The ShapeShifters Book Two

Revelations

Ryan was just going to check on Ollie, after all that had happened. What he hadn't expected was to find Ollie awake, having a little bit of a stare off with Scar who looked horrible. There was also person behind a privacy curtain.

"Wh-what happened? Ollie! You're awake!" Ryan was severely confused and ecstatic at the same time. Everyone looked at him in varying degrees of shock and surprise. Ollie went so far as to give his crumpled wings a flutter of shock. The simple flutter seemed to cause him a little bit of pain, as we winced and tucked them a little closer to his back.

"Yeah, I'm back. However, James here won't let me get back on my feet." Ollie jokingly sighed but it was clear that he was anxious to get back on his feet and do something productive.

"You were just under mind control." James replied slowly, his voice gentle but commanding. "After that your body went into a hard coma. So no, you aren't going anywhere anytime soon. At least not until I run more tests." Using his swivel chair, James turned towards Ryan. "While Chris and I were out we met a relative of yours, Debra."

Ryan's jaw dropped. "Debra Anderson? Where is she? Is she okay?"

"Yes, she's fine," James assured Ryan. "She hates AE for kicking you out."

"That sounds like Debra," Ryan chuckled. He glanced at Ollie who seemed very twitchy. "What's going on?"

Ollie didn't hesitate to answer. "We need to start creating defenses and technology. There is no more being passive, we need to act before we are destroyed."

Ryan's eyes widened. He knew that the time would come for them to start doing stuff in the way of self defense, but he wasn't expecting it this fast. Ollie really turned the tables on everything that they did. A lower deeper voice spoke beside him.

"Are you willing to kill a man?"

Everyone looked up in shock to see Chris standing there, looking at Ollie. Something wasn't right with him though, as Chris' normally deep blue eyes had a milky covering on them. He wasn't directly looking at Ollie either. "Are you willing to kill a man?" He repeated again, shaking James off when he tried to get him back to the bed.

"I-" Ollie was cut of by Chris when he tried to answer.

"That is what you are asking for. That is why we have been passive. The moment we go and do anything outside of here we get damaged!" Chris shook slightly under the strain of speaking. He lowered his voice as he tried to calm the shaking. "What are you willing to lose?"

"Myself."

Chris recoiled a little before answering firmly. "No."

"Chris, if we don't do anything we will just get punched around! They know where we are! The longer we wait, the worse this gets. We need to take action!" Ollie glared at Chris, also straining himself.

"I said NO!" Chris practically yelled, making everyone shrink back except James who gave him something to drink. Following the drink, James managed to get Chis back into the bed and injected something else into him.

When the rather shaken small group looked at each other, Ryan could help himself, he burst out. "What happened to Chris?!"

James looked shaken. "From what I am able to tell, they have developed a serum of sorts that messes with our DNA. It prevents the area afflicted from healing with the morph. Mixed with another chemical, the possibilities are endless. They- they blinded him."

Ryan was shook. The belief that he could come back from pretty much anything had kept him going in this crazy time. He noticed that Phoebe was remaining silent, even getting up to check on Chris again.