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AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SNAP. That's right, I got off my butt and FINALLY pushed through this chapter. It wasn't eventful so to speak, but it sets up the plot to really take off where I want to next. Excitement awaits!
Previous chapter: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24250276/
Story written and edited by me,
XausR32
A few days have past since I was released back home. A few days, a few very uneventful days. It quickly got repetitive, as I fell into a groove of just waking up and looking at the world from the outside in. Sure, I was using social media, but I wasn't using it properly. I was lurking, most didn't even notice my profile came back online outside a small handful of friends and my father. Just being a literal ghost was starting to get to me, I wanted to interact but knew the consequences would be bad.
But before I got lost in my own thoughts again, the phone rings. I grabbed the phone, on the ID screen it showed a cell phone number with no name. I didn't answer it, Lynette was up but I don't think she heard it. As I put the phone back down, it rung again. It was the same number, somebody obviously needed to talk to us. I get up and walk to the bedroom, even though it was noon, Lynette was busy napping. "Lynette, wake up. This number keeps calling," as I woke her up, she looked at me wondering what was going on. "W-Wha?" she says all groggy. I handed her the phone, the number was still on the screen. "Oh, wait, that's the number you called from!" she said.
The number I called from? Wait, that means those scientists or whatever were trying to reach out to us again. I remember them saying something about "showing me to the world" or something of that sort. As the phone rang again, Lynette answered it this time. I sat on the edge of the bed, nervous about what will be said.
"Hello? Oh, yes! He's been doing fine," she says. I get up off the bed, too nervous to stick around to listen. I made my way back into the living room, but Lynette was already off the phone. "Russ! Get ready, they want us there. It's important," she says, following me into the living room. "What did they say for?" I asked her. She nervously looks up at me, "Well, they want to show you off to the world, they said,"
My heart sinks. I was a living prototype of a manmade hybrid being after all, I can't exactly just stay in hiding forever. I just sigh, as I go back into the bedroom to get myself somewhat nice. I had some simple t-shirts that were plain and and simple pants they provided me with. Getting dressed, I see Lynette smile at me. "Hon, it's going to be fine. These people, they figured out how to put your mind in that body. I'd say it's safe to say they have this all planned accordingly," she says, I can tell she's only trying to keep me at ease. But she had a point, these people created the body my mind now controls. I still have no idea how they even did such a thing, let alone that creature that still seems to appear even when I'm awake, there's still so much I just cannot put my hands on yet. But I couldn't be stuck inside of a house to face questions I had no answers to, the lack of understanding would only drive me mad.
Lynette calls for me, the time to be shown to the world was drawing near. What bothered me most was the simple fact that I had no idea what would be thought of me. But I couldn't sleep on it anymore, in a way I knew this would be happening, but I just had no idea when. I guess I simply got too comfortable.
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The cold window against my muzzle, my hood still up to hide most of my face despite the dark window tint, I simply wanted to sleep as the car drove through the quiet backroads. I look at the outside rear view mirror, the car that followed us home and camped out to keep an eye on us was behind us. Must be one high profile bodyguard if all they needed was him. Still can't remember his name, he never leaves his car anyway. I close my eyes, trying to not the anxiety consume me while as Lynette nervously drives me back to the facility.
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"Russell? You awake? We actually got here too early. I let you sleep,"
I see feel the cold glass against my muzzle and the tip of my nose, I take my glasses off and rubbed my eyes. The sun was still shining on this cold day, but my mind felt dark. As I put my glasses back on, I looked to Lynette. I could see the worry in her eyes, she was as unsure as Iwas about me being "revealed". But I had to get through this, it was now or never. She turned off the car, I put my hood back up and open the car door. The cold ground didn't bother my feet, while getting used to actually feeling the ground under my feet without shoes would need more time, in a way it still felt like I had shoes on but with more of a feeling of what I was walking on. Behind me, the lone bodyguard was getting out of his car. I heard him lock up his car after the sound of the door closing. Ahead, the rather bare looking building stood in front of me, a lonely figure around a barren field left abandoned and neglected.
