InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Humanity ❯ Transformation ( Chapter 12 )

Humanity

By Joyfulmusic

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or Inuyasha. Never have, never will.

This fanfic contains some spoilers. I haven't seen the whole series of either show so I'm not sure how they end. But that's why this is a fanfic

 

Chapter 12: Transformation

 

She had tried to struggle, but the red-eyed man had put something over her nose. The smell had been strong and suffocating. Yet she'd been able to scream before passing out completely. Now her body ached all over. Willa could feel every muscle screeching with a pain unsurpassed in her lifetime.

 

But she could sense something else too. She was laying flat on her back, on a hard table that felt like cold metal. Something was making a noise to her right. It sounded like the machines you would hear in a hospital room. All she could see was red through her closed eyelids. She wanted to open them but found herself too tired to do so.

 

Someone was in the room with her. She could sense that much, though her ability to know if they were friendly wasn't working. Logic told her they obviously weren't. They had done something to make her feel like she had the flu and was being overmedicated. Her mind seemed like it was coated with a thick honey, making her stomach nauseous. Not only that but, something was attached to her right hand. It felt like an IV though she couldn't be sure. A tube seemed to be connected in the crook of her elbow. It was lying uncomfortably against her arm. There were other wires too, connected to various parts of her body. Some seemed to be attached to her forehead and neck.

 

Inside she felt like something was wrong. However not similar to when she was sick, but it was as though something was changing. It was almost as if her cells were realigning themselves, though she wasn't sure how she knew what that would feel like. Her mind seemed to be changing too. Instincts she didn't realize she had were coming forward from the recesses of her brain.

 

She could hear someone mumbling to her left. Yet no matter how much she strained, she couldn't make out what they were saying. Willa wanted so badly to open her eyes, but found they simply refused to obey. It seemed they weren't getting the message her mind had been sending them. Within moments of this realization, she blacked out completely.

 

 

Two golden orbs watched as three people in hospital uniforms stood over a rolled in stretcher. They had on white masks and hair caps, along with plastic gloves. On the metal table lay a young woman. They had several wires attached to her, continuing with the procedure that had been started four days prior. A tall machine stood to the right of the girl. All the wires were connected into it. Several monitors were showing her various life signs. There was one bag up on a pole, connected with a hose to the person's arm. It was dripping some sort of liquid into her system. He wasn't sure what all it contained, but knew part of it to be his own blood.

 

He'd watched as slowly she'd begun changing. They were transforming her to look like him. He had already heard their troubling plans and it angered him. Unfortunately the chains holding his hands and feet were too strong for him to break. The people had apparently planned well for this experiment.

 

These beings weren't human, though they smelled like they should be. He'd been alone by the stream when they'd taken him by releasing a gas into the air. It had caused him to pass out cold. When he'd woken up he found himself in this cage. A week later they'd come up with this woman they were now transforming. It was disturbing, knowing that soon she would be the same as them. However with his blood mixed with hers she would be as strong as he was.

 

He'd figured out that those red eyes meant they had no control over what they were doing. Instead they were mindless creatures, who followed orders from someone they called master. At least they hadn't bothered to remove his sword from him. If they had he would have become a full demon, with no way of controlling his own actions.

 

These people, or things, wanted to make others like him. He'd heard that much of their conversations. This woman would be his mate. Breeding what, their boss considered, would be perfect warriors. Something about her was different, just as Kagome was unlike other humans. He thought perhaps this woman was a miko as well. Unfortunately it would now be her downfall.

 

 

One day short of having been taken a week, Willa lay, barely conscious, in a cage with her back against the wall. Her red hair covered her body, which was in a simple pair of hospital scrubs. The room was bright, but she felt too weak to try and open her eyes. Her head seemed to be spinning while her senses felt strange and new. She could hear the breathing of others in the room, was able to smell them as well. It was an odd sensation, to be capable of knowing someone was there because of their scent.

 

“When will the mutation be complete?” A male voice seemed to be complaining. Willa could tell he'd worn far too much cologne. The stench of heavy musk made her want to sneeze. “She looks right, but when can we finish? The specimen still has her old memories and her own willpower.”

 

“Soon.” This time it was a female speaking, who seemed to be wearing a soft perfume. It was almost like roses, but not quite. “She still doesn't have the perfect look. The boss wants her to look like the male. Her hair and eyes will have to be changed, that way their offspring will turn out right. It's not exactly easy engineering a mate for a hanyou you know.”

 

Willa's mind was grasping at straws. `Hanyou… what's that? And are they talking about me? I don't feel any different.' Her head began to throb. `If they just wouldn't speak so loud it would help. Not to mention that man smells like a walking bottle of musk. Doesn't he know how much that stuff stinks?'

