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The leader furrowed his brow as he gazed down at the unconscious victim. The boy had been set down on the medical bed by Dex for an examination. Cuts, scrapes and bruises scattered his body.
"So, you just found him?" Dex continued to interrogate his employee about her recent discovery in town.
"Yep" she answered in a bored manner as she lined up all the necessary tools needed to fix up the patient.
"And how did you get back in less than two hours?" The leader of the entomologist team questioned the clone. Jenny looked up at him and held out a pair of sharp scissors.
"I already told you, this guy has phenomenal strength." Jenny grabbed the hem of the boy's shirt and began cutting the mud and blood encrusted material with ease. The final seam of the white shirt tore and was removed from his pale skin. Inside was much worse.
Large gashes, scars and many unhealed wounds caressed the grooves and lines that accompanied this man's physique. Jenny seethed through her teeth and knotted her brows in sympathy at the sight. Wringing a sponge out in the bucket next to her, the clone threw the object at her boss, which he caught with ease.
"Grab a sponge." She muttered before wringing out one for herself.
"This the new guy?" Tung questioned as he walked into the medical centre. Dex and Jenny snapped their heads in the frog boy's direction holding sponges that were now tainted red.
"He's not joining us Tung," Dex began in a serious tone as he continued to mop at the copious amount of blood. "We just need to fix him up and then find him a home."
Tung continued to examine the patient. "What's his name?"
"He doesn't have one." Jenny 10 replied as she soaked the red sponge in the bucket.
"Who doesn't have a name?" The tracker raised his eyebrow at his team members.
"This guy, obviously. But he won't stay like that for long." Dex began in his authoritative tone. "We're going to find out who he is and send him back to where he came from, right Jenny?" The leader shot his engineer a stern glare while placing his red sponge back into the bucket with a splash. Jenny darted her eyes to the red ones of her boss, before casting her gaze away in a guilty fashion.
"Right." She mumbled softly as she inserted the syringe into the inside nook of his elbow. This task had to be completed with alien insects on a regular basis at the habitat, but to do this on a human; Jenny couldn't help but feel her stomach twist into a knot as the tick red blood oozed into the tiny clear tube. Her green eyes narrowed to the small sample before walking over to her computer.
"Blood looks a little thick," Jenny inquired. "I better check it for any medical irregularities."
She decided to ignore the loud sigh of exasperation from her boss as she placed the sample into the analyser.
"He looks a little strange." Tung voiced his opinion to his boss. Dex only chuckled at his tracker's comments.
"That's rich coming from a half frog-half human." Jenny giggled, her eyes never leaving the flashing images of the computer screen. After a few more flashes the team was startled as sirens blared and lights began to blink.
"What on Earth is that?" Tung questioned to his team, his eyes scrunched up and his hands placed on his ears.
"I don't know," Jenny slammed her finger on the multiple keyboards. She managed to cease the noise and lights, but the cause for the problem was still unknown to the clone.
"What...wh-" Jenny's muttering has cut short as a large image of the unknown boy appeared on the screen with an accompanying image of schematics.
"What's that?" Dex questioned the girl as he approached the computer, honest curiosity laced in his words.
"I'm not sure." The blue haired girl removed herself from her seat and stood in between her boss and Tung. The screen continued to flash, colours spilling over the astonished faces of the team at Hamilton Habitat.
The image of the stranger grew to a full size on the screen; small annotated boxes appeared, pointing at various spots on the man's silhouette.
"What does this all mean?" Dex began, but was silenced as Jenny put her hand up to silence him.
"Developmental prototype." Jenny read from the top of the screen.
It's always good to know what to expect. Some surprises can be very inconvenient, exciting, confusing and even shocking. As the team stood there watching all the information of this stranger spill out onto the monitor, they couldn't help but feel that this scenario was unexpected. Here they had a stranger, rescued from the verge of death without any knowledge of his own history and yet, he was seen by each member of the team differently.
To Dex, this stranger was an inconvenience. The team was struggling with the caring of the insects as it was and the leader couldn't help but feel that this boy's timing was imperfect. To Jenny, this new discovery was exciting; a new adventure and a chance to help someone. She couldn't help but feel sorry for this guy; beaten in the street and without direction. But that aside, she was excited for a chance to feel useful and help someone in need. To the final member of the team, Tung found this new development confusing. The large words flashing across the screen brought a perplexed look to the green frog-boys features. Fortunately he did not stay confused as Jenny read more from the monitor.
But to all team members, this event shocked everyone as more and more information was given to them on the screen.
"Added growth hormones for increased strength and improved stability for...for flight?" Jenny questioned the monitor's words as she read the little box.
"Flight, what does that mean?" Tung queried his team. Jenny had already resumed her seat in front of the monitor and began pressing the keys. The image of the mystery man turned around and presented small slits where the beginning of his wings started.
"What does it mean?" Tung began to yell, frustrated that he could not understand what was going on. Jenny and Dex shared a knowing look before the clone spoke up.
"Dex, do you want to-" her eyes darted over the stranger and back to Dex, her voice unable to finish her sentence. Fortunately for her, Dex understood and made his way over to the clean medical patient. With delicate precaution, Dex lifted the stranger, just high enough to see the small silver layers of membrane from his back.
"The dude can fly?" Tung analysed the wings on the man's back as Dex lowered the patient back down to a resting position.
"Improved vision, can carry ten times his wait, but percentage of DNA states that...Dex-" Jenny began, her eyes meeting her employers. "This guy is an...insect hybrid."
"Struth," Dex whispered as he rubbed the back on his neck. "Ok, so the first stranger we bring in is a dangerous...whatever he is, and we're stuck with finding his home."
"It shouldn't be that difficult." Tung began as he stared at the patient with suspicion. "How many people in Metro City are missing a bug boy?"
Dex gave Tung an unimpressed expression to his tracker before turning to look over at Jenny. She had her head downcast, scuffing her foot on the shiny floor and fiddling with her fingers. As much as she tried, she could not avoid the gaze that her boss was giving.
"Jenny-" The team leader began, but ceased when she suddenly shot her head up.
"Don't start Dex. I admit we've found some...irregularities in him and I have no idea why the files appeared with the blood analysis but this guy-"
"Jenny this thing is dangerous. He could've hurt you but you were stubborn enough to risk your life." The leader sighed and rested his hand on the edge of the medical bed. Quiet tears began to prick at the corner of Jenny's eyes. "He's still asleep, so we still have time to take him to the nearest hospital and out of our hair."
"No." Her blunt reply startled Dex.
"I'm sorry?"
"Dex I promised this guy when I found him that I wouldn't hurt him, whether or not he understood me. Putting this guy in the hospital is risking his life. Do you know what they would do if they found out about his...irregularities." By this point, Jenny had approached her boss and both were standing on opposite sides of the medical bed.
" Jenny I just-"
"Dudes?" Both team members were interrupted with Tung's bid for their attention.
"What is it, Tung?" Dex questioned the frog boy.
"He's waking up."
Not as many words in this chapter, and it was mostly talking, but I think it's going somewhere. Thank you so much for waiting so patiently for this update. Don't forget to review.