>GRRR<
Growling sounds resonated from John's stomach, quickly he placed his arms on his abdomen.
"Ohhh" Jaus interjected
"That's right you haven't had food since yesterday morning, and you exerted that much power right after, that must be tough on your stomach"
" Do you have anything to offer me?" John asked.
" Of course! I wouldn't want my precious test subject to starve, you'll have your meals at my place until you get your android to take care of that for you"
" However, how do you intend to move around in that condition? you'll have to get a hold of your abilities first, you surely don't expect us not to speak or make sounds on your behalf"
" Well.."
Just before John could finish his statement, Jaus interrupted, " My lab has a hole above just because of you, fixing that will be expensive, you need to keep your strength in check as well, we don't need a gremlin of a man to damage our facilities!"
" I'm sorry" John muttered and cowered.
" Just do something about it ok, I didn't expect this the least, if I had I would be fixing it not yelling but it seems like this is up to you now"
" I think I'll excuse myself now, you need to figure out what you've become, I too will look at what I can do" immediately saying this, he went for the door and left.
He had never felt so happy over a period of silence in his life than now. With his face upright, he stared forward and could see Jaus on a seat working on something, focusing his sight further, a bunch of people chatting amongst themselves came into view.
" I wonder how far I can see through" he muttered.
He looked downwards and his glowy lawn green eyes dilated granting him vision beyond the ground at which he was. Although tangible image forms within him, it was vague, certain features couldn't be made out such as the person's face, skin color, they had appearances akin to mannequins except that he could view their internal organs.
"Yuck, this is unconventional" he whispered to himself.
He got up and went towards the track where he ran over earlier and stood at the start.
" I wonder how fast I can go now" With that, he set himself up like an athlete intending to sprint, and then....
VOOMMMMMM
What had taken him two minutes to complete earlier took him just a second to do so this time around.
"Whoa!" he looked at his legs and arms with a certain look of perplexity and just then, the ever occurring glow shimmered across his veins.
" Ouch, ouch" he sounded and took his arms to rub on his legs, they bore a sharp pain and that sent him to the floor immediately.
" What's wrong?" he mused.
" Am I exerting too much power?"
On the metallic ground, he sat with his legs crossed, eyes shut and a sense of silence lingered.
'First, there was that voice and now, it feels like my insides are burning but in a good way, I have never felt so energetic before'
He took deep breaths at intervals which deeply resounded due to the silence in the room.
'Ever since I woke up, I have felt that a part of me belonged to someone, was that what the voice meant?'
" I have to get a hold of my powers somehow" he muttered.
Still fixed in his meditation, a strange image suddenly flashed in his head.
" Arghhhh" he wailed and staggered to the ground
Finally getting a hold of himself after a few pants, 'What's in me? What was that?' he thought quivering with fear.
" I feel like I have traded a huge part of my humanity for this power, was this worth it?"
" No No, I've come this far, I won't harbor any doubts"
He dispelled the doubts in his mind and resumed his meditation.
" I feel that there's still much that I can do but now it's just my enhanced senses and strength"
" I want to put this power to use as soon as possible"
Having calmed down, he poised with a decisive look and trotted towards the door.
>WOOSSH<
" John!" Jaus exclaimed not expecting him to be out so soon, he was hoping he would be the one to help him again and to stack another reason why he owes him.
The previously loud place that irritated John had granted him so much happiness now, he felt serenity upon him again.
"John?" Jaus said with a perplexed face as he stared at the young man smiling like he had accomplished something, he did know that he must have overcame his senses issues.
" I can control it now," John said
" How did you achieve that and at such a fast rate, your body changed so much that you shouldn't feel accustomed to it yet"
" I just pondered about them, the changes, and I accepted them and meditated for a while and I just felt a rush of peace in me"
" Ohhhh, that simple"
" Yes, that was all, I can still make do of voices far but I don't feel the irritation I felt earlier and I can control my strange sight, I made it that I'll strain it to a certain degree to view things differently"
" Hmmn, turns out there's more to this than I thought, more involvement of the psyche than I expected"
>GRRRR<
John's stomach rumbles sounded again, this time, Jaus left out a chuckle in response.
" Ahh ahh, let's go to my place for breakfast"
" I'll introduce you to some people afterward"