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[sup]________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup][/COLOR][img]https://i.imgur.com/SU0x74p.png[/img][/CENTER][indent][sub][COLOR=silver][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [I]Pacific Royal Campus[/I] - [I]Dundas Islands, Pacific Ocean[/I][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=silver][b]Take On Me #3.042:[/b][/COLOR] [I]Broken Bones[/I][/right][/sup][/indent][COLOR=dimgray][SUP][sub]____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/sub][/SUP][/COLOR][INDENT][sub][color=silver][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] [I][@Skai] - Haven Barnes[/I][/sub][SUP][RIGHT][COLOR=silver][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [I]Break My Baby[/I][/right][/SUP]
[INDENT][color=#ffffff]“You love these wings don’t you?”[/color] The man asked, looming over Haven running a hand through her feathers, tugging at them and caressing them. [color=#ffffff]“The very thing that marks you as a Hyperhuman, as a sub-class, as a freak, you’ve found pride in them, how interesting.”[/color] A snort echoed through the room followed by a slight snicker before the man in the dingy lab coat continued to speak.

[color=#ffffff]“How inspiring,”[/color] He cackled, [color=#ffffff]“Where are my manners, I am Daedalus, the architect of a future of a world full of Hyperhumans who have pushed the boundaries of their evolution.”[/color] Daedalus boasted, a smug smile plastered over his face. [color=#ffffff]“It’s a real shame you aren’t all as cooperative as Subject V, I could make you truly beautiful,[i] Haaaveeen[/i].”[/color] He dropped his tone to whisper, the way he said her name causing Haven’s blood to curdle in her veins before Daedalus gently wiped the back of his hand against her cheek, smearing Haven’s tears with sweat, grime and blood. 

[color=#ffffff]“Would you like to meet Subject V?”[/color] The madman asked Haven, spinning the girl around so that her gaze fell on the assembled remains of a person.[color=#ffffff]”She’s beautiful isn’t she?”[/color] He asked Haven before softly caressing the skull of the woman’s remains.

[color=#ffffff]“In another lifetime, she was known as Vanessa Bordeaux, the first victim of the Crestwood Killer. But what most people fail to stop and ask is, why Vanessa? Why was she targeted instead of, say, her brother?”[/color] Daedalus asked, looking at Haven as though he was engaging in a back-and-forth with the gagged young woman. [color=#ffffff]“Vanessa Bordeaux had a Hyperhuman ability never since seen, the ability to imbue virumosis in another. Yes,”[/color] He stopped, pausing dramatically before continuing.

[color=#ffffff]“She could create Hyperhumans. Did nobody ever wonder why all of Vanessa’s closest friends were Hyperhumans?”[/color] The man simply laughed to himself as though Haven had told him a hysterical joke. 

[color=#ffffff]“But thankfully Vanessa’s gifts carry on and we were able to exhume the body and recover enough DNA to replicate the effects of her abilities in others.”[/color] He smiled wickedly.

[color=#ffffff]“Even in other Hyperhumans.”[/color]

He danced almost gleefully before gesturing to the syringes lined up nearby.

[color=#ffffff]“By introducing trauma into the body and suppressing the existing Hype-Gene, we are able to force a new mutation whereby the Hype-Gene completely changes classifications to compensate. We can further accelerate the process by introducing DNA from subjects A and Y.”[/color] Daedalus proudly explained to the hostage Haven. [color=#ffffff]“Though the true key was unlocked from Subject 00, the only one who evER GOT AWAY!”[/color] He roared, his mood once again changing on a dime before Daedalus kicked over a nearby light and sent a tray of instruments flying across the even more poorly lit room. 

[color=#ffffff]“HOW [b]DARE[/b] THEY TAKE HER FROM [i][b]ME![/b][/i]” [/color]He roared, [color=#ffffff]“How dare they tell me to stop, what I was doing was for the benefit of us all! I am our saviour!”[/color] Daedalus was practically foaming at the mouth, jumping up on the gurney and leaning over Haven, spittle flying from his mouth every time he hit a dental sound and his tongue clicked against his stained teeth.

[color=#ffffff]“Shh, shh, shh,”[/color] His tone softened as he stroked Haven’s face again before gently climbing off the gurney.[color=#ffffff] “There’s no need to worry, [i]Haaaveeen[/i],”[/color] Daedalus soothed, looking down at the girl fondly.

[color=#ffffff]“I won’t let anyone take you from me.”[/color][/INDENT][/INDENT][/COLOR]