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*Inhale*
*Exhale*
*Inhale*
*Exhale*
Tynofast breathed in deep breaths, lying still, reason being the gratification from freedom. More so, was the sensation of a soft hand firmly gliding over his back, to the side of his ridges.
His four incandescent eyes locked onto her brown hair, like warm earth with sun kissed roots. Green eyes like windows to a hidden forest sanctuary. Turning his neck Tynofast's eyes schooled her fairy like features in a mixture of fascination, yearning and hate.
As four gold orbs bore into her the crouched woman calmly looked down at him only her eyes moving. The corners of her full lips under her condescending nose awkwardly lifted almost like it hurt her face.
Even with the few humans he had seen, he was sure she was a peak specimen. Her person had even managed to enrapture a komodo dragon like him. Though, apart from the colors of her eyes and hair he was nary attracted to anything else.
But no matter what, he felt for this female human there was no denying his hate for her species. The hate that grew more visceral from the stink of Xenoneural Lab staff.
He wanted so badly to coil around her a feel her warmth, then rip into her neck to taste her warm blood. Though he wandered if it was truly warm blood running through her body...
The conflict disoriented Tynofast so much he failed to notice his growth or take note of his slight weariness. So as soon as a petite hand slowly reached for his
Snout, he recoiled in shock and hell over himself.
Ignoring his blunder he scampered away towards the edge of the room. Curling there threateningly he looked around in trepidation. There were no drones, no androids no cold eyed scientists, not other than the woman. She was frozen in her crouched position hand still outstretched and...shaking?
No she was breathing just like he had just a while ago. Was she scared? Why would she be scared of him? Why was he scared when he was terrified of her and the people she associated with.
Had they left her in here with him. Could he take revenge on one of those coldblooded betraying bastards. Slowly he gained confidence, getting out of the corner he stalked towards her.
Slowly purposefully. He wanted to see her feeling the fear and anger he felt when he was coerced, betrayed and left to die. Getting closer he licked his forked tongue out, tasting her fear.
Even though she had controlled her shaking the scent was unmistakable. Tynofast was just a dozen of steps away now she slowly raised her head and stared into his eyes. The next thing she did stopped him right in his tracks.
A pleasant humming came from her. His reptilian eyes contracted to pin pricks. That voice so far away now... so close. His dilated pupils slowly relaxed he continued lubering slowly no—gently towards her. His rough breathing cleared into inaudible breaths.
Very quickly he arrived infront of her. They held a stare for what had to have been a minute. By now, he was purring with lazy eyes.
Slowly, very gently, he closed the distance causing her to tense. Unhesitantly, he nudged her off balance. Promptly she produced an unlady like squeak, more surprised than anything else. Before she could get off her butt, Tynofast lumbered to her side and set his head onto her thighs.
She stared in silence till he nudged her again. It took her all of five seconds to take a guess. After she took a slow breath and began humming again. As she hummed his tail swung left and right like a branch shaking in the wind, after a minute she started stroking him.
After ten minutes had elapsed he was comfortably asleep and she stopped the humming but her hand still firmly brushed his scales.
As Tynofast slept in complete relief for the first time, a sequence was launched in his gene chain. Where his heart was supposed to be a new, mysterious organ took form. It was quickly finished and Tynofast was whole, just not...quite living. As if sensing the problem, his spine let rip an electrical buzz. Jolting his brain into reboot.
Signals went through his stagnant body into his chest, a signal was echoed back from his chest seemingly in communication with his brain. A final signal came from his brain, then his chest hummed.
It literally buzzed it changed frequencies till Tynofast's eyes quivered, the buzz was directed periodically through his new blood vessels to every part of his body. His blood flowed like it was living, baptizing every part of his body as it coursed through it.
There was a loop, it went back to Tynofast's mysterious organ and darkened in color. By the 24th cycle the change stopped, it had transitioned into a dark red liquid. It was then Tynofast's eyes were shocked open. At first his stare was blanked but slowly his memories resurfaced along with massive information that seemed to have abruptly become natural knowledge to him.
His body had never felt so mysterious yet he never understood it better.
