Brit had fallen asleep still clutching the tattered cover of the book he had been reading "So we try to make sure he always has pleasant dreams…or it's more problems for us…but that is why we have guards outside the door" he laughed
Solaris crawled closer to the rabbit wondering if it was an illusion, he reached forward and stroked the creature and was surprised by how soft it felt, it may have been created from a boy's mind but it seemed as real as he was. He had to admit he was impressed. Then he noticed there were an increasing number of rabbits
"You know come to think about it, Summon dreams about rabbits a lot….wonder why…" The albino thought about it before shaking his head "It's too late to be thinking about this…come on, let's get you into your room…what the hell are you doing?"
He raised an eyebrow at the Spaniard who was now covered in bunnies laughing away "They are so fluffy and cuddly and so ….well real…"
"Yeah…" He shook his head and stood up "Come on, Solaris…put the bunnies down…we need to get to sleep…"
Solaris pouted "But the bunnies…" he pulled away as Beast tried to take the rabbit that had nested between his ears. The albino rolled his eyes, was this guy for real?
Solaris was quite happy covered in the cuteness and began mentally thanking Summon for his power. Suddenly there was a sharp pain in his ear. Beast dragged him to stand by it.
"Ow, ow, ow, Beast that hurts…" he whined.
"Well we have to get up on the dot of 8 so unless you want re-education on your second day I suggest you belt up and go to bed" Beast pushed Solaris to the ladder that led to his room.
Grumbling in defeat the Spaniard climbed up and dragged himself to the bed. Well, at least he should try and sleep. It wasn't too hard as he instantly plunged into darkness and into his dream
"Solaris…"
Solaris heard himself being called in his dream, he looked around, he appeared to be in the park. He remembered it as the place where it all began.
"Hello?" he asked "Who's there?"
"I'm over here…"
Solaris looked over to where he had first seen him, Summon was stood by the tree but now he was wearing black trousers, a white shirt and a black waistcoat. He walked over the grass and Solaris noticed he was barefoot. "Sorry about this…"
"About what?"
"Well you see…this is a part of my power no one knows about…but I can enter a person's dream, so that's the first part of the sorry"
Solaris blinked at him then smiled. "Well its ok no harm done right?" the look on the Brit's face said otherwise
"Not exactly…I came here so I could apologise properly for the fact you got taken and I started to over think it and I ended up…changing your dream to this…"
He spread his arms to indicate the park "After all this is where it happened"
"You can change dreams?"
"I think I can change more but I am too afraid to try" he sighed "But please don't tell anyone…you're the first person I have really told even if I have been in the others dreams many times…"
"But why not…this is cool"
"If THEY find out…I could be used the same way as Flora is…"
Solaris suddenly understood his reasoning, the boy was right, if Summon had the power to change a person through their mind he could be forced to do some unthinkable things "Alright I won't tell"
Summon smiled and turned "So um yeah…I am really sorry I got you caught, I know you said don't worry about it but I would really like you to accept it"
"OK I will accept it, but on one condition"
"Oh?" Summon was worried and curious, he turned back to the Spaniard
"Why do you create rabbits in your sleep, Beast says it happens a lot" Solaris asked and Summon went bright red
"W-well…err"
"Hey no one but you and me will know outside this dream…and I won't accept your apology till you tell me"
Grumbling something about Solaris being a first class wanker he sighed "I think it's because…he calls me …"
Solaris leaned in ready for the answer
"He calls me mon lapin…"
Then everything went white as the bell to wake up rung sharp and clear.
Solaris forced his eyes to open as a bright light beamed down on him
"It's time to awaken Solaris"
Looking above him was one of the staff. "Morning!" he sang happily. The lab assistant roughly grabbed his arm and dragged him to sit. Taking a thermometer from his bag he prodded at the boy's mouth for entry. Solaris opened his mouth and the thermometer was placed under his tongue. He felt a little stupid but noticed that the others were also being poked and prodded. The assistant checked his pulse, his heat beat and other things before removing the thermometer and his temperature was taken. He smiled and motioned for the boy to stand.
"So you're healthy, that is good, we can start with your testing then"
Groaning internally, the Spaniard smiled and nodded. Suddenly there a squeal as Flora was deemed healthy and she saw someone waiting by the door.
The boy was dressed in the white baggy clothing everyone seemed to be given, but this boy was different, for one he had no cat ears and tail and the guards seem to keep a close watch on him. He had what appeared to be shackles on his feet and hands and a collar round his neck, he had a similar haircut to Flora so Solaris quickly twigged who he was.
This was the boy referred to as Brother. Solaris watched as the two embraced and Brother began to whisper to Flora in comfort as she cried and refused to let him go. Soon the two were bundled through the door and the rest followed. As if they were criminals the subjects were escorted individually with guards separating them until they reached the main room.
This time the room was full of wonderful smells and the tables had food up on them. The subject were all led to specific plates that seemed to be filled with food that the lab felt benefitted them the best.
Solaris sat down and slowly ate at the questionable platter. He wasn't going to complain, after all food was food and he knew that it wasn't in their best interest to leave their subjects undernourished. None of the Subjects raised any sort of objection and when the meal was done the plates were removed and they were left alone again. Flora took Brother's hand and guided him over to Solaris
"This is the new guy" she smiled hanging off the older boys arm
"Nice to meet you…" he muttered. Solaris smiled
"And you"
~Attention Subjects, testing will begin in an hour, please prepare yourselves~
"Well, that is just brilliant" Amazonia pouted, folding her arms across her chest, noticing Solaris look over she sighed "If they announce it…it means we are being tested…so we will be performing in front of him…the Head"
Accessing Subject File:
Mathew Williams- Glacier
-The Ability to create ice from merely the water in the air. Can withstand extreme cold.
-He can see through the thickest snow storms and can even bend the snow around him. Consideration to take him to higher altitudes to see full extent of his power.
-Both Subject Glacier and Subject Atomic are very close- discussion to try a Joining has been suggested.
-Shows interest in Subject Beast however the Subject refuses to approach Subject Beast so it is believe nothing harmful will occur. However he is now under surveillance.