Chapter Two, Issue Three: Regime's Secret (Origins)

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As Team JNPR slowly walk out of the lab, as the lights begin to flicker. Which the lights stop after awhile, they enter the lower levels of the lab. Where the AI was turned on.

Lambert AI: Let me know if there is any difficulties to your tour, we like to satisfy the people who is hungry for our information. Yes.... yes, we do.

They suddenly stop, well, Jaune stops first and the three did the same thing.

Pyrrha: What's wrong?

She question Jaune, he is getting nervous.

Jaune: I don't know, I am getting nervous... W-What if some monster thing is in here?

Lambert AI: I assure you, we never do anything monstrous, now let me know if there is any difficulties to your tour. We like to satisfy the people who is hungry for out information. Yes.... yes, we do.

Jaune: See? A nut job.

They continue walking, suddenly, they saw the people in tubes. They begin to be freaked out, as it did nothing but float there. There was a small screen in a middle of a room, with many control panels. They press a button, then it shows a picture of Lambert's and some scientist.

Regime: Recording, Test Subject Four-Hundred and Fifty-One, age: a week old, race: crocodile.

This made them suddenly think of Croc, as they continue hearing to the recording.

Regime: Experiment, *static* -Entry four, exp-*static*- Name, Calvin Henderson, deceased. 

It was nothing but static, a tape was dispensed, they took the tape out with a writing on it: "Subject 451-7W-RCROC-EX/DECAPITATION" They look around the room, to see if there are more like it. Before the lights was turned off, the AI was turned on, and it shows nothing but a line with static in the background.

Lambert AI: T-There is a problem with the electricity, I-I assure you-I assure you. We are-We are currently fixing it, please-There is a problem with the electricity. I...... assure

It was turned off, as the emergency lights came on, and they saw a door open. They slowly enter, Nora is ready for battle, Ren is on alert, Jaune is scared, and Pyrrha is more curious than scared. They encounter an entire section of the lab, they saw things inside of the tubes. They used to be Faunus, however they have Grimm body parts and extreme growths of Faunus body parts. Such as a bigger and deformed ear structure of the feline's ears. They hear some machinery, they slowly investigate as Jaune is about to protest. But, the giant computer is turned on, they are still confused as they thought all electricity is disabled. It shows Lambert Regime running, as the camera shows his face. He sets the camera down, as he take a seat, as he look around, before looking at a camera. He looks frantic and somehow scared.

Regime: This lab is specifically built to test the limits of each Faunus' capabilities, experiment's are conducted through torture, pain, sadness, grief, and torment. They all say, save them, save them all.... I am trying, well, my ego got the better of me... I am leaving this lab, hoping everything here will be forgotten. I am sorry... They wanted one wish, one goal among themselves, and that is too look at the sun and its' nature. However, their wish wasn't granted, the lab was shut down by Atlas Government, the subjects was safely recovered. But the effects still lingers, some has PTSD that cannot be vanquished, some committed suicide due to my experiments, some have grown tumors and developed cancers due to the excessive chemicals from experiments. Please, if you are hearing this message, their slumber has already been awake. They are not people, they are not things, they do not have the same memories when they were alive. These are the abominations of every nightmare, including mine. A cure is very hard to come by, please, if you are brave enough or foolish enough, end their misery. I know I said they are not people, but they are in extreme pain... I-

The recording shuts off, Jaune start to look around, as the electricity is turned back on. As the computer screen replaces the blackness of the Lambert's AI.

Lambert AI: You are currently in a spot where no one should be in, please, leave...

Pyrrha: Not if you tell us some questions.

She demanded, Jaune also steps up.

Jaune: Y-Yeah, we have some questions that need some answers.

Lambert AI: Very well, what are your questions?

Pyrrha: What are those things in those tubes?

Lambert AI: Those are classified.

Ren decides to ask him a question.

Ren: Is there any subject that is involved with a body change-like experiment?

Lambert AI: We have some files that containing subjects that undergoes body changes from experiments.

They look at each other, thinking they are getting close to the answer. Nora was in the background, inspecting the things inside of the tubes. She slowly walk back, however she saw one that is looking at her, she think it was a scary coincidence. As she walk sideways to make sure, to her disbelief, it followed her. She slowly step back to her team, as she tug on Ren's shirt, he look at her.

Ren: Yes, Nora?

Nora: Lab's haunted.

Ren got confused.

Ren: Lab's haunted?

Nora nods, as Jaune and Pyrrha notice them talking. As they look back at them, Nora has her eyes locked on that thing inside. They look where Nora is staring at, as they suddenly froze upon seeing the thing slowly moving. 

Lambert AI: You awoken them, they are not supposed to be awake yet! 

Team JNPR take out their weapons, as the thing bursts out, leaving a brownish liquid to be spill all over the floor, the abomination jumps out. With it's face resembling the human it was, as the Grimm was slowly taking over it's former shape, it was a bird Faunus, the wings of it was deformed and somehow ripped. It screeches, forcing the other abominations to be awaken as well, more came out. With same features, but they were more deformed than the first. The second one has no face, except for it's mouth, which is left hanging, it moan in pain, it sounds like human but it also has a hint of growl from the Grimm part. It was too unidentifiable to tell what Faunus it was, they look at Team JNPR...

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