"Any questions?"
"Huh, oh yah. What is this place?"
The red-eyed youth twitched his lips, the girl who he told the secrets of the world to didn't seem to be listening, she was only playing with that little cat, and to top it off, she asked where she was only at the end of the narration.
"Cough, this is my Laboratory."
"Oh, what kind of Laboratory?"
"Any kind, it depends."
"Then what kind of experiments?"
"Mostly biological, leading down to the cellular structure."
She looked at the red-eyed man with a strange look, biological experiments could only be done with the backing of a large and rich corporation or family, how could this man afford it. She couldn't figure it out, she pushed the thoughts out of her mind and continued questioning.
"You don't look like a much of a biologist or researcher to me."
That wasn't much of a question, but the red-eyed youth gave her an answer. A black light enveloped his entire body, and the clothes he wore were changed soundlessly.
The former clothes dropped to the ground and the black light turned into a black-grey tuxedo, with a white under-shirt. A pair of white gloves appeared on his hands. A top hat made of black crow feathers appeared on his head. The brim of the hat was probably made of the crow's head seeing that it looked a little like a beak and there was a large yellow crow eye in the middle.
His hair underwent a change and became long and black, in contrast to the short and shaggy white hair from before. A spectacle appeared on his right eye, and his black hair covered his left eye. He looked scholarly and refined, quite different from his brutish way of speaking.
The only way one would know it was him was the most eye-catching feature about him. His eyes, they were still crimson coloured.
"Any more questions?"
The youth's temperament even underwent a change as he spoke calmly, smiling warmly towards the young girl.
"Umm, yes. Who are you?"
"Me? Hmm, I have been called by many names; Blightcaller, Sourcestealer, Apophis, Omniscient Ancient, Evil Aristocrat. Those are just a few of them, but I am Raion."
Raion says, smiling warmly at Nyx.
"Now, back to business, you must have noticed the increasing size of the insects and animals around these parts right."
"Yes! There was even this giant rat that almost killed me."
"Right, this is all happening because the seals on the Ancient Ones are loosening, their energies are leaking into the beasts all over the world, contaminating them, very soon when the seals unloose completely, the beasts are going to become bloodthirsty and flesh-hungry, it's only a matter of time."
As he said those words, he walked over to the middle of the room where a cold steel table lay, on the table were various vials filled with swishing blood of different colours, one could tell from the scent alone. Apart from that, there was also a tiny strip of paper glued onto each vial that said:
[Experimental Blood]
They were labelled from A-Z.
Raion flicked his fingers and a bit of blood seeped out of Nyx's skin although there was no cut or injury of any sorts. The blood floated midair, changing shapes constantly, like an amoeba.
The blood stopped moving and converged together, cracking sounds were heard and in the air, there was not a single drop of blood, only a small circular crystal.
Raion grabbed the air and pulled as though he was pulling on a physical object, the red crystal flew towards him and landed in his hands after a short flight.
Raion held onto the crystal with a blank look, held it up and dropped into his mouth. A dark stream of energy flowed through his blood vessels, granting him a new power.
The name of the power was Shadow Slash, it was probably one of the many powers that Nyx would get in the coming future.
As he celebrated over the acquisition of a new power, the sound of gunshots hitting walls could be heard, his expression changed slightly.
"Hmph, those military rats have found me, this is quite a pain."
He sniffed irritatedly and flew upwards, phasing through the ceiling and onto the surface, he looked around him and noticed his temporary residence had been razed to the ground, he looked up from the ground and saw the assailants that surrounded him.
Men dressed in military uniforms, and strange leather armour surrounded him.
"You even hired mercenaries to deal with me, such acts are despicable."
A chopper circled in the air and the air team looked at the person who came up from the ground.
"Freeze, suspend any assaults, check the images!"
"Negative Wing commander, this is not the 'Alien', permission to fire?"
"Permission granted!"
Upon hearing the reply of the commander, the squadron leader of the assault team gave his order.
"Fire!"
Bullets rained down faster than the normal eye could see, but Raion could see them as clear as day.
He waved his hands and a dark energy emerged from his fingertips, the energy sliced through the bullets like a hot knife cutting through butter.
"You guys are a little unpleasant don't you think so? You must be looking for this face right?"
As he said that, he transformed totally, his hair, clothes, everything returned to how they were before he changed in front of Nyx.
The eyes of the soldiers expanded, they never expected this to be the person that they were looking for. The Wing commander in the chopper spoke through a speaker, his voice cold.
"Good, you'll make it easy for you then. Come with us or die!"
"Hmph, why don't I choose death!"
"Your choice then. Squadron Captain Chris fire!!"
"Yes Wing Commander," The squadron captain called Chris nodded his head and raised his right arm.
The moment he dropped it was when Rain's fate would be determined, Chris spoke through a dark helmet on his head, with a single question.
"Any last words 'Alien'?"
"Yes, I want to ask you, Chris, if you like being ordered around, tell me if you like being controlled by others?"
His words were moving, Chris' faith in higher authority wavered.
"Come, and I shall bestow you with powers beyond imagination!"