An Escape

Twenty-four stared in disbelief at what he had done. Dr. Wagner lay unmoving on the floor of his office, the handle of a scalpel protruding from the vampire’s right eye. It had happened in a matter of seconds when Wagner let his guard down and looked away from the surgical tools on his desk. Twenty-Four had resigned himself to being a prisoner of the lab for centuries, but this day he’d had enough of the torment, lashing out in retaliation. He stood panting hard, unsure what to do now and knowing he had a limited time before the guards showed up when Wagner didn’t make his usual rounds… Continue reading An Escape

Loss of Self

1-3 and the others of the -3 series were different than those that came before, he was very much aware of that. He was also aware that the lab was aware of that fact as well. The doctor with the dark-rimmed eyes barely left him alone it seemed, constantly in and out of his cell to run various tests or having him pulled out and put into simulations. 1-3 had shown a natural command of a wide variety of magic, and that fascinated the doctor, much to 1-3’s masked annoyance. While he wanted to burn the vampire into ash, he knew there were bigger targets. He’d overheard the doctor yelling at the guards and interns to prepare for a visit from the doctor’s boss, and seen the doctor rushing about making certain everyone and everything was in its designated place. Continue reading Loss of Self