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Rythian heard the mechanical door start to open up and he got ready to attack who ever came through. He went to punch the figure that came through but stopped when he saw who it was. A thin, pale girl with short, brown hair, light blue eyes, and faint freckles spread across her face came in with a labcoat draped over her. And in his mind an image of Zoey over lapped her face and Rythian punched the wall next to her instead. The girl flinched, and dropped to the floor.
“We thought you light like this one, Rythian. She has an uncanny resemblance to Zoey.” Rythian looked down at the girl. She was shaking and trying to grab the tray that fell on the floor. When she spotted Rythian looking at her she tried escape through the already closed door. Rythian extended a hand to her.
“Sorry about that. I won’t hurt you.” The girl, still uncertain about him, grabbed a hold of his hand. Rythian helped her up, picked up the rest of the tools on the floor and put them back on her tray. He could hear Xephos chuckling behind him. He sat down on his bed and growled at him. The girl walked towards him, twitching, and holding a clear measured bag.
“I-I-I..mmm….I uh.”
“Get out with it!” Rythian grumbled
“Blood.” She squeaked holding the bag out to him.
“I’m not giving you my blood!” She flinched back, still shaking. She then slowly stepped towards him.
“Please! Please! You don’t understand! I-I’m a mutant; they said I could stop doing tests if I could help with this project. Please, I can’t take anymore chemicals, or poisons.”
” She’s telling the trurth. She’s mixed with a large cat of sorts. Probably a cheetah or lion.” Rythian looked at the panic and fear in her eyes. He took a deep breath and unwrapped his arm. Her eyes lit up and she took a needle from the tray. He held it above his arm with trembling hands.
“Let me do this…” He grabbed the needle from her hand and punctured his skin above one of the faintly glowing veins. He cringed, feeling the needle in his skin and drained some of the thick purple liquid from his arm. They repeated this several times until the bag was full.
“H-How much did it take to fill up that bag?” Rythian stuttered as he rubbed his head.
“Just t-two pints.”
“Two pints!?” Rythian stood up and went after her but fell short and landed next to her on the floor and slipped into a heavy sleep.
“Please leave now, Victoria. He’s going to take a couple of hours to recover, so patch him up and leave the food in there with him for later.” Xephos spoke into his microphone.
“B-but w-what about-” She protested
“GET OUT NOW!” Xephos’s voice boomed. Victoria squeaked and scurried out of the room. Two scientists went in after her she left and put Rythian into his bed and hooked him up again.
“Hngn…” Rythian moaned. The scientists stepped back as his skin turned scaly and black. His body grew in size until he was twice the size of the bed. He got up and opened his eyes which, were now fully purple.
“What the Hell!?” One of the scientists screamed.
”You!” He grumbled as he pointed to the scientists.
”Tell the blue-eyed man in the red suit not to bother the hybrid. He will be sleeping for a couple more days. Our blood is hard to regenerate, especially when our pearl has great pressure on it.” He laid back down in the bed and curled up into the blankets. He shrunk down, his skin faded into its normal tanned color, and now Rythian lay wrapped in blankets. The scientists edged closer to him. His heart rate had gone up and so had his temperature. His face was flushed and he was draped in a cold sweat. The scientists heeded the monster’s advice and left without doing anything else to him.

” You’re welcome.”
“I-I could h-have done it m-myself” Rythian coughed.
”You could have totally done that…as you were passed out.”
“I-“ Rythian stopped to regain his energy. “I can’t talk now…Please”
”Fine…make sure you stay away from the enderman through...”

Rythian woke up several days later in a dark room. He was hungry, groggy, and alone in the dark.
“Zoey…” Rythian blurted out the first thing on his mind, but quickly buried the thoughts and instead focused on escaping his cage.