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Part Fifteen

In the northern part of New York City, a major event was taking place. In a few hours, the Wells would unveil their new project, one that could change the world. All of the major families and high ranking government officials were going to show up.

Inside of a laboratory, a man with smooth black hair and black-rimmed glasses was holding a clipboard.

“How much longer until we can awaken him?”

He asked.

A gorgeous female wearing a white lab coat was next to him with a tablet in her hand. Hearing his question she started to move her fingers, making them dance on the tablet.

“Five more minutes before he is fully functional. We’ve really outdone ourselves this time.”

The man nodded his head, as he gazed over four large tubes.

Inside of the tubes was a person floating in a liquid substance. All four were naked but they did not have any private parts, and their chest was flat as a board. Over their mouths was a breathing tube that connected to the upper part of the large tube, allowing oxygen to flow.

Their bald heads had a shine to it.

“With just this amount of data, we were able to replicate Diana’s discovery. Luckily Mary was able to tweak it, allowing us to create the perfect specimen. When the others arrive we’ll show off ‘Z’, after we will start the bidding.”

The man could not help but laugh.

The Guardian family thought they were the strongest? They had the best EXO ability?

Think again. Tonight, the Wells will rise above the ranks and take their spot. While he might not be apart of the main branch, but with his abilities and love for science, he was able to put everything they had into use. Tonight he would rise from the sub-branch to the main branch, then he would be able to use all of their privileges.

The man was already having thoughts of having the head of the family grant his wish. Which was to marry the love of his life. Too bad she was apart of the main branch, so he was not able to interact with her much.

“Are you ok?”

The woman asked him.

Seeing him laughing caused her to shiver. She did not know what his thoughts were, but she knew they could not be anything good.

He coughed a bit.

“Nothing, pretend you did not see anything.”

He told her, as he walked over to a terminal.

Watching the vitals for ‘Z’ stabilize his heart started to beat faster. Only another minute before he could awaken ‘Z’.

He knew his success was only going to go up from here. He helped create the first self-evolving specimen.

This species did not need to be taught anything, as they would learn on their own as time went on. Their essence would increase naturally without any type of training, and they would have the ability to duplicate almost any EXO ability. Not to mention the shapeshifting ability they had.

They would become the ultimate weapon given enough time.

However, he had a kill switch put into place. In case they acted out or went against their owner's order, they could die. The original plans did not have this switch, but once he saw the potential that these beings had he knew there would be a great regret if one was not put into place.

Watching the time slowly tick down a drop of sweat rolled down his face.

The timer finally hit zero, and the front tube released gray gas.

He turned his head and watched ‘Z’ open his eyes for the first time.

‘Z’s’ green eyes moved about slowly as he scanned the room. Countless eyes were watching his every move.

“Open the tube!”

The man with the clipboard yelled, causing the other members to react quickly.

The substance within the tube was drained, and ‘Z’ dropped to the ground. ‘Z’ clenched his hands a few times, seemingly trying to get used to his body.

The glass tube retracted itself.

‘Z’ undid the oxygen tube, and took his first step. The man with the clipboard walked forward approaching ‘Z’.

He stared into 'Z's' green eyes. 'Z's' seemed to glow for a moment before his green eyes returned to normal.

“Welc-”

The clipboard man’s head went flying off as blood started to squirt out.

‘Z’ had an emotionless face as he glanced at his hand that had blood on it. Quickly he fanned his hand and blood splattered on the terminal not too far away.

All of the scientist below were stunned. They were not expecting ‘Z’ to react in the way he had done.

In the presence of ‘Z’ they felt their feet were glued to the ground. When they tried to move even an inch, it was like they were trying to move an entire building.

‘Z’ slowly walked to another tube. He stared at the figure inside with longing eyes. His palm touched the tube gently and cracks appeared on the tube.

“Where’s the switch? Who has the damn switch!”

One of the scientist screamed.

He did not know what kind of error happened in the progress of making ‘Z’ but he could not let ‘Z’ awaken the others. If they were all like him, every single person in this room was going to die.

‘Z’ already killed the strongest one of them with a slice of his hand. How could they stand up to that?

Hearing that scientist voice caused everyone to look around. Somehow they felt the pressure they were feeling lighten up as they scattered.

A siren noise appeared along with a red flashing light.

The sound of glass shattering was heard, as the second specimen dropped to the ground. It swiftly woke up and looked at ‘Z’.

