New life under the steel

Chapter 4: Recovery And Rage

It was about three weeks after Luke had lost his mind during the test and he had been locked up in the lab ever since not wanting to speak to anybody scared that he might harm them. This had Amanda, Abigail and especially Gabriel worried sick since he had been in there for three weeks without food or water.

Gabriel was walking to the lab with a plate of food in one hand and a glass of water in the other. He knocked on the lab door making it open wide revealing Luke with one of the knives he had found laying around in his right flesh hand and driving it down into his cybernetic arm. Gabriel gently put down the food and walked over to the cyborg, squatting down and wrapping an arm around his shoulders and holds him close. "And i thought they built you to be indestructible...Christ you even got yourself up here." he stated wiping a drop of blood from Luke's cheek making him turn his head away.

"This is nothing..." He simply stated in a monotone time, looking away from Gabriel how instantly turned his head back. "What do you mean by that then?" He asked his eyes filled with worry as he pointed at the small but bleeding scratch on his cheek. Luke didn't respond but instead smiled looking down. "You know. I'm kinda glad that you were to late to stop me. I don't think i would have been able to contain myself. I would have hurt you." Hearing this Gabriel pulled Luke into a tight hug not letting him go. "No. No you could never hurt me. You could never hurt me sweetheart." He stated almost tearing up. Luke however had fully broken down and let his tears fall onto Gabriel's chest. They stayed like that for half an hour Luke not wanting to let go and Gabriel not wanting to see the man he was growing to love completely broken down.

Eventually the two broke apart and looked at each other, the cybernetic teen staring into the eyes of this rugged looking male however this contact only lasted a moment since Luke pulled away and turned around, facing away from Gabriel and holding back tears. "You should go. I'm sure Amanda or Abigail have some work for you." he spoke in a shaky but seemingly stable voice. Gabriel simply nodded as he slowly stood up and punched both the food and drink over to the currently unstable one. "Berry well....there's some food for you here if you want it. Please at least try to eat something" The darker skinned male spoke in his usual gruff voice as he left the room with project Ravens dagger and letting the door close behind him."

The room fell dark as Luke sat there motionless, staring at his now destroyed cybernetic arm and gently sighing. However a sudden ticking started to occur as the Cyborgs eyes started to glow a deep red before the unspeakable happened.

Luke, now out of control, jumped to his feet with heavy and ragged breathing before he stomped over to his containment tube and drove his head straight through it, shattering the glass and leaving cuts along what little flesh there was on his face. He wasn't done there though since he was now moving over to a table littered with medical equipment and chemicals which he flipped over, feeling some of the acidic liquids drop onto his forearm while his eyes welled up with tears. These tears were not of pain though. They were of an animalistic rage while he continued to destroy whatever he saw.

Hours later the room he once calmly sat in was now in shambles. The floor was littered with shattered glass, spilled chemicals and medical equipment while the walls bore heavy dents, scratches and some was even peeling off. Luke however was laying spread eagle on the ground, his organic limps streaming with blood while his cybernetics were near shattered.

Quick and heavy footsteps could be heard as the door, which was just hanging on its hinges, was thrown open resulting in it hitting the wall and falling to the ground as Amanda stood there with wide eyes that began to well up with tears that along with an expression of pure horror.