The Irangel | Prequel Story |

Chapter 32 ~ Secret Irangel Experimentation

They held a small funeral for Millian. Eamon stood beside Cole as they all shed tears for Millian, the second irangel that died, Nate being the first.

Justin left Tori unconscious in her bedroom as he stood with the irangels mourning Millian's death. He was so young, he thought as he looked at Millian for the last time. Barely finished college. Never got married nor never started to really live a life.

Cole's vacant eyes reached Justin's quiet ones. He stared bleakly at the man who loved the monster that needlessly tortured one of his irangel brothers. He hated the way Justin defended her and could not understand how someone could love such a horrible person. Though Cole wanted nothing more than to kill Tori, Justin stood in the way. Cole didn't want to kill Justin, seeing him as another irangel brother. So the frustration was left unchecked, the violator allowed to live after the victim died. Cole couldn't wait for the day Justin would finally allow him to kill Tori, maybe even join him in killing her. Wonder if Tori will finally come to her senses, Justin thought in mild optimism, but he thought wrong.

Soon as Tori woke up, she knocked the irangels out with the knock-out spray and locked them all in the bed room, using a strong irangel version of the knock-out spray designed to keep them unconscious for a few hours rather than the version that kept humans unconscious for a little over a day.

She stood alone at Millian's grave, quietly reflecting on the second irangel death. When she returned to the glass building, she took all the guns and hid them somewhere in the forest.

Cole was so fed up that he didn't care anymore. Ignoring Justin's warnings and all rational sense, soon as Tori allowed them to leave the confinement of their bed room, Cole lunged himself at Tori. She electroshocked him, but this time even Cole was stunned when his body absorbed the electricity coming out of the Taser-like weapon. Before he could do something once he was out of his surprised state, Tori pulled out the small perfume-sized canister of knock-out spray she started to carry with her at all times and spritzed it at Cole, instantly knocking him out. The others stared, floored.

"Did you see that?!" Camdren said in wide-eyed amazement. "He absorbed electricity! Like a battery."

His body is changing somehow, Tori thought, curious and startled at the same time. Her eyes met Justin's, his eyes sharing the same look. But instead of taking him back to the bed room, Tori carried Cole to the experimentation room. She set Cole on a cot, propping his head up with a simple utilitarian-looking pillow, and used metal cuffs to secure him to the cot so he wouldn't get up and escape.

Disappointed in her, Justin said warily, "Tori, just what are you – "

To his own shock, Tori turned and wordlessly silenced Justin with her electroshock device before he could say further. When he came to, Justin found himself chained to a wall beside Eamon. The wall was cold and uncomfortable. Cole's screams echoed down the hallway, making Justin and Eamon flinch. They both attempted to break out and help him, but this time the chains were secured extra tightly.

"One thing is for sure," Eamon said through gritted teeth. "The next dead body will be Tori's. What she is doing is unforgiveable. It's something I would never do to another."

"Tori has gone beyond reason," Justin said in realization. Tears started running down his face, heartbroken having to watch the woman he loved lose herself.

With each volt, Cole felt his body altering from prolonged exposure to electricity and shock waves. It was a strange electrifying feeling, one nobody was able to feel.

But I feel it.

Cole laid his head back, whimpering as each volt coursed through his entire body like slow electric currents. At times it seemed like his body was welcoming the electricity, but shortly after, it seemed like the electricity was too much for him and became very painful. It hurt like a blade running through, the agony restrained by strange euphoric sensations. It was pain and pleasure at the same time, a concept very foreign to Cole. Sometimes the pain was greater, sometimes the pleasure was greater.