LUCID Hibernation

Chapter 8

The third round was a total catastrophe. Not that I remember much of it at all, but let's rewind and I'll do my best to recount the event. I slip down the car bonnet, we decided to retry our last tactic with me in the centre this time, I didn't tell the others why I wanted be centre, I didn't want them worry. From centre I wouldn't have to worry about not being able to see clearly, I could walk, crawl and run, that's all that mattered. I hear gun shots from my left and duck in time before being hit by a bullet. Close one. I scramble to my feat being careful to avoid tripping over the tires sprawled along the field. I'm almost to the part where I'll have to make the dash but something's not right. It's too quiet over to the right of me. I turn, trying to see what's out there, but it's no use. I hear loud wiz go past my ears and look up to see a member from Squad One charging my way, damn, what happened? Instinctively I use my powers, bracing myself to fight, but as I take the first step the world crumbles around me. Intense pain shoots through my body as my abilities side affects takes full control. I start to convulse, screaming out random words to thin air. Through my blurry vision I see Obi running to me, he bends down to touch me, but my body involuntarily lashes out at him, nails grazing his soft milky skin. Tears fill my eyes as the life starts seeping out of me; it's like sucking the air out of a plastic bottle, my frame is being smashed together becoming thinner and bonier. I don't want Obi to see this, to see me. I must already look like anorexic corpse. I can't take the pain anymore; I just want to slip into that horrible sleep where my memories are at their worst. But of cause I can't have that straight away; no, fate is too cruel for that. Before my mind can slip into darkness my vision clears and I witness the horror and pain contorting Obi's features, breaking something deep inside of me.