The entrance was like I remembered it when I first left here, nothing at all on the outside to show what the building hid on the inside. Walking up the stairs, my anxiety started to pick up. But I had to carry on, upon reaching the top of the stairs I was greeted by the mirrored doors of the facility. Reaching down to open the door, I see my reflection. I see the face of this white fox, while I knew the reflection was my own it somehow still felt foreign to me. I sigh as I open the door for Lynette, I can tell she's worried for me. I want to tell her not to worry, but I honestly have no idea what to even say. So I continue down the hallway, to the receptionist desk. The girl sitting behind the desk looks up as I approach. She seemed to recognize me, despite how I didn't really know who she was. "Oh! You're here already! Stay here, Doctor Larkin will be happy to see you!" she says with a smile. She quickly gets up, not even pushing in her chair. She sort of jogged down the hallway, reaching for a door and quickly pushing it open. I look to Lynette, her face was nothing but anxiety stricken. "They're not going to take you away, are they?" she asked. Her tone struck me as that of a child, but it didn't bother me. I knew how she would get under stress, she didn't want to lose me again. Hell, I didn't even want to lose me again.
I turn back around to see if the receptionist was coming back. I hear chatter from the room she went into, but I couldn't really make out what was being said. I feel Lynette clutch onto my hand, I have no idea what will happen with whatever Larkin has planned, but I wanted to make sure Lynette isn't out of the loop. She was a nervous wreck already, I didn't want to add to it so quickly. Before I got lost in my thoughts again, I heard footsteps from the room the receptionist went into. There he was, the doctor that gave me my second chance. He walked up to me with a smile. I didn't smile back. "Russell! You seem upset, everything okay?" he asked. Something felt off, but it could be just Larkin trying to be too friendly about the ordeal. "I don't know," I replied. My ears wilt back as I look to Lynette. She clung to my arm, the her anxiety turned to dread. "Don't take him away," she blurted out. I looked back at Larkin, his expression when from friendly to annoyed. "Listen, he's not going to be taken away. He's a living example of how we can evolve humanity far beyond what we as humans originally thought. I have been preparing for this for years and years, even before Russell's mind was transferred," he said rather sternly. I didn't like his tone, but at the same time, I felt like I didn't have a choice.
Lynette clung to my arm as I followed Larkin back towards the room he came out of. Inside, four armed guards. I felt my tail twitch and tense up, my ears perked. But the guards paid no mind to me. "Listen Russell, today is an important day. My scientific advancements are the reason why you're even here right now. My research, my sleepless nights, so much of my life has gone into this, this day I dreamt about. The day I show humanity that it is possible to continuing living even after your body has given up," he said. I knew he meant well, but it felt distant to me. I didn't know how to quite put it, but while I knew I was just some lucky choice for this science experiment, I really didn't care. I wanted my life back, but I knew it wasn't so simple anymore. As Larkin told me his master plan, my mind just wandered. I couldn't focus, my eyes kept fixating on whatever thing was around the room that just seemed interesting. I just wanted him to stop.
"Russell, hey! Are you listening?"
Just like that, I'm pulled back from my own thoughts. Larkin seemed annoyed, not like I could blame him. He sighed, yep, he was annoyed alright. Lynette still clung to my arm as Larkin spoke. But as quickly as he got my attention, I lost all focus again. Lynette was watching Larkin, out of the corner of my eye, I could see her intently watching. My mind raced more and more. All I could think about was just living my life, I just wanted to not worry. But here I am, this fox person thing, a walking science fiction cliche just living despite the odds against Larkin, let alone me. But Larkin's voice seemed to become more and more distorted, as if something was tuning him out and not by my own control. My eyes wandered to window, as soon as my eyes could focus on it, a figure came into shape. Chills ran down my spine, something I told myself constantly that was gone, now stood outside of a window as I was awake. The demonic figure, it was outside of my dreams again. I felt frozen, I wanted to leave but I couldn't find myself to move at all. What I didn't realize, is that the expression on my face made a guard concerned. It was right when he too looked out of the window, the figure disappeared. As it faded away, the guard looked back at me. Confusion was all I got from him, not like he could see something that's in my own mind. Or was it just me?
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Lynette still clung to my arm, not wanting to let go. The cold air rushed into the parking garage. A black sedan with a black SUV behind it, left running in the closest parking spots to the entrance to the hospice. I looked down at Lynette, it pained me to leave once more. "Hon, I'll be gone for a bit. They need to do this thing, you've already heard them explain it," I tried to explain. She already heard Larkin explain it better than me, but I tried to reassure her anyway. She looked at me, the sadness and fear were all too apparent in her eyes. She was afraid I wasn't coming back. She had all the reason in the world to not trust these people, while they gave me this second chance at life, I was now some sort of science experiment pet one way or another.
