Forward unto dawn Revival
please note the slash of the large line means the perspective of the story is changed, also this is science fiction with real biology themes, i was taught such things in my med tech class
also if you have any questions, please ask, this story is a bit advanced
(The Catalyst is a term given to a chimera, once human but now intergraded with north America porcupine DNA, so in terms, he an anthropomorphic porcupine, with human intelligence and experience) The only thing I have known was darkness, the term dead, he said that to me, that.........male, in my dreams, I could feel him holding me when I was sleeping, but I still remember those memories, the gunshot, a crying hybrid, a dead chimera. But I cannot see in this darkness, never could I. I could only think, and breathe the warm wet solution that filled my mouth. I can tell he is watching, just by the feel. It always by the feel, always, Am I home? Or dead?
A generation is based off of a time span of 17-35 years, of course that was old ways, human ways and traditions; but we are not human or follow the old ways of a horrid system, partially horrid society, but it was the people who shaped it, how we do not wish to become them, as said before, a generation went by, I took my "damn time" I could say. Not wishing to rush things, while the pursuit for Tene, the rouge hybrid, was long and slow, but we mainly focused on the 4 aspects of Reclaimer; (for we still are a growing species.) Society Protection Science Medicine Our societies, well our universal society was coming along, we learned, and while they tinkered with the knowledge of powering the future, I tinkered with bringing back fire from the gods, The Catalyst; how we could advance further into the world and realm of earth and biology, sub human viral hybrids, and the non-biological parent he was (The Catalyst). 18 years ago, the decision was made, a non-horrid one, but a one that could tear Reclaimer society into many fragments, although we do not know if his actions were purposely made to creator us, our species, but it was a risk, I would take. The 4 majors of society as said above would be fracture if all went wrong or went to the wrong Idea of way, Mabye would not let that happen, he wanted to know, what, where, and why the events lead up to his death; The Catalyst, and his species uprising, to replace the old rabid dogma of human ways and ascension, a dogma they had that would ruin the world, only to find out after so much suffering. ___ ___________________________________________________________________________ Mabye was scared, but it had to be done, and thus he was doing it for the last 18 years. The Catalyst was preserved into an artificial CELLtech womb, a type of device where large amounts of work and medicine could bring back the dead, how he played with fire from the gods, and how he was playing with one for 18 years, but they were both mortal, an odd relationship to consider; in their alien biology. Off all the productive days, it was a stressful one for once in many years, the feel of being discovered and ratted out by another team member, but Maybe isolated himself when working on the Catalyst, many other Reclaimers in the facility, built with honored permission from the 4 major councils themselves; many thought that he would think of such a task as.......personal, and emotional stake. They were both right and wrong, but there was also a back story. But he didn't know all the facts just yet. Only one thing, the facility was being attacked from outside. The moral question of "who" wasn't a big question at all, there were no humans at all in the dubbed continent "America", they were all ascended into chimera form and locked away in stasis, awaiting for future release into a new land. The attack had to be Reclaimer based, but why would the council send such a thing? Did they not care for their genetic history and uprising? As a scientist, Maybe was more scared but angered by such things, awful it was, he was exposed, but he had much time to fix things, but he didn't know to escape or not, he was loyal to the non-biological father who laid in the CELLtech womb, healing, being brought back from the dead, no thanks to the hybrids doing. The mystery was unknown. But in theory, it is possible to bring one back from the dead, if the body is preserved immediately, breathing is done by machines, electric grafts into the nervous system to jump start it, and of all retaining the body's homeostasis, so it could help heal itself in this long process.
