My name's not Velseir

Chapter 22: [Changes PT2]

Velseir's POV:

My head hurts. Yet again I'm waking up in a place I don't recognize with little to no idea how and why I'm here. I reach out and find red close by sound asleep. Where am I this time? I looked around taking in the unfamiliar view. It was a white room with countertops, cupboards and instruments... I looked at what I was sitting on and I was greeted by a metal examination table.

No!

Not again... I can't do this again...

I started hyperventilating, alerting red to my distress.

I can't breathe.

Someone help me!

The world began to spin and I was becoming dizzy. I could hear Red yipping but it sounded like the world was underwater. A door opened somewhere behind me but I couldn't move to look. I was terrified that those monsters had me again. I want amber. Tears streamed down my face and I felt like my head was about to explode.

I felt myself get lifted into the air and my fight or flight instincts finally kicked in. I was struggling with everything I had but still I wasn't let go of. I was brought closer to them and my panic continued to intensify along with my struggle. I was held restrained and no longer able to fight. I mustered the courage to look at what had me. My vision was still blurry but I could faintly see the figure that held me.

It was amber. I was safe. Realising this, I felt my entire body relax as I sank into his hold. My Amber was here, he didn't give me back to those monsters.I Wriggled in his grasp trying to get more comfortable when I noticed something strange. It felt as though a part of me was stuck but my arms and legs were free. I wriggled some more and amber set me down on the table. I was already missing his warmth but I had to know what was new. My jaw hung slack when I saw it. There was a long thick tail attached to my lower back. What did they do to me? I was already monstrous enough without them giving me a tail too. I was trying to stay calm but I felt my trust breaking slowly, I thought amber would protect me. Did he not like me as I was?

My head started hurting again like someone was trying to split open my skull. Reaching up to hold my head I noticed another change. My ears were gone, but I could still hear. I started feeling around my head some more and I found them, my new ears. All I wanted was for this to be a dream but I knew it wasn't.

I started to cry. The situation I had found myself in after waking up was terrifying. I had no idea how I got here or why these things were happening to me. Can I trust amber to keep me safe? The throbbing in my head was getting worse and my tears wouldn't slow let alone stop. I jumped out of my skin when I saw movements in my peripheral vision. It was a different person this time not amber they had a white coat on like a doctor would back on earth. Who was this person? 

They had bright lilac hair that was styled similarly to ambers with shiny white ornaments, but they had more loose hair than him. The person I assumed did this to me had two different coloured eyes. They were blue and white voided left and right respectively. They came towards me, their turquoise skin shimmering in an unnatural way in the bright hospital style lighting. I wanted to back away. I should be scared but I wasn't. There wasn't an uncanny feeling of safety like I was drawn to this person instinctively. Why did their presence not bother me? I approached them fighting through the pain. I needed to know more. I didn't understand how but I knew this person would help me and take away the pain.

They held out their hand and I returned the gesture hoping I'd learn more. I allowed them to pick me up and they cradled me in their arms like a child. It was comfortable and they even made sure to take care not to trap my newest appendage. They walked over to the desk to the side and picked something up. I couldn't see what it was from the angle I was sitting. It was lifted towards my face and I finally made out that it was a bottle of the perfect size for me.

The new alien I am now going to call sapphire (Saph for short) put the nipple of the bottle to my mouth wanting me to drink from it. I didn't know what was in it so I took a sip hesitantly. The cool liquid flowed into my mouth in a steady stream as I waited to taste it. I was met with a harsh metallic taste and I spat it out it was red... Was that blood? My mind was disgusted but my mouth was watering for more. What was wrong with me? Why did I want blood so much? Was this something to do with my new appearance? 

Sapphire set the bottle down and reached for another. It was again lifted to my lips for me to drink. I didn't want to in case it was something worse but my head continued to throb and my mouth continued to water. I talk even less of this one than the last but I was surprised when it didn't taste horrible. I wanted more as I was thirsty and it was making my head hurt less, but sap took away. Why? It was helping!

I cried out when she took it away but the bottle was replaced with a different one yet again. I tried this one too. It wasn't as good as the last one but it still tasted good and eased my suffering. Again and again I was given different liquids to try, some tasted horrible and others kind of nice. I don't want to think of what they could have been considering what the first one was. I think the second, third and fifth ones were my favourites that helped me the most. I was given a choice of which one I wanted again and each time I picked one Saph moved it to the side and wrote something down. After I ran out of ones I found drinkable we stopped.

When this was all over with I was given back my favourite bottle and I settled back into the comfort of Sapphire's hold. Amber and Sapphire were talking about something but I didn't care. I relaxed as the pain in my head began to subside and I continued to nurse the bottle. Once they finished their conversation I was placed back on the table with red and we exchanged yips with each other. I felt a bit stiff from all of the stress and did a little stretch remembering that I had a tail again. As I stretched I noticed that my tail got spiky at the tip and waved it about trying to get it to stop.

Saph was the first to realize what I was doing and she looked quite panicked at what she saw. She grabbed a cloth and wrapped it around my tail. Why? What was she doing? She pointed at my tail and said something to me I didn't understand. There were a few more gestures made until the last one which made me freeze up. She pointed at my covered tail and smiled with tight lips but then when she took the cloth off she pointed from further away and showed me her teeth. They were like a piranhas: sharp, jagged, translucent. It was terrifying.

The barbs on my tail that were finally settling back into place were now fully erect again and aimed at Saph. I realized what she meant. The spikes were dangerous. I lowered my tail and shook it off wanting them to go down again. I had to Coke them with my hand to get them to go down which they eventually did.

Damn things just keep getting better don't they? Hopefully this will be the last surprise my body has for me...

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I hope you enjoyed the chapter. This one took a little longer than I would have liked but it was fun writing it. 

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