But I knew I had to get through this. Being shown to the world though, I really didn't know how people will react to me. While everybody in the hospice treated me kindly, I knew the world outside of this place was not as kind. If anything, I already knew it was far more of the opposite. Not knowing how society would react to me was getting my nerves up. But it was now or never, as I leaned over to Lynette, I kissed her forehead and she promptly hugged me tight. I hear her breathe heavily, she was fighting back the tears. I couldn't blame her, so much has gone on. Lynette finally lets go of me, I turn around and make my way towards the two cars. Looking back, I see Larkin talking to her. I can't hear them but it leaves me with an uneasy feeling. I stopped as I looked back, Lynette looked at me. Her eyes, the sadness that filled them. I didn't even want to know what was being said anymore. I walked over to the black car and opened the rear door. As I sit down inside, I noticed the driver sat inside already. He looked behind at me, with a smug smile he spoke. "So, looks like the experiment thing is ready to scare the world, eh?" he said. I don't answer him, but he chuckled at his own joke. "I don't know what the doctor guy is on about, but you? You're a freak. You got the mind of a human? I find it hard to believe, ya know? I'd shot ya myself if I had the chance. Playin' god ain't right," he added. He turns around, lifting his sun glasses up. "I don't like you, but I'm a paid guard and driver, so I'm not gonna kill ya,"
Larkin opens the other passenger door, he overhead the end of the driver's sentence. "Patterson, really? I didn't pay you to threaten him, you troglodyte!" says Larkin, in a very annoyed tone. Just like that, my level of regret, anxiety and dread shot through the roof. I put my seatbelt on and keep to myself by the car window. Outside I see Lynette walking back inside, the breath from my sigh fogs up the cold window. All I could think about in that moment was Lynette in my arms in bed, remembering the comfort of waking up next to the one person you will give your life for without any hesitation. But for now, an uneasy world was about to see me, some humanoid fox creature with a successful mind transfer or whatever Larkin called it. All I can do now is wait, if there's anything I've learned to handle, it's waiting.
Previous chapter: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24250276/
Story written and edited by me,
XausR32A few days have past since I was released back home. A few days, a few very uneventful days. It quickly got repetitive, as I fell into a groove of just waking up and looking at the world from the outside in. Sure, I was using social media, but I wasn't using it properly. I was lurking, most didn't even notice my profile came back online outside a small handful of friends and my father. Just being a literal ghost was starting to get to me, I wanted to interact but knew the consequences would be bad.
But before I got lost in my own thoughts again, the phone rings. I grabbed the phone, on the ID screen it showed a cell phone number with no name. I didn't answer it, Lynette was up but I don't think she heard it. As I put the phone back down, it rung again. It was the same number, somebody obviously needed to talk to us. I get up and walk to the bedroom, even though it was noon, Lynette was busy napping. "Lynette, wake up. This number keeps calling," as I woke her up, she looked at me wondering what was going on. "W-Wha?" she says all groggy. I handed her the phone, the number was still on the screen. "Oh, wait, that's the number you called from!" she said.
The number I called from? Wait, that means those scientists or whatever were trying to reach out to us again. I remember them saying something about "showing me to the world" or something of that sort. As the phone rang again, Lynette answered it this time. I sat on the edge of the bed, nervous about what will be said.
"Hello? Oh, yes! He's been doing fine," she says. I get up off the bed, too nervous to stick around to listen. I made my way back into the living room, but Lynette was already off the phone. "Russ! Get ready, they want us there. It's important," she says, following me into the living room. "What did they say for?" I asked her. She nervously looks up at me, "Well, they want to show you off to the world, they said,"
My heart sinks. I was a living prototype of a manmade hybrid being after all, I can't exactly just stay in hiding forever. I just sigh, as I go back into the bedroom to get myself somewhat nice. I had some simple t-shirts that were plain and and simple pants they provided me with. Getting dressed, I see Lynette smile at me. "Hon, it's going to be fine. These people, they figured out how to put your mind in that body. I'd say it's safe to say they have this all planned accordingly," she says, I can tell she's only trying to keep me at ease. But she had a point, these people created the body my mind now controls. I still have no idea how they even did such a thing, let alone that creature that still seems to appear even when I'm awake, there's still so much I just cannot put my hands on yet. But I couldn't be stuck inside of a house to face questions I had no answers to, the lack of understanding would only drive me mad.