My eyes spring open; I'm in a cold dark room, with overhanging blue lights. I instantly know I'm dreaming and it takes all the strength within me, not to get up straight away and change what's about to happen. But I know it's too painful afterwards, so instead I remain in place. A grating sound fills the air, making the hairs along my arms and the back of my neck rise. My breathing quickens and I clench my hands into fists. 'Morning Gray, did you sleep well?' I don't respond, there's no point, 'ahh you sleep for about five hours, oh my poor boy you must be tired, you were meant to sleep for ten, what where you going for the other five hours?' I grip my teeth, 'I was trying to sleep, but its hard when you're whole body is convulsing and going completely nuts on you.' I feel the iciness of his glare on me, and gulp, I should have stayed quiet. 'My dear boy, watch your tone with me, or something unpleasant might happen.' I can't resist having one last word 'something unpleasant is going to happen either way if I'm not mistaken, but even if it wasn't, just being near you is unpleasant.' I hear a deep growl and I know I've gone too far. 'Well then son lets see what happens when we add this to your blood stream.' I hear the jingle of glass vials and recoil instinctively, once again I thought, it's just a dream I could easily imagine way the bonds holding me down, but I don't. 'It's fascinating you know,' the monster continues, I've long stopped referring to him as my father. 'What is?' I ask coldly, I know that this is what he wants me to say, and I can't afford to backchat him again, not if I want to keep living. 'Hibernation, the ability is only subjugated to men, not women. 'I would really like to find out why...too bad you're sister is too old for such experiments...hmm, would you rather your sister be in your shoes right now?' 'No!' I snap, 'you're not allowed to go anywhere near her, touch her and this little game of yours ends, with you six feet under.' He just laughs, 'better make that seven, that way they won't find the body.' I just growl and keep my mouth shut. 'Imagine,' he continued, 'your sister being feed poison laced food, I don't think she would have survived, she does have the same fast healing abilities that you have. 'Or even better imagine her blood being drained out of her, vile after vile, only to be forced to accept the blood animals in return, that definitely would have killed her.' He's quiet for awhile goading me to react, I don't. 'Well either way, that didn't happen because I was too stupid at the time to realise that she was the one I should have tried to experiment on first. 'I might have found out what prevented her from becoming a Hibernator.' I shut my eyes tightly, 'I disagree,' I say boldly, 'that wasn't the reason you were stupid. 'You were stupid and still are stupid because you think you can uncover the secrets of Hibernators and their abilities, but you can't, no one can, God hid those secrets from everyone. 'In fact, I bet he made it impossible to discover, Hibernators have been researching for years, some of them were geniuses, yet they couldn't understand even through advanced science.' I paused before letter the final bomb drop, 'you just can't admit your wrong because of your pride and your insanity!' I feel something heavy fall on my chest as the monster finally comes into view, 'well then, if I'm so insane then why don't I try something truly insane, why don't I just cut you open and have a look at those pretty organs of yours!' He grabbed a surgical blade from the tray to his right and pointed the tip to my chest, 'this is going to be so much fun!' I loud crash from the other side of the room distracted him and he stormed away yelling out, 'Melanie! 'What do you think you're doing in here...? 'Wait stop! 'If you do that we'll...' He never finishes his sentence as a loud bomb echo through the room and the temperature of the air rises rapidly. The house is on fire, I watch as flames start to lick at the ceiling. 'Gray, we have to get out of here, I don't know what just happened but there's no way I'm letting dad do this to you,' I feel my bonds loosen and sit up slowly, Melanie starts to pull me towards the entrance. 'Melon? 'How did you get here, why are you here?' She shook her head, 'does it matter? 'I heard a noise and I came down to investigate. 'When I heard dad threatening to cut you open, I grab some of his lab tools to start a fire. 'Come on move fast, we don't want to get trapped down here.' I start to feel light headed and my vision blurs. 'Gray, stay with me, Gray, Gray!' My sister voice starts to meld out being replaced by a slightly deeper, soothing voice. My eyes flutter open to find Obi staring down at me. I try to sit up, but I have no strength in my limbs, all the muscle has withered to almost nothing. I feel very vulnerable and scared, I always feel this way; it's horrifying when you don't have the strength to protect yourself. 'Thank God, Gray you're alive, you're alive.' I look around, I'm in my room, it's really cold and dark since the door and curtains are shut. I open my mouth to speak, 'I...cahhhn't...' It's so raspy and frightening that I stop and just stare at him instead, willing him to understand that I want to know what happened. 'Wink if you want to know what happened, don't if you want to wait till you're better,' Obi says suddenly, well that's close enough. I blink and he nods, remaining quiet of a while, then pouring into the events of Saturday that I missed. 'We didn't understand what was happening at first, but when you feel down one of team One's members ran to get Nero and told me that you had just collapsed suddenly as he past me. 'When I got these you were screaming out this strange language that I didn't recognise, it sounded really random though. 'Y-you were convulsing and...and you rapidly getting thinner as time progressed. 'I tired to touch you...and you lashed out,' his hand reaches up to touch the claw marks on his face and I feel so guilty, but at the moment I can't even say that I'm sorry, it's frustrating. '...but don't worry, I don't think you were aware of what you were doing, it was like you were being possessed or something. 'Nero came after that, told me to go get the scratches treated and said that you'd be fine, that everyone had to give you some space for our own safety. 'Then he stuck a siring in you...I...I have no idea what it was, but it made you stop thrashing and your eyes shut. 'You've been asleep for about two days, the doctor said you wouldn't wake up for another week at least, but I'm so relieved that's not that case. 'Nero has decided to delay your physiological examination until you've recovered, I'm waiting till then too, I don't want to leave you until I know you're not going to die on me.' Obi takes a deep breath, about to speak again, but something's stops him, I wonder what. After a long stretch of silence he says, 'I...I just want you to know...that whatever's wrong with you, or...or whatever you were screaming in your sleep about these past couple of days, I'll be here for you no matter what.' He doesn't looking at me as he says this, but I understand, he doesn't pity me, he just knows what it's like to have a dark past. But there's no way he knows what it's like to be a defect, because that's what I am, a defected Hibernator. 

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