He would have forgotten what room was his if not for the labels on each room. Of course they didn't put his name, only the designated number.
He entered the room. The stench of cleaning products entered his nose causing him to dramatically gag.
Jasper entered the room and the doors dinged before slamming shut. "Gah! Those doors need to be oiled or something.. jeez!" He sat in the chair, picking at a nail on the table leg, waiting. Nothing could be done but wait. Only thoughts to pass the lasting time.
The dreaded announcements came to life. "Afternoon testing commencing. Afternoon testing commencing." The robotic like voice rang into the announcement system. Jaspers ears picked up as footsteps and voices played out from behind the door as subjects were lead away.
"We got a new one?"
"Yep. Sprinklekit."
"10$ for it to be a chocolate cat."
"I'd gladly take it. It's probably a vanilla or even a strawberry." More shuffling could be heard before the door opened. The two guards side eyed each other regretfully.
"Follow us." One of them said before they walked away. Jasper followed, the other guard closely followed with their gun at hand. He kept a mental map about the layout of this place. Noting the love of automatic doors.
The echoed footsteps of the shork room mixed with the dripping water. Slight swishing of waves died down as the footsteps grew. Two trespassers hid by a locker warily watching time go past.
"We know you're in here."
The scent of chlorine faded as they marched past the water, and out the doorframe. They departed the main hallway and the first guard opened a door. "Get in." The second said. A larger room adorned with padding and a glass partition between subject and scientist lay. "Hello 4915. This is just some basic reaction testing." The scientist explained while an assistant protogen recorded. Jasper waved to the camera.
An alarm like sound quickly blared out into the room. Jasper jumped and rapidly look around before realizing it was part of the test. "Oh."
"What alignment would you describe yourself as?" The scientist asked.
"Huh?"
"What character alignment would you say you are." explained the protogen. "Such as lawful good, chaotic evil, etc etc."
"I guess chaotic neutral? I don't really know all the alignments."
"You said you remember everything? What do you mean by that. Your life beforehand or being transferred?"
"Life beforehand. I don't actually remember the icecream incident."
"Good to know."
A red crystalline dog ran into the room from a hatch in the wall yipping wildly. It growled at the cat and bared it's little tiny teeth with hackles raised and tail stiffly waving. He stood still not wanting to send the pup into a blind attack panic, someone took it to themselves to cause something to actually happen and played a very loud vine boom. Both the feline and canine jumped, the slime pup charged and started biting some ankles. Needless to say, it didn't do much.
"How long to I stand here while this rabies infested gremlin tries to eat my toes?" He inquired "What's this even supposed to do."
"It's supposed to help us determine your hostility. You're at passive right now, great job!" The scientist explained. It seems like that should be sarcastic, but it actually seemed quite genuine.
Jasper got a very dumb idea to try and pet the oversized cherry jello. The second his paw touched the slime, it latched on with its teeth.
"I REGRET THIS SO MUCH!!"
He moved his paw away from his face to eliminate the danger of pink eye from its nasty little claws. In panic Jasper started spinning in place trying to use momentum to get the little bugger off.
("Hey what do you do in self defence?" Spin. Jump up kick back whip and around spin *music*!!)
The only thing the pup did was bite on harder, minty blood started leaking from the puncture wounds. He got an idea and stopped spinning, he used a paw to pry open its jaws despite its effort to attack. It fell to the floor and ran to the wall, rapidly pawing at the barely noticeable hatch. It disappeared into the wall as the arm finished healing.
Jasper faintly heard something about aggravation testing through a radio.
"Huh, decent healing speed." One of that guards commented while the other paid no to attention to the others comment. Probably thinking of something else.
"Too bad unnamed parental figure didn't have the same thing."
"Scuse me?" That caught Jasper of guard.
"You have quite big ears, you heard me."
The second guard seemed to remember what was happening around them, as they looked between the other guard and the feline. They looked concerned.
"You should eat several thousand apples."
"What doesn't even make sense."
"Cyanide poisoning."
"That's gotta be the strangest argument I've heard." The guard pulled out the bat. The other ushered the former to put it way but got pushed away. Jaspers fur bristled as his tail flicked back and forth.
Oh gosh the warrior cats kid buried deep within in me is fighting for freedom.
"Unnamed parental figure really didn't teach you comebacks, did he?"
"Shut up."
"I don't shut up, I grow up, and when I look at you. I throw up."
"Okay- you can't talk about comebacks anymore."
"I'm fine with that." The guard lifted up the bat, ready for combat. The scientist was busy tying stuff and did not notice the commotion. The protogen simply sat and recorded. "Are you?"
"Apologize."
"My dear subject, why would I apologize? You're the one who needs to learn some manners."
"Not responding? Cats got your tongue."
"Don't just stand there being useless, unlike unnamed parental figure you're not a corpse!"
"Helllooo, 491555, you there?" The first guard wave a hand in from of the gootraxians eyes. Jasper suddenly battled at the hand and hissed.
"Oh wtf- how did I hiss?!"
"You're a cat gootraxian, bozo. Jeez, you should've been the one to die."
"When you say that, it makes me feel sad inside, and I'd really appreciate if you-" He swiped the guard, sharp claws unsheathed. He jumped away warily when the guards bat hurled towards him. The other pulled out a tranquil gun. Jasper ran towards the guard for a battle for the gun. The other pulled him off and a misfire shot a dart hit the wall. The feline grabbed the dart and chucked it at one of the guards.
"Good job buddy. You hit the floor right beside someone's foot."
The scientist was just kinda flabbergasted at the whole ordeal, the protogen blank as before.
He heard a distant screech before it went dark.
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Melting Tide
FanfictionI started writing this a few years back but never could figure out how to continue the plot. It is unfinished and due to leaving the community will probably never be finished. I would like if someone read what younger me spent so long 'perfecting'...
