Quick decisions, quick thinking
#11 of I'm Real (scales & wings)
well here is chapter 10 no yiff in this one but it should build a bit more into the story
Enjoy
Chapter 10
Quick decisions, quick thinking
Well... now I know I'm not going to sleep well for a while... I know now that I have to make a decision quickly
I sat up on the couch and scratched my head
What was I going to do?
I needed someone to talk to
Ace would want me to stay...
Carlos would want me to go...
And that wolf, he just wants me to...
I don't know what to do, what other options do I have?
I guess ... I could talk to Ace, maybe we can think of something... but I have a feeling that I've forgotten about something
Thomas!
I forgot about Thomas, he's the guy making me stay here... I still need him to let me go
I hope I haven't messed up my chances already
Maybe by now I can talk to him, there's no more time to try to gain his trust
All I need to do is ask and then maybe my decision will be made for me
If he lets me go I'll go find Tye, if not then it looks like I'll have to stay here... until I see the wolf again...
I better head to his office, if anything I can just wait for him there
I go through the halls looking for the security office
I remember that place... the place I was violated...
The only reason I'm go back there is now I know that horrible man is gone...
I reached the door, it was closed but not locked, and I could here noises on the other side
Was that screaming? Was someone in trouble?
I grabbed the door handle and flung the door open
I looked around, I saw no one but the sound was clearer
It was definably coming from somewhere nearby
There was a door on the right wall of the office, as I got close to it the sound was getting louder; this must be where it was coming from
I rushed to the door but as I reached for the handle the sound ceased
Was I too late?
I pulled open the door
To my surprise I saw Thomas and that cheetah lady that had spoken to me a few days ago
They were both naked and looked awfully tired and surprised to see me
The cheetah blushed as she quickly leaped off of Thomas, grabbed her stuff and took off somewhere
Thomas was just looking at me, lying there and panting, his appendage slowly going flaccid
"Dachii, what are you doing here?" he asked tiredly
"uhhh..." I rubbed the back of my head, I was almost speechless at this point but I spoke anyway "was this a bad time?" I asked nervously
"You... could have knocked" he said, standing up and grabbing his clothing off of the floor and beginning to put them on
"Sorry..." I put my head down "I thought someone was in trouble... do you want me to leave"
He sighed "well since you're here, you might as well tell me what you came for" he said buttoning up his shirt
I was a little hesitant; I might have just messed up my chances
"I came here to ask you for help, I never got to finish earlier"
"Alright then, I guess I have time to here you out" he finished dressing and sat on a chair
"Well I wanted to talk to you about me... leaving the lab"
He looked at me strangely but not surprisingly
He sighed again "I guess, that's something you've been after since I arrived here"
"It's something I've been after since... I could remember" I said quietly
"But why talk to me?"
How could he not know?
He's been in control of the door since he got here
He must be trying to mess with my head
"You're the only thing stopping me, and the only one who can let me go" I said
He looked like he was pondering a deep thought, that can't be good
"I'll have a talk with my superiors, and I'll inform you when I can tell you my decision"
What superiors? He's the ‘head' of security he's the one in charge of what goes in and out of the lab
I bet he's just stalling... maybe I should just give him more time... maybe I should give myself more time
Thomas stood up grabbed something off of the desk and walked out of the office
Now what was I supposed to do... just wait?
I guess that's all I can do...
I walked out of the office and back into the hall way, I headed for the map area it was always clear so I guess it was the easiest place just to sit and wait
I sat in the corner just looking up at the white ceiling, what was the point of me being here? I know I'm an experiment to them but my memories tell me otherwise
Tye... you were always my friend, if anything else my creator
I should thank you for my existence but I'm starting to feel as though it was a mistake
I do feel happy when I think of you, but from what has happened to me... I can't tell if that's normal
Carlos said it's been almost a year... do you still care about me?
You have others there to support you... so I know you'll be alright
I want to see you again... I want to see you smile like you used to
I want to know if I'm still your friend
But I know... I always want too much... I never thought about if you ever wanted to see me again
I close my eyes for a moment, I feel so trapped, I feel like I've always felt while I've been here
Still looking for the strength to will myself to live, very few things still convince me
Wish I could remember
I heard little scratchy footsteps heading towards me; I open my eyes to see Zero already in front of me
He just stared at me with sorrow in his eyes... I knew what he was feeling and I guessed why
"Zero... are you ok" I asked
"...no" he sat next to me "I'm sorry" he said looking down
"For what?" I looked at him, a few tears dripping from his face
"For almost..." I wouldn't let him finish
I put my claw over his muzzle "Zero, you don't have to be sorry about that, I'm fine, and I told you I'm not mad" I removed my claw "just don't worry about it, it'll make you feel a lot better"
"I can't just let it go" he jumped up and hugged me "you're my only brother... if anything happened to you then I don't what I would do" he started crying on my shoulder
I knew he wasn't going to just stop... there had to be a way to help him
I pulled Zero off of me and looked at him right in the eyes
"Zero stop this, it's clearly hurting you to much, I'll tell you what you would do with out me" I had to say something I just wish I didn't have to be so blunt
"you would just live with dad and stop worrying about me, it's your life just live it" I yelled at him
Maybe I shouldn't say things that aren't in our control... but if it helps, maybe it'll change something
The look on his face was one of confusion and fear, I had never gotten mad at him before or he'd never seen what anger really is
He stepped back and then just ran off, drops of tears still falling to the ground
Was that for the best?... I hope I didn't hurt him
Oh great now I feel bad... why do I say things that I can't even do myself?
