-Jason-
“Elijah!” I shouted trying to pull away from the men that were holding me back. “Leave her alone.”
“Not a chance. She’s lucky that we’re not going to kill her.” The man on my left snickered as I saw the third guy put a rag over her mouth and nose.
“Elijah!” I screamed and then the guy on my right did the same to me and I got very dizzy and passed out.
My head was throbbing. I didn’t want to open my eyes. I knew where I was and I didn’t want to be here. I didn’t want to be back in the lab. I could feel the old leather belts strapping me down to the table. I opened my eyes when I heard someone walk into whatever room that I was in.
“That wasn’t a very funny stunt that you pulled Jason.” The head researcher stated as he had his arms crossed and stared down at me.
“It’s not very funny keeping me here for fourteen years.” I spat back.
“You’ve gotten an attitude since you’ve left.” He stated grabbing a hug chunk of my hair. “It looks like only the cat DNA set in with your DNA. That’s kind of disappointing. I was hoping to see what you would look like with wings. I guess we will just have to try again.” He snickered and let go of my hair.
“You have no right to do that. I am a human being, not an animal.” I stated glaring at him.
“Really, because it looks to me like have a bit of cat in you, so you’re not a human being. Well not a full human any more.” He laughed and then left the room.
“Damn it…” I choked out as I held back tears. He was right; I wasn’t human. I was only part human.
I laid there on the cold table awaiting to see what they were going to do to me next.
‘How did they find me? I look different from the day that I left. Elijah, what happened to her? I hope that she is alright.. What about her knee? Did she hurt it again? If she did and she can’t play it would be my fault.’ I thought to myself as I listened to the scientists outside with their muffled voices.
I could hear them talking that I would have to go through more tests and also examinations to see what has changed and what they have to do. I wasn’t looking forward to the next exams. That was always the worst. Blinking a few times to draw back the tears to water my contacts that I was wearing. I could muster up anything. They hadn’t noticed yet. I figured that I should wear them just because we were going out in public and I didn’t want to frighten people from my eyes.
I was thinking to myself so much that I didn’t notice as a woman walked into the room, “I’m glad that they knocked you out as they brought you here. You’ve gotten taller, by several inches.” It was the women that use to give me the shots of DNA and whatever else they wanted to inject into me. “I’m going to have to check your height, weight, and vision.” She told me.
“Let me go. I don’t want to be here.” I begged as she walked over to me.
“I can’t do that. I’m under orders to keep you under watch.” She told me.
“Just let me go. You can’t do this.” I told her.
“We’ve done this for fourteen years, with you. Do you think you spending almost a year away from us it going to change anything?” She commented.
“I want to go home.” I said.
“You won’t fit in to society. You will never fit in. No one will ever accept you. You’re a freak.” That comment struck deep. I held back tears as my heart pounded against my chest.
I didn’t say a word as I heard the door to the room open and a couple of men forced me to go through tests. They noticed that I was wearing contacts and the forced my eyes opened to get them out. They figured out that my eyes functioned like a cat’s eyes.
“We have a lot more tests to run on you. Put him back in his room as we get ready.” The women told the two men and I was forcefully dragged back to the room that I stayed in while I was here before.
~*~*~*~*~*~3 months later~*~*~*~*~*~
I couldn’t tell how long I had been in this place anymore. It felt like the days were blending together. No matter how much I tried I couldn’t get out. I sat on my bed and listened to the guards that were standing in front of my door. It sounded as if they were going to do something to me again today. I wasn’t sure if I was going to get more injections or if I was going to have to go through tests. I knew that they just injected me with fish DNA. I don’t know why though, maybe today they were planning on working on serums to test on me again. Though…I didn’t feel any different, so I think that this DNA failed. The door to my room opened and I looked over. I made eye contact with the guards and he shuttered as he looked into my eyes because of how intense my stare was.
“Stop that.” The guards said to me as he couldn’t keep with my eyes.
“Why? You’re going to do more tests on me.” I stated.
He grabbed my wrists and pulled me off the bed then dragged me out the door. I couldn’t take it any more. I wanted to get out of here. I wanted to see Elijah again. I wanted to see my parents. The two guards took me to a room with a deep tank full of water. I felt my heart drop. I was going to be thrown into that tank to see if the fish DNA had any effects on me.
“No, no, please don’t. I can’t swim, please.” I begged trying to pull away from the guards.
I couldn’t get away they attached a weight to my leg and then tossed my into the tank I managed to get my breath before my head went under the water. I sank to the bottom and tried to get my leg unhooked. I was running out of air and I know that I would have to breath soon. I heard a muffled slam and I looked up to see disproportional people charging into the room. Someone ran over to the take and I could make out that it was Elijah. I tired to get the weight off my foot once more and finally was able to get it off, but I released the rest of my oxygen escape from my lungs and I took a deep breath of water in. I heard Elijah screaming as I felt myself sink to the bottom of the tank because I couldn’t breath.
