"Room 608"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD
It was cold and everyone around him was either sniffling or coughing like they were in some sort of competition to out cough the others. He checked the mask he wore to make sure that it was firmly in place and he scanned the room.
She was not there.
He was silently thankful she had one one of those weird immune systems where a simple cold could knock her out but she could be exposed to the most toxic of chemicals for weeks without getting sick. She has him to thank for that last part, the former probably is some quirk in her human DNA. Dragon cell integration was always tricky and there were only a few who tried it so he was walking on very thin ice.
He went ahead with the experiments anyway because there was no way that she could have lasted this long without them. Oh well the test subjects in this room were all failures. He took his dragon form, his human flesh giving way to brilliant orange scales that reflected the light in the room. The humans in it were surprised but previous encounters have taught them what to expect.
It was the flames. And so with one massive breathe the room was immolated. The sniffles and coughing were gone. Here and there an ember snaps. All that remained of experiment room 608.
She was not there.
He was silently thankful she had one one of those weird immune systems where a simple cold could knock her out but she could be exposed to the most toxic of chemicals for weeks without getting sick. She has him to thank for that last part, the former probably is some quirk in her human DNA. Dragon cell integration was always tricky and there were only a few who tried it so he was walking on very thin ice.
He went ahead with the experiments anyway because there was no way that she could have lasted this long without them. Oh well the test subjects in this room were all failures. He took his dragon form, his human flesh giving way to brilliant orange scales that reflected the light in the room. The humans in it were surprised but previous encounters have taught them what to expect.
It was the flames. And so with one massive breathe the room was immolated. The sniffles and coughing were gone. Here and there an ember snaps. All that remained of experiment room 608.
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