This is a little conjoined project by me and gabeherndon308, consider this a test-story of sorts. Mainly done as entertainment as it is an original idea from both of us. We own the OCs in this story.
Utah, USA. March 20th, 2024, 8:00 PM.
It was a dark and cold night in Salt Lake City where a caravan of vehicles was seen driving past the city limits. Each of them were mainly jeeps, Humvees and semi-trucks riding through the dark.
They seem to be headed to a different location far from Salt Lake City, somewhere considered a 'Black Site'.
Inside the trucks were men donned in black military clothing, wielding various guns as they were accompanying a group of scientists who were observing large tanks inside the trailer of the truck. The other trucks also had scientists observing other tanks within their trailers as well.
One of the soldiers then asked the scientists, "What's the status of the assets?"
"Stable for the moment." One of the scientists said.
"They better be. The boss won't be happy if anything happens on the way to HQ."
"I can assure you, that the sedatives we installed into their systems, should keep them all in perfect conditions until we can get them into their containment cells."
The soldier grunts and went back to his post.
Inside the tank was a shadowy figure floating in the bio-fluids with a few wires connected to its frame. The shadowy figure has been in the tank for who knows how long and doesn't seem to remember everything since its all blurry. The figure's hands started twitching as well as their eyelids.
Then the convoy appears to have finally reached their destination.
"We're nearly there. 20 minutes till we reach the Black Site" The commander told his men.
That was when the lights turned red, and the alarms blared.
"Status Report!"
"T-The test subject...he..no...all of them are starting to wake up!"
"What?!"
All eyes turned to see the figure started moving and banging on the glass.
"I thought you said that they wouldn't wake up after giving them that knock out juice!"
The figure continued to trash in the tank until a crack was forming.
"I thought so too! But it appears that the asset's systems inside seem to be fighting off the sedatives!"
"Alert Black Site immediately!"
It wasn't until the tank finally ruptured.
Outside, the trailers erupted in explosions causing the trucks in the convoy to swerve out of control.
One by one, the trucks began to go off course, flipping around, and even crashing on the side of the road by some rocks.
The convoy erupted in chaos as the panicked scientists rushed out of the burning trailers, then one by one a total of 9 figures all ran out and into the field.
The scientists couldn't get a good look but saw the nine figures breaking free and running loose, which terrified them.
"THE SUBJECTS ARE ESCAPING!"
The remaining soldiers, the ones that are alive and not dead from the crash, began to open fire on the subjects but all missed.
"No, you fools! Don't shoot, we need them alive!"
They stood down, as the subjects began going further into the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, out of sight of the scientists and soldiers.
The commander saw this and brought out his radio. "I want all available units to spread out and find them, now!"
As soon as the orders came in, a series of helicopters were seen flying with their search lights flashing the ground below. The subjects were hiding in any place the park could offer, bushes, trees, and the rocks.
We turn our focus to one of the escaping test subjects who was running through the woods.
He was panting hard as he kept running for his life.
The person was a young man around 18 almost 19 years old with a light skin tone, a semi-strong build body, not too big nor too small. He wore a white shirt underneath a tattered vest, a pair of jeans and tennis shoes. He had short brown/black hair with a red patch at the front that was drenched from the bio-fluids and a pair of amber/brown eyes.
This young man's name was Adam Byrne.
He kept on running, and running along besides him was a girl about his age.
She has a slender frame, has a mocha brown skin tone with red hair and hazel nut eyes. Her clothing was a skintight jeans, a blue shirt with an ample bust, a short-sleeved jacket and sneakers. This girl's name was Sarah Harper.
Then the other two came up to them after hiding for a few moments from the searchlights from the choppers.
The first boy was of Canadian descent around 17 years old and has a somewhat leaner but not overly lean like a twig, has a fair skin tone with dirty blonde hair with a tail and has dark blue eyes. He wore a dark blue shirt and black pants with combat boots. His name was Marcus Glen.
The girl beside him was a young Japanese girl who was 16, has a fuller figure with short black hair with a white streak on it, dark green eyes, a green shirt with a fox head on it, short jeans and sneakers. Her name was Yuki Kibagami.
The four then slowed down and came to a halt, as they were panting a little after taking a long run from the soldiers and scientists.
Adam was looking over the tree as he saw a series of flashlights, the shouting of the soldiers were heard as they were combing through the woods for them. 'Shit. This is bad. If they find us, they'll send us back to that hell they've put us through.'
