29 Chapter 29

When I finished checking my improvements, I could finally relax and have a drink. Fortunately, alcohol affected me, so I could enjoy at least something... But there wasn't much time for alcohol, so after watching TV, I headed back to the basement. I have another unfinished business, and I don't want him to die of loneliness.

When I got back, I put on my apron as usual and started making preparations. The Piper was conscious, and when he saw what I was doing, he would mumble and spin. Like a picture from some horror movie, eh...

I looked at him and said:

- Sorry dude, nothing personal, girl, I gathered a lot of information now is to confirm one more thing. You're the best specimen for this, but I'm not particularly interested in your abilities. You have a hearing problem, but I have something else. I'm sure you'd do the same if you could get rid of the pain in your ears.-

I really wasn't interested in his abilities. Maybe only the most weakened version of them. Apparently, I took the girl's abilities, although not completely, but it was definitely more than fifty percent. If I'd known all this before, I would have just taken Tony's body and gotten a bigger brain. In fifteen minutes, it was quite feasible... but, I didn't know, so it's pointless to regret, and there's nothing to worry about, I'm happy with what I have.

If I had treated the Piper the same way as I did with peekaboo, I could have picked up His ailment, in the form of severe pain in the ears from loud sounds. Therefore, I will also use it to check the nutritional value and time of loss of bone marrow efficiency. Plus, there was something else I wanted to check out, and he was the best candidate for it.

From my words, the guy even more panicked and began to behave too brazenly. I don't want to talk to him again, so I gave him a heavy dose of Anaesthetic and he quickly passed out. It's cruel, but there's no turning back.

I decided to choose a different method and not amputate anything. Bone marrow could be obtained without this, and the nutritional value of other parts of the body did not interest me now. I'll check on it later, I need it in its best condition right now. Everything went almost the same as with Peekaboo, the results were identical. The guy was still alive, so I started the last procedure I was interested in.

An ordinary person can easily survive the loss of half a liter of bone marrow, but I pumped black and Tony a little more than the required amount. I was wondering if a meta-human could survive a similar procedure, since Rust and Multiplex were both dead. If so, it will open up great opportunities for me. After all, if I can take the bone marrow without harming the meta-human, then I won't have to kill some important people. Barry, Caitlin, Cisco, it's stupid to take their lives, they're more useful alive, but I couldn't ignore their abilities. True, they have not yet awakened them, or we can say they have not received them, but this is still the case... Barry, however, may be useful to me very soon, it remains only to get rid of Tone and you can relax.

So I started testing on the Piper, even though I will get some of His powers, but it doesn't compare to Peekaboo. I didn't just get a strong weakened version of black and Tony's powers, I rather got ten or twenty percent of their powers, which is very small. It will be the same with Hartley, so there is no need to worry about hearing problems, although there was a risk, but I was ready to take it. A hundred or two hundred milligrams can be fatal to humans, and I haven't found any information about how much a person can survive. So you'll have to check it yourself...

After performing a puncture and weighing the liquid, I deduced exactly six hundred milligrams, if you add up to what I already took from him, you get just seven hundred. Then I checked The Piper's condition, he was still alive, but that's for now... I'll check his condition a few more times, and now I'll take the brain.

After drinking all the liquid from the test tube, I lay down on another table and waited. After a couple of seconds, my head started to spin and my eyes and ears ached, my body started to shake, and then I passed out.

When I woke up, I looked at the time... Not bad, almost six hours, it used to be longer.

The Piper was still asleep, but he was alive, which was good. I checked his condition, everything was quite good, he was a little pale, but I think he will live, it was good.

Hmm, what should I do with it? I don't need it anymore and I'm not hungry. To let go of? No, I don't think so, he saw my face... Although, even if I did, so what? Oh, you shouldn't have woken up... It was stupid to let him go, because with his brain, he can easily draw my sketch or something, and I don't need it. He might interfere with my plans, or worse. He has a grudge against me, so he'll probably want to get back at me or do something. But killing him was also pointless, without the need to kill someone is not worth it. Yes, and he was a good test subject, so I think I'll leave him. I have several rooms available in the tunnel, one of which can be set up as a temporary dungeon. I'll be hungry in a few days, and he'll be good for it. I'm not going to leave it for a long time, but as a snack for the future it is quite possible.

After that, I checked the door for reliability and brought a bed and some food to the room, changed the locks, fixed the light and installed a security camera. I think there used to be a warehouse here... After all that, I took the guy there and locked him up. I didn't take the hearing aid from him, with the Cisco remote I can disable this guy at any moment, and with the camera I can monitor his actions, so it wasn't necessary.

Then I decided to test the acquired ability, and I did it without any problems. There was no pain, but rather a slight tingling sensation when I focused on my hearing. I couldn't pick up radio waves, but I could hear much further than I had before. I also felt some strange vibrations in the electronics and could distinguish them. I couldn't tell if it was clean, but I could tell that there was a wire or a camera somewhere. In short, this ability was a good addition, not only improved hearing, but also could help protect yourself from all sorts of spies.

Judging by the time, it was worth talking to Caitlin, we didn't have an appointment, but it was still worth talking to. I need to tell her about the Firestorm, because the Piper couldn't do it, so now I have to. It's not necessary to break the Canon radically, it can end badly, plus, I promised to tell her about it.

It'll be morning in a few hours, and then I'll move out...