I Am Phantom (Novella): Subject Number One by Fletcher Sean

Author:Fletcher, Sean [Fletcher, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction | Superhero | Supervillain
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

When he was ready, Lucius banged on the cage. He screamed. He beat his fists on the floor.

And then he lay on the ground, splayed like he was dead, and waited.

One minute, two minutes.

The room door opened.

“You dead yet—oh. Yeah, guess you are.” Lucius heard the man step into the room. Heard his feet shuffle uncertainly towards him.

“Crap, crap, uh…” There was the click as a holster was unclipped, followed by a loud bang and searing pain as a bullet went into his upper back, just missing his spine.

Lucius didn’t flinch. The voices retreated, barely.

This pain! This pain felt good. And it made the voices go away. For a while, anyway.

The man gave a satisfied grunt. “Good enough for me.” The cage door squeaked as the man opened it up. “Why do I always have to get rid of the bodies,” he grumbled.

Lucius stood. The movement was so fast that the man was still leaning over, hand outstretched, to grab him. It was as if time had stopped for everyone else, but stayed the same for him.

The man’s eyes widened. He might have yelled something. Maybe screamed. Might have, but that was before Lucius grabbed his throat and squeezed. There was a sharp snap of bone.

So they did twitch!

But…Lucius easily lifted the man up and drew him closer to have a look. The man was still alive. Good. Very good.

Still holding the man aloft in front of him, Lucius stepped out of the cage and looked around. The knife Lin had used to cut apples for Bobo sat perched nearby. How incredibly fitting.

Lucius dropped the man. His body made a dull thud on the tile. Lucius retrieved the knife. The man hadn’t moved. How could he? His spinal cord was probably snapped.

Lucius knelt down, gently peeled back the layers of the man’s collar. Brought the knife to his throat.

Lucius had watched people get their throats cut in movies. In those, they made it look so easy. Slice. Dice. Done. Quick and efficient.

But that’s not how it worked in real life. The throat was a lot tougher than he gave it credit for. It had a lot of layers. He had to saw back and forth to cut through the gristle, the man gurgling beneath him. But it was easy enough. Probably because the movies didn’t account for enhanced strength.

He was almost done, but the second Lucius applied a little more pressure the knife cut clean through the throat, lodging itself in the tile beneath.

Lucius stared at what he’d done.

Oops, said the voices. Oh, well. Practice, practice, practice! Let’s find another.

Lucius dislodged the knife and stood.

The next was in the hallway. They had foolishly left the lights off in this corner of the lab, so the man didn’t see him before it was far too late.

More! More! The voices cried. Lucius was more than happy to appease them. At one point, though it seemed like a lifetime ago, he would have felt horrified at what he was doing. But since

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