Yuki then looked around and noticed that five more were missing among them.
"The others...I-I don't see them." She said with a shudder.
"They probably went in different directions, we can't exactly stay together. We're too big of a group to stay hidden." Marcus said while glaring at the soldiers.
"So...you're suggesting we split up?" Sarah questions.
Before Marcus can say anything, he hears panting from the front and notices a figure with two more flanking him, waving his right hand in the air. Likely signaling the others to hurry.
They spotted them and quickly made their way towards them. The first was a boy around the same age as Marcus who is autistic, has brown hair and brown eyes, has a little thin and a little built body, fair skin tone and wore an orange/yellow shirt with shorts and sneakers. His name was Gabriel Chapman.
And beside him was another girl who was a year younger than Sarah. She has a tan skin tone, an athletic body, heterochromia eyes of blue and green, black hair with blue tips, a sports shirt and shorts with running shoes. Her name was Katrina Wright.
"Follow us!" Gabriel said, who then regrouped with another person.
Adam and the others quickly but quietly managed to slip by the soldiers and followed their friends. They then hide behind some rocks, as they catch their breaths and hide as best as they can. The soldiers passed by them, with them keeping very quiet.
'We can't keep this up forever. They'll catch us eventually.' Adam knew it was a very risky idea, but he can't let his friends get caught. "Guys, I have a plan."
"What is it?" The other one asked, who was a boy.
The boy was a massive African American, easily towering over the others with a strong body, small afro and dark brown eyes. He wore a teal colored shirt with a pair of jeans and boots. His name was Benson Cline.
Adam stares at the soldiers who were right behind them. "I'm gonna lead those guys away so you all can escape."
That shocked them, knowing that he would be captured.
"Are you crazy? They'll catch you or worse!" Sarah softly exclaims.
Adam turns back to her. "Like Marcus said. We're too big of a group to stay hidden. I'll lead them away while you guys get away. We'll all meet back up in the city when we lose these clowns."
They looked hesitant but nodded.
Adam nods. "Ok. Be ready to move." He mentally counts down and then runs out in the open. "HEY, ASSHOLES I'M OVER HERE!" He yelled as loudly as he could, which was enough to catch the soldiers' attention.
"There he is!"
"After him!"
Adam ran the other direction with the soldiers following him.
Marcus and the others saw this and started running the other way, while Sarah briefly stops and looks at where Adam ran off. She didn't like this. She didn't want to leave him. Marcus slowly walks over to her.
"We have to help him, you guys. We can't help him if we leave." She said with a few tears threatening to fall.
Marcus placed a hand on her shoulder. "Sometimes, that is all we can do. Right now, we have to leave while he's buying us time." He told her.
He then spotted two figures not far away, waving their hands out to them, meaning that they're the last that escaped.
He grabs her hand and gently pulls her. Sarah stared at the direction one last moment before turning as a tear fell and runs towards her friends.
With Adam, the teen continued running as fast as he could, the sounds of the soldiers shouting were heard from behind him.
Adam was seen running as far as he could to divert the soldiers' attention away from the group, he then hides behind a tree. As the soldiers begin closing in on him, he then grunts as his heart suddenly started throbbing. It was pounded loudly and heavily like a war drum, his body started aching as he nearly falls to his knees.
'W-What's happening?!' His body felt like it was on fire, it was hurting so bad. But he had to keep moving otherwise...
"There he is!"
Adam gasped as floodlights were directly on him and he was surrounded by the soldiers.
"Stay where you are, freak!"
"You're going back in your tank along with the others."
Adam clutched his chest as his heart continued pounding loudly. His face covered in sweat as his eyes suddenly gained a burning red color.
Just before they could apprehend him, Adam's eyes glowed brightly and he throws his head back, letting out a loud cry as his whole body was suddenly engulfed in flames.
This forced the soldiers to move back from the intense heat. And what they saw left them stunned.
Adam's shadowy form within the flames started growing and shifting from a human into...a monstrous form. The creature throws its head back roars as the flames were dispelled from the force of the roar, revealing the creature. The creature was a gigantic saurian type monster, towered over them at 18 meters, its body had reddish/orange scales, black stripes across his arms, legs and back, a white underside with 3-toed claws, a long and powerful tail with a few spikes running down the middle, the torso was like that of a human with strong arms and five-clawed hands. And the head was like that of a T-Rex with 2 horns facing forward and a pair of burning red eyes.
