((I'm not bored, just addicted to SomethingAwful (and at the risk of getting my ass kicked, I'll say this: DOESN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO NEWGROUNDS!!!! Please don't murder me, Tom, I'm too young to die!) and Super Mario RPG. Yay for emulators. Anyways, time for what's going on inside the facility, and in the mind of Dr. McFuckpants.))
((I really don't have a life.))
The Doc was angry. He was usually happy. Why shouldn't he be happy on this super, super day! One of the special ones to experiment on, brought, unfortunately dead, by Security Cheif Imago. But, a little tweaking and the dear boy was alive and kicking. His exposure to the various viral strains had altered his cells on a basic level. Of course, at this point, he was not unique. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands were developing this level of immunity to the viral strains. Trace amounts in the air acted as a natural vaccine, as the virus wasn't meant to be airborne. It was substantially weakened by the time it entered a new host, weak enough to be fought off, and it allowed the host full immunity to the virus. Worse still, as the viral particles altered mitochondrial DNA, the blueprints for the antibodies would be passed on. Within one generation, the entire human race would be immune to the virus.
So, the Doc was pretty pissed off.
However....
Since the dear lad had been infected with the base strain, as well as a modified and another couple mutated strains, all of these at once, through a needle stick and a bite, his DNA had become very malluable (sp?) to his methods. He was indeed the perfect genetic test subject. There would be no altering his form, no, he was too far along in the immunity process for that particular viral effect to work. At best, his eyes would go red like they always do in the initial stages.
But who says red eyes were unattractive?
Even though he couldn't change, he could still be controlled. Maybe not by a Controller, but they always had....her.
A technician came sprinting up to the Doc as this particular train of thought pulled into the station. "Doc! Status report! The LSA (Last Stand Alliance, a name I think is good for our new, larder group, as it's more than just a squad now, no? But the LSS is still a seperate entity, if that makes sense...) has breached our forces! Leaders are reporting Z-conversion at less than 5%. Casualties are nearing critical mass. Once they're wiped out, all we have is the inside defences!"
"Calm yourself, little moth. Our inside human and Zed defences will buy us enough time to activate and send out our other...assets. Besides, my precious Angel of Death is nearly ready. Just a few more minutes, and I'll send him to deal with the LSS core of the LSA. No doubt they will be so pleased to see their friend. Now, begone, I must finish the battle subroutines."
----Several battle subroutine programming minutes later (ya, I'm lazy)----
Nick opened his newly coloured-red eyes. He was different looking then the Nick that had died on the rooftop in Germany. All the hair on his body was gone, and his head hair was now white as snow. All defining marks were gone from his body, his skin unblemished by anything, and nearly as pale as his hair. The Doc's image of human purity.
No one said the Doc was stable. ((Especially not me.))
"Now tell me child, who am I.", the Doc inquried.
Nick, version 2.0, replied, "My father."
"Good. Now, activate subroutine, authorization: Doc, The; code alpha victor 22653."
"Authorization accepted. Select subroutine." Nick said, his eyes suddenly glazing over, as though something inhuman was now using him as a puppet.
"Playdate."
"Acknowledged."
"Proceed to checkpoint one, await targets, then engage. Lethal, and deblilating injuries forbidden. Hurt them, but allow them to proceed, I can't let you hog all the fun dear boy."
"Yes, father." Nick turned, and left, a slave to the Doc's bidding.
----Meanwhile----
Joseph finished pruning the plant that had tried to throttle him. A bayonet wasn't as good as a substitute for garden shears, but it still sliced the fuck out them when need be.
Motioning to his sqaud, he went through the next door in front of him, and suddenly found himself inside a huge steel room. Viewing boxes were ringing the top parts of the room. Inside were figures that were wearing very expensive suits. Bio-Tech brass.
A voice rang out, "Hello LSS and LSA members. I am The Doc, and I am most certainly smarter than you." Laughter. "Now, I'd like you to hearken back to a time when your dear friend, Nick O'Reilly lost his life, and a pound of flesh to boot!"
Joseph gritted his teeth in fury, "Shut up you insane fuckwit! Come down here before I come up there and drag you down by your insides!"
"Temper, temper. Besides, look who's here, it's my son!"
A hole opened in the ceiling, nearly 60 feet above the soldiers' heads. A figure wearing a black cloak dropped down, alighting effortlessly upon the ground. He stood up, revealing a black body suit which looked a decade beyond what the US Army had in R&D. The figure swept back its hood, revealing a changed face, but one everyone knew very well.
"Hello, Joseph." said Nick, shaking out his white hair, and arching an white eyebrow over a red eye, while slowly drawing a smile across his pale face. "Did you miss me?"
((So, yeah, quick points I'd like to say:
1.) LSA (Last Stand Alliance) as a name for the army. Yay, or nay. LSS is still in effect for us, however, the player characters. LSA is for NPCs.
2.) The Doc, is he not loveably insane?
3.) Cake = good.
Thank you.))