I look into the CELLtech womb, all those years, 18 of them, now threatened, it was coming along so nicely, those days where I would wear PPE and inspect the device and himself in it, simple touches, holding his hand, the REM patterns, they came along nicely, but now a betrayal was in the play, a grand finish or final to this, his actions of life, and mine. I am embarrassed to say these things, I talk as if he is a child, he is old in terms of adult, but the chimera conversion process gives youth, you are after all taking a new DNA sample into your bone marrow, and being "Reborn" as new cells shape your new body. As fragile as he is, he is our parent. How I would be punished? To take such factors, reviving an post human rule subject, especially one that is feared and rumored for our creation, it is like, bypassing evolution, and using genetic engineering to achieve what we want, I didn't care, but for some time, I guess a few minutes I stood there, on hind legs, watching the blue O2 infused water breathe into and out of the womb, the development was slow, I made it so, to rush biology was a dangerous thing. But of all, standing there, wouldn't stop things, as secret as this facility was, the Council of Protections, its forces could cut through our defenses in a matter of hours, it all depended on how many personal didn't evacuate, I phoned through on the speaker, I clasped the option on for All vector wide speakers in the facility. I spoke honestly to them; I did, trying to hide the fear in my voice; "Hear this, I know at this time, we are at a great fear in understanding, our facility is being approached with hostility, from a force we all know, as our own, but hear this from me, as a proud work to those whom work to keep this facility alive and well. I beg you, myself; Mabye, not to abandoned your sectors of defense, and stability here, we all have a personal stake in this, maybe you don't know some of the jobs and task we have been working on...............but you need to know how important this is for our species. Do not let them into here for another hour or so, that I beg of you, an odd request for a Reclaimer myself, but I beg of you not to abandoned our future of science and resources to propel our people into the future, and to watch this earth, a planet he gave us to remake, and live on peacefully, as the new children of this thriving Eden. Do not leave our cause, for what are then? To call yourself a worker powering the future." I left the speaker in further silence, but I checked the panel for facility operations; they didn't leave, I was thrilled! But still in absolute fear, what had I just said...an hour, I had an hour to perform a birth. A birth of the most powerful survivor in our history, and the post humans rule, The Catalyst. As powerful as he was, he wasn't dangerous; he was an opportunity taker, and an opportunity to throw us further into the future. Off all I was scared; if I messed this up. What a death sentence that would bring.
AS I said before, I was scared, I was a scientist, more specifically, I was majored in Biology, cell morphology, and biochemical restoration and chemical psychology, I could of made the finals being in the Council of Medicine; a proud worker of healing, but science choose me to bride the path of knowledge and advancement. Biological birth was simple to do, we have learned fast but at a slow race, but artificial birth? Resurrecting a living organism, from a REM coma? Awakening it.....well him, I should use such hostile words of defectiveness for a high scientific mind. And of all..........bringing him out of REM sleep, and getting his life support umbilical cord, and placenta lungs out of his system, for his normal one to jump start, as well as immune system adjustment, and oxygen adaption, from that hour I could do it; I hoped my words had swayed others to remain at their posts, keep the barrier surrounding the facility up and online, that should give me time to strengthen in. Of all that worried me, was the factual difference between biological birth, and sustained animation sleep, his case for example. I knew the following, since this wasn't a "real" birth, many important factors came into mind, one was health, his integrity, his immune system, and the outside world that was virally evolved from the Leviathans, but fortune should thank him for being immune to those things, but 18 years of being in a bubble that protected you and healed you, would not have made it stronger. A strategy, for me, is to address the factor of the immune system; there are some categories I would like to cover; In all there are two important things in immunity, I am talking about human cells, but since the catalyst is a chimera, no longer human, though the same factors of animal DNA are combined into the old shell of biology he was born with. -B cells are a subsection of lymphocytes, they respond in creating antibodies to antigens (foreign invaders of the body), I ponder that these cells may need a jump start in working again, 18 years may not fully damage an immune system, but to make things safe, I am going to register several doses of Immune globulin, an antibody booster, that should give me some time to prepare the further methods to bring health and mental fitness into current, or post