NaLu: Just Experiments

CHAPTER 19: Testing

(Lucy's POV)

I can't believe we're back. Nothing has changed. Everything looks just like how we left it. I try to bury my head in my knees to escape the endless screaming. Ever since we got back people have been shoved into the injection lab. Their screams are suffocating and I just want it to stop. I just want the screaming to stop. Tears slide down my cheeks as I remember all we just went through in the past few hours. All the cages were loaded onto heavily guarded trucks as a scientist explained things to us over the speakers.
     "Welcome to the Indigo Project!" He said enthusiastically, "You should all be very proud to be part of this great new experiment. You have been chosen to be genetically modified to be the first generation of super humans. This is brand new technology that not even the government knows about! We are currently transporting you to your new home at Lab 551." I gave a humorless laugh at those words. New home? More like new cage.
     "You have nothing to fear. We mean you no harm. You are actually very valuable to us! Your parents have been generously compensated for their sacrifice to this cause, and some have even received special treatment to ease any misgivings." That was what Zayn must have been doing by handing out the money. I guess the special treatment is when he erased their memories. This is disgusting.
"We would like you to take this opportunity to change into your new clothes and relax, as we whisk you away to your new living quarters. You'll be home soon!" The man finished happily and everything was quiet again. I watched as guards came around to make sure all the other people were changing into their new clothes. Then I heard a familiar scream.
Instantly I had a flashback to the first time I met Wendy. The day that put everything else in motion. I remember her blue hair swaying with her body as she struggled against that guard.
     My mind snapped back to the present and I frantically searched for the source of the scream. Then I saw blue hair fly through the air. At first I was convinced Wendy broke out and was coming to set us free but soon I knew better. It was someone else I knew with blue hair. Levy.
I watched, horrified, as Levy refused to put on her new uniform and was grabbed by two guards. They ripped her clothes off her body and shoved her into the plain white Indigo Project clothes. She bit the hand of one of the guards and then he slapped her, making her fall to the ground. "Leave her alone!!!!" I screamed, but no one seemed to hear.
     Levy kicked the guard in the knees, and he fell on all fours as she got up. He recovered quickly though and grabbed the club hanging from his hip. I felt like the whole world started to move in slow motion. I saw the guard raise his club and strike it down on Levy. I heard myself screaming but nothing stopped.
     Soon she was unconscious and shoved back into her cage. Then I just sat in my cage for the rest of the ride to the lab, hoping she was okay. She woke up eventually but with a bloody nose. The worst part was not being able to help her. Now I'm sitting in my cage, helpless, hopeless, and cheerless. I feel like all the life has been sucked out of me.
     'Lucy stop it,' Natsu says in my head, 'don't beat yourself up about this. We are gonna be okay.' 'I can't help it, Natsu.' I say angrily, ' It's my fault we got caught. If I had just erased Dr. Crimson's memory or fought harder or warned you guys sooner, we wouldn't be here.' I'm disappointed in myself for causing so much pain.
     'Don't say that.' Natsu says firmly, 'You are beautiful and talented and so smart. If it weren't for you we wouldn't have gotten out in the first place. Besides, I'm kind of awesome. And I wouldn't date a loser. She would have to be the prettiest, smartest, most talented, and wonderful person in the world. I think you meet all the requirements.'
     'I love you Natsu...' I mumble, not able to say anything else. Why does he have to be so perfect? I want to hug him and kiss him. I want to touch that beautiful smile. These stupid bars are keeping me from being with the one I love.  'I wish we could touch... Just one more time, I want to kiss you.' I look at him with sad eyes that beg for love, that beg for him.
     He only sighs and says what I already know, 'I want that too, but I don't know when we'll be able to.' I'm staring into his deep eyes when I hear the door to our hall open. "Erza Scarlet, if you could come with me it's time for your training. I hear you have a few very interesting abilities that, due to special circumstances, have not been tested yet," says a snobby scientist with a combover. He unlocks Erza's cage and the two guards who followed him in reach in to take her.
     I watch as she is painfully jerked out and held while they close the gate. They are all about to leave when that scientist stops. "How careless of me. I almost forgot. We need you for testing as well." he says looking straight at me. "What? I've been evaluated twice already." I object, but he doesn't seem to hear.
     Soon I'm pulled out of my cage by my hair and pushed down a hall. Soon Erza and I split up when we get to a fork in the hall. Then it's just me and a guard. We pass rows of cages and a maze of different halls before we get to wherever I'm going. He opens a door to a room I've never seen and pushes me in not saying a word.
     I look around and see metal tables filled with different colored liquids and jars with something bubbling inside them. There's also a cabinet with jars of pills in it. I realize these are the pills they shot into our necks that they said would control us. My heart starts beating faster and I want to leave but that's not going to happen.
     "Hello Lucy." My head spins around and my eyes see Zayn. I back away slowly, not wanting to be in this room more than ever. "Now, now. Is that any way to greet your fiancé?" he chuckles. "We are not engaged!" I yell, clenching my fists. I'm furious at him for bringing us back her, for bringing us here in the first place. "Yes, we actually are. I know it might seem crazy, but soon you will be just as excited as I am about our engagement." he tells me.
     "Why?! I hate you! You ruined my whole life and then ruined the lives of my friends! You've caused me so much pain! Do you even know the value of human life? You treat us like we aren't even human!" I scream at him, letting all my emotions out. He only sighs, "Don't worry, my dear Lucy. Soon all those emotions will feel like a distinct nightmare. You'll convince yourself you love me with all your heart."
     "Of course to do that we have to get this pill perfected." he claps his hands twice and four scientists come in. They all scurry around the room, looking at their jars, twisting nobs, and making final preparations. Then one of them comes up to me and says, "Drink this." He holds out a spoon with a strange purple liquid in it. When I hesitate he adds, "It's a temporary version of the newest pill." I still don't take it and he proceeds to just shove it in my mouth.
     The sappy liquid sloshes around in my mouth and soon I swallow it, cringing as it makes its slimy descent. I feel strange and dizzy all of a sudden, and I have to grab something for support. My feet decide not to hold up my body anymore, and I start to fall to the ground.
     Before I fall, I feel something catch me. I groggily look up at my rescuer and find myself staring into deep, dark black eyes. A strand of black hair falls into his face, and he childishly blows it back. He protectively looks at me to ensure I'm fine, but soon his eyes are angry and turned back to the rest of the room. I feel safe in his arms.
     I feel like I've seen this man before, but I can't place him. I'll have to ask my friends. My friends. Natsu. He is the one I love. I feel safe in his arms. Not this guy. Who even is this? I feel like all my memories come flooding at me and slowly reality kicks in. I blink my eyes a few times and then I see who is really holding me. The man I just said made me feel safe, but really is the one who brings me the most fear. Zayn.

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