this is an information filled chap...
Chapter 6
"So..." Spider sneered after regaining his senses, "yer went back ter yer old line of work."
"Yes, but not in the way you think. Come with me and I'll explain." Steinix said as he unlocked the cell door and opened it. Spider hesitated a moment, then stepped out and Steinix closed the door and locked it again. He lead Spider down the hall and into another corridor before speaking again.
"The reason I had to take you away from the others is because they are not ready to know what I am about to tell you." he said.
"And that is?" Spider asked.
"First, do you know why you were created?"
Spider thought a moment before answering, "I know that it had something ter der with harnessing Drag's powers fer the Cartel ter use fer themselves."
"Correct, originally you were meant to be the first of a new type of Big Bro. But when you were born, Bastek realized something rather shocking."
"What was that?"
"That your physical appearance, including your size, was amazingly similar to a race that is now believed to be extinct."
"Really?" Spider said, cocking his head in interest.
"Yes, at first he blew it off as pure conquidence. But when he discovered that you were fertile as well, an realization came to him."
"And that is..."
"That it was possible to 'restore' this lost race, using the formula he used to create you to create more like you. He knew he could not replace the race entirely, since the genetic data for that race was lost. But he was willing to make an attempt to restore a race the Cartel was responsible for wiping out. Unfortunately, before Bastek could put this plan into full motion himself, he was killed."
"Then how were the others created?"
"Bastek had friends who were willing to help him with his plan. He had entrusted them with the formula and they carried on after his death. It took four years for them to all get together and built this compound. They were able to recruit others into their cause as well. Unfortunately some of them were in reality Cartel spies and one of them, who was an ally to Myron, managed to gain control of the project.”
“Oh no…”
“This individual decreed that the others must not show any signs of intelligence on our level. He had those showing such signs beaten and whipped. I think this treatment is the cause of the abnormal behavior in a couple of them.”
“I can guess one of those…Lunic right?”
Steinix nodded and continued, “Two months ago he decided that one of them had shown too much intelligence and had her injected with a powerful drug that made her loose her memory.”
“Shriek…” Spider muttered.
“Shriek?” Steinix asked puzzled.
“Shriek is the one that had that done ter her, has ter be. I found her about two months ago with no memory of her past. The others said that my description of her matched Beta’s, who they said escaped around that time.”
“If that is true…then Beta is still alive. This is good news.”
“I have a feelin’ I know what yer goin’ ter say next.”
“And what would that be?”
“Yer want me ter help yer bring Shriek back here, ter rejoin the others.” Spider said, snarling slightly.
Stienix nodded slowly…
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