play I should say. Years of sleep, could make one insane from the world they once knew His T-cells, a type of lymphocytes , that focus on destruction of antigens, similar to phagocytosis, a method where the cell "engulfs" an antigen, and "consumes" it; well destroying it, I should say. In all, the most important thing, is the stabilization of The Catalysts homeostasis; the overall ability to control and fix issues in the body, temperature regulation, disease, blood filtration. But an important factor I should note here is; that I cannot do this like a passive immunity, gained from mother to developing child, this has to be done by instant cellular injections, I am not sure if the Kurian Nano medical swarms will help enforce this, their technology was indeed used to heal major wounds to the body, in a fast rate, but he used them before, I should note and categorize the effects for further usage. Passive or not, I can use a shot of my own B-cells, their antibody properties, but I don't have time for that, no other Reclaimer should know what I am doing here, and I do not have any more time. He would have to adjust to the boosters, and the environment, though for a science facility, it was very clean. From the operation console on the wall, I hit the Emergency button; its activation would help me select the procedure of what I need to do fast, surgery, structure integrity, or evacuation of the WARD lab I was in. From the holographic choices, I found the key I wanted to stab with my finger many times to ensure it knew what I wanted; Medical>> Operation>> enter specifics... And from there the machinery gathered in front of the CELLtech womb, mechanical arms, life-support, automated surgery machines, it was all there. But now it was time to get started. Many feverish minutes, and the cold shoulders I had, rushed and slowed my down thinking. I rushed materials at my side of the table, hypo-injectors, the immune globin, I would leave the mental fitness to time, if that didn't work, I had a backup, the Vita aedificator, a type of machine that would sync biology to the proper atonement for a healthy user, it could prevent mental instability, and infection. I hope that I don't have to use it, it is a time consuming, I would not chance what time I had. He was brought out of the womb, into a shallow birth pool, this process was automated, by medical machinery, I was lucky to have one in store here. I disconnected the umbilical cord with a tissue laser, it was not attached to his belly, but down his throat, right to the major arteries and heart, but I designed it to seal the hole It was bound in to, I saw the report of the aperture closing, I removed my hand away from the medical assistant command button, with the input to stop blood loss. I pressed the safe vascular start up, but waited if his heart didn't start manually, but after 14 seconds of pain and worry, it started, I breathed for once. The hypnotic sound of a heartbeat filled my ears, amplified by machinery. A steady new sound, I could hear from the ultra sound scope over his chest, his skin, wet with bio stasis fluid, but the fur was short, but there, I ran scanner cams over his body, checking for any source of homeostasis backfire from being revived. 31 minutes had passed, but it was a rush of extreme pressure. And to my luck, the functions of life were working just fine, I felt my spirit sigh. He was beautiful as his chest filled with air, his nude, now intact body, yes intact, I had made him the way he wanted, no circumcised genitals or scars, he had a new start, he would be grateful, I was, I was intact, and our society permitted it. It was a happy start, brown fur, and quills, breathed, I put on PPE, again, I gently rolled him over to his side, but first draining the fluid from the birth pool, his breathing was normal, the electrical input to the REM pattern faded off, and for now, Mabye waited, an hour had gone by, a full hour, he checked the facilities stats; everything was stable for the time, Maybe went over with his gloves and check his foreskin, to see if it had fully separated, he wasn't sure if it would bind or become tight, after all this was a new part of his body, but he pulled it back some bit, he had some extra skin, but stopped from there, he would follow up a few days when the Catalyst was awake and beginning to adapt to his new body. Mabye did a follow up check, slowly moving the joints, neck, fingers, movement was slow, but it was partially easy, he did move and was moved through PP exercise in the CELLtech womb, REM patterns gave him the ability to exercise is body to some degree, but he would have to adapt to gravity. As Mabye moved his fingers to check the pulse to heartbeat, he felt a warmth, to be precise; he saw a hand on his chest, almost holding him. A surge played through his head. He held the porcupine almost tighter, his eyes didn't open. "How are you?" a weak voice escaped from his mouth. Maybe was amazed, out of REM cycle already. His hand felt the warmth of his face, and touched it, felt it. An odd look appeared on his face. "Definitely not human..." his eyes opened to reveal black pupils, and he smiled, those teeth only a porcupine could have. Of all the scientific fascination and wonder, Mabye was fond with fear and dumbstruck. It