23 Feb 2024
Dream
The scientist was watching the subject, lowering her guard as the child did nothing but play with toys. On her tablet, the scientist lowered her guard, playing a sound she couldn't have realized set her off. It was the last mistake she'd made, as playing that sound angered the child. With snarling teeth and a thirst for blood, the child ripped the scientist apart.
In a school built flat and plain, a young girl spent her days with only one friend, always feeling different. At lunch, she'd often go to the side of the building and sit at a bench beside many trees, singing to herself. She noticed there was always a teacher or adult of some kind watching her, but she knew only to trust one. She called him Uncle, as she had no family as far as she knew. She lived in a spare hotel with a strict woman and a few other girls, sharing a room with her one friend. Despite having what she needed, she longed for freedom outside their watchful eye.
One day, a new teacher appeared, a man with a tricky smile, the girl immediately refused to trust him. She felt something off about the man and decided to prove she was right. During one lunch, she followed him and watched as, with a fellow student in hand, went down a hidden elevator. She waited, watching the elevator close, but when it opened again, it was the man standing alone. Noting her findings, she untrusted her friend with the info, but she thought it was an overreaction. Frustrated, she turned to Uncle, who was just as worried. Pulling her into a separate and secluded room, he told her that in order to keep investigating, they must keep everything a secret. Upon agreement, he gave her a phone with sole access to him. He said to be careful and never let her guard down. Just as quickly, lunch was over.
She spent the next few days watching the suspicious man, bringing another child each day down the elevator. With some guidance from Uncle, she hid until dark, watching the elevator. Unexpectedly, the man showed up again under the cover of night with none other but her friend. She knew once the elevator doors closed that she had to do something, fearing that all the children were murdered by the man. After a few silent minutes, the man came back out and left her with this chance. She snuck into the elevator and quickly closed the doors. Inside were three buttons; 1, 2, and R. Without too much thought, she pressed R. Suddenly, the elevator started to plummet. Fearful, she pried the door open and jumped into a slight cubby in the wall, she watched as the elevator continued passenger-less until she couldn't even see it. Looking up, she knew the only way out was to wait. After seemingly hours, a speck of silver could be seen rising. Swiftly, she jumped on top and played flat in hopes she wouldn't be crushed. Instead, the trap door opened and she saw a familiar face. Her friend somehow knew she was there and took her inside. Pressing 2, she explained that the school was just a cover up for a secret lab underneath. Upon the elevator opening, immense deja vue washed over her. Scientists were watching the kids, every one she saw go down the elevator and more. Her friend walked her to a room labeled "Beast" that was sectioned off. She felt something pull her inside, feeling as of she knew this place.
One inside, she saw a familiar face. Uncle was sitting as a desk, the walls covered in her pictures, even ones she drew. The few screens in there showed her life playing like a movie. Uncle explained as much as he could, but in the shock it was hard to believe him. She was the beast. Ehebthen showed a video of her childhood. The violent attack on the scientist, showing the girl her own snarling teeth and sharp claws. Uncle told her everything, that he was her scientist. The fifth one she had, the rest ending up in funerals. As it turns out, she hated the sound of of sirens and babies crying, according to studies, but above all she distrusted any female scientist. That's why Uncle was so special. She had no memory of the events, but slowly she was getting flashes of such anger. She was the beast. And the suspicious man? He was her birth father, the leader of the operation, and her as the reason it existed in the first place.
Her live changed from there but she knew that is she could control the beast inside with training under Uncle, she could do so much good. With a smile, she was determined to do just that.