 

“What about his will? We can't exactly take it from him, he's too powerful. And she's already gained his strengths.” The man sounded apprehensive, seeming to fear the unthinkable. “You do realize that if she wakes now there would be no stopping her, don't you? We only captured the male by chance. If she ran…”

 

“Hush!” The woman ordered in a harsh tone. “She won't wake up. We've got her so drugged that even if she does she'll be too disoriented to know what to do. So please quit worrying about it. You'll make the others apprehensive.” In a lower tone she added. “Besides, the procedure to erase her will and memories begins tomorrow.”

 

`Tomorrow? Erase memories? But…' The poor girl's head ached, becoming worse when the two people allowed the double doors to swing shut as they exited. `I think they were talking about me. Something about… mating me with something? That doesn't make any sense. You don't force humans to breed.'

 

Slowly Willa managed to open her eyes. The light had been turned off, yet for some odd reason she could still see clearly. She could make out the cabinets that lined all four walls. There was a large set of double doors to the left. And something that looked like another cage across from the one she was in. Everything was painted white except for the marble cabinet tops, which were a dark shade of blue.

 

Blinking she raised a hand to the side of her head, trying to ease the throbbing pain. She'd never had a hangover, but was certain this was what it must feel like. Yet her eyes grew wide with horror as she realized something was missing. `My ears! Where are they?' Panic flooded her mind and she felt for them, but they were gone. While doing so a nail brushed her face, scratching it sharply. With a wince of pain she pulled her hand back around where she could see it. `What on earth?' Her nails had grown and become pointed, like the tip of a dagger. Because she'd always managed to break them they'd been kept short before. Now however, they were more like claws, in shape as well as sharpness. Biting her bottom lip proved the existence of fangs as well.

 

She rose quickly, instantly loosing her balance and falling to her knees again. `The ears, that's where the equilibrium's at! But I can still hear so…' Then she caught sight of a creature in the other cage. It was human in form, with long white hair. It wore what looked like a red Japanese outfit. The thing was bound tightly, with a gag in its mouth. Then she noticed its ears, like those of a cat, were atop his head.

 

Quickly her hands flew up to the top of her cranium. There she felt them, two furry triangles. She could hear her fingers rubbing against them. `I'm… they were talking about me! Making me into a mate for that thing!' She wanted to scream but logic told her doing so would only add to her problems.

 

`They said something about my strength. I wonder.' She reached up to the combination lock which hung on the cage door. With a quick jerk the metal broke. Using lightning fast reflexes she was able to catch it before it hit the ground. `I've never been able to move like that before!' Silently Willa sat the lock down before griping the bars and opening the door. It made a slight squeaking sound which hurt her now sensitive ears. She winced in pain at the noise. Then she moved to stand on wobbly legs, it seemed her equilibrium wasn't quite in check. Or perhaps it had something to do with the drugs they had her on.

 

Stumbling, she made her way to the other cage. The being was lying, watching her every movement with golden eyes as intense as Edward's. It didn't struggle or try to move at all. Instead it stared as she broke the lock to its cage. `If I shouldn't be here, then maybe he shouldn't either.' With that hopeful thought she moved to try and break the chains. Unfortunately they were made of something stronger than the locks. The ones binding him had been made to withstand his own power.

 

Looking around she noticed a set of keys on one of the cabinets. She had to hurry, but her legs didn't seem to want to work. Willa fell twice before finally managing to retrieve them. Crawling back to the cage seemed to be the best method. So she did just that, though her head still felt off balance.

 

As soon as she'd unlocked the creature's hands he moved to take out the gag. “Give me those.” He whispered harshly, before snatching the keys away and unshackling his feet. “Come on.” Without giving the woman a chance to protest, he lifted her into his strong arms.

 

Carefully he moved to the double doors. Peeking out, he thankfully saw that the hallway was clear. The being began running quickly, turning corners so fast Willa started to feel sick. `I'm not sure what he is, but at least he's fast!' Unfortunately she was growing dizzy as he sped through the building by memory.

 

He could remember having been brought through these same halls four weeks earlier, although his mind had been somewhat foggy at the time. `We have to get out of here. I've got to get back to Kagome.' His brain seemed to be moving at the same pace as his body. He knew Kagome and his other companions had not been brought to this place. His heart ached for freedom, but he couldn't leave this once human girl behind.

 

As he glanced down he noticed her ears were the same color as her red hair and also noted that she had passed out. `That medicine they gave her, it's still in her system.' He frowned as he burst through the outside door. The guards had all gone home, thinking their hanyou charges had been locked up safely. They had however, apparently underestimated this woman he held. `She's strong, like Kagome.'