seemed like forever, but such a fast wake up couldn't be normal, unless he was waiting for it all this time. The smile quickly faded, his hands felt his face again. Mabye felt something off; "Where are you?" he asked. "Can you see me?" he responded. "No, I can't, I..............I feel you, but, I see blackness, full dark across my line of sight." Mabye panicked, of all he knew eyesight wouldn't be stable for some time, but the facility could be broken into at any time, depending on how many of the other workers remained at their stations. Mabye told him to lie still as he peeked a sight light into his eyes, there was some pupil movement, dilation, but it wasn't in sync, and the darkness, but of all it was his biology that betrayed him. Porcupine genes, they had excellent senses, but overall poor eyesight at long distances, it made sense, this was building up, and 18 years of no eyesight, complete darkness, sleep, in the CELLtech womb. But all wasn't lost. Mabye put him down, said not to worry, he needed to check something. "Don't leave me hanging man...or whatever you are." He tried to sound friendly, but no doubt, Mabye could guess why he was scared, he couldn't see, only feel the cold table in the science lab, the WARD, he was awakened from. "The Vita aedificator; a machine used to speed up biological factors incredibly fast, it was a Latin word, the machine itself; was a simple idea, using a injected hormone, it made the body produce hemopoetic stem cells faster, and used "Neutral" electrical currents to power and exercise the nerves, and tissues of organs, it was the only shot, the Council of Protections forces, they didn't have much time to break in. From the odd feeling he felt, being carried by some kind of humanoid being, to a device called the Vita aedificator, the porcupine hoped it wasn't some -sick- machine that performed circumcisions, or twisted practices, but he was placed in it, told to close his eyes, and think of rest. Mabye put direct bio Intel into the console, majoring all work efforts of the aedificator, to the eyes, and the nerves, as well as muscle strength, he already administered the shots of immune globulin when the porcupine was placed in the machine. "Anything I should know?" he asked, with frail breathes. "It's going to sound like electricity flowing around you, it shouldn't take to long, but of all, don't open your eyes right away, when it is over." "Light adaptation?" Mabye looked up surprised; he was most smart, for being alive for the first time in over 18 years. "Yes." And with that, Mabye pressed the button. The hatch closed, and the power fluxed into the chamber. It was a big fit, an average Reclaimer was about 7 to six feet tall, their hind legs and spinal posture made so, but the porcupine was in the Vita aedificator, he was safe, the device was secure and would heal him, it would just take more time, time that Mabye felt he didn't have In all, seeing the machine work was like watching falling stars, in a blurred sky, atomical energy, biology, and, a black fine mist covered it occupant one could say, but it was the way the hatch was made, patient privacy, Mabye checked the time, over an hour, 29 minutes, no real alarm panels went off, the facility was still secure. 10 minutes later, an alarm went off, to his horror it was a breach, in the outer facility barrier, the Councils forces where getting inside. He took a look at the audio of the security teams, small arms fire, some casualties; he looked up to the machine the Catalyst was in. "Come on, please hurry. Please."
From the darkness of this humming cage I was in, it felt alien, like that feel when you don't sleep for a night or two, odd thing, that buzz of nerves, burning for rest but it is better to stay awake, was I sleeping all this time? Or was I dead, I get images when I think, but they hurt, so I stop, I guess that is natural, in all it is, so do I guess so. The feeling of lost sleep, but I felt like some strength was returning to me, my eyes felt weird, maybe this, alien stranger of mine was fixing this; but for what reason, I did not know him, he may have, but only know the day, when the leviathans fell from the sky, and a genetic revolution took place, for humanity to be saved? I had hoped not, I took the path of becoming a porcupine, many did as well, and those who didn't splice their selves into true animals, where born so, they were called Hybrids, sub human, full animal, a true anthropomorphic animal. From the trance of this medical machine, I felt fear, being in the dark, when my dreams in which I cannot remember at all, flashed away from my memory, the sound stopped, this machine was done, and it turned off. The hatch opened, and out of the blue, I was sure that this friend of mine, was standing there, and waiting. Not waiting to risk opening my eyes yet, I pulled out my arm and held it for him to lead me out of it, he did. "Open them when you're ready." He spoke. I did, and I saw color again, It felt good. But it was damn bright, and I saw him, this tall, slim, hind legged bipedal grey skin....human....but not human. An image came to my mind, something I have wanted to create for a long time. "Reclaimer" I spoke, he looks at me horrified. "What did you just say?" he asked. But I knew what I just said........