Children of the Spear~Origin by Rhett Gervais

Author:Rhett Gervais [Gervais, Rhett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superhero Fantasy
Published: 2019-04-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13: Stronger, Better, Faster, More

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He drifted in a deep dreamless sleep detached from all sense of self, yet somehow still aware of the world, occasionally sensing motion outside the tank despite being in utter darkness. Bobby had lost track of how long he had been floating in nothingness. He only knew that things beyond imagination had been done to him, and the only reason he had not been driven to insanity was because the cool blue liquid he drifted in dulled the pain, disconnecting his mind from body.

They had rebuilt him cell by cell, atom by atom; he knew that much. Nothing had been left to chance, and he was a better man—more than human. Already he could feel his skin was denser, his strength greater. He felt better than he ever had, energized by a light burning within him. For the thousandth time since his isolation began, his thoughts drifted to Elizabeth, wondering if she had made the same choice, or had she gone home and abandoned him. Was she even still alive? Andrew, the guy he had met not long after arriving on the base had told him the kids here were people who wouldn’t be missed, easily discarded. He prayed that wasn’t true, that they could have a life after this was all over.

Bobby was pulled from his musings when a thin crack of blinding white light appeared in front of him, the pod doors slowly widening to reveal the world outside. His eyes adjusted to the blinding glare to discover the yellow-toothed assistant who had taken his blood on the first day hovering in front of him, his pale face creased with worry. Without a word the man plunged a needle longer than Bobby’s arm directly into his chest, injecting a red liquid that burned like fire, sending waves of gut-wrenching pain throughout his body. Gritting his teeth, he balled his hands into fists while he began to shiver and shake, every muscle tensing, straining. Moments later the pain subsided, with only small tingles dancing up and down his extremities, tiny pinpricks of ice cold running along his pale skin.

Another man came into his field of vision, thick around the middle with a lopsided grin on his piggish face. It took him some time to recognize Lieutenant Young, the officer who had started him down the path of this nightmare journey, who had stolen them away, torn them from their world at the church. Glaring at the man, he tried to make sense of what he was being told, scream at him for what he’d done, but for some reason the fat man’s words were gibberish. It took him a second to realize his ears were immersed, he couldn’t speak because there was a tube down his throat. The big man gave him a nod of approval, showing him a thumbs-up before vanishing from sight, the wild-haired assistant returning to the forefront, a tray of medical equipment beside him. The man began to work on him methodically, like a butcher readying a cut of meat.

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