Lynette calls for me, the time to be shown to the world was drawing near. What bothered me most was the simple fact that I had no idea what would be thought of me. But I couldn't sleep on it anymore, in a way I knew this would be happening, but I just had no idea when. I guess I simply got too comfortable.
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The cold window against my muzzle, my hood still up to hide most of my face despite the dark window tint, I simply wanted to sleep as the car drove through the quiet backroads. I look at the outside rear view mirror, the car that followed us home and camped out to keep an eye on us was behind us. Must be one high profile bodyguard if all they needed was him. Still can't remember his name, he never leaves his car anyway. I close my eyes, trying to not the anxiety consume me while as Lynette nervously drives me back to the facility.
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"Russell? You awake? We actually got here too early. I let you sleep,"
I see feel the cold glass against my muzzle and the tip of my nose, I take my glasses off and rubbed my eyes. The sun was still shining on this cold day, but my mind felt dark. As I put my glasses back on, I looked to Lynette. I could see the worry in her eyes, she was as unsure as Iwas about me being "revealed". But I had to get through this, it was now or never. She turned off the car, I put my hood back up and open the car door. The cold ground didn't bother my feet, while getting used to actually feeling the ground under my feet without shoes would need more time, in a way it still felt like I had shoes on but with more of a feeling of what I was walking on. Behind me, the lone bodyguard was getting out of his car. I heard him lock up his car after the sound of the door closing. Ahead, the rather bare looking building stood in front of me, a lonely figure around a barren field left abandoned and neglected.
The entrance was like I remembered it when I first left here, nothing at all on the outside to show what the building hid on the inside. Walking up the stairs, my anxiety started to pick up. But I had to carry on, upon reaching the top of the stairs I was greeted by the mirrored doors of the facility. Reaching down to open the door, I see my reflection. I see the face of this white fox, while I knew the reflection was my own it somehow still felt foreign to me. I sigh as I open the door for Lynette, I can tell she's worried for me. I want to tell her not to worry, but I honestly have no idea what to even say. So I continue down the hallway, to the receptionist desk. The girl sitting behind the desk looks up as I approach. She seemed to recognize me, despite how I didn't really know who she was. "Oh! You're here already! Stay here, Doctor Larkin will be happy to see you!" she says with a smile. She quickly gets up, not even pushing in her chair. She sort of jogged down the hallway, reaching for a door and quickly pushing it open. I look to Lynette, her face was nothing but anxiety stricken. "They're not going to take you away, are they?" she asked. Her tone struck me as that of a child, but it didn't bother me. I knew how she would get under stress, she didn't want to lose me again. Hell, I didn't even want to lose me again.
I turn back around to see if the receptionist was coming back. I hear chatter from the room she went into, but I couldn't really make out what was being said. I feel Lynette clutch onto my hand, I have no idea what will happen with whatever Larkin has planned, but I wanted to make sure Lynette isn't out of the loop. She was a nervous wreck already, I didn't want to add to it so quickly. Before I got lost in my thoughts again, I heard footsteps from the room the receptionist went into. There he was, the doctor that gave me my second chance. He walked up to me with a smile. I didn't smile back. "Russell! You seem upset, everything okay?" he asked. Something felt off, but it could be just Larkin trying to be too friendly about the ordeal. "I don't know," I replied. My ears wilt back as I look to Lynette. She clung to my arm, the her anxiety turned to dread. "Don't take him away," she blurted out. I looked back at Larkin, his expression when from friendly to annoyed. "Listen, he's not going to be taken away. He's a living example of how we can evolve humanity far beyond what we as humans originally thought. I have been preparing for this for years and years, even before Russell's mind was transferred," he said rather sternly. I didn't like his tone, but at the same time, I felt like I didn't have a choice.
