Heathen Series - Changed

Chapter 29

Raphael's Pov...

Thunder roared with such brilliance that in its true form, anyone could marvel at its beauty, its mysterious power – its immeasurable freedom and force. 

I looked at the storm passing overhead and thought of the light held within the faces of the kids visiting. So magnetic and vibrant in its form that it was almost impossible; magical even. Something seemed impossible for me. Though with everything that has happened, I knew nothing was impossible these days.

FLASH!

As the lighting struck, the light emanating from it brought pictures into my mind of laughing, cheering, love among other things; it tickled the edges of my mind. And it gave me a headache.

I saw the warm embraces of friends I never had and remembered the comforting words that were never spoken. They stood in a circle next to stairs that I felt were ours - our territory.
I couldn't hear the conversation or see their faces but sensed that I was a big part of it.
I felt at home next to my best friends that I didn't remember making.

Who were they and what did it mean?

I blinked, and they were gone.
I was back in the training arena under weights that seemed as light as a feather. I needed something more challenging rather than something as simple as this.

Was it a memory of someone I never was – something I had, pulled at my heart with such a strong force that I had to wait a minute or two just to calm down my racing heart. I took a deep breath and carried on lifting my weights, trying my best to push the strange feeling I had been having away. It nagged at me in a way I couldn't quite put my finger on.

"Raphael!" barked General angrily while he stood in his usual pose – arms folded over his chest with a face as red as blood but with a look of want that always seemed to make me feel very uncomfortable.

He only gave that look to me. 

I looked up at him, rolling my eyes and sat up to attention. I focused as best as I could though my mind drifted off to other places.

"The report you gave me was quite interesting... Exactly what my soldiers reported. Did they spot you or see you in any way?" he asked suspiciously.

"No sir. We stayed on the beams and observed from a distance." answered Oblivion for me; he looked just as irritated.

I nodded my thanks and stood up, making my way to the table where everyone circled. What about these visitors made the General so unhappy?
I stretched out my arms which made my training shirt tighten around my toned body and lift up revealing her V-line and pressing my breasts together which emphasized my cleavage.
The General didn't hide his stares, and I watched as his eyes changed from controlled irritation to complete lust.

"Good... they haven't found anything that suggests any of you are here.
There are more pressing issues to be taken care of right now. 
We have a new problem. One of our... test subjects has escaped and we need to get it back." he informed tensely.

"Which type of subject?" started Oblivion.

"Failed or passed?" added Bash.

"Was it human or animal?" finished Ripper taking his place on my left.

He took a curl of mine in his hands and played with it. Something he often did, and I let him. It was comforting.

"We don't know. We did not complete documenting the experiment.
The serum was never as it should have been" mumbled Dr Roushkav ashamed and embarrassed.

I remembered when he told me how he remembered how he was forced to administer the serum to the animals he was given; it went all wrong since then. He remembered looking at the changed creatures and thinking that they looked as if they were hitching a plan... Since then, he has always warned me and everyone here to be careful.