I should let him have some time without seeing me; maybe he'll understand what I meant then
... I'm sorry Zero, but at least it won't be as bad as what I went through
I just sat back down in the same spot, I doubt Zero would come back yet, hopefully he could talk to Ace ... dad, Tye always seemed to feel better when he was around his father
Why do I feel different?
Is there some kind of difference between our relationship, he's my father but I had always known him to just be a very caring friend... maybe that's why I feel this way
Should I be happy that I have one? ... one so understanding
Maybe I was just not meant to understand my feelings... just go along with them and hope that they lead me somewhere
"You ok down there Dachii?" a voice said
"Huh?" I looked for the source of the voice
It was Carlos he was standing there looking at me, I wonder why he felt like he should care, I wasn't related to him, he's just my friend's father
"Yeah... just thinking" I said to him
He crouched over me "well it looks like you were really deep in thought, is it something you need help with?"
I stood up "I guess I could use a little help" I took a deep breath "I'm waiting for Thomas to tell me if I can go or not... and I think I just scared off Zero"
"well I don't think I could help with Zero... that's more of a problem you have to fix, but I can help you pass the time waiting for Thomas" he fully stood up "come on follow me" he started walking and I followed
We went to the test lab and brought me to a familiar place
"You said you wanted to come back and try this thing again right?" he said opening the door to the wind tunnel
I nodded and went inside, the door closed and Carlos's voice came on to the speaker
"Are you ready in there?" he asked
"Yes, Start it up" I said and I heard the noise of the fans starting to blow
The wind felt so good on my wings again
I leaped into the air and started gliding, I knew I wasn't going anywhere but I still liked the feeling
The light at the back of the room went on and I knew that there would be more wind coming soon
I started forcing myself forward as not to collapse to the ground
The massive blast of wind pushed me back quickly but I soon stabilized myself, now I could try a few more things
I flipped in the air a few times and even tried flying upside down; I loved the feeling of the open air, even though this was just a tunnel
Suddenly the wind slowed down to a halt almost sending me crashing to the ground
I landed on the floor and tried to figure out what was going on
"Carlos?" I called out, but I got no answer
The door opened and I knew I should get out; I walked to the door and stepped out
No one was at the controls; in fact no one was in the room
Where was everybody?
Something had to be wrong; the whole place wouldn't just leave all at once for no reason
I raced out into the hall, I noticed it was empty, but I did see a little movement at the end of the hall
I ran to catch up with who ever it was "hey wait! Where is everybody?" I called out as I reached the end of the hall
I turned the corner and halted
It was Thomas holding a strange device that was sparking at the tips
I stepped back "Thomas what's going on?"
"Oh sorry Dachii I thought you were it" he pulled the device away from my direction
"It?" I asked
"One of the other experiments just got out and went berserk on some of the scientists"
"What?" I was shocked how many experiments did they make?
"I'm not sure what it is but it's dangerous I'd suggest you find a place to hide while we exterminate it" he said slowly heading for the next hall way in search of this creature
They were going to exterminate it? They don't even know what it is and they want to get rid of it... how dangerous can one experiment be?
"Wait Thomas, why would you want to destroy it, couldn't you just capture it?"
"We can't run that risk it would be to dangerous" he said
"Alright then... but is there anything I could do to help?" I asked
Maybe if I could capture it I could save it somehow
"Yes just stay out of the way and let us deal with it, you just need to get somewhere safe"
"Alright..." I thought I could do something but I guess maybe I just wasn't able to
I was going to head to the room hopefully Zero is feeling better now
I walked along the hall towards the room, I was almost there I could see the door
But then I felt a drop of something hit the top of my muzzle
"What's this?" I put my claw to wipe it off but it was sticky "blegh what is this stuff" I tried pulling it off only succeeding to remove some of it before I looked up and realized I wasn't alone
"ahhh" I was caught off guard by the strange creature and tripped backwards
It was a transparent grey color and it was shaped like a cat and a toad combined
The only thing not transparent about it was its yellow eyes that struck fear right into me
It dropped off of the ceiling and landed right on top of me, its body felt almost like a dense gel
I struggled but that wasn't getting me anywhere "what are you doing" I said trying to pull myself free from underneath it
It didn't give an answer all it did was start to press harder down onto my body it was getting harder to breathe
I don't think this thing was going to listen
I have to act quickly; I pulled what air I had into my lungs and shot out a large burst of flame
That had sent it into the air and it grabbed back onto the ceiling, it didn't look burnt at all
How was I going to get away from this thing?
