REAPER
"I have a few questions" I said, gesturing to Dr. Antler. He came forward and nodded for me to proceed. "First, you're the one who gave Aramis his Fusion right?"
"That was me yes" he replied
"Was it also you that let him escape?"
"I admit I underestimated how quickly he would adapt to his new powers, which led to his escape"
"So that's a yes?" I asked. He hesitated
"Yes"
"Idiot" I said. He looked at me, completely offended
"Excuse me I am THE Edwin Antler. One of the Four Minds, tutor of the next generation of the Four Minds and-"
"A complete idiot" I said, cutting him off "you captured an enemy, experimented on them, giving them literal superpowers, then was surprised when they broke out. What were you thinking?"
"Obviously that wasn't the original plan" Antler said
"Oh? And what was?" I asked
"The original plan was to have my son undergo the experiment. However he outright refused and instead acted as a guard to those I'd experimented on"
"Good job he did" I said "next question, what is a Human Fusion?"
"My first Fusion experiment. I wanted to see what would happen if I fused the DNA of someone with an Enhancement to someone without. I discovered that the two conscious' could live in harmony and share a body, hence creating Sin in Aramis' friends body"
"You mean Innocence?" I asked
"I think that was his name yes". I gave him an angry glare. Fear was plain in his eyes, then he composed himself "Anyway, with you I want to try what I call an Annihilation. Instead of co-existing with the other conscious in your body, I want to see what would happen if you destroyed it entirely"
"What would be the difference?" I asked
"By my hypothesis, you should come out of it essentially exactly the same except that you will have the Enhancement that the destroyed conscious used to have"
"That leads into my next question" I said "what Enhancement would that be?"
"You'd be a Coldsoul" Antler said "the Coldsoul Enhancement is what the folklore of vampires came from. It's an Enhancement that gives you fangs and modifies your body so that you get more powerful when you consume blood. However the Factor 7 Coldbloods and higher got another ability: the Bloodtinge. Effectively it gave them a red substance to control, each Coldsoul having a Personalised Bloodtinge. The Coldsoul we have right now is the strongest one in a clan we found. It's Bloodtinge is called Blood Sand. In all ways the substance is identical to sand except blood red. You will be able to create, manipulate, and become this Blood Sand. It's a very powerful ability". It sounded like it. This sounded like what would put me above Aramis
"So all I've got to do is destroy the other conscious?" I asked
"Exactly" Antler replied
"Okay let's do it"
A few hours later and I was in a tank with Antler fiddling with buttons and switches
"The operation will begin...now" I heard, then I blinked. I was in a black expanse with nothing in sight. Then a figure walked into view. He seemed very tall with pale white skin, bright red eyes and white hair.
"Are you the Coldsoul?" I asked
"I am" he replied "Can you help me? I don't know what happened or where I am and I need to find my brethren". I sighed and cracked my knuckles. I knew that a manic smile was slowly growing on my face but I couldn't help it. The Coldsouls face went from worried to scared.
"Sure" I said, tilted my head to the side "I'll help you"
