Michael's Angel
#11 of Infected
It was dark in the testing facility far below my office, though I wouldn't be surprised if everyone one of my 'experiments' could see perfectly. I stuck a cigarette in my mouth and cupped my paw to keep the lighter's flame from being blown out from the draft coming in through one of the open windows of my office. The view was gorgeous, although I never really did have time to admire the beauty that this place could give off. The sun was rising just over the mountains in the east and set the sky as well as the ocean ablaze with a purplish golden hue. It was a breathtaking sight and it helped me relax, though I couldn't stare it forever. I tapped a simple command into a console embedded into the arm of my chair and watched the image fade away, slowly being replaced by a bank of monitors that relayed a constant feed from every cell that was in the facility, the glow of which was casting an eerie glow to my office and throwing awkward shadows everywhere. I stared at each of the cell's occupants in turn before letting my eyes rest on a particular cell that was bigger than the rest. The floor was covered in debris from the ceiling and walls while a massive chunk of the wall seemed to have been ripped out of the farthest wall away from the camera. I sighed and leaned back into my chair, clicking my paws together as I switched the feed to the hallway outside my office, the lights flickering and shutting off after a couple of seconds. I heard the hiss of the door sliding open and I grinned darkly as I heard the quiet breathing of the escaped experiment reach my ears.
"Ah Ms. Setzuka, seems you've broken out of your cage again. I really have to reinforce those walls with raritanium this time if your going to stay put." I said calmly as I swiveled around in my chair to face the furious vixen. She snarled in my direction and lifted her paw in a fist, a purple glow surrounding it while her eyes flashed with the color of a frozen dawn. I got up out of my chair and pointed a claw lazily at her, as if giving a sorry excuse for a wave. Her arm went limp to her side and she started floating until her head was touching the ceiling, her bare feet flailing uselessly while her paws were at her throat, trying to push something away from her so she could breathe normally. I smirked and relaxed the flow of power coursing through my body, letting her fall bodily onto the ground with a hard thud while she rasped for breath. I walked confidently towards her and nudged her chin with my boot so that she was looking up at me, a look of pure hatred in my eyes that made her quail from me, though there was still hatred in her eyes. "You're not even worthy of licking my boots clean and yet you think you can come in here to try and end my life? Somewhere along the line of my trials, I must've knocked a couple points of your IQ for you to even think that. You better be thankful that I still need you for my research or I'd incinerate you till there wasn't even an atom left. Do I make myself clear?" I asked in a dangerously calm voice, letting my paw ignite with a white flame and relit my cigarette. She nodded understandingly and I took my boot away so that her head fell onto the floor. Just as I was about to turn my back on her, my thoughts turned back to my niece, wondering how her body was taking the parasite inside of her. She's probably fighting with it to keep control of her body. Just as well too, I wouldn't want all of the work I'd put into her to go to waste. I thought with a grin as the flame from my paw extinguished itself and I took the cigarette out of my mouth to blow a puff of smoke into the air. I looked back down at the vixen cowering against the wall with a paw to her throat; her eyes back to their strange copper tint and her fur back to its snow white while her paw was still at her throat, as if expecting her lungs would stop working at any second. She cringed closer to the wall when I knelt down infront of her and her eyes went wide with fright when I brushed a claw across her cheek, feigning compassion so she would trust me again. "I'm sorry, Ammy, I didn't mean to get angry with you and threaten your life in that way. I should've been more considerate of your feelings. Do I have your forgiveness, love?" I asked tenderly before pressing my lips against hers. She reacted hesitantly and returned the kiss as she held my paw in hers. I pulled my lips from hers and grinned at her as I helped her onto her feet.
"Will you sleep with me tonight? I don't want to be alone..." Amber asked quietly as she looked at the ground. I lifted her chin with my finger and nodded. She perked up considerably and walked out of my office in the direction of my seldom-used bedroom. When I was sure she was out of earshot, I swore angrily and spit the cigarette butt onto the floor before wiping my mouth on my arm. I scowled at no one in particular and walked after her, cursing the need to do this in the first place. All in the name of vengeance, Michael, just remember that. You'll have your prize in a matter of hours if Maxi is true to her word. Just muscle through this night and you'll have Hazel at your mercy by sunup. I reassured myself with a smirk. I made it to my bedroom and stepped through the doorway to find Amber already asleep underneath the sheets, her clothes folded neatly at the foot of the bed while she snuggled into the many pillows she had around her. I sighed and turned around to wait in my office for the arrival of my niece, already thinking up ideas for what I would do to make her feel welcome. As I walked, I started remembering things from my past; my parents faces as I brutally tortured and murdered them, the face of the only one I'd ever loved being taken from me and the satisfyingly tortured cries of the ones who'd tried to kill me. They made me feel good inside and I couldn't wait to take my frustration out on my niece. I quickly made my way down the hallway past my office and ended on the other side of the complex before I knew it. I entered a passcode into the keypad next to it and listened to the door hiss as it opened, revealing a pitchblack room where the only light entering was engulfed by the utter blackness. I took a step forward and immediately the door closed behind me, the darkness hugging to me like a second skin before a luminescent glow from a couple of yards ahead lit my way. I walked carefully towards it and put my paw to the glass tube the light was coming from, my eyes glued on the fur floating in the liquid, her russet colored fur shining in the light while her silver hair floated alongside her face like a nest of living serpents. There was an oxygen mask attached to her muzzle so she could breathe while a flight vest and a pair of jeans covered her body, her eyes closed in an eternal sleep that could only be broken if his pulse stopped beating. I felt a tear ooze down my cheek slowly before quickly wiping it away. I looked at her peaceful face and yearned to feel her lips against mine again, but I knew that the time wasn't right for her to be free.
"She'll be here within the next few hours, my love. Once the operation is complete, you'll be whole again. I know you won't like how I do it, but this is to keep you alive. I can't live without the fact that your still alive somehow, and if I were to die without seeing your smile again, then my life truly has been a failure." I said lovingly to the sleeping wolfess in the tube, her unmoving eyes and lips hurting me as if I had been shot in the stomach. I turned my back on her and made my way to the door before looking over my shoulder at her one last time, the hope swelling in my chest hard to contain with a cure so close at hand. "You will be whole again, Sasha. Hazel will make that happen." I promised her before walking out of the room, leaving my one and only love alone once again, my mind returning to the task at hand.
Thought I'd introduce you guys to the infamous Michael. This is the only chapter from his POV, so don't get used to it. I needed to take a break from Hazel and her ever growing company cause I couldn't think of anything. If this seems short, tough and if you complain about it, then go read something else. Hazel's POV for next chapter.