I woke up and looked around. Where...am I.... I wondered. I looked down, and saw claws on my hands. Wait...aren’t I...a human? I thought. I looked behind me, and I saw a fox tail, and when I reached up, I felt velvety fox ears. I jumped up in horror. “What the heck happened to me?!” I yelled. Suddenly, my new, sensitive ears picked up footsteps outside the door. I took a real look around at my surroundings. I was in a damp room, little more than a hole in the rock, with a wooden bed and a toilet. There was a door with a barred window and a hole in the bottom, presumably for food. I was obviously in a prison of some sort...but why?
I started testing out my new abilities. I could retract my claws at will, o they could be hidden, and I could wear a hat to hide my ears. My tail was a bit …show more content…
I made you who you are.” The hesitation before he said doctor gave away his deception, but I decided to play along.
“And why did you give me a fox tail, fox ears, and fox brain cells?
“It is part of our hybrid project. You were meant to wake up a few months later than you did, but that just means you have taken well to your body.” I could read the intelligence in his eyes. He was lying. He wanted me for something else.
“If that’s true, then why am I treated like a prisoner?”
“We don’t have very many resources. I have been dealing with other child - I mean, people.”
“You’re turning children...into foxes?” I searched my memory, and found that indeed, I was only 13. He dropped all pretenses
“Look, we’ve known for a long time that humans aren’t smart or strong enough to survive much longer. We need people like you to survive and keep our basic genome going...and to potentially stop a war.”
“You mean to fight your war for you.”
“What! No! Just to show that you would win no matter what. It’s simple.
“I won’t fight for you. I was having a perfectly happy life before this, thank you very much!” Then I realized something. I couldn’t remember anything before when I woke
I started testing out my new abilities. I could retract my claws at will, o they could be hidden, and I could wear a hat to hide my ears. My tail was a bit …show more content…
I made you who you are.” The hesitation before he said doctor gave away his deception, but I decided to play along.
“And why did you give me a fox tail, fox ears, and fox brain cells?
“It is part of our hybrid project. You were meant to wake up a few months later than you did, but that just means you have taken well to your body.” I could read the intelligence in his eyes. He was lying. He wanted me for something else.
“If that’s true, then why am I treated like a prisoner?”
“We don’t have very many resources. I have been dealing with other child - I mean, people.”
“You’re turning children...into foxes?” I searched my memory, and found that indeed, I was only 13. He dropped all pretenses
“Look, we’ve known for a long time that humans aren’t smart or strong enough to survive much longer. We need people like you to survive and keep our basic genome going...and to potentially stop a war.”
“You mean to fight your war for you.”
“What! No! Just to show that you would win no matter what. It’s simple.
“I won’t fight for you. I was having a perfectly happy life before this, thank you very much!” Then I realized something. I couldn’t remember anything before when I woke