It crawled above me on the ceiling and dropped down again, this time I had the sense to jump out of the way
It landed on the floor with a loud smack, and then it started making a low growling noise
I should call for help "Thomas!" I yelled out but then I felt something grab hold of my leg and then my arm
It was grabbing me with sticky tentacles extending from its mouth
I struggled to slash at the tentacles but they weren't breaking
3 more came at me grabbing my other arm, leg and then wrapping around my neck
It slowly started pulling me towards it as I struggled to get free, I tried to yell again for help but the tentacle around my neck wrapped around my muzzle to
"let go of my brother!" I heard from behind me
I then saw Zero fly over top of the creature and with a chilling blow froze it and the tentacles holding me
He smashed the frozen tentacles freeing me from it's grip
I took a few deep breaths "thank... you Zero" I said trying to catch my breath
"Are you alright?" he said holding me
"I am now" I said quietly "we need to get Thomas to remove it before it thaws" and just after I said that
"Are you guys alright I heard yelling coming from here" Thomas called out to us
When he finally got close he was surprised to see what had happened
He told Zero to bring me to the doctor quickly while he called for the others to move the frozen creature
I didn't understand why I needed to see the doctor I felt fine, but Zero lifted me up anyways and quickly ran me to the doctor's room
When we got there Doc was putting some supplies away
Zero told him Thomas wanted to make sure I was ok, so he put me up on the examination table and started checking me
He asked what had happened and I told him about the encounter with the other experiment
He asked me to show him where the tentacles had touched me so I did and he examined every part and cleaned off the goo that was still on top of my muzzle and put it in a little capsule
"Well Dachii it looks like you check out fine, lucky thing none of it got inside your body it could be infectious" Doc told me
"Thanks, but what do you mean infectious?" I asked
"The goo that that creature releases can cause you to get very sick, such as the scientists it attacked earlier" he lifted me off of the table and told me and Zero to follow him
He showed us a room with two people lying on small beds, one was a bear and the other was some kind of rodent
"they are making a steady recovery thanks to the antibiotics I gave them, now all they need is some rest, that thing gave them quite the walloping"
No kidding they were covered in bruises and bandages but they seemed to be having a restful sleep
But a thought accorded to me, why did the creature attack in the first place? And what was it?
"If they knew it could hurt somebody, why did they make it?" I asked Doc
"I'm not really sure... but seeing from what it did to these two I wouldn't be surprised if it were for biological warfare" Doc then told us to head back to our room and then he walked off back to his office
Warfare?
That's what we were created for... that can't be true
They wouldn't use us would they... to hurt people?
We both headed back to the room and found both Ace and Carlos waiting for us there
"Your both safe, thank goodness" Ace ran up to us and hugged us
Carlos walked up behind him "sorry about leaving you in the wind tunnel Dachii, someone pulled me away from the controls and made me stay here"
"It's alright..." I said
"What happened out there?" Ace asked us
We explained that there was an experiment that escaped and attacked the scientists and me, I made sure to tell them how Zero saved me and made sure the doctor checked me out to see if I was ok
"I think it's safe to go back out there now" I said
"ok well we should go check in to make sure that they aren't looking for us, you both stay here, I think you need some rest after what you've been through" Carlos said
"We'll be back in a little while ok" Ace said following Carlos out of the door
As they walked out of the door I could have sworn I heard Ace say
"This really is no place for children"
I would have to agree with him, if things like this kept happening, then this really isn't a safe place for us or anybody
Zero jumped up onto the bed and lay down
Maybe I should get some rest to...
I jumped in next to him
"Are you ok Dachii?" he asked
"Yea... thanks to you" I said back
He smiled and hugged me "so you're not mad at me anymore?"
"I never was" I whispered
I then started to feel tired today had been a bit to dangerous for me so I closed my eyes
If this lab was no place for children what did Ace mean?
That we weren't children?
Or that we shouldn't be here?
End of Chapter 10
well now Dachii seems to have made his brother feel better and there is a chance of him finally leaving the lab
what do you think will happen next? you'll see in the future chapters
and please comment i like to know what the readers think