*digs topic up from the depths of the froms* Sheesh its been awhile sense I last added to this...
Secrets (4 years before 'Spider')
Spider climbed up onto the table, somewhat hesitant.
“Father..” he asked, frightened, “What yer going ter do?”
“There’s no need to be afraid Spider,” Bastek said as he stroked Spider’s neck comfortingly, “I am just going to check a couple of things on you, to make sure everything is normal.”
“Ok.” Spider said timidly as he laid down.
“I’ll need you to be on you back for this…sorry.”
Spider whined but did as he was told. He hated being on his back, as his broad shoulders kept him from righting himself easily. He jumped when Bastek’s assistant, Nerik, slipped a transparent mask over his head. It completely covered his head and had a long tube attached to one side. He started panicking with he smelled an odd scent and started feeling drowsy.
“Father!” Spider cried out, frightened.
“Its ok, its only a gas that will put you to sleep during this. You will wake up in a few hours.” Bastek said as he once again stroked Spider’s neck in a comforting way, “Just breathe normally.”
Spider calmed down and it wasn’t long before he was completely asleep…
“So what IS the purpose of this?” Nerik asked, “Somethin’ tells me yer not just ‘checking ter make sure everything is normal’”
“You are correct, Nerik. I am confirming a suspicion.” Bastek said as he made an incision near the base of Spider’s tail, “You have noticed how aggressive he’s been recently haven’t you?”
“Yer mean like when he smacked an intern clear across the room for just looking at him wrong a couple days ago? Yeah.”
“Well I have noticed in recent blood tests that levels of testosterone in his blood has gone up dramatically recently. Resulting in increased aggressiveness and territorial instincts.”
“Why der yer suppose that is?”
“It could be due to one of two reasons or a combo of both. One reason could be from the third creature he is composed of. And the other…ah looks like it’s my second guess. Take a look.”
Nerik looked and his eyes widened in shock, “That’s a…!”
“Yep it is.”
“But how? All the other crossbreeds were sterile…”
“Hmmm” Bastek thought a moment, “It may very well be a combo of the two reasons. You remember what Spider is made of right?”
“Slig, paramite and….meech?”
“First two are correct, the third is a creature that is not of this world.”
“How?”
“Let me finish stitching him up and I’ll show you.”
After Bastek was finished he turned to a monitor and pressed a button. On the screen appeared a picture of a large winged creature. It was light purple in color with two horns adorning the top of its head. It was shooting what looked very much like a bolt of lightning from its mouth. Nerik’s eyes once again widened in shock.
“Th..Th..That creature is part of Spider?” he stammered.
“Correct, not very much though. Only enough to give him his superior eyesight. Now it appears that this creatures DNA has caused two throw backs.”
“Two?”
“Yes, the first is the most obvious…the quills on his back. The second is what we just discovered, unexpected fertility.”
“Are we going ter tell him?”
“No…” Bastek said shaking his head, “It is best as few people know about this as possible. If word gets out that Spider is fertile they may have him eliminated, or worse…force him to become Skillya’s consort.”
“No no best not let anyone know.” Nerik said wincing, “That would be a hellish life…couldn’t we just sterilize him? Ter keep that possibility from happening?”
“No…you see Nerik, my friend, I intend to set Spider free…Free from this place and its tortures. I want him to life the rest of his life outside the factory walls…”
Once again Nerik’s eyes widened in shock…
[ June 17, 2001: Message edited by: Dragadon ]
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