Ebony Scales

Segment Seventeen; 'De-Escalation'

'Dr. Wu's Pov'

Everything was happening so fast and it seemed to increase with each passing second. The fight that they would be witnessing now would be engraved in their heads forever. And this wasn't fake, oh no.

This was all too real.

Many people now actually thinking about it, have probably seen something like this in movies or made up documentaries. Oh but this wasn't some movie, cgi, or pixels on the big screen, this was all happening before them in real life!

This fight was as real as they were standing there, soaking it all in. Course this was still a serious situation that they were in and it was very dangerous, due to the possibility of being caught in the middle of the fight. Which was why Owen, Claire, and Lance were all backing away from the scene. While Dr. Wu stood where he was still with wide eyes, for he was marveling at the sight of two beasts going at it. But one of them was something that he has painstakingly made, though it was deemed a dud. It was still his creation. In time this dud will be dealt with and he will be able to make another one. Which will be the perfect weapon.

As he watches them fight, did he get to see firsthand what the future ideal weapon would be. This complete artillery unit that is a living breathing thing will obey orders unlike any other animal alive. He or she no matter the gender will be the perfect fighting companion. They will be literally unstoppable!

The loud angered calls from both sides brought him out of his thoughts for the time being. He then watched Blue run around with outstanding agility and what many would say, grace.

Incredible!, boasted Dr. Wu's thoughts as he watched the velociraptor jump onto something much larger than herself. But of course they normally do that when they hunt or fight. However he didn't expect Blue to stand up for Owen. To think an animal would risk its very life to save someone else. That kind of bond was quite alike to a man and their dog. So to speak. And according to what he has heard, the velociraptor did this for Owen quite a few times already. He had to admit that he was envious of Owen and what he has already accomplished.

Owen was a hard working man who understood the ways of animals and their behaviors. More than he could possibly count on all of his fingers, a lot of people respected Owen and never did they mock his abilities. Sure, Owen was a hard person to get to know at first but he had a firm understanding of his job as well as his limits. Hell! Owen was not an idiot unlike the higher ups who would continuously boss him around. The same goes for that all too familiar but prideful man known as, General Camden.

Who was literally risking it all to capture this failure of a weapon right now. He simply refused to let her go, for she was everything that he wanted in terms of power, and most likely greed.
And in due time, she will be the end of him.

Dr. Wu knew about that deep down, and honestly he hoped that he wouldn't share the same fate as the general.
After all there was still that chance that it might occur. Which would be ironic, wouldn't it? It would be like those awful but cliché horror stories or movies where the creator of some monster, gets killed by said monster at the end. In this case the hybrid he has made would end his life, forever.

Just thinking about that, it gave him enough motivation for him to wrap this up, once and for all.

He must do whatever it takes to stop that animal in which he has brought life to. For that was the only way to completely stop this from happening. Dr. Wu was not planning to die, not now anyway. He has too much to do and he was going to achieve his goal! One way or another!

But then it would soon dawn on him, that they were all different as to why they do the things that they do. In terms with himself and General Camden though, they were so very much alike in a odd way.