Disclaimer: in no way do I own the Rocket Dan (gee, wouldn’t that be swell?) or Pokemon, or any Final Fantasy 7 characters that may pop in here. They are owned by Nintendo, and Squaresoft, and other mega lucky companies. Maybe someday they'll be nice enough to let me play in their sandbox, and not just dream of it. . . .

Enhancements, Chapter One
by Ritsuko

The first thing I felt was a thick residue of something on my skin. Groggily, I opened my eyes to see what the hell it was, when I realized that I couldn’t see. I panicked, rubbing at them furiously, whimpering when I realized that my vision, though slowly coming about, was misty, and very out of focus. I tried to remember what happened to me, but for the love of God, nothing came. And I mean NOTHING came. I remembered nothing. . . except for a man. . . with soft blonde hair. . . and purple eyes. . .

“Teb?” I croaked, realizing something was wrong with my voice as well. it was too. . . pure. “Teb!” I screamed, but, my wails only came back to me, bouncing this was and that off of the malformed walls. Angrily I tried to stand, but fell back to the hard floor, and I sobbed aloud. “What did you do to me?” I screamed. “Where the fuck is Teb?! What the hell did you do to me, Giovanni?!”

Suddenly, out of a corner of my eye, I saw some lights flicker on, and noticed hard footsteps on the ground. But after that, something hit me at the back of my head, and as I was sprawled on the ground, a form seemed to, well, form above me.

“Patient B-5,” the figure snapped, “You will stop your caterwauling this instant! When you said you were ready to undergo this operation, you told us there would be no trouble. Much more of this, and I’ll shackle and drug you.” The man looked to be putting on some rubber gloves, but I still couldn’t figure out where the hell I was or who he seemed to be.

“Who are you? Where’s that bastard Giovanni? What have you done to me?!” I snarled, lashing at his ankles like a caged animal, which he dodged, and continued to stare down at me.

“Hmm. . . animilistic tendencies. Interesting side effect. Might up the level of stimulants. . see what happens then.” he chuckled, then seemed to remember me. “ So it’s all a blank for you eh? You remembered three hours ago. You’ll remember again.”

The man turned to leave. “Wait!” I cried out, and he turned. “What have you done with Teb?”

Suddenly my vision went crystal clear for an instant, and I saw him for the first time. Greasy black hair, disturbing features, big spectacles, and a lab coat. He sneered at me and seemed to laugh to himself. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. you must be delusional.” He laughed maniacally, and started to walk out the door.

Rage came out of nowhere, and before I knew it, I was on top of him. He just laughed, as I tried to choke him. Finally he reached into his pocket, and pulled out a syringe filled with some yellow liquid, and stuck it into my back. Before I knew it, I stiffened, and he was over me.

“Time to sleep now, little one. As for that failure, you never have to worry about him again!” he laughed and walked from the room, as I bitterly fell unconscious.

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