Supernatural
~By Lovely-chan~
Several weeks passed and
Sachio had done many advances with his patient. He’d been his
teacher, therapist, friend, and even psychologist. Mareo learned
many things just by watching images or practicing on his own. He was
a fast learner, in fact Sachio was amazed by how fast he had learn
to recognize all the letters and even write them down. He was like a
little boy hungry to learn all that life neglected him before.
“So…I got a surprise for
you!”
“What’s a teddy bear?”
“Ahhh! You don’t even
let me tell you!” He laughed in a surprised manner. “Ok, it’s just a
toy…cute and soft. Look, you like?”
“A bear!” He took it. “So
soft…is this a real bear? Why doesn’t he move? Is he drugged too?”
“No, no.
It’s a toy. Children play with them, but are only a small,
fluffy replica of a real one. A real bear is big and can be
dangerous too…but…there are very little bears left on Earth.”
“I like the fur.”
‘I’ve never played with one when I was little.’ He wouldn’t stop
caressing the surface of the teddy bear because he loved it very
much. He even snuggled it against his chest and caressed his cheek
with it.
“You can keep it if you
like it.” The blue haired sample smiled and nodded. “Ok…now…let’s
get to work.”
“Are we leaving to the
gym?”
“Yes.” Sachio had
permission to move the sample out as long as he stayed beside him
and the sample behaved properly. Up till now, everything has been
perfect, and Sachio was proud of his dear Mareo.
After Mareo’s muscle
therapy, Sachio decided to take him to the aquarium. It was an area
where the walls were clear and they could see the ocean. He wanted
Mareo to see it because he knew the sample had never seen a living
animal before. They walked carefully to the room before Sachio
spoke. “Ok, don’t get scared. We’re gonna see lots of animals, ok?
But none of them can harm us, or even get close because there’s a
wall that forbids us to touch them or vice versa. Understand?”
“Aha.” They walked in
and the Mareo’s face reflected amazement with all he just
discovered. There was another world besides the one he lived in, a
world in the sea where all creatures were free to swim where they
wanted. “Wow…so amazing. I want to touch them…” He stuck to the wall
watching happily and running from side to side so he wouldn’t miss
any of it. “I want to be a fish…they’re free from this walls we live
in.”
“You have a point…I’m
sick of these walls too.” ‘I wish I could go to the surface…it’s
been years.’
“How is it? Up in the
surface…all I remember is another dark room.”
‘Poor Mareo…he’s been
locked up all his life.’
“Don’t worry, I guess
I’m used to it ‘cause I don’t know anything else…but you are making
me want to see the surface.”
“So you like all I teach
you?”
“YES! I never walked out
of the room before, and now…I’m here looking at the ocean…beautiful
ocean, and I can even walk for a long time, not only little steps.
Thank you.”
Sachio smiled widely. He
felt so happy to see Mareo at least a little optimistic and happy.
“They’re not happy
either, Sachio…men slaughter them daily.” The happy face of the
sample was erased after he felt the sadness coming from the sea.
“I guess we humans are
real beasts…I wish we could have a better world.”
“We are vanishing from
this world, do you know that? I think it would be the best, for all
men to die and leave Earth in peace at last…so she’ll become
beautiful again.”
“Maybe you’re right…”
They left the aquarium
after about an hour, going back to the restricted zone. “I wish I
could see the stars, the sun, the sky- just like you told me, and
like all the pictures you showed me, but I’m sure everything must be
prettier up there.” He sighed and sat down on his bed thinking about
Earth. “Why don’t you leave this place? You can, you’re free…if I
were you I wouldn’t be here.”
“All I have is my father,
and he’s here.”
“I’m sure he’ll leave if
you ask him to. He doesn’t like what he does.”
“Really? I mean, you
must know…you know what he thinks. Tell me.”
“I can’t tell you more.
His thoughts are his secrets and I can’t tell you. I may be able to
know everyone’s heart, but I would never tell. No one knows my heart
because no one can read my thoughts, at least not that I know.”
“You’re still the only
one. You know, I can take you to the planetarium tomorrow, wanna
go?”
“What’s that?”
“It’s a dark room with a
simulation of space. You can see the stars, the planets, and many
other things.”
“Hum…dark room?”
“Oh don’t worry, it’s
very beautiful…not the real thing, but is the closet thing I can
give you.” He smiled and suddenly Mareo jumped from his seat and
hugged him. “Mareo!!” A strong feeling suddenly woke up from deep
inside him and warmed his face immediately after. ‘Chicken skin.’
“Chicken skin??”
“Hee hee…my skin, looks
like chicken skin. I just got a chill, that’s all.”
“Hum…I got you nervous.”
He giggled. “Sorry…but I’m so happy you’re my friend. I though
friends were people who put you down and abused you, but you are not
like that…you are sweet.” He hung to him tighter feeling how
Sachio’s body started shuddering. “Sachio…” ‘What is this
feeling?’ “Can I ask you something…?”
“Aha.” Sachio’s heart
beating was increasing and his hands begin to sweat.
“How are humans born,
where do they come from?”
“Oh my! You don’t know?”
“Of course not, I’m
asking. All I know is that babies born from women, but how they get
inside the women? Why can’t men have babies?” Sachio sighed and
started explaining the best he could, he even end up showing him
some pictures of couples making love from the computer, and then
Mareo understood. “So why do men have sex with other men if they
can’t reproduce?”
