Amanda Waller sat at her desk, during the whole OMAC saga, she took hits at the way in which she had dealt, or in this case not dealt with the threat. Many contacts loyal to her almost clinical approach distanced themselves, or severed ties completely. Still defiant to the last, Amanda, one of the greatest strategist and forward thinkers of our time had decided to go out with a bang. Already sensing the dark clouds on the horizon, she had secretly begun siphoning money from several of the smaller unnoticeable contractors, by the time the wolfs came knocking at the door, she had accumulated millions, better yet she had already begun using that money to start financing a personal project. When it had come time for her to leave, she happily and quietly was shown the door, no one understood why at the time she went so peacefully. But by the time she had finished, they would all come to learn why Waller is a woman who should never be crossed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Bank’s Island; Canada: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “Cornel I want a full report and I want one now” “But Mam, we heard that you no longer work for the company” “Cornel you more than anyone should know about cover stories, besides I funded this entire project, so I say what goes on here and no one else. Do I make myself clear” She leans forward, her large frame and screwed up face almost pressed against the Soldiers nose. “Understood Mam” “Good now report” “Were having some difficulties with the test subjects” “What kind of difficulties” “The radioactive drug is fine in small doses, granting the subjects a fraction of their power for a limited time” “I thought we had abandoned that, I believed I told you I wanted super soldiers. An army of human super powered soldiers, not for an hour and at a fraction of the strength needed for what I had planed” “Yes you did, but when we go for a complete genome inversion, it starts of a cascade reaction along their entire DNA, most of the subjects die from the strain, and the ones that don’t, well see for yourself” The commander shouts out to the nearby guards on the tower, who quickly relay that message to someone inside, in seconds the large metallic doors to the hanger begin to open. Once inside Waller and the Commander walk along the large incubation chambers, filled with a green liquid, humans sleep in suspended animation, many subjects have gone radical mutation, their outer appendages twisted or transformed to large mass like structures. “Looks like its back to the drawing board, we had better get this right and soon” Waller turns to leave when suddenly something catches her eye. “Wait a minute, what about her” “Samantha” “If that’s what you want to call her” “Samantha is reacting differently to all of the others” “Reason” “She was born with a genetic anomaly” “So she’s a mutant” “No it’s not the x-gene, her body seems to be on the verge of a natural evolution, this process has seemed to have jumpstarted that reaction” “What’s that covering her body?” “No one knows, harder than diamond and just as sharp, it reacts instinctively, no matter how much we sedate her. She’s been classed as high risk and is being set up for termination” “NO, as of now she’s all we’ve got. I want her awake and conditioned. I’ll be back in a week” Waller closes in on the young girls containment chemical bath. “Yes you’ll do just fine” ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Moon: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ “Why are we doing this again?” “I already told you mike, the moon simulates the low gravity conditions needed for my research” “And theirs now ay we could have created this back on real ground” “Sure there is, but what fun would that be” *CLINK* *CLICK* “Did you hear something?” “Mike it’s just your imagination, now come on and help me collect these fungus samples” *CRASH* “OMG what was that?” “Just my imagination huh. Come on it sounded like it came from the ship” “Omg Mike look” the young girls freezes in terror, the site that confronts her is an abomination to the sciences she clings to. “What is that thing Sarah?” “I don’t know but it’s destroyed our only ride out of here, quickly Mike get back to the base and radio for help” “Wait you’re not seriously going to face that thing” “Damn it Mike, I’m in command here, now just do it. This thing could be a new form of life and I intend to make contact with it” “But Sarah” “JUST GO” The young man turns and attempts to run as fast as the zero gravity will allow back towards the hub they have called home for the last several weeks. Almost there he turns and looks at his friend one last time, deep in his stomach he knows he’ll never see her again. “Hello can you here me” The young scientist uses the external audio device located in her containment suit. “Sa…” “Sarah that’s right, my name is Sarah. You must be telepathic? I’m from Earth.” “Eart….h, Sam…an..tha” “Wait you’re from earth, is Samantha your name” Unbeknown to Sarah, the creature is not as slow as she appears; in her ear another woman speaks to the creature. “Execute her now” “Please in peace” Sarah opens her arms as a symbol of peace and embrace, the creature adopts the same posture and for a brief second a smile gently spreads across the young scientists face. Suddenly sharp razor crystals explode from the creatures open hand fingertips. They pierce Sarah’s containment suit, she goes to scream, but as the oxygen leaks she finds it impossible to find breath let alone muster enough air to scream. TO BE CONTINUED… Innocent awakening
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