They called it the the Lazarus Project and yet the derivative hope had nothing to do with the story found in John 11 where a teacher of the scripture supposedly raised a beloved friend from the dead. The man that lay before her was not someone she knew, nor really cared for and yet he was the first of his kind, a new beginning the government might call it.
Her passion lay in the understanding that might come from the moment that stood just before her, for it they were successful in creating a human from donor parts and bringing life to his scarred and stitched together bodice, they would in fact have determined the secret to creating an army of non-humans that might be further studied for military purposes. She hoped to be a part of something so great, but her cause wasn't noble, but the desire to be the first to pull of something so incredible - something unheard of.
The heaven's poured out tears from on high as the trees beat upon the small wooden shack that they'd been given to work in, the inside fortified with metal coating, but the outside giving the appearance of a place you'd rather not go into. The storm just beyond them promised to pour its torrential downpour into the belly of their lab once the roof was opened, but using the elements to wash away the sins committee from only moments ago didn't seem like such a bad thing.
Thunder shook the small room she and Matthew stood in, a few feet between them where the bed stretched out and the lifeless creation that stained the floor and their fingers in crimson lay. She looked up and him, using the back of her wrist to move a strand of chestnut hair from her face, her lovely skin smeared with blood that had cooled and darkened without effort. She smiled, her lip quivering just a bit as she caught his gaze, assurance was hers to put on display, not his. He'd done his job well and she would be sure he stood next to her as they won the Noble Prize for bringing peace to the land and creating a new breed of soldier that allowed human males and females to remain where they belonged - at home.
"Are you ready to see if it worked, Matt? All this time and effort and this might be our moment of truth." She smiled, her white teeth perfect on full display. "I do believe after several failures that we've gotten the serum down to the correct dosage and with the storm raging just about that we'll find success. Believe with me for a moment that this is it."
She reached out and grasped his hand, squeezing and letting her eyes fill with wonder after two years of working tirelessly on the project together. She released his hand and let her palm press against the large chest below her, the body nude and quite grotesque, but the face masculine and handsome in appeal. She let her eyes wonder across her creation, a bit of trepidation pulled at her at the slightest thought that perhaps God did exist and that he would not approve at all of what she stood at the precipice of doing. The thought dissipated quickly and she turned to reach for the syringe, a nod to her assistant to pull the levy to open the roof and get ready to lift the bed into the sky. She touched the subject make-shift bicep and sunk the needle deep into his throat before whispering, "now..."