“Fuck! Hurry and find that switch, ‘E’ has woken up!”

Under the urging of the man's voice, the scientist in the room started to move even faster. Some of them rushed to the door and tried to open it, only to fail.

Once the sirens went off the room was automatically locked, to prevent anything from escaping.

“Why! Why won’t it open?”

Two young scientist started banging on the door loudly.

‘Z’ and ‘E’ both approached the next pair of tubes and broke them. Releasing the last two specimen.

As fast as they were released, they woke up just as fast. Causing the hearts of all the scientist to drop.

‘Z’ spoke to them in a language unknown to the scientist. Most of them in the room were proficient in more than one language, but they could not make sense of what they were saying.

“Brothers, tonight we feast on those around us.”

All four of them looked alike, there was no way to differentiate them. If it was not for the letters engraved no one would be able to know who was who.

The scientist saw the looks those four gave them, and that's when they knew it was the end.

‘Z’, ‘E’, ‘R’, and ‘O’ had all woken up.

The showcase of these four were not until three more hours and the guest had yet to arrive. If any of the major families were here they would at least be protected.

How they wished they held out on starting the awakening process before the show began.

All four of the self-evolving specimen blurred.

Screams echoed throughout the room, as it was painted red.

A black car was cruising down the road when a large explosion happened. The car came to a sudden stop as it skid across the road.

Klyde who was in the backseat rolled down the window and a glint appeared in his eyes.

“Sir, is that not the building you were supposed to go?”

The elderly man asked Klyde.

“It is. It would seem like whatever the Wells wanted to show off today will no longer be available. What a waste of a trip.”

“Do you know what they were going to show, Sir?”

Klyde gave a slight nod.

“I know a little bit of the details.”

Klyde narrowed his eyes as he stepped out of the car.

“Stay put.”

“Yes, Sir.”

The elderly man replied.

Klyde left his jacket in the car so he was only wearing a white button-up shirt.

A figure appeared in front of him.

It seemed to be a bald and naked human. However, Klyde could not tell the gender of it. Its green eyes glared at Klyde.

Klyde smiled gently as he looked at the figure in front of him and at the location of the explosion.

“What are you?”

Klyde asked.

‘O’ stood there as it analyzed Klydes every move. ‘O’ felt a heavy pressure appear and took a step back.

‘O’ knew the man in front of him was strong, ‘O’ felt a threat to his life.

Klyde took a step closer.

“Where do you think you are going?”

Klydes black eyes glowed red.

“Kneel.”

‘O’ felt his body move against his will, as he kneeled on the ground. He gritted his teeth and used all the power he had to try and get up, but he could not move.

Klyde placed his hand on ‘O’s’ head.

“You’re going to show me everything.”

Klyde squeezed ‘O’s’ head and veins showed up on Klyde’s hand. A blue light went up his arm. Various images appeared in Klyde’s head.

Klyde put pressure on ‘O’s’ head causing ‘O’s’ skull to shatter.

Reaching into his pocket Klyde grabbed a tan cloth. He wiped his bloody hand clean and threw the cloth on the ground.

When he returned to the car, he had a sly grin on his face.

“Sir, where to next?”

“We return home. There is nothing for us here.”

Klyde told the elderly man, as he started thinking about the information he received from ‘O’.

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In a separate direction from where ‘O’ was headed, ‘Z’ causally roamed the streets. The night was dead, barely anyone could be seen.

‘Z’ heard light laughter and turned his head in its direction.

He saw a young teenage boy holding an object in his hand. The teenage boy kissed it multiple times.

The teenage boy was so happy that he finally got his copy of a new game. He stood in line for two hours, but it paid off. It was the last copy of the game they had. He could not help but kiss it as he made his way home.

Suddenly a naked person appeared in front of him. His heart clenched.

‘Z’ stuck his five fingers in the teens head. ‘Z’ extracted all the knowledge the teen held before he retracted his fingers. ‘Z’s’ body twitched and cracked as he started to change.

He shrunk in height and grew medium length black hair on his head. His green eyes turned blue, and his muscular build vanished. In between his legs a penis appeared.

‘Z’ grabbed the teens clothes and put them on.

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Nick was seated on his bed meditating when his phone buzzed. He opened his eyes and checked it.

It was a message from Dir. Campbell telling him to return to HQ.

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TO BE CONTINUED.....