Lynette clung to my arm as I followed Larkin back towards the room he came out of. Inside, four armed guards. I felt my tail twitch and tense up, my ears perked. But the guards paid no mind to me. "Listen Russell, today is an important day. My scientific advancements are the reason why you're even here right now. My research, my sleepless nights, so much of my life has gone into this, this day I dreamt about. The day I show humanity that it is possible to continuing living even after your body has given up," he said. I knew he meant well, but it felt distant to me. I didn't know how to quite put it, but while I knew I was just some lucky choice for this science experiment, I really didn't care. I wanted my life back, but I knew it wasn't so simple anymore. As Larkin told me his master plan, my mind just wandered. I couldn't focus, my eyes kept fixating on whatever thing was around the room that just seemed interesting. I just wanted him to stop.
"Russell, hey! Are you listening?"
Just like that, I'm pulled back from my own thoughts. Larkin seemed annoyed, not like I could blame him. He sighed, yep, he was annoyed alright. Lynette still clung to my arm as Larkin spoke. But as quickly as he got my attention, I lost all focus again. Lynette was watching Larkin, out of the corner of my eye, I could see her intently watching. My mind raced more and more. All I could think about was just living my life, I just wanted to not worry. But here I am, this fox person thing, a walking science fiction cliche just living despite the odds against Larkin, let alone me. But Larkin's voice seemed to become more and more distorted, as if something was tuning him out and not by my own control. My eyes wandered to window, as soon as my eyes could focus on it, a figure came into shape. Chills ran down my spine, something I told myself constantly that was gone, now stood outside of a window as I was awake. The demonic figure, it was outside of my dreams again. I felt frozen, I wanted to leave but I couldn't find myself to move at all. What I didn't realize, is that the expression on my face made a guard concerned. It was right when he too looked out of the window, the figure disappeared. As it faded away, the guard looked back at me. Confusion was all I got from him, not like he could see something that's in my own mind. Or was it just me?
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Lynette still clung to my arm, not wanting to let go. The cold air rushed into the parking garage. A black sedan with a black SUV behind it, left running in the closest parking spots to the entrance to the hospice. I looked down at Lynette, it pained me to leave once more. "Hon, I'll be gone for a bit. They need to do this thing, you've already heard them explain it," I tried to explain. She already heard Larkin explain it better than me, but I tried to reassure her anyway. She looked at me, the sadness and fear were all too apparent in her eyes. She was afraid I wasn't coming back. She had all the reason in the world to not trust these people, while they gave me this second chance at life, I was now some sort of science experiment pet one way or another.
But I knew I had to get through this. Being shown to the world though, I really didn't know how people will react to me. While everybody in the hospice treated me kindly, I knew the world outside of this place was not as kind. If anything, I already knew it was far more of the opposite. Not knowing how society would react to me was getting my nerves up. But it was now or never, as I leaned over to Lynette, I kissed her forehead and she promptly hugged me tight. I hear her breathe heavily, she was fighting back the tears. I couldn't blame her, so much has gone on. Lynette finally lets go of me, I turn around and make my way towards the two cars. Looking back, I see Larkin talking to her. I can't hear them but it leaves me with an uneasy feeling. I stopped as I looked back, Lynette looked at me. Her eyes, the sadness that filled them. I didn't even want to know what was being said anymore. I walked over to the black car and opened the rear door. As I sit down inside, I noticed the driver sat inside already. He looked behind at me, with a smug smile he spoke. "So, looks like the experiment thing is ready to scare the world, eh?" he said. I don't answer him, but he chuckled at his own joke. "I don't know what the doctor guy is on about, but you? You're a freak. You got the mind of a human? I find it hard to believe, ya know? I'd shot ya myself if I had the chance. Playin' god ain't right," he added. He turns around, lifting his sun glasses up. "I don't like you, but I'm a paid guard and driver, so I'm not gonna kill ya,"
Larkin opens the other passenger door, he overhead the end of the driver's sentence. "Patterson, really? I didn't pay you to threaten him, you troglodyte!" says Larkin, in a very annoyed tone. Just like that, my level of regret, anxiety and dread shot through the roof. I put my seatbelt on and keep to myself by the car window. Outside I see Lynette walking back inside, the breath from my sigh fogs up the cold window. All I could think about in that moment was Lynette in my arms in bed, remembering the comfort of waking up next to the one person you will give your life for without any hesitation. But for now, an uneasy world was about to see me, some humanoid fox creature with a successful mind transfer or whatever Larkin called it. All I can do now is wait, if there's anything I've learned to handle, it's waiting.
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