The creature in place of Adam, then roared at the soldiers as it charged at the screaming soldiers who started shooting.
The air was filled with gunfire, screams and howling roars as the creature was slaughtering the soldiers.
"BACK UP! WE NEED BACK UP NOW!"
"IT'S NOT GOING DOWN!"
The soldiers were then dropping like flies left and right, as the dinosaur creatures grabs one of the soldiers and then threw the unfortunate man in its maw, crushing him in one bite. Raising its tail, it swung it with a mighty force which struck the soldiers and the ground vehicles, scattering them across the woods.
Soaring through the air were attack helicopters that were called upon. They began shooting at the dinosaur which only caught its attention. The creature roars at them as the back of its mouth suddenly glowed and a powerful burst of flames erupted from its mouth. The moment the flame made contact with the choppers, they exploded in the air and fell in burning heaps. The creature raises its tail and swings it around again, striking the soldiers on the ground and the helicopters in the air. It groans as missiles made contact with its body and it fires a stream of flames at the attackers.
The soldiers on the ground fired their rocket and grenade launchers, some striking the creature's face and the others hitting the body. This only angered the creature as it unleashes its fire breath upon the foolish soldiers, burning them to ashes. It hears more helicopters approaching, their numbers by the hundreds this time.
Snarling loudly, it brings its tail to its mouth, bites down and drags its tail through its jaws as flames started coating the limb. When it was done the tail suddenly gained a fiery blade-like appearance, with a loud roar, it swung its tail at the helicopters sending a wave of fire at them and destroying them all in one fell swoop.
The soldiers watched in awe and horror as the creature easily annihilated their air-support.
The dinosaur creature then faces the soldiers again, fire seeping from its jaws which made them drop their weapons and run as fast as they could. But they didn't get away in time as the creature unleashed its fiery wrath, reducing them all to ashes.
Eventually, the air was filled with plumes of smoke and fire as the creature stood there amongst the carnage. It then stood among the wreckage, with bodies and flames that surprisingly did not reach the forest and not cause any harm to the park, as the dinosaur creature then let out a massive roar that could be heard for miles.
The creature started leaving the area, stomping through the forest as its body begins to shrink and return to it took the familiar humanoid shape of Adam. He was breathing heavily from what he had been through recently. He fell on his hands and knees. Eyes wide with shock and horror as he looks at his now human hands. "...w-w-what...what the hell...just happened back there?" He stutters violently, raising his trembling hand. "What...what did those bastards do to me...to us...?"
He then gazed down at his hands, and noticed that they were still smoking, but not enough to harm him. Then he heard reinforcements from the soldiers coming his way.
He quickly got back on his feet and runs deeper into the woods, hoping to escape and praying that his friends made it out safely.
(Unknown location)
Inside a dimly lit room sat a figure by their desk, behind them was a window with the moonlight shining through.
Then he hears his phone ringing, where he puts it on speaker, knowing it was important.
"Yes?"
[Sir! The assets have all escaped!]
The man suddenly rose on his feet in anger. "WHAT?! Escaped?! WHERE ARE THEY!?"
[They're scattered all over the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest! We're currently tracking them down as we speak!]
The man angrily slams his fist on his desk. "YOU FOOLS! HOW COULD YOU HAVE LET THEM ESCAPE!?" He shouts at the soldier through the phone. "They must be re-captured at all costs, do you understand me?!"
[We're trying sir! Somehow the sedatives we gave them appeared to have no effect on them when we were transporting them at first.]
"I don't want excuses, you incompetent dolt! I want those brats found and caught, NOW!" He hung up the phone and sat back down, snorting angrily from the bad news he received.
Then he reaches under his desk and takes out a small canister, containing a glowing liquid inside of it. "All these years of careful experimentation. I will not let a group of miserable brats ruin everything I worked so hard for." He said to himself and puts the canister away. "They can run but they can't hide forever. Sooner or later, they'll be back where they belong. Under my heel."
Inside the drawer, the canister glows brighter as electricity sparks across its surface.
Who is this mysterious man? What is this organization and what would they want with a group of teenagers? The bigger question is…what did they do to them? Find out as the young teens must run for their lives from their pursuers and find out the reason why they were experimented on, find out on the next chapter of…The Anomalies!
To be continued.