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He wakes up in a startle, cold sweat beading his forehead. The reminisce of the booming voice still ringing in his mind.
In fear he looks around. White hospital room and pristine bleached floor. The window next to the bed he's strapped down in is noticeably barred. In the top corners of the room there are cameras with blinking green lights. Below one there's a speaker. Otherwise the room seems to be bare.
Great.
Trying to recall his memories he doesn't find much. Vague memories of being sold from his orphanage. Two burly men with X tattoos under their eyes. A long trip. Men in lab coats, prodding and testing for years. Many memories of loneliness and pain.
The most recent memory is of a chamber. Podlike, and sleek. Unlike many other days the people in white lab coats were somber. One argued but was quickly put down by the others. They strapped him into into the chamber. Stuck his neck with a needle. He felt the thick liquid being pushed into his veins. Honestly quite pleasant compared to a lot of what they do.
A sickly green gas filled the chamber. He tried to hold his breath but ultimately resigned himself ; they always got what they wanted out of him. So he swallowed. A surge of power welcomed him like a blessing.
For the first time everything felt light. Like nothing would hurt him anymore, like his sibling finally came to save him. Euphoria and power was at his fingertips all he had to do was pull. They begged him to be free. So he pulled.
And that's where it ends. And now he has unanswered questions. Siblings ? Never a day in his life had he anything close.
He looks at the bare walls of his room. They greet him back with empty silence.
Great.
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Subject X-25 Case File
Physical Analysis
Sex : M
Eyes : BLK [UPDATE] RED
Hair : BLK
Skin : BRWN [UPDATE] GREY
Age : 8-11
Race : Mutant
Abilities : [ REDACTED ]
Mental Training
All Anti-Insanity protocols. Basic Language Acquisition. Undergoing advanced education course. Recommending X-23 Compliance training after receiving Weapon X serum X-25.
Physical Training
No training has been done.
Backlog Actions
Received Pain Dulling Agent A-1. Undergone Tests 1 through 102. Biological Enhancements ( see full file for details ).
Recent Actions Taken
Received Bi-Monthly Anti-Insanity Agent A-1. Received Weapon X serum X-1. Recorded Weapon X serum X-25.
Bi-Monthly Reviewers Notes
dude you guys realize it's kind of redundant to have that many x's right? look ' weapon x serum x25 ' like why are we calling it x25 but also have the serum be called x25- oh nvm. uh next reader please undo my notes dr. rice would be pissed if he saw this
- Dr. Arthur Gale
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He stares at the pristine wire ceiling wondering when they're finally going to start they're tests.
Usually they take the opportunity as soon as he's awake to start the routine. First, comes them barging in. Then the same checklist-
The intercom blares through the speakers, " ATTENTION ALL PERSONNEL. WE HAVE AN EXTERNAL BREACH ON THE NORTH WING. TWO MUTANTS WITH SUPPORT INCOMING. SUBJECT NEED EVACUATION. THIS IS NOT A TEST." Before he can mull over what he heard, he hears a loud boom. One of the white lab coats was thrown through the door and was sent tumbling. The clearly hurt lab coat scrambles to stand. And screams at the camera, " X-25 ROOM BREACHED! EVACUATION UNABLE!"
" HAHAHA look look he flew! "
" Shut your mouth for now, Toad."
Two people enter his room. The one who seemed to be the leader leisurely levitated into the room. He was an older gentleman who wore a snazzy red suit with his out of place helmet. By his mere expressions you can tell he at least disliked the creature next to him. Admittedly the one next to him certainly earned the name Toad. He has too big a head in proportion to his body and teeth a sickly yellow. You really can't tell if his scaly green skin is due to bad hygiene or mutation.
Toad hops toward the lab coat and says, " So this is the shit y'all are into. Tell me everything about him," he nods his head in my direction, " and I'll make your death painless!"
" Unnecessary Toad, be done with him."
A long tongue whips out of Toads mouth and wraps around the lab coat's neck. It lifts him into the air as the lab coat kicks and struggles to breathe. As the lab coat gasping for air, the man in the red suit floats over to the boy's bed. He looks the boy in the eye, seeming to be looking for something.
" Who are you?" He slowly says.
As per the usual routine he emotionlessly answers, " Subject X-25."
He squints, " I see… any current objectives ?"
" Prime directive, undergo test 103."
He takes a long pause and sighs. " Follow me, don't go anywhere else or follow any orders except mine. You are to address me as Magneto." As he turns away as the buckles holding X-25 down unfurl themselves.
Not quite the normal routine, but X-25 knows better than to deny orders. The lab coats made sure to make sure punishments were swift and cruel.
He crawls out the bed and lets his feet hit the cold floor. The small pitter patter his feet reverberate against the empty walls.
Finally dead, Toad let's the lab coat's body hit the floor. " What now boss ?" Toad says excitedly.
" According to Scarlet there are no more individuals of note. We're leaving."
Toad let's out a sound of exasperation but happily hops out the door with the other two.
The smell of blood was apparent in the once familiar halls. Lab coats adorned the floors in the winding hallways in all sorts of gruesome fashion but X-25 remained impartial. There was always worse. Around the corner to the way out the trio were greeted by a gun squad. Without warning the men in black ( A/N hehe see what I did there) opened fire on the two trespassers. X-25 flinched, closed his eyes and waited a second. The ringing in his ears meant he wasn't dead so he slowly opened them to see all of the rounds floating midair. Synchronized, the bullets reverse direction and fire back.
All bodies hit the floor and Magneto said something that X-25 couldn't hear.
The man leisurely floats over the corpses, Toad hops over and the boy avoids what he can. Still getting the blood on his toes.
Once they were through the doorway the boy looked up. He never got this far or tried escaping so the truly massive staircase was daunting.
Thankfully his ears stopped ringing so he heard Toad say, " Can you give us a lift boss?"
Without a word the boy found himself floating. The obvious perpetrator was looking at him probably to see his reaction. The boy remained emotionless but was internally shocked. Even more so when they were catapulted up the stairway.
"WOHOOOOoo!!" Toad shouts the whole way up.
The thrilling ride was stopped once they came to a wooden door at the top. The withered thing fractured open when Toad gave it a kick.
The room behind the door was a pretty cozy cabin. A fresh pine smell littered the place. A tousled bed overshadowed by the winds and snow beating the window. X-25 didn't get to enjoy it long because Toad kicked down the other door leading to outside. The abrasive cold winds assaulted him until the familiar purportator created a bubble around him. He got a glimpse of the unfamiliar black helicarrier waiting outside before he heard Magneto say, " Toad, strap him in and fly us to Xavier's School. We need to talk to Charles. Ah! Before that, let me finish up here."
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