‘Now where’d that come
from??’
“Men have sex with me all
the time…” He looked down ashamed.
“Can we put that one on
hold?” ‘Now what?’
“You are the only one
who gives me answers, that’s why I ask so much…I learned words by
reading other’s people’s thoughts, ‘cause I was too young when I
first got here and knew very little things, so basically all I know
is from others.”
“Well, ok. Some men like
having sex with other men because they are attracted to other men
and feel pleasure by doing it, and there are also women who like
having sex with other women. And those having sex with you are a
bunch of perverts and heartless people who like to take advantages
of defenseless creatures like you.” He sighed. “There, I said it.”
“…” Mareo had a
thoughtful look on his face. “So basically, I can fall in love with
a man, right?”
“Well…I guess.” ‘Are
you?’
‘I think.’ His
eyes shinned by looking at his dear friend’s face. “Are you going
now?” Just the thought made him sad.
“Almost…don’t get sad,
you know I can’t stay.” ‘Even if I want.’
‘He wants to stay
with me!!’
“Well, it’s time for
your nap. I’ll come tomorrow, k?” Sachio left his friend and closed
the door leaving a lonely sample snuggling with a teddy bear.
‘Sachio…you are my
sunshine, the light in my darkness.’
~*~
The door slowly opened
and small footsteps walked closer to the blue haired young boy
sleeping peacefully on his bed. The tall shadow standing beside him
suddenly made a horrifying sound that seemed like a chuckle, and
then he covered the sample’s mouth with a handkerchief that
contained a substance that produced drowsiness and numbness of the
muscles so he wouldn’t be able to move for a while.
“Your sperm doesn’t work
7, you are sterile. That was something I wasn’t counting on, but…we
still have your blood, your skin, your hair, and your being for me
to experiment and crate a new perfect human. You know I want my
child to be perfect, don’t you? And you are not perfect, but…” He
began to laugh. “We can make you perfect!” The boy was taken out of
the room and brought to a huge laboratory hidden below the last
floor of the hospital. It was like a basement, but no one knew about
it, only he knew it and the sample.
“Now 7, time to play
God.” The scientist took a syringe with a yellow fluid inside and
slowly injected its contents on the sample’s arm. “Let’s see what
happens.” He waited for 15 minutes and then he saw the red eyes
glaring at him. “You awake, my child. Good, that means it’s time for
the show. Now 7, show me your power.”
“…”
“Do it! You can see
through the walls, can’t you? Concentrate, what you see?” Mareo
tried looking but it didn’t work, so he just lifted his shoulders
and shook his head to the sides. “Impossible!!!! You’re lying!” He
slapped the young man and ordered him again, each time he said he
couldn’t see anything he got slapped once again, each time harder.
“TELL ME!”
“I can’t see a damn
thing you asshole!!!!!!!!!!!” He lost his patient and for once he
spoke to him.
“You speak up! I’m so
glad! That means…you love me!” The man had a demonic look.
‘Asshole!’
“Now, 7…can you see?” He
shook his head again driving mad the man before him. He took a whip
and showed it to the sample. “Tell me, or I’ll punish you.”
Mareo’s eyes widened and
he panted heavily with only the sight of his most hated torture.
It’s been a while since he last used it, but he definitely
remembered it well. It was about a year ago, he was trying for Mareo
to fly, and he obviously couldn’t, so he got pissed off ‘cause his
experiment hadn’t worked and punished him for something that wasn’t
even his fault. The man had been so furious that he’d almost killed
him, it took him 6 months to recover completely and he never used it
against him again, but now…he was really scared.
“You remember don’t you
pretty one? Do you want to…die this time?” Obviously the sample
turned his head side to side vigorously desperately needing to cry,
but he held on. “You know it would be a pity if my favorite sample
dies…I would be so sad, boo hoo.”
“Fuck you! You are a
lunatic! You are mad, and you should be the one locked up, not me!!
I hate you! I hate you! I HATE YOU!!!!” The sample was hysterical;
he was loosing his patience and was desperate to get out of that
lab. He was tired of it, every night he took him and tried his lousy
substances on him. The boy had no idea what the hell they were, but
he certainly knew he hated being the bait.
“You hate papa? You hate
me when I love you?” Toru cried and sat on his chair frustrated with
all his failures. All he wanted was a perfect human, a perfect
generation to rule on land, but all he created were failures and
monsters. Suddenly he stopped crying and started laughing like the
mad man he was. “You’re lying! You know I love you and are trying to
hurt me!” He stood up and took the whip looking evilly to the red
eyes. “You’ll pay for your cruelty.”
‘Not the hits
again!!’
One arm was held up in
the air with a long whip attached to it, glittering eyes mocked at
the boy, and teeth clinch tightly against each other. A thunderous
sound in the air repeated insistently and become louder and louder
while loud cries shook the walls of the entire hospital echoing
through its empty walls. A dense cloud of bitterness and anguish was
formed, embracing every soul that lived inside Toru’s empire.
Bloodstains covered his face and clothing and, in the floor, a small
red pool started growing below the sample’s feet.
“What have I done?!”
Toru untied him and quickly took Mareo to the surgery room, calling
Dr. Kin on emergency. “Save him or I’ll kill you.”
When Dr. Kin laid eyes
on the sample he was very surprised and shocked with the bloody
view. “What’ve you done? He’s…you killed him!” |