It was one of those hot summer days, a young boy should be gong outside to play...not dragged yet again to a facility he wanted nothing to do with. But his tentacles had been more rambunctious than normal and were getting stronger everyday. They didn't seem to know their own strength! And finally his mother fed up and tired called the company and arranged to have Adriel brought back in...
Needless to say this was not what Adriel had wanted. He had already been back there once...and he felt so traumatized just from that experience he wasn't sure what to expect today. Still clutching his mother's hand the strange looking little boy found himself back in the sterile white halls. It didn't take long for a man to appear wearing the typical white laboratory coat he wore glasses like the rest..it would almost be cliché if it weren't for the fact he was so scary looking.
“Your Adriel yes?” He was also blunt it seemed.
Nodding his head timidly he tried very hard not to hide behind his mothers legs.
“Yes this is my son, now why must I bring him back here? No one will tell me anything over the phone! I just wanted an answer to my question not another appointment.” The red head, Jayoku (Adriel's mother) , sounded firm and very irritated. Probably due to the stress of dealing with Adriel's appendages as well fighting nearly tooth and nail to get him back here. Adriel had begged and pleaded the whole ride up to not take him back....She was getting a very foul impression of this place the more times she visited.
The man in the lab coat gave her a long look before basically ignoring her question and turning to face Adriel.
“We have much work to do and little time. Come now your mother can wait here while we work through your ...skill.” He announced waving a hand to indicate the boy was to follow and he quickly and briskly turned down hallway, the echo of his shoes the only sounds that could be heard.
Adriel was terrified, he was to go with this man alone? No no there must be some mistake! But he had no choice as his mother impatiently pushed him forward and indicated that she wanted him to go with the man and come back as soon as possible.
With a timid look the boy hurried down after the technician and finally catching up to him he watched the mans feet rather than look at anything else. It didn't take long for them to arrive to a room, a room that looked more like a lab than some place to test his skills. There were running machines,a table and all sorts of technical things that ....Adriel just wasn't familiar with. He shrunk back as he entered the room.
There were more than one technician in the room and this didn't help with Adriel's fear. They moved to surround him quickly. The boy shrank back further. None had a friendly smile to offer, all wore the sterile white robes, and had clipboards.
They did all sorts of things to him, had him run on the treadmill, and then for his appendages to life things. All sorts of things. Things he didn't think they should be able to lift. But they seemed able to lift them despite what he thought. As if proving him wrong at every turn. The tentacles wouldn't allow any of the technicians to touch them. When he was finally allowed to go home he felt very used and abused...though he now had yet another thing to fear ....now his tentacles were strong...and they were aware of it.
