Fallen kingdom

Ch 7

“Hm hmmm hm” Chris said in a muffled voice

In front of him he saw his kidnapper sharpening his knife. He looked at him and put down the cloth around his cloth.

“it’s no use he won’t come, probably cooped up in a corner like the chicken they are” Chris said with a little disappointment.

“oh I wouldn’t be so sure about that” jackal said as he picked out a tablet hologram with a bunch of documents. There he saw an old newspaper of Drakens face in it.

“So he took part in the war huh, wonder what the war was like” he wondered.

He looked around the at the abandoned lumber mill they were at. The emptiness reminded him of his own place where he used to live. Reminiscing the past he found himself in a small one-bedroom apartment. He could see a pale face deep in sickness coughing. Her hair was very scruffy. She was in her bed coughing badly. He gave her a glass of water.

“are you okay mom” jackal said in worrisome tone.

“yeah yeah iam fine” she said but immediately started coughing afterwards.

“hang on” he went to the pantry in the kitchen and brought a syrup.

“drink this” he gave a spoon full and she drank it. She stopped coughing and went back to sleep. Her mom had been quite sick for a month and had to leave her job for the moment. That left them quite broke with only a few pennies left. He went down the street into the pharmacy shop.

“can I get this please” he showed the man in front of him what he wanted. He showed him the few pennies he had

“you Makin fun of me kid” he said in a sarcastic tone.

“no plz this is all I have” he said desperately

“I need that or else”

“or what, these things don’t exactly come very cheap kid so scram” he was about to go away when a hand with some money came on the desk.

“I would like to pay for this boy’s bills” he said in a clear soft voice. His voice was so smooth it sounded as if an angel was speaking.

The man had long straight hair which went down to his back. His eyes were round with skin as white as snow. He wore simple clothing and on top he had a doctors rob.

“who are you?” the jackal asked.

The man had his eyes closed for some reason.

“Iam no one special”. He said in a humble tone

“Get this to your mother” he was relieved to have the medicine in his hands

“thanks mister” he said to him as he ran back to his house.

His mom was still sleeping in her bed. He was relieved to see that his mom was temporarily in good health. A knock came on the door. Jackal opened the door. Came in front of him the same man that gave him medicine.

“oh come in” he let the doctor in and on the seat.

“let me thank you again for lending me money, I’ll make sure to give back the money” he said while pouring him tea

“oh no no its okay you don’t have to pay me back, more importantly might I have your name” the doctor asked

“oh right, my name is Damien” he said

“well Damien, I see that your mother is very ill” he said

“for the last few months she’s been like that; I don’t know what to do” he said in a concerned tone.

“well if that’s the case then I think we can both help each other out” he said.

“you see iam a nanotech scientist and iam working on a project” he said with a smile.

“but I can’t do this alone, see I need help, help from you and in return if you help me I can admit your mom in a hospital” he proposed.

“under my care your mother will be fine in not time so what do you say do we have a deal” he stretched his hand across the table to shake the kids in front of him. at that moment he looked at his mom. The pale face only got worse. he would give anything to get his mom back to health. He looked back to see the man’s face. His smile was reassuring.

“ok” he said as he shacked his hand.

“I’ll have my men take your mom to the hospital while you come with me” he said.

He took Damien out on parking lot and into a luxury car. Two bodyguards were there ready to open the door.

He got into the car. As the car passed by the slums he could see a ground in which some kids were playing and old slightly tarnished houses people living in them. The further they went the better the houses became. He soon left sector z and came in sector a. the car then slowed down as it entered a compound filled with different buildings. Damien looked at everything with open eyes. He had never been to this kind of area. He occasionally dropped off sector a but this place was specially built. The car stopped on a parking lot area.

“were here” the doctor said as he got out of the car.

The chauffer got out and opened the back door for the kid.

He got out and saw a big white building shaped like a cub. He could also see other buildings in the distance. He breathed in to notice that the breath air was much cleaner than compared to where he lived, the air was slightly cool. He walked up to the building in concrete pavements. They went inside through a big hallway with big glass side panels on each side. He could see children of his age in white latex suits playing around. Some were reading books while others looked at the new kid going with the doctor.

“who are these kids?” Damien asked.

“there just like you participating in a research” doctor replied.

Then they came in front of a metal door

The doctor put his card on a scanner and the door opened. In front of him he could see a metal bed with straps on its sides. There were two other doctors in there one was making some chemicals in a flask while the other was waiting for Damien. He sat down beside on a stool with him. the doctor beside him took out a injection gun and injected in his arm.

“is that it?” Damien asked

“this was only the first day; you’re going to stay here for a long time you can go and visit your mom in the hospital if you want”. The doctor replied

Damien went outside the compound to see a driver waiting for him in the parking lot. he got inside and moments later he was inside a hospital room. He could see a heartbeat monitor attached to her. A drip was flowing through her arm. He was relieved to see that she was in better condition. She looked a little less pale. She suddenly woke up

“ehh, where am I” she asked

“mom your awake!” he sounded almost excited.

She looked around her.

“is this the hospital, how did I get here”. She was confused.

Damien explained everything that happened.

“experiments” her mom asked

“yeah I just got a shot today” he showed her his arm.

“I don’t know Damien” she said worriedly

“it’s ok mom he’s a nice guy and he knows what he’s doing” Damien said as if he truly knew the man

“and besides we don’t have any other option, we need to get you better” he said.

“is that so” she said hesitantly.

Then came a bodyguard in a tuxedo uniform came in front of them.

“I’ve gotta go mom, see you later” Damien said

“wait Damien” but before she could do anything Damien went away with the guard.

“what has that boy got into” she thought to herself.

At night sleeping in the compound. He could feel a hot sensation inside as if he was boiling something inside. He suddenly got up but fell down. His legs suddenly went limb as if all the strength went out of him. a sudden pain came into his stomach. He shouted out in pain and then suddenly fell down.

“subject has collapsed down, waiting until tomorrow”

The doctor looked at the screen. He could see the body lying down on the rugged carpet. The next day he came in to check on him.

“hey, Damien wake up” the doctor shacked him.

“eh what” he got up.

He realized he was sleeping on the floor

“um, I had a bad stomach ache last and then I just blacked out” he said

“that’s okay, this means you are showing progress”

“progress? what kind of progress” Damien asked.

“let me show you, come with me”

They then went to a room which was different from others. They first gave him a white cloth which covered his whole body from head to toe only leaving out the face. there were dark balls attached to his suit. The doctor spoke through the microphone attached to the console below.

“ok now Damien imagine yourself going invisible”

“huh, INVISIBLE what do you mean”. He asked

“just trust me Damien” the doctor replied.

Damien looked at himself for a moment then he gazed at the glass panel in front of him, the eager scientists with their full attention on him waiting for results. He closed his eyes and imagined as hard as he could to go invisible.

The doctors looked at him eagerly. Suddenly he went invisible but came back after a split second. He kept phasing through invisible and non-visible as if he were glitching out and in reality. And then he suddenly stopped. Sat down on the floor frantically panting. It took a lot of his strength to do that.

The other scientists started writing down notes on their paper. The doctor came into the room and stood in front of Damien.

“impressive results Damien” he bent down a little too pat him on the back

“with these results we can do more tests on you”

“yeah, sure” he said still panting.

He got up and went the other direction.

“wait a moment, you still haven’t told me who you are”

He looked back at the boy.

“oh me, my name is Dr Seth”

And with those words he went away.