Lab Baby

Artemis

Free. For the first time in a long time he felt free as he ran through the woods with Mingi in his wolf form. He was a little rusty, but he tracked through the woods and forest floors like he has done this a hundred times. He wasn't as behind from Mingi as he ran faster, his heart beating quickly as he swats at Mingi's hind leg ultimately tripping the alpha.

Mingi growls as he crashes into the ground, reaching around to snap at Seonghwa but the wolf cackles as he pounces over the alpha and continues to run. They didn't have a set place to stop, but he could smell and hear rushing water. There has to be a waterfall nearby, so he pushes himself forward until he finally catches sight of the river right beside the waterfall.

But just as he was about to break through the trees, goal in sight, he felt teeth clamp on his tail and yelps in surprise. Mingi ended up pinning him down into the forest floor, growling in Seonghwa's ear as he bares his teeth, You could've hurt me back there you know?

Seonghwa laughs, What's wrong alpha? Don't like a little competition?

Mingi huffs, removing himself from Seonghwa as he stands over him, I get you wanted to play, but please be careful.

Seonghwa's ears flatten and he lowers his head in embarrassment as Mingi trots towards the river, looking over his shoulder his tongue flops out as he grins, By the way, I win.

Seonghwa grumbles, standing and following the alpha towards the river. The pair take a drink from the cold water, Seonghwa sitting back and resting. His heart was still beating rapidly, but could that be from the race or Mingi tackling him down? He looks to the black wolf who was now laying by the waterside, panting a little from the exhaustion. Seonghwa sits beside him, keeping a little distance from the alpha to not crowd him.

Mingi chuckles, You can sit closer to me. You know I don't bite.

Do I? How do I know you won't bite me?

Because you didn't ask, Mingi barks out a laugh before scooting closer to Seonghwa, I promised you I wouldn't hurt you, none of us will.

Seonghwa relaxes at the presence of the alpha, he knows Mingi won't hurt him and he is slowly coming used to the idea of being in a pack and not being a science experiment. The water before them was calming and shifted him into his own thoughts, and he truly felt grateful the more he thought about where he and his baby were. The only thing he would change right now if he could, if he could have Seoho with him.

What are you thinking about?

Seonghwa snaps his attention back to the alpha, who in turn was staring at him with interest in his eyes. Seonghwa sits up straighter as he looks back down at the water, How lucky I am to be here. I wish it were the same for my brother.

You have a brother?

Yes, Seonghwa whines, back at the laboratory.

Mingi grunts, What's he like?

Seonghwa lays back down, putting his head on his paws as he gets lost in thought about his brother, Like me. Although he is older than I am, and he is much more courageous. I wonder every day how it would've been if I wasn't chosen and he was... or if we were chosen together.

Chosen?

Yeah, Seonghwa sighs, it's every few months where they choose the next set of omegas to impregnate.

Wait. Time out, they choose you? As in like you're cattle being raised for slaughter?

Pretty much the same comparison, Seonghwa looks to the sky, They have your weight, your birthday, everything they could need about you or want to know about you shown on the screen facing every omega and they choose a handful of them to do the procedure on. They used to do every single omega as soon as they're old enough, but they realized that having a bunch of pregnant omegas and doing the procedure on everyone isn't ideal and more of a hassle for other departments.