Chapter 7: You're the Reason I Fell Apart
After they left the room, Blue decided to finally see what was in the room once and for all, albeit his slight repulsion to the goo.
"Hmm…let's see," Blue quietly opened the door and stepped into the dark room which had hard concrete and moist carpet in some sections. When Blue turned on the lights, the room went bright neon green and it was revealed to be a science lab.
"Wow! I've never seen a proper lab in real life! This is my childhood dream come true!" Blue looked at the items in wonder and amusement, some scattered, some organised. The items in the lab, or from the planet in general, could do pretty crazy things. He never knew this planet was this weird.
The thick, creaky and green walls had limbs in test tubes, liquids in oddly shaped bottles, gas tanks, and electric shocks spazzing out of broken wires, and there were also unborn fetuses, strange. Blue's mood lightened up as he saw the gas tank but wasn't sure how to also sneak it out, but luckily he realised that he had a backpack…but he left it back in the rocket. Now what's he gonna do?
"Maybe I'll just sneak 1 or 2 into the bottom of my suit," he thought as he took 2 and put them underneath his pants. "Also what the hell are unborn fetuses doing in test tubes?" Blue got a slight sense of relief upon discovering that they are only dummies and were used for display.
Blue walked further and let his curiosity get the best of him as he stumbled across papers of certain "test subjects" that came into the lab, and full detailed information about them. His earplugs immediately translated them into English, as they were programmed to do so, which gave Blue a tingly feeling for one second. It started with one paper.
"Vega was a test subject. She was born to XXX and XXX. She gained her powers at 1 year old, and she had behavioural issues, thus scientists ran experiments on her to keep her down. It is very unusual, as of course we the people gain our powers at the ages of 6-9. Her powers consist of superspeed, earth manipulation, and heightened senses. After the experiments, she became an unexpressive and out-of-touch girl, but quickly became the opposite through behavioural therapy, and as of now, she is a famous pornstar."
"Damn, I kinda feel bad for that girl, I don't know what happened to her but it must have been hell-'' Blue scrolled through the biographies of other subjects, or as he decided to call them, 'victims', as they had quite similar outcomes.
Other names of victims were there. Blue was starting to develop a theory that maybe there was a more malicious undertone to the culture of Dionysus. He stopped in his tracks when he saw a paper about a guy named "Retvaert".
"[MISSING SUBJECT]
Retvaert was a test subject. He was born uniquely to other people. Retvaert was born strong with powers, superstrength, telekinesis, laser eyes and a master of martial arts at birth, born to parents Edina and Vermillion.
It was very unusual, as we the people normally gain our powers at the ages of 6-9.
Retvaert from a very young age was seen to have been having strange behaviours that nobody could understand. He shot out electric sparks, as a way of showing distress. He had to be put by Edina and Vermillion in a lab for testing and vaccination, his powers sparked up more and more, until the age of 4; which was the time they had to inject the last vaccine into him. He went missing from the lab. People are still looking for him to this day. It has been 20 years, and it's unknown how he disappeared or whether we will find him or not."
"What…?" Blue looked at the papers in pure horror. Those superpowers sounded oddly familiar, as if causing Blue to become more curious and determined to know more.
Blue spotted a photo on the up left corner, that being of said subject, which was a picture of someone extremely uncannily resembling a younger Red, his eyes glowing a pure gold, a bit blinding and outshining his frame, with electrical waves spazzing out of him, with a heart-piercingly tattered, tired expression on his face. Suddenly, a small camera-like object stood near Blue. It had an unintentional recording, like something caught on a security camera. But do those even exist on Dionysus? Nevertheless, he decided to play the recording. It had screaming and crying, that of an abused child, with another audio from another adult or multiple yelling insults in the Dionyse language. And shockingly, the childish crying came from a voice that sounded like the younger Red. He knew this because he had a very vague memory of when he and Red were kids. The redhead's voice did in fact sound eerily similar. Blue became unable to move or speak when hearing it. He even started to tear up. "Red….was one of them?"
Edina and Vermillion were in the other room, having a frapuçíno, another alien drink and getting wasted as they watched a porn movie. They were laughing and having a good time. The blue-haired man came barging in, with angry tears in his eyes.
"Hello, Henry, what brings you here?" the purple extra-terrestrial creature turned to look at Blue. She turned off the TV. She stared at him with her hollow eyes.
"What brings me here?!" Blue yelled, clenched his fists. "I have one very big fat question for you. Why would you experiment on your son when he's just a child?!"
"Because," Edina tried to loosen the angry man's fists, and spoke in a calm, passive-aggressive tone. "We had to. We couldn't fathom his powers in any way."
