The Race

The Boys

Was I in the competition of the science world to save the human race? No, not at all - what had we done to deserve it? Constantly ruining nature and ferociously attacking our own kind...I was here to save those who didn't deserve that kind of violence - kids. The unclaimed who'd done nothing to deserve this broken world, so I chose to spare the youth but only certain kids...

Sick kids to be exact, those on deaths door or had never seen the outside walls of a hospital - for the fight they had in them, they deserved one hell of a shot! I didn't throw them out immediately after either, I was fully prepared to raise these children as long as they wished to stay, some of the older ones even vocalised their wishes to become my lab partners

They weren't experiments to me, they were family. Due to the changes in their anatomy being so slow and gradual - there was no additional stress, I just told them it was 'part of growing up' and that they were 'loved'. My plan was never world conversion unlike the government's endless pleas for updates on my research - I stopped sending in data when I saw true beauty in my research

"Mama, is it lunch time yet? I'm hungry" my eyes trailed down to the small boy on the tugging on my leg, I could see the very beginnings of transformations in his eyes and two ridges on his head amongst his shock of black hair. My hand reached down taking his hand off my coat and clutching it softly, he was learning so fast! Just a week ago, he was still learning how to read let alone now tell time

"Well aren't you smart?" My gaze drifted up to the clock on the wall "it is, isn't it?" He looked so proud of himself for helping 'Mama' with her day "why don't you go help lay the table? I'm sure your brothers would appreciate the help" the sound of tiny feet echoed through the lab growing quieter and quieter as he left the room, soon the sound of plates and quiet mumbling replaced the gentle hum of my equipment

It was time for a break...

Lunch had already been prepared previously so they could start without me "C'mon Mama! They're gonna eat it all!" Before lay a simple chicken dinner, complex enough to give their brains a puzzle but plain enough that it won't hurt their stomachs. For the little ones, the vegetables were cut into fun animal shapes - it used to be the same for the older ones but i soon realised they were no longer entertained by this notion

Despite their changes, I treated them like human children with advanced minds so that once they were older - they could conform comfortably to society if they wished. I was no monster to conform them permanently to this live this life, I understood that they still had their own wishes and whims they would want to fulfill later on...and majority they could not do so from the safety of my laboratory

"You have to eat too, Mama! Otherwise you won't grow big and strong" a gentle smile stretched across my face, although it was my job to care for them - they'd learned to care for me too...I was 'Mama' to them. My fork gently pushed into a carrot showing the child that I was eating with him - if I didn't eat in front of the little ones, I'd seen they struggle to pick up the skill all together

"...Mother" my eyes widened slightly, I thought he'd left for good, as far as I knew - he was leading a successful life, so why was he back? Had things not gone how I thought they had? His eyes held so much concern and sorrow - I put my finger to my lips asking him not to speak of dark matters in front of the infants, they weren't ready to know the cruelty of life!

His ears remained drooped as he nodded, taking an empty place at the table and serving himself a plate full of food. The children next to him interrogated him on what the 'outside' was like and where he'd gone to which he kept a cheerful tone painting a cozy picture of what we agreed we'd tell them of the world they'd yet to experience

We both hated to lie, but the truth of their existence was much too cruel for now...