Painful Memories

by Wayofthepen


Chapter 3: Behind the eyes

Twilight just stared at him. "I...I don't think that we should do that spell anytime soon..." He gave them a smile. I wonder if my eye is ok. I'm tired of half of my vision being blocked. He tried to unwrap the bandage around half of his head, being very unsuccessful. Twilight started using her magic to help him, but was shocked at what she saw. "Tell me my head is in one piece..." Travus said looking around for a mirror. After a few seconds, he found one. "Well...That's interesting." He said, noticing his eyes were two different colors. "The test was successful, Dr. Torez. His DNA is changing, but at a slow rate. His regeneration, strength, speed, and other basic attributes should be enhanced." Travus turned back to Twilight. "This is...Mildly disturbing." She just kept staring at him, as did Dash. "What?" He turned back to the mirror, seeing his flashback. He was lying on the table with two doctors around him. They had him hooked up to a computer, which showed his now-changing vitals. "Dr. Torez, do you think he could wake up?" Dr. Torez looked to his assistant. "There is a small chance, but it is unlikely." Suddenly, Travus's eyes jolted awake. One was red, while the other was sky blue. "He's awake!" Travus jumped off the table and reached for anything he could use as a weapon. "I wouldn't mess with me if I were you..." He said as he backed into a corner. The room in the mirror slowly caved in around him. The last thing he heard before going inside was Twilight trying to catch him.

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Travus looked around for a way out, but only saw one door and it was blocked by the two doctors. "Doc, two options here. You let me leave, or I kill you both. I don't want to, but the beast in me says it will be fun...Should I listen to it?" Travus gained a smile as his eyes flashed between both doctors. Torez took a step closer. "Subject respond." Something inside him snapped, and he stood at attention. The doctor stepped even closer to Travus, who stood still like a rock. Torez gained an evil smile as he was right infront of Travus's face. "Just kidding, doc..." Travus let his fist connect to the doctor's jaw, sending him flying backwards with a loud crack. Travus stared at the lifeless body of the doctor and started shivering. "Y-You're a mosnter..." Travus turned to the other doctor. "No...I'm a demon..." Travus lunged himself at the other doctor, who tried to leap out of the way. Travus was too fast and connected another blow into the doctor's stomach. "Genetics, doc...Don't mess with mother nature." He said laughing. Behind him, he heard two guards come in. The first guard just looked shocked while the second one pulled something out from his holster. Before he could fully put it out, Travus was in his face. "Boo." Travus slammed his foot into the guard's chest, sending him flying backwards out the door. Before Travus could go out to finish, the other guard had shot something into Travus's neck. What were they doing to me...? He started running out of the room. As he was running, he was slowing down gradually to the point where he collapsed. Reality started coming back to him.

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He opened his eyes and was back in the chair. "Ok, this has got to stop...It's just annoying now." Travus said laughing. Twilight gave him an odd look, as well as Dash. Travus sighed. "The flashback was about the eye thing...I know the story on what they were doing." He spent the next few minutes explaining to them what happened. "That would explain how you were still alive..." Travus just looked at Twilight after the remark. "Not now. You will find out soon enough if these flashbacks keep happening." Travus just lowered his head, tired from two doses of memories. He looked back up to Dash. "Where is Eric?" She just looked at him strangely. "The other escapee." She just shrugged. Why does everything have to be so complicated... "You should check the hospital." He nodded and began his journey.
Travus trotted inside the room he had stayed in to find a new patient there. The nurse was tending to him, so he decided to check the other side of the room. "Travus...?" A weak voice said, coming from the direction of where the nurse was. He turned around and trotted closer to him. "Yeah, who are you?" The patient let out a small chuckle. "You really don't remember, do you? It's me, Eric." The nurse was just standing there looking confused. "Your eyes changed too. Less than mine..." Travus looked over his friend closely. He was a unicorn with a light blue coat, gray and blue mane/tail, and his iris's were snow white. "Your eyes are white...What did they test you on?" Travus asked Eric, who shrugged in response. "I know what they tested on you. Actually, I know everything they did on us. Dr. Torez leaked info. Thanks for seeing him to hell." Travus nodded and moved towards a chair. "What did they do to me?" It was Eric's turn to let out a sigh and explain the situation. After a few minutes of this, Travus felt like he had been punched in his brain.
"So...They were trying to make a soldier serum, but our government denied testing on anyone from our world. They made a portal and took foals from here and tested on them...The eye color is what I don't get, can you tell me about that?" Eric nodded, and looked deep in thought. "There were three eye colors. Sky blue, red, and white. The blue was for stealth, red was for the strength, and white was for information gathering. Which, in my case, is my prime directive. You, on the other hand, are meant to be a stealth warrior." Travus just stared at him. "Ok, so now I know what happened to you and whats wrong with me, but there is something that is still getting at me..." Eric looked into his friends eyes, and gave him a questioning look. "How did we escape and what happened to me?" Eric just shrugged and smiled. "I wont tell you because you have been through enough today." Travus gave Eric a questioning look. "Information gathering? Weren't you paying attention?" Travus let out a groan and decided to go back to Twilight's. All he needs to do is rest after a long day, for tomorrow brings the hardest challenge yet. Sitting through another spell session with Twilight.