Chapter 7: Aeraki; The One Who Would Succeed

"Some time had passed after I had awoken in that pod... There were four individuals that saw me out after I awoke, Cornelius Acacia, Einz Odessa, Nando Mentas and Klyne Weevil... the later did not seem as interested in me as he did getting clearance for his expedition into the Forgotten Zone."

Experiment 001: Stamina

Cornelius:

[Right! In this experiment we shall test the stamina of the subject, we Academites are renowned for our intellect and ingenuity but we are physically inferior to every other race, we cannot change our appearance like Green Martians, we cannot heal like the Ashen Martians nor do we possess insane amounts of stamina like Fiercia (Yes, we as a race only have our brains to fall back on... but what would happen when that is not enough?) the first thing we will test is if the subject inherited any abilities from the Felisian donor.]

The boy was put to run on a treadmill, as the speed ramped up he began to lower himself, eventually running on all fours, this was promising to Cornelius. He was then sat on a table to perform cognitive tests, he seemed to have a grasp of the objectives of the tests, having aced both cognitive and intelligence-based tests, eventually blatantly asking why he is even there.

Einz:

[Hoh? He is demonstrating self awareness in his position. Impressive.]

Nando, who was performing the tests walked out of the room, he held a stack of papers in both hands, he places them all on the table.

Nando:

[His mental parameters are advancing as normal, as if he were growing like a regular Academite. His physical features are developing, fur patches are growing on his forearms, he is also developing claws on his fingers and toes.]

Cornelius:

[Then the hybridization process continues to march swimmingly, we will continue to press forward, we will continue to manufacture more hybrids, I will contact Catina, I intend to harvest more eggs.]

Einz:

[Eh? You want to make more Fiercia-based hybrids?]

Cornelius:

[This could simply be an outlier rather than the rule, so far merging our genes with other races has ended in failure, the Fiercia subject was the sole survivor. I must do further analytics on the subject.]

Nando rushed into the room with haste, he seemed alarmed.

Nando:

[He is having issues, I need input Cornelius!] he said rapidly.

Cornelius stood up and with Einz and Nando he went over to the room the boy was in, he laid on the floor on his side, he held his head with both hands, he showed visible signs of pain, screaming and grunting. Cornelius took over the situation.

Cornelius:

[Nando, bring the anesthetic, Einz! Gurney! He is having high readings of mental activity! (Please live! You are the last hope I have!) Hurry with the medicine!]

Nando and Einz rushed over to Cornelius, Einz gently raised up the boy onto the gurney, while Cornelius took out a syringe, Nando gave him a small clear bottle with a transparent liquid, the syringe's needle pierced the bottle's cap and drew the liquid, Nando and Einz held down the boy so Cornelius could get a clear shot, he injected the needle into the boy's need and the liquid is pushed into his system, this calms the boy down enough, Cornelius told Einz to take him to the operation room.

"That pain was unbearable, they did not know why that had happened at all."