Project Boa

Freed

"Can I take them off?" My eyes immediately snapped to him, wide with shock and a little bit of excitement as I nodded enthusiastically.

He reached towards my hands first and I was confused for a second until I realised what he was doing so I moved my wrists towards him allowing him to remove the shackles.

He literally tore them off my wrists by bending the rusted iron so they opened enough for me to slip my hands out. I flexed my hands and rubbed my wrists, hissing at the pain of the raw skin on them.

Next he moved over to my tail and broke the locks holding the chains in place and carefully unwound them from around my tail, we both winced at the site of the deep gashes left from the tight chains digging into me.

A couple minutes later I was free from my restraints with only my shock collar remaining, yes they gave me a collar. It was designed to electrocute me whenever I tried to use any of the powers they forced upon me.

I wiggled my tail experimentally and uncoiled slightly, the pain was terrible but the freedom was exhilarating. I turned to the man, who had stepped away to give me room to stretch, with a smile so large it hurt my face.

I dived towards him and he let out a surprised yell as I wrapped my arms and tail around him in the biggest hug I could give without crushing him.
When he realised what I was doing he let out a small chuckle before hugging back, or at least attempting to since I'm twice the size of him.

"T-th-thank y-yo-u" I quietly croaked out, my voice sore due to lack of use

I felt him tense up so I immediately put him down before backing up to give him space in case I had done something wrong. He just stood there wide eyed before finally breaking the nervous silence

"You can talk?" I nodded yes

"Can you tell me your name then?" I nodded once again before clearing my throat and flicking my tongue out a few times

"De-den-tr-a" I managed to stutter out before breaking out into a fit of coughing.

"Dentra?" I nodded as my coughing calmed down
"Thats a lovely name." I smiled at him before pointing to him

He furrowed his brows in thought for a second before realising what I was asking
"Me? My names Steve, nice to meet you." He held out a hand for me to shake and I did, my giant form dwarfing his as I gave a closed eyed smile.

Then I heard something.
Footsteps, three sets of them, and they were approaching fast.

I drew my attention away from Steve and stared at the door, my tounge flicking out constantly to detect any change, letting out a low hiss as I did so

"Dentra, what's wrong?" Steve asked and in a second he was wrapped in my coils as I pulled us both back into the corner.

However this time I wasn't going to hide and cower, I've done enough of that in my life, so instead I rose to my full height, my head now touching the low ceiling, and braced my hands against the wall behind me, trying to make myself look as big as possible (which wasn't difficult) while keeping Steve close.

I hissed aggressively as the footsteps neared the door and came to a stop outside of it, my muscles were coiled and ready to fight if needed as I narrowed my eyes at the door.

The door slammed open and two people ran in, a man with a bow and a woman holding a gun, I hissed loudly at them and subconsciously tightened my grip on Steve, causing his arms to be pinned to his sides.

Both people pointed their weapons at me causing me to hiss again and flick my tounge out.

"Put. Him. Down." The woman spoke as she took a few steps towards me.
I slithered back slightly and loosened my grip on Steve who climbed out of the coils and stood on top of my tail

"Guys don't worry he's fine." He said to the two infront of me before jumping to the floor and walking over to them. The lady put her weapon away but the man kept his bow pointed directly at me.

I took this opportunity to retreat into my coils again and watch the interaction between them
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"This says otherwise." The woman stated handing a file to Steve. My file.
I whimpered slightly and retreated further back, knowing all to well that the words on those pages painted me as a monster.

Steve was still scanning over the documents when she spoke up again
"Incase you're having trouble reading due to your old age I'll summarise; he was given abilities and powers simply because Hydra wanted to, they never put him in the field since he didn't follow orders and he was actually supposed to be brainwashed later this week to make him compliant, but that isn't what makes him dangerous oh no its the fact that they used him to get information and dispose of bodies, in short they fed him people.
The only reason you're alive right now Steve is because a few weeks ago he mistook a handler for food and ended up with some broken ribs because of it."

The room was silent for what felt like an age and a silent tear fell down my face as I feared what was going to happen to me. Steve closed the file and looked up to the woman

"It also says that he is only 16 years old and has been here since he was two, how is he supposed to know any better if he was raised by Hydra? When I read this file all I can see is that he went against them every chance he got and that no amount of punishment broke his resolve, we can help him Nat, he's just a scared kid he deserves a chance."
He then walked over to the archer telling him to lower his weapon before turning back towards me.

I whimpered as he bent down slightly to be eye level with me, but I just refused to meet his gaze
"I-I I'm so-r-sorry" I mumbled, voice hoarse and cracked from overuse

I closed my eyes expecting pain when he moved closer but instead felt a warm hand rest on my tail I opened my eyes to be met with a concerned looking Steve with a saddened look on his face

"You have absolutely nothing to apologise for Dentra. Now let's get you out of this horrible place."