Secret Ssundee 3: Pained Memories (THE REWRITE!)

04: After all these years...

Seto tapped his pen to his forehead as he thought of the next syllable in his new spell, which would be used to try to tame a particularly wild lion hybrid that had recently been captured and brought to the lab.

'Eises'. Seto thought, since Eises was a syllable of peace, and invoked calmness. They needed to calm down this hybrid.

The general was eager to see what could be done with the wild hybrid, see how it could be used against it's enemies. Seto buried himself in his work, abandoning human tendencies. He rarely ate, slept, drank, or used the bathroom. He just used magic to sustain himself. Dark bags formed under his eyes, growing deeper with every night he slept, but that was another part of his life that he experts hid with potions and spells.

' Golden - Gati. Mane - Aruis?' Seto envisioned the effects of each of the syllables when the spell would be cast.

"That's it!" Seto exclaimed as he hastily wrote down the last few syllables. That spell should work in making the hybrid obey his every command. He sprang from his seat and walked briskly out of his office, down the hall, and into the testing chamber where the newly arrived hybrid was roaring and screaming, clawing at the walls.

"Dr. Seto! We were just attempting a very complex silencing spell on it-" Seto dismissed the worker and announced, "I have a new spell to test." She nodded and let her bangs fall in front of her face, because, to be honest, she was intimidated by Seto. He was one of the most highly regarded Sorcerers, having helped defeat a powerful corrupted angel and even revived the dead. Not many could say they had ever done that.

Seto flipped a switch on the side of two odd circles on the panel that was placed in front of the one way window lining the observation chamber. He placed his hands on the circle, pressing into the soft material, his own invention, placed in it. All hybrids and creatures brought into the lab had a MTP (which stood for Magic Transmitting Pad,) transmitting magic and allowing sorcerers and sorceresses to perform spells on subject without being in close range with the subject. Seto looked to the side to another worker manning the MTP routing.

"Routing to subject 5102." She answered without him asking. Now the spells performed on the pads in front of him would be performed on the beast on the other side of the window.

He nodded and whispered the spell under his breath. "Coti Eises Gati Aruis." Seto's fingertips tickled with magic and something hummed in the center of his palm. 2 circles appeared on the beast's back, glowing purple. Seto swayed slightly as the magic thrummed in his veins."Coti Eises Gati Aruis." The beast started growling, trying to swat away the glow. Seto clenched his hands into fists and watched as the beast started howling in pain.

Seto hated watching this part, but what had to been done had to be done. The beast slowly started to morph into its human form as it curled up and howled in pain. Seto hated to see that the hybrid's human form was no older than 12. Seto pushed the thought to the back of his mind as he swallowed the lump in his throat.

"Shall we test it now?" A voice asked in him.

Seto didn't want to cause the boy any more pain, and he turned to walk back to his office. "18:00. Then we shall test it." The girl nodded, and Seto let the firm expression he always held drop off his face into one of sadness.

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Colton pulled of his flannel shirt and extended his wings partway. His room was too small expand his giant feathery limbs, which were big as he was, all the way. He ran his hands over the seamed where his wings attached to his back. His stretched them out and back in, questioning how he made them move. He sighed and just collapsed on his bed, wrapping his wings around him. Soon Colton was snoring peacefully as his wings twitched occasionally.

Maddie waited by the door and listened to the sound of his snoring for a moment, to ensure that Colton was, in fact, asleep. She opened the door to see him sprawled out on his mattress, shirtless, and his wings strewn over his body. She stared at him and thought of Ian, who was long dead now. Her heart ached at the thought. She closed the door and slinked back into her room where she lied in bed alone.

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