Hell is for Children

Live Wire

" And were a go in 5...4..3..2..1.." Dr. Owens counted down as the bright florencent green serum ran into the intervenus attached to Billy's arm. As the serum entered his body, it began to regain color. Dr. Owens looked at his watch and then furrowed his brows. 

"Hmm...shouldve been almost instant" he commented. 

One of his associates pushed at Billy's leg, as if to try and rouse him. Nothing happened. 

"Are you sure the formula is correct?" A short man with beady eyes and glasses asked. 

"Of course its right! He should be...alive..well mostly by now" Dr. Owens mused. 

As he went to walk across the room to pick up his clipboard. He heard the metal table creak. 

"Did you hear that?" He asked as everyone in the room froze. Everyone stood silent and motionless for a moment. 

Before anyone could move Billy burst off the table with lightning speed , grabbing the man closest to him and snapping his neck. Dr. Owens looked on in silent amazement at his work. 

The associates scattered in horror, sprinting to the nearest exits as Billy roared with anger. He was still covered in his blood from the night he had been killed, making him look like some kind of demonic entity. As he lunged for Dr. Owens, someone came up behind him and shocked him with  metal rod holding over one hundred thousand volts. Billy barely even flinched, just writhed  for a moment then fell to the ground. 

"Now thats no way to say thank you, is it son?' Dr. Owens asked, jotting some notes down on his clipboard. 

"What the hell happened?" Billy spat. 

"Well....to put it politely, you were deader than a doornail, thanks to one of our past experiments. So, in a way, it was almost like it was my duty to bring you back, since it was sort of our fault you died in the first place. Now I see you've got some added strength there, thats interesting. Now, do you suppose that is left over from the Mind Flayer, or do you feel that was more you?" Dr. Owens asked, ready to jaunt down more notes. 

"Are you fucking crazy? Let me out of here or you'll all end up like that piece of shit over there" Billy said through gritted teeth. 

Dr. Owens laughed "And where will you go? Everyone thinks you're dead. They buried you yesterday I do believe. Now I brought you back because you had a front row seat to all the Mind Flayers thoughts and actions. Plus, you are the boyfriend to someone who is about to play a very important role for us. You have way to much value to just let you rot in the ground. Now tell me, do you feel you have any other abilities since youve returned?" 

Billy stood up, causing Dr. Owens to shrink back a bit. 

" I...I dont know. Where's Diana? Does she know about any of this?" Billy asked. 

Dr. Owens shook his head. "Im afraid not, son. But I heard through the grapevine that the two of you are going to be parents. So congratulations on that"

Billy looked at him, furrowing his eyebrows "Excuse me? Diana's...pregnant?" 

"Well yes. Didnt you know that? Surely you saw it through your eyes while you were under the shadows control" Dr. Owens said. 

Billy thought for a second, struggling with thinking about his time in his own personal hell. The Mind Flayer had kept something hidden from him, no matter how hard he had tried, he couldnt reach it. Now he knew what it was. 

"Ive got to find Diana. Now." Billy demanded, charging past the doctor and his men. He was stopped by two men in front of the door, both looking like they'd rather be anywhere but in front of Billy. 

"Now, Son. Theres nothing that will make me happier than to see the two of you reunited. However, I need to be able to find out what I need as well. Call it...a payment for your life, if you will. Now, I just need to sit down with you for a few and hear how this mess all got started." Dr. Owens said with a slight smile. 

"Then I can go find Diana?" Billy asked, one eyebrow raised. 

"Then you may go get the girl" the doctor nodded. 

Billy took a deep breath then nodded, following the doctor out the large steel doors and into a small, stark white room with a small metal table and two chairs. 

Dr. Owens yelled back into the room where they had just came from. "Can someone please clean up Marcus? Put him in the morgue or what have you" he began, walking past Billy. "Damn shame you had to go and snap his neck...he was useful". 

The two sat down and the doctor pulled out a tape recorder and started rolling the tape. 

"This is Dr. Sam Owens, its 2:13 a.m on July 12, 1985. Im here with experiment 012...a..William Hargrove. Hargrove was possessed by a creature which came from our alternate reality. He is going go share with us what it was like being possessed, living, and ultimately dying at the hands of that entity. Please state your name for the record and begin.." 

Billy looked angrily across at the doctor. 

"Fuck you" he mumbled then began.