Oddball

by The Infinity Doctor

Chapter 2

I prodded the black horn sticking out of my forehead, noticing that my hands were covered in a black substance, sort of like armor, up to my elbows

Did I mention there were holes in my arms? No?

Chrysalis- what did you do to me?

I lifted up my shirt and saw that patches of the same armor-like shell were all over my body the largest ones covering my chest and stomach

"You know what? I'm just going to go to sleep and hope that all of this is a bad dream..." I mumbled, climbing back into bed

I didn't get back to sleep, however, as a nurse decided to come into my room

She lost it and ran into the hall, screaming

She soon returned with two doctors and the police officer from the night before

"See! See! I told you it was here!" she cried, pointing at me

"Everyone just slow down-" I said, holding my hands in the air "There's no need to-"

The officer withdrew his taser and fired, the barbs digging into my skin stung, then came the electricity- I fell to the floor, unconcious, as my body continued to convulse

'So much for that plan'

X X X X X X X

I groaned as I sat up

"Oh great- I thought it was all-"

I looked down at my arms

"Nope- not a dream..."

I looked around the room and saw that I wasn't in the hospital- or anywhere I recognized for that matter
'Where am I?' I thought
I continued looking around the room, and realized that I was in one of those interrogation rooms like you see on those cop shows; the ones with the one-way mirrors

'Something tells me I'm being watched'
The locks on the door turned, then swung open- a middle aged woman wearing a black uniform and skirt walking through, carrying a clipboard and pen.
"Hello" she said
"Um, hi"
"Do you know where you are?"
She spoke slowly, as if she thought I'd have trouble understanding her
"I don't know- Roswell? Hoover Dam maybe?"
A brief look of suprise flashed over her face before disappearing- she scribbled something on her clipboard and looked up
"Why are you here?" she asked
"Why do you think I'm here? The last thing I remember is getting tased"
"No, I mean why are you here? On Earth?"
"Wait-"
It all fell into place-

they thought I was an alien

I fell out of the bed, laughing
"What exactly-"
"hahahahahah"
"-is it that-"
"hahahahahah"
"-you find so funny?"
"That you actually think I'm an alien" I said, calming down
"How did you-"
"Oh please- did you really think I couldn't figure it out? Based on all of this?"
She stammered and blushed a little
"When can I leave?"
"I'm sorry, you can't"
"What?"
"It's the higher-ups' decision...you're being held here indefinetely"
"No- no! You can't do this!"
She backed out of the room
The door locked, leaving me alone in the cell
"No! Please! Let me out! Let me out!"
I banged my fists on the door, screaming
'Okay, okay, stop- this isn't going to get me anywhere' I thought

I went back to the bed and laid down, trying to figure out what to do next

X

"I'm sorry Miss- your friend died in his room this morning"
"I don't believe that for a second, if Sam was healthy enough to carry me all the way here, he should have been fine" Elaine said

He didn't answer her

Elaine sighed to herself as she went back to the grieving family

(The Dreamscape)

I looked around the endless black void as I did the first time- when I'd first met Chrysalis

"Hello"

'Speak of the devil'
I turned around and saw Chrysalis standing there
"What do you want?" I spat
"Nothing much, just to train you"
"Train me? For what?"
"You are part changeling, you may transform, as I do" She said
"Wha-"
She suddenly caught fire- or appeared to, green flames surrounded her

I shielded my eyes as they died down, in Chrysalis' place was a fairly young woman wearing a charcoal dress
"Chryssie?"
"Don't call me Chryssie" the woman snapped
"Is that you?"
"Who else would it be?" She asked, annoyed
"Um, right- so where should we start?"
She flashed back to her natural form
"Let's start with the basics, even our hatchlings are able to perform this exercise"

Her horn flashed again and a ball of fire formed between us
"Now- you try"

I tried focusing energy into my new horn, and got nothing more than a spark

"This will prove to be a very trying night" Chrysalis groaned

X

After several hours (I think), I was finally able to cast the spell Chrysalis had taught me
"Good" She said, unimpressed "I'll be able to teach you more in the coming nights"
"Oh, um, then where do we go from here?"
She looked off to the side
"You should be waking up soon"
"What do you mea-"
The Queen disappeared

X

I sat up in my bed, still in the cell those government people put me in

As soon as I stood up, the same woman from the day before walked into the room

"Hi" I said
"Hello"
"What is it they want this time?"
"Excuse me?"
"Your 'superiors', I don't think they'd send you in here without wanting to get something from me"
"They sent me in here to uh, get you- we're conducting some medical tests today" She murmured
"Alright, let's get this over with then..."

I felt something constrict around my wrist
"Really?"

"I'm sorry" she said, seemingly sincere "They're protocol"

I groaned as she placed the other cuff around my other wrist
She led me out of the cell and into a hallway, I was sure to try and memorize the way in case I needed an escape route.
"Sure are alot of cameras here, aren't there?"
"Yes..."
"So where are we exactly?"
"I've been ordered not to tell you..."
"Of course you have-"
She led me into what looked like a small hospital room- minus the windows

"They'll be with you shortly..."
"Uh, thanks- I guess"
She nodded and left the room
'I hope these people are as nice as her-'

The door burst open and a man in a lab coat and clipboard barged in
"Alright you monster-"

'No such luck-'

"-here's what's going to happen, I'm going to administer the tests, and you're going to sit there and be a good little whatever-you-are"
'Fair enough'
He went over to the small tray of instruments and pulled a syringe off the cart
Grabbing my wrist, he yanked it towards him- then proceeded to draw blood

Or he tried to, the needle actually bent and didn't leave a scratch
He took another syringe off the cart and tried again, recieving the same result
"You know" I said "They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
"Shut up!"

He set the useless needle on the tray, then attatched something to my horn
"Do it"
"Do what?"
"Whatever it is that's used for"
"I don't think-"
"I'll be the first to admit that, now do it"

"Okay, if you say so" I shrugged

I charged my horn and instead of the fire forming in front of me, the wire on my horn caught fire and soon the machine itself was in flames
The guