8 True Rebirth

Day 40 Time 0620

Dr. Valencia had to stop her story as she shuddered at the memory of what happened to Subject 07. Subject 13 just stared at her, not showing any emotions, just listening intently. He had already finished three cups of water, and was hearing what sounded like scratching coming from the far wall.

"What is over there?" Faolan asked with indifference in his voice, as he tilted his head to where the sound was coming from. Dr. Valencia looked in that direction and went pale.

"That is the door that leads to the main hallway on this level. The last person who was with me went out to go scrounge for supplies, but that was a long time ago, it might now be him." She responded.

"Stay here then, I'm going to go see what is on the other side of the wall."

"What, no?!" Dr. Valencia exclaimed. She moved forward to grab hold of his when he quickly moved out of her reach and leveled his sidearm at her head. It was then she remembered what Angel had said about the final member of the Special Detail Team, while he is the first to awaken in case of emergencies, Angel cared more about preservation of human life, enough to give his own life for others if the need arises. Whereas Snake, Lion, Shark and Coyote cared more for the mission then protecting civilians but would still follow orders given to them. The final member whose codename was Wolf, was highly unpredictable at best and completely unhinged at worst. A Marine, from the time there were still separate nations, who disregarded orders and even killed his chain of command. While he was officially court martialed and was slotted to be terminated, a viral outbreak ended up wiping out most of his prison, with him leading the survivors to relative safety. In exchange for his life, he had to agree to being put into cryo, in the case another outbreak happened due to his mitochondria being able to fight off the then unknown virus. Once he was on ice, the worlds governments allied and created 13 vessels that would leave Gaea and go into space to look for a new world to live and revitalize humanity. It could be said that Wolf was the last true Gaean, having been born on Gaea. The documentation that Dr. Valencia had received on subject 13 while she worked on hi while he was in cryo, thanks to blood samples being frozen, and whether it was thanks to his natural immunity to the virus on Gaea or a twist of fate, the serum had no effect on his blood. At the time she thought that it meant he was worthless to them for that experiment, but now it seemed as if it could possibly be beneficial to him, which meant it was beneficial to her.

Slowly, she backed away from Subject 13, with a look of fear in her eyes. Without changing his expression, he holstered his sidearm, and moved towards the door. He hit the latch on the door and as it went up, a man covered in blood came crashing in. Without a second thought he hit the latch again lowering the door, and unholstered his sidearm and leveled it at the man whose eyes were showing terror.

"No, no, no, no, no, you can't be awake yet, that can not happen, not here, not now." The man started as he started at Faolan, who tilted his head.

"Get up and move otherwise I will place one between your eyes." Faolan stated, without any hints of emotion. He turns the safety off the gun before the guy on the floor bolts up and rushes towards Dr. Valencia. He turns to look at Faolan, and back at Dr. Valencia.

"How are you still alive with this sociopath in the same room, how long have you been alone with him, did he do anything to you?" This mans questions trailed on one after the other.

"More importantly, Maverick, why are you covered in blood?" she asked calmly. He pauses and looks down at his body and laughs nervously.

"Coyote and I ran into trouble, but we got the nano bytes as well as the damn serum for you. Coyote led those abominations down another path while I hid so I could get this crap to you." Maverick stated after he finished his laughter. Upon hearing this Faolan ears perked up, for before he went under there wasn't any talks of nano technology being applicable and was still in the early stages human experimentation.

"What can these nano bytes do?" Faolan asked Dr. Valencia.

"Other then speeding up your natural healing, and fighting off infections, it can help increase your natural mental process. Some claim that it can even resuscitate if the conditions are right. But without proper research, that's only hearsay." She started, "Now as for the serum, it doesn't have any effect on you, negatively speaking, if my hypothesis is right, it could actually help you help us." She finished.

"No, no, no, no, no, you can't be awake yet, that can not happen, not here, not now." The man started as he started at Faolan, who tilted his head.

"How are you still alive with this sociopath in the same room, how long have you been alone with him, did he do anything to you?" This mans questions trailed on one after the other.

"More importantly, Maverick, why are you covered in blood?" she asked calmly. He pauses and looks down at his body and laughs nervously.

"What can these nano bytes do?" Faolan asked Dr. Valencia.

"Not interested in the serum, but I do want to nano bytes." Faolan stated.

"No can do Wolf, this is meant for Coyote not you, he we can trust." Maverick said as he looked at Faolan with disgust.

"Maverick, if Subject 13 was awoken from cryo then Coyote must be dead, or worse. We can only put our faith in him." Dr. Valencia stated calmly, then looked at Faolan, "And if you want the nano bytes you will need to be injected with the serum first." This caused Faolan's eyes to harden as he stared at the woman in front of him.

"F*ck it fine, but I want the nano bytes injected first." Faolan stated.

"Sure, not a problem, follow me Wolf, and we will get you situated." She stated before she turned and moved to the back were another door was located, and when opened it went into a living quarters. "Lay on the bed and we will get the nano bytes injected into you and after a minute we will administer the serum."

Scoffing, Faolan follows and lays down on the bed, he raised an eye brow at the size of the needle that was going to be used for the nano bytes, it looked like a typical butterfly needle but was much thicker and had a wider opening. Looking at the woman with the needle, she looked just smiled, and it didn't seem completely natural.

"This will hurt, but ill leave the needle in after I insert the nano bytes so that I can apply the serum. Then I will remove the needle, and don't worry if my hypothesis is correct the combination of the nano bytes and the serum you should heal in a few seconds after I pull the needle out." Keeping to herself what happened whenever she tried to alter his blood that had the serum injected into it. It wouldn't change returning to the natural state, but not having any known transformations that would be deemed negative.

"Fine just hurry up, last thing I need is to have something come through the wall while I have the needle in my arm." Faolan stated. The woman nods and pushes the needle into the crook of his arm, sliding into his artery, when she injects the nano bytes into his blood stream. Immediately he feels what seems to be hundreds of thousands small 'things' moving through his veins. Keeping his arm with the needle relax, he flexes his other, showing discomfort at the unfamiliar feeling. Keeping quiet, he watches as the woman gets another vial and injects the clear fluid into his system, and for a few moments he feels fine. Nothing changed even after the needle was removed. His skin did heal, but it wasn't until he stood up that he passed out.

Returning the Wolf to the bed, Dr. Valencia sighed. And hoped that nothing bad would happen with the decision she made.

"You made one monster, and now you created another to fight the first you made, but what will you do if he decides to just kill us all instead of save us." Maverick asked.

"Simple, he could of left the other survivors from his prison die, but instead he helped them survive, and while you and the others might fear him due to what happened, his nature seems more simple. He only strives for survival. And right now he doesn't know the sorry state of the ship so he should be more inclined to keep us alive." Dr. Valencia told Maverick.

"But if this works, he may end up being the closest thing to an immortal that we could have, if it doesn't work then he will become the demon that you all claim he is."

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