Experiment V
I don't own RWBY, please enjoy the story though
Chapter 18
As I watched Video Log after Video Log of my father's progress on his experiment...me. There had been many close calls of me going into a panic attack as I watched Dad take a Grimm, a Jackal to be exact, and use it to create the basis of my genetic makeup. All the while explaining the science behind it.
One Log in particular shocked me the most.
"Video Log # 48; I have managed to prep the Grimm basis for the beginning of its new life...May Monty be upon my side." Dad said as I saw him lower the Jackal into a large glass tube filled with what looked to be water, though I knew it wasn't, and add a pulsating Dust crystal, that glowed with a white and crimson red light, to a separate piece of the machine.
He flipped a few switches and dialed a few knobs.
"Genetic alteration of Experiment 5-326 commencing. Aura implanting synchronizing." A female computer voice said from off camera as the image on screen showed the Jackal begin to twitch and spasm uncontrollably in the tube, a white and crimson light starting to silhouette against the creature of darkness until it stopped and started to disintegrate but with nowhere to go, swirled around in the tube until it slowly started to compress itself into a black orb.
It pulsated once. Twice. Trice. Then it stopped "Commencing complete. Aura implantation synchronizing." The computer said.
Dad reappeared in front of the camera with the beginnings of a smile starting to form on his face. "I've done it...after so many years! Its finally beginning!" He said, joy seeping into his voice.
The Video Log ended and another one started "Video Log # 49; Everything is going as planned, it's been a year since my last video log but with 5-326 developing, I couldn't risk losing focus but that all turned out well..." He paused just as baby garble and babbling was heard and he disappeared off screen for a second before reappearing with a small bundle.
I shut the video off immediately. "I'm done,,,I've gotten my answers" I said, my mouth and body moving on their own which caused Raven to raise an eyebrow while Mom continued to look away from me in shame. "James, you need to watch these so that you know what-" Raven began.
"I don't want to know!" I cut her off "It...it's not something that I want to know about..." I mutter out.
"You need to know...there's something that you don't know about with your past" I heard Mom say softly from her seat. I raised an eyebrow at her but she said nothing else, instead opting to get up, walk over to me and wrap her arms around me hesitantly.
"What you're about to be shown...I don't want you to hate me for allowing it to happen...I-" she let out a sob and I felt my shirt start to dampen rapidly "I'm so sorry for what they did to you, I had no say in stopping it." She finished before releasing me and taking my scroll.
She flipped through the many files of videos until she found the one she was looking for and tapped it. Allowing it to play.
"Video Log # Unknown" I heard Dr. F. Stein say as the video opened, showing what looked to be a 13 to 14 year old me, restrained on an operating table. From the looks of it, I was trying to free myself but failing.
"At 16:45(1), Experiment 5-326-" Dr. Stein began "That's not my name asshole!" My younger self shouted, venom spewing from my voice but promptly silenced by a quick,yet forceful, slap across the face. "As I was saying; At 16:45,Experiment 5-326 attempted to disobey orders and join a ban of hunters. The hunters were dealt with swiftly but 5-326 was restrained and brought back to base. Not an easy task, he killed quite a few of our soldiers and showed many abilities we had yet to know about but that is why we brought him here under direct orders from Commander Crane...we're to conduct a few...operations to try and understand how he was able to do such feats."
He put on a couple sets of operating gloves and started to collect his tools "You're a fucking psycho, you bastard!" Younger me shouted, prompting another slap from the Doctors assistants. "Thank you, Igor" Dr. Stein said as he finished getting his tools together. He turned towards me and said "Let's begin shall we" which prompted my younger self to spit in his face.
"Igor!" Dr. Stein shouted as his assistant from before appeared and moved his arm back to slap me again but I noticed something on my younger self's face, a smug yet psychotic grin appeared, and just as Igor's hand came within striking range, my younger self lunged out and bit his hand the swiftly snapped his head the other direction, tearing the man's hand off from his wrist.
He started to scream in pain and clutched the stump, blood spilling out and soaking the operating room. His cries of agony soon died in his throat as he finally succumb to blood loss. Younger me however; used the pools of blood that had poured onto me to get out of the restraints. The video cut out.
The video cut back on and it showed a distraught and disheveled Dr. Stein "He escaped, but we recovered him, although not in the condition I wanted him to be in" he said as he moved to the side to show a younger me but this time was differently.
My stomach churned as I saw my younger body; torn horizontally in half, my organs lying on the operating table between my two halves, my right arm having a compound fracture, the bone sticking jaggedly out of the skin while my left arm had been cut off, a clean line separating it at the elbow, but the most horrifying injury having to be that the right half of my head had been almost entirely blown off.
I struggled to keep my food down then I heard the Doctor speak again "As horrifying of a condition his body is in, if you look closely then you'll notice his heart's still beating in its steady rhythm as if the body is still perfectly intact" he said before I heard gagging and looked over to see that Yang had her hand over her mouth before swiftly getting up and running out of the room.
The sound of vomiting soon followed as Tai then snapped out of his sickened gaze and left to go tend to her while Blake went outside, claiming that she needed fresh air. I looked back at the screen and saw that the doctor had began his poking and prodding.
This continued for awhile before I saw the Doctor walk away for a moment before returning with a syringe in hand, he stabbed my younger body in the heart and injected the drug into it.
My torso started to convulse before it began to restore itself, the ripped flesh starting to mend itself, bones setting and healing themselves, and my organs shifting and restoring themselves.
I inhaled deeply and began coughing. "W-where am I? Who...am I?" I heard my voice ask, confusion evident in it.
Hate to leave it off here but it seemed like a good stopping point. 1: 16:45 = 4:45 PM. I'll take my leave for now but until next time...stay tuned readers