Ch.28 Man and machine

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"Keep on breathing boy"
"We don't want to lose you"
Said a familiar voice as Heinz was carried on a stretcher with an oxygen mask placed onto his face.

"That's it"
"Just keep on breathing"

Heinz complied as he tried his best to stay alive and fought to keep his heart beating.

"MORPHINE"
"NOW"
Ordered a man in a labcoat as Heinz felt a sharp needle pierce his thigh, reducing the pain.

"Load him in"
"I think we found the one"
Said another man in a coat.

Heinz was brought to the back of a truck where he was treated.They bandaged his wounds and gave him treatment as he was bleeding profusely due to losing two limbs and having a gaping hole in his chest.

Heinz looked up as he saw bright lights facing him with people caring his wounds.

"Free...."
He muttered as he got a hold of himself.
He felt the vibrations of the moving vehicle as he looked around and saw a portable laboratory inside of a truck's trailer.

"Where am I"
He questioned, but then came a voice as a man with a labcoat with grey hair and square glasses entered his line of sight.

"Well"
"You must be Heinz Zimmerman"
Said the man.

"Yes I am"
"Who are you"
"How do you know my name"
He questioned

"My name is Dr.Euro"
"I'm famous for my attempts in trying to uhh"
"Perfect the human race"
"Creating a more powerful and more evolved species of human"
"Many of our experiments either died or in the case of Youngblood"
"Escaped the facility and slaughtered everyone inside"
Said Dr Euro as he took a look at Heinz.

"In three quarters of an hour we will be arriving at my base of operations"
"There I'll fix you up and make sure that you're all better"
"Only afterwards will you be able to kill Free"
"Or as I call him Project:Youngblood"
Said Dr Euro.

Heinz looked at himself as he noticed that he could only see through one eye,and only had an arm and a leg left.

"W-what h-h-happened to me"
He said as he looked at his left arm and right leg.

"Well we'd love to tell you"
"But Youngblood might here us"
"From what I Heard he easily destroyed a part of Lunaris last night"
"Where we found you"
Said Dr Euro

The truck came to a halt as they had arrived to Dr.Euros headquarters,an abandoned research facility that specialises in genetic engineering and bioengineering.

Heinz was sat down on a wheelchair as he was brought along the halls into some kind of operating theatre.
Dr.euro wore his latex gloves and covered his face with a mask as he prepared the various tools to 'Heal' Heinz.

"But before we do this Heinz"
"I must remind you that we don't have anaesthetics here"
"We do it old school here"
Said the doctor as a muscular man came from the doorway and Knocked Heinz cold with a punch to the face.

"And now let us begin"
Said Dr Euro as he prepared his scalpel and began to do incisions in Heinz's body.replacing parts of him with machinery that would improve his combat skill.

His arm and leg were replaced with high tech prosthetics,but in order to control them Dr Euro removed Heinz's brain and spinal cord and implanted a chip into it before planting it back in.
At this point he was more machine than man.

Heinz suddenly woke up mid surgery as he saw himself strapped to a hospital bed.
"Oh nurse"
Called Dr Euro as a muscular man came and knocked Heinz out again.

After hours of surgery,Heinz was awoken by a defibrillator to the chest.As he raised himself from the bed a nurse came and brought a mirror for heinz to inspect himself.

"No"
"What am I"
"I'm"
"I'm a monster"
He said as he grabbed the nurse and brushed her windpipe with his prosthetic arm.

He looked at his arm in amazement as he had never seen something like it.

"Well"
"You seem to be doing well"
Said Dr Euro as he raised Heinz from the bed.
"Now let's get you to rehab"

A few weeks later.....
Heinz Trained under the doctor as he sought out revenge.He knew who he wanted to kill but he knew that this wasn't enough.

"I need more power"
"Something divine"
"Something demonic"
Said Heinz as he went on his knees.

"We might have something that'll suit your needs but it takes quite a toll on its user"
Said the doctor

"I don't mind"
"I need all the power I can"
Said Heinz as he looked at the doctor

The doctor set up a ritual for Heinz which consisted of drawing a summoning circle and sacrificing life.
As the blood spilled on the circle.A pentagram appeared inbyhe circle as it set itself on fire.

Beyond the fire came out a goats head, attached to a man's body with the wings of a bat.

"I am baphomet"
"Who dares awaken me from my slumber"
Said the thing as it raised itself from the flames.

"I did"
Said Heinz as he pushed the doctor away and confronted the beast.
"I need power"
"To take down an angel"

"An angel you say?"
"Very well"
"I will grant you power to take down this pure and Divine being that I hate with all my being"
Said baphomet as he entered Heinz turning him into a vessel.

Heinz's eyes glowed red with power as he felt the demonic energy coursing through his veins.

"Now that I have power"
"All I have to do is kill him"
"And talk to her"
Said Heinz

"Who's her?"
Asked the doctor

"Oh it's nothing"
Said Heinz as he began to blush
"Just a member of another Kingdoms royalty that I may or may not like"

"Very well"
Said the doctor
"Now that I am done with you"
"Go out and kill Youngblood"
"Or Free as you call him"

"Let's see how those upgrades do for you"
"Heinz Zimmerman..."

Meanwhile back in Aetheria
"I WAS OUT FOR A WHILE WASN'T I"
Said Free as he jolted awake Only to see that it wasn't him but Phanes.

"Free?"
"Are you alright"
Said Cellinia as she held a cup of coffee

"Could be better"
"But everythings fine when you're around"
Said Free as he looked at his reflection.

"Shit"
"I'm Phanes"

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