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"Bravo, bravo! For a second there we thought you had lied to us Professor. But who knew! You are actually able to control the specimen. You might want to check if one of your ancestors was a pied piper."
"That or this one's plenty special even for Xenoneural standards there's never been away to balance the enhanced aggression with an ounce of obedience or recognition."
"Mind shedding li—"
"Enough is enough manager Kroif, I am holding my part of the deal if you dare to go back on our contract you and Wargle can expect a visit from the Supreme Council."
"Oh and what about your contract with Xenoneural Labs Ms. Argix?"
"It was void when I resigned after being kicked off the project."
"Well for your sake, I hope the reptile grows stronger at an amazing pace. Knowing their high confidentiality standards, Xenoneural Labs will have someone sent for your head."
"At least, they will when they find out that you facilitated the asset's kidnapping. Quite the right decision If I may say so. You know the saying; a good bird..."
"....."
"Ugh you're no fun"
Professor Cynthia Argix still maintained her silence after the managers words but her quickened stroking betrayed her inner anxiety.
This had probably been the most unfortunate decision she had made in her life, really it had been out of hand after meeting with her fathe.
It all started when she returned home after her dismissal.
She was called to a physical meeting with her father. Head of one of the three vassal families who served the creators of Xenoneural Labs, the man had more than a lot to say about her recent stunt.
It sufficed to say he that was ashamed a stupid woman like her was his daughter. He ordered her to be subordinate to her eldest brother after offering up her hard earned position to him.
She had gotten numb to his toxic patriarchal views and almost blatant disregard for her but to nose into her professional life like he had any contribution to it really did it.
Then she got it.
She thought of a way to screw over her father, his precious family, and his precious agency.
She would ruin Vareous's plans at the cusp of completion and hand the horrific lizard to the pissed off Wargle dome.
What she did not forsee was that her negotiations with Wargle dome saw her on the back leg.
In the end for various frustrating reasons, she was forced to command the whole operation from the infiltration, to the sabotage, to the theft.
Luckily, it seemed that the device and Tynofast were in a basically unmanned part of the planet. Using her access she rid it of surveillance and recording capabilities.
She had the stealth craft beam the dying Tynofast in and fired off at the machine before leaving.
She swiftly put it(Tynofast) in an advanced stasis pool to prevent it from dying. Knowing he would eventually heal, she was momentarily relieved and relaxed, thinking the rash endeavor panned out and she would emerge relatively unscathed.
Unfortunately, after viewing Tynofasts state they semi-factually claimed he was handed to them in terrible condition. Wargle's ambassador stated that above a preliminary healing she needed to prove that it would function in a top state whenever called for it.
In the event she couldn't set up a demonstration satisfying Wargle executives, the contract would be void they would not honor their terms to protect her for the allotted time period.
After a fleeting period of despair and hopelessness she picked herself up and started on an unlikely plan.
She would appeal to the battle beasts subconscious and form a familiarity to it which would hopefully expedite it's recovery time and maybe just maybe bond enough with the creature that whatever demonstration they would have her set up she would make it deliver.
After 3 months swimming in the stasis poolhumming and exchanging scent she was sure he strongly responded to her presence.
She wouldn't let herself think that it was reacting to her for predation. She told herself he would be tame and was beginning to consider her a companion.
Many days after he had been discharged from the pool, he was due to wake up and after a while he did.
At first she thought he feared her presence which was welcome news to her but after exiting her daze she heard his approach. With the way it moved, the way it stalked towards from the palpable hatred in it's eyes, Cynthia knew it wanted to kill her if she fled the ship now she'd soon be killed by a bounty hunter if she wasn't tortured first.
Resigned to her fate Cynthia hummed for it one last time. A last performance for the unnerving reptile she once tried to kill. It was only fair he had his go after all this time.
In the end, it forced her down and lay prone on her thigh. After the tense face off Cynthia almost shed tears of relief. Her efforts had succeeded and not just because she tried but because Tynofast was a unique creature and came to recognize her as a companion.
As she stroked the beast she wandered how she could have found such a wonderful thing as an unstable calamitous bomb.