Chapter 48

WARNING: VIOLENCE AND DISTURBING SCENES

Dr. Taylon was beyond excited about his latest subject; he'd obtained it purely by accident. They had set out traps for any rogue weres, but instead, they got an even bigger prize. It killed two of the guards just getting it there. Right now, he has it drugged. He wasn’t so sure how long the sedatives would last, though.

Didn’t matter too much, though; he had it locked inside a really strong cage. Now he was getting ready to do his first experiments—ordinary tests to see what its blood and DNA were, what it was. X-rays and a CT scan, if they can fit it inside the machines.

He was so excited to have a new specimen that he had a hard-on; it was rather uncomfortable. The more excited he was about his experiments, the less he could keep it down.

Dr. Taylor wasn’t a big man, only 5’6" with a balding head and sweaty skin. Even from the time he was a child, he loved to experiment on various animals and insects. His parents thought he was doing it to become a great scientist of the time. He was doing it because he loved to watch his subjects in pain.

Over the years, he managed to find other like-minded scientists, and they started to form a club of sorts. When Dr. Taylor got into a secret government program, he was allowed to pick his own team, so naturally, he picked everyone in his club that would come.

Now they were all doing what they loved to do most: create new life while destroying the old. The more painful it was for the subject, the more the scientists wanted. Some got off on creating mutations. It was a perfect operation to be in charge of. Though they were running low on specimens, they would be thrilled to know that they would have a pregnant Luna. Finally, an unborn pup to experiment with and a Luna. That would keep them happy for a long time to come.

Adira was halfway through her shift. They had her on a hospital bed, giving her fluids to help ease the shift on the pup. Everything was going fine. The Doctor said he had never seen anything like it before. Usually, once a she-wolf is pregnant, they don’t shift; it can cause great harm to the pup, even death.

Adira wasn’t speaking to anyone; she was maintaining the link with the Alpha, something only mates can do. Marco was linked with her, so he, too, was linked with the Alpha. Once he saw the things that the Alpha found, he contacted all the doctors he could find.

Even calls to other packs and other were-species, telling them what was happening and to be ready to go in. They were already organizing teams and supplies, as well as transportation.

Two hours later, Luna Adira was back in her human form again. When they let her go back to the pack house, the first thing she did was take a bath. Then, she laid down on the bed and continued with the mind link. Duncan tried a few times to block her from seeing some of the things he saw. She just told him that they would face this together.

She was finally getting tired and fell asleep with Duncan still in her mind through the link, which, once he knew she was asleep, he cut. No way was he going to let anymore of this touch her or his pup. He was going to spoil her rotten for the rest of her life. It didn’t matter in the slightest if she liked it or not.

The weretiger snarls at them and launches at their head. Duncan dodges and grabs the tiger by the tail, whipping him around like a carnival ride, letting go at the last minute, tossing the tiger back deeper into the woods. A loud crack was heard as the tiger crashed into a tree.

Artemis ran straight to the other lycans as they formed a circle around her, closing her off from any further attacks.

Jack and Archer took flanking positions on either side of Duncan. Neither was going to step in unless Duncan asked or got into trouble and needed help. Otherwise, they were there to make sure the tiger stays in the fight.

Duncan wasted no time going after the tiger; loud snarls and growls were heard, the trees moving violently as they were crashed into. The tiger came up from behind and latched his jaws onto Duncan, going for the throat; instead, his bite landed on the shoulder. Duncan let out a growl of pure anger.

Duncan shook off the tiger; blood was running down his torso from the bite. The tiger came at him again; this time, Duncan was ready for him.

Ashton sat with Marnie as she went to the Luna’s room to stand guard, as she said. She went inside and found their Luna in a deep sleep. Marnie sat down on the rug before the bed. She became a sentinel. Ashton sat next to her, another sentinel in the night.

They were both wondering what was going on with the scientific laboratories that they found.

Ashton looked over at Marnie; she was the single most beautiful female he had ever seen. Her scent was driving him crazy, not to mention her body; it was perfect. She was a strong and a little bit crazy female, but she was so wonderfully full of energy, her spirit was bright and out for all to see.

He wasn’t sure how he was going to go about winning her as his mate; he wasn’t even sure it was possible. He was going to try his best, though. Fate and heavens be praised for giving him this gift.

August and Gavin, whose name he just found out, were searching for another entrance. They came upon a weird-looking rock wall, did some investigating, and found a hidden switch. Once they released the switch, the rock wall slid to the side. Behind it were two double doors that appeared to be locked by a keypad. Gavin, the werewolf warrior, mind-linked his Alpha, telling him what they had found. Their orders were to stay there; two more would join them shortly to help guard the door.

Both August and Gavin were glad that others were coming to help; something about this place gave them the creeps. They heard a rustling in the distance, and sure enough, it was the other two that were sent to help.

Just as they were about to decide what position they should each take, an extremely loud roar shook the walls, knocking down rocks from the sides of the door.

All four looked at each other; that sound came from deep within the ground, and yet it was so loud it shook the ground. All four of them took positions away from the doors. Looking at each other, they said at the same time…“What the hell was that?”

It was absolute terror, the thought of anything doing this to other living things is unthinkable. It was a massive room; it might have been as big as a city block. It was wall-to-wall cages, set up like a maze. Each cage had living creatures in it.

Some were easy to see what they were; some, there was no way to know. Most all of them were children, some only toddlers. All of them had some sort of wires or tubes coming from them; each cage had a chart for tracking changes in the experiments.

Some were crying out in pain; most were just huddled as far as they could to the back of their cages. Some had more than two eyes, others only one or none at all. There were others still who had too many arms and legs; it was like a human who also had animal legs growing out of them.

There had to be hundreds of cages. The smell was a cross between blood and death. They had to walk the maze in order to find the scientists that were running this horror show. It hurt their hearts to pass all of these children; until they could get some doctors in here to ascertain their condition, it was best to leave them where they were for now.

The further in they went, the worse things became; most, at this point, were beyond help.

Jack was about to go batshit crazy on their asses; the only thing keeping him in check were all the poor souls in the cages.

These monsters would have given Josef Mengele a run for his money. They were going to suffer for this. Death will not come fast for these bastards. Oh, no. Jack was going to make sure they suffered every day for as long as he wished them to do so.

Finally, they reached what appeared to be the center, or the heart, of this madness. There were at least nine scientists here; they were so involved in what they were doing they didn’t even notice what had walked into their circle.

There was no signal, just that all of the warriors and their leaders were so enraged that they just ran in and started grabbing them one by one. Duncan took one out and ripped him apart. When he came upon him, he was raping a little human girl; she didn’t look to be more than ten years old.

For every one they took and killed, the subjects in the cages that could understand what was going on would cheer wildly. In that huge underground room, it was almost painful; it was so loud.

Archer knelt down next to one of the scientists, with a growl in his voice…“Tell me, Monster, where is your leader?”

He didn’t say anything at first, until Archer, with his barbed tongue, licked the side of the scientist's face, taking off skin in the process. He screamed in pain and pointed at a set of double doors.

Duncan, Jack, and Archer went and opened the double doors. They could not believe the lack of security in this facility. It was like they didn’t care, or that they were so arrogant that it didn’t matter.

At the other side of the doors was a long hallway; it didn’t have any other doors, just the one at the end. They heard a loud crash from the other end of the tunnel door. A man was yelling, while more crashing was going on. Then, before they opened the door, they heard a terrible, angry roar that shook the walls and the door.

All three looked at each other, mind-linking, they said, “What the holy hell was that?!”

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