NaLu: Just Experiments

CHAPTER 3: Strange Family

(Wendy's POV)

     What is this place? Why are there so many big tubes in here? What are all these tools for? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO ME? My mind is buzzing with questions as I enter the room I heard Natsu call "The Injection Lab." I'm scared, really scared, but I remember what Lucy told me before I left.
     She said, "Wendy, listen very carefully to me. Are you listening?" and I nodded. She continued saying, "Wendy, all the experiments can talk to each other in our heads, remember? As soon as you're half way through the injection you'll be able to talk to me, okay? You're strong Wendy. I know you will overcome this. I saw it in a vision last night, but it will only happen if you let them take you. You can do this!"
     I had almost forgotten she could see the future. I let this thought fuel me as I walked out and let him have me. Now, this room is making me scared again. I'm still looking around with wide eyes when I hear someone say, "Night, night little girl." "What-" I stop talking as soon as the world turns black. I can feel myself falling, but never hitting the floor. I'm in some sort of a rabbit hole, where I'm just floating. What happened? I feel like something touched my neck and then it all went dark. Where am I?
     "Lucy?" I call. I have no idea how long I've been out. For all I know I'm already done. "Lucy?" I try again. Oh wait. She said we could talk in our minds. I don't know if I've been talking out loud or not, but I could try talking in my head. 'Lucy?' Silence. 'Wendy?!?' 'Lucy?' I ask. 'No, Natsu' 'Oh...' I say awkwardly. I'm happy I could reach someone.
     'I've been trying to reach Lucy for almost an hour now. She won't answer.' Natsu says worriedly. An hour?!? How long have I been out? 'Where is she?' I ask. 'After you went in, Zayn grabbed her, dragging her towards the evaluation section of the lab.'
     Okay, Lucy told me about this. She said the lab was split into three parts: the experiment containment section, the experiment injection section, and the evaluation section. She said the evaluation section was by far the worst, with the experiment injection section close behind. When I asked her why, she looked upset about something and said not to worry about it.
     'Hey, Wendy listen to me.' I've never heard Natsu sound so urgent. 'If you can talk to me, you're half way through the the injection. This is good and bad. If you made it this far, it means you aren't going to have any negative reactions, but it also means your body is going to begin molding your genes and the new genes together. This part is going to hurt, but it's only for ten to fifteen minutes and I know you'll be okay.'
     A shooting pain vibrates up my legs and into my chest. I can almost feel every inch of my skin start hurting, and I let out a scream. Slowly, I realize I'm waking up. I'm on a cold table, but it doesn't matter since my whole body is burning. There are brights lights shining into my eyes and straps to hold me down. This place is a living nightmare. I scream again as my head rapidly starts throbbing.
      The pain is too much. I don't know how much longer I can take it. I scream again as pain itself lays down in my chest ands seems to slowly spread through my whole body. My ears are throbbing and my nose is burning. I can feel the world going dark again. My body can't handle this much pain. I slowly look over to my left and see one more thing...........Lucy?????
     Why is she here? Natsu says she was being evaluated.....that's weird....she's looks asleep......no.....she's unconscious....why does my brain feel so foggy..................it looks like they're putting her.......into....that tube........I have to.......tell Natsu...... Then everything went black for the second time.

                               -2 hours later-

     Where am I now? "Wendy?" "I hope she's okay." "Don't worry, she's strong. I'm sure she's fine." "I wasn't talking to you flame brain." "I'm just trying to be optimistic, popsicle." "Boys! Do I hear fighting during such a dire circumstance?!?" "No ma'am!"
     I slowly open my eyes to see Erza, Natsu, and Gray looking at me, smiling. "Oh, you're up." Natsu says. "Oh good." Erza says happily. "So......??" Gray says expectantly. "What?" I ask. "Did it work?" Natsu says, "Do you have new abilities like super hearing and smell?" I sniff around looking for an answer. "Yep." I say excitedly, "I feel like I can smell so much! Whoa, and I just heard a guy talking from all the way in a different section." I guess that's why my ears and nose hurt so much during the injection.
     "That's the power of Dragons!" Natsu says punching the air, "There's so much stuff I need to teach you, and there's so much more then just smell and hearing. Welcome to the club, as the only other and first female Dragon." I smile at him as I think about all the pros there are to not being alone here. You aren't lonely. You have people to help you. There's always someone to be there as you go through everything. It's a good feeling.
     My happiness ends quickly though as I remember what I saw before I blacked out.
"Natsu, I have something to tell you..." I say sadly. He looks at me nervously and nods. "It's about Lucy. I saw her in the injection lab and they where putting her in one of those tubes."
      "So it's true." He says slowly, "We saw Zayn take her in there about an hour ago, that's how long you were asleep, but we didn't know why." He pauses. "I made contact with her for just a few seconds after we stopped talking.....she sounded so scared. All she said was that they were taking here to the injection lab and we need to take care of you. She didn't know how long it would take, what they were injecting in her, or , in her own words, why Zayn was wearing a wider smirk than usual."
     I get goosebumps just thinking about that horrid room. There was no color, only white. There was no joy, only pain. There were no friends, only horrible solitude and crushing loneliness. I never want to go in that room again.
     I'm worried for Lucy. I wish I knew what they were doing to her, but I know it can't be good. I'm also worried about Natsu. He said while I was asleep he took his evaluation, but he still looks really nervous. It might be just me but I think he likes Lucy. They would be cute together. I'll have to ask Erza in her head later. As I think about Lucy, I start to think about that room again. I can feel my face drain of any color as the memories come flooding back, making me shudder.
     "Wendy, are you okay? It looks like you've seen a ghost." Erza tells me. "Does that room count?" I ask, "It's white, scary, and I think I've seen it in my nightmares." I say jokingly. This gets everyone to smile. I'm glad we could go through this together. If I didn't have these guys, I would probably still be crying, definitely not smiling and joking around.
     We may not be related, but I feel like, because we all share more similar genes than other people, we are. Whether the scientists meant to or not, they made us grow closer, emotionally, physically, and genetically. We're like a weird, mixed up family almost. At least, we are the closest thing we each have to family here. Somehow, when I think about them, I'm not so scared. I think I like my strange family.