The Siege of the Supers (The First Superhero Book 2) by Logan Rutherford

Author:Logan Rutherford [Rutherford, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Paranormal & Urban, Superheroes, Superhero, Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction
Amazon: B011HC6RE2
Published: 2015-09-15T04:00:00+00:00

28

Doctors Orders

The guards wheeled me into a room filled with bright lights. I looked around as best I could and saw the room was lined with people in suits, watching everything that was happening very closely.

“Is this his first time?” I heard one doctor say to another.

“Yes,” one replied.

“I’ll need a smooth surface for calibration, then.”

A team of doctors was hovering around me, masks covering their faces. Some of them ripped my clothes off, leaving me bare and cold.

Every touch hurt. I was aware of everything. The pain that coursed through me, the static in my head, the doctors sliding a cool metal needle into my veins, the cold patches they placed on my chest.

The clippers shaving the hair from my head.

The vibrations sent such severe pain shooting through my head it was almost unbearable. I thought I was going to pass out. I could almost feel the bone fragments in my face shake around like rocks on a conveyer belt.

My hair fell in a pile around me, tickling my neck. Some clung to my eyelashes and I blinked it away. I couldn’t even begin to imagine what they could be shaving my head for. I didn’t even want to. All I wanted was to have my powers back. All I wanted was to have my regeneration back for just a split second. Just to heal myself a tiny bit—not even all the way. That’s all. Was that too much to ask for? Had I not earned at least that?

“Okay, that’s good,” a doctor said. “Applying nodes.”

I felt what seemed like lots of small fingers digging into my head. It felt as if a masseuse was preparing to give me a thorough head massage. It would’ve felt good had I not been distracted by my broken face.

“Tempest, listen to me,” a voice said. This was one I recognized. Loren.

I moved my eyes to meet hers. I could barely see through the slits they now were, thanks to the swelling.

“We’re turning off your Eximus shocker for a few seconds. If you try anything, we’ll bring Sven in here for another round. Understand?”

I tried to say something, but all that came out was a gurgling noise that she took for a yes.

“We’re ready, ma’am,” a doctor told her.

“Everybody stand back,” she said, taking a step back herself.

I felt the static in my head fade away. The hum from the Eximus receded back into the device implanted into my neck.

And the popping began.

No, I told myself.

No! I screamed in my head.

I was trying to stop my regeneration.

I’d realized what they were doing. They were studying what was going on in my brain when I was healing myself. I didn’t know what they would learn from the readings they were gathering, but whatever it was, they sure as hell didn’t need to know.

The popping didn’t stop. I felt cracking around my eye socket as the bones fused back together.

“Stop it,” I hissed under my breath.

A huge pop came from my jaw and I yelped in pain.

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