A shifter caged

Chapter four

Chaper four

I woke up from the same nightmare I'd had for the past eight and a half years.

I'd be running with my twin brother kayden, we were still seven in my nightmare, and these men in dark uniforms would attack us. They grab my arms and start to drag me away but Kayden tries to hold onto my hand, Tears would run down my cheeks as he screamed my name " Skylar, don't leave me! "

In two weeks I would turn sixteen. All werewolves have their first shift on their sixteenth birthday and I don't know what will happen to me with all the things they've done to me in this hell hole.

They did their normal blood tests and fitness tests once a week but every few weeks they had what they called PTT's and IRT's.

PTT stands for Pain tolerance tests and they basically use the collar they created that is controlled by small black remotes to keep me obedient. The collar when triggered gives off a shockwave pulse that they use to send my body into unimaginable pain, each time they did they would record how long it takes me to fall unconscious and each time it takes slightly longer than the last.

IRT stands for Injury recovery tests. This was my worst and their favorite. They were fascinated with how my werewolf blood allows me to heal from the most severe injuries ten times faster than a human. They would break bones and slice me up just to watch the skin almost instantly knit back together.

Two years ago they discovered an old herb mythically known as wolfs bane. These barbaric men in lab coats discovered that it shunted the healing process, how you ask well they would slice deep into my back and pour the wolfs bane into the wound while a machine would hold it open. They were deaf to my screams and the agonising burn of the wolfs bane would last for days afterwards.

I slowly built up a resistance to the wolfs bane from the amount of times I had it shoved into my injuries.

Other than their rigorous tests they tried to keep me healthy, they made me eat a horrid porridge every day and I had training in defense, offense, tactical and weaponry training every week, as well as regular exercise in their gym, it felt like they were training me to be a one man army.

In exchange for my obedience they brought me textbooks and other learning material to learn from, I spent most of my time alone in my dingy cell trying to learn as much as I could.

I heard a commotion just down the corridor from my cell and I ran to the steel door to look through the bars. I heard the screaming before I saw them, two people a man and a women were being dragged down the corridor.

" Our people will come for us, they will hunt you down until you are all in the ground! "

I watched with curiosity and fear, the same fear I gots each time I heard footsteps echo off the concrete floor, as they were shoved into seperate cell across from mine, this was new, they never brought in anyone since me.

The woman from what I could see of her looked to be around thirty while the man looked twenty.

I was staring at the woman who seemed to have a strength in the way she stood, her eyes moved across the corridor, calculating, until they found mine hidden partially by the bars of my cell door.

"Mike look we have company..." the woman's voice was soft and cautious as she spoke to the man who's name must have been Mike.

" Don't be rude Sally, introduce yourself, she looks quite shy. " the mans voice was deep but comforting, it was nice to hear a voice other than the sneers I got from the guards.

" Hello, my name is Sally and this is Micheal, or just Mike, what is your name?"

I stared at her for a while just listening before I realized she had asked me a question, I looked away from her before replying.

" My Name... Well they call me... 003 "

My voice came out rough and scratchy and I had to cough to clear my throat.

Sally looked at Mike with a weird expression before turning back to me.

" No child, what is your name? "

I had thought she would prefer to hear that code, it is what all the scientists and guards called me.

" Skylar, I was once called Skylar." I felt my eyes glisten as that name brought back so many memories of before...

" Skylar, that's a lovely name, how old are you dear? " she asked in a motherly tone.

Before I could reply I heard the footsteps I had come to recognize as my main torturer, I had never learnt his name but he walked with a slight limp, leaning heavily on the one foot, my eyes went wide with fear and I saw Sally and Mike had seen my fear as the backed away slightly from their doors. I cowered on my bed and waited as he opened my door, ignoring the two newcomers.

" 003 Approach the door." his gruff voice commanded.

I did as he told me and stepped out into the hallway where he waited, I felt the collar heat up and I realized too late his intentions, the pain seared through my body sending me sprawling to the floor my muscles spasmed before it stopped as suddenly as it began.

I picked myself shakily off the ground and bowed my head to show obedience, my wrists felt heavier where the chains ground into my skin. I took one final look towards the newcomers cells and saw Sally with her hand over her mouth and tears in her eyes as well as a look of pity. My footsteps echoed along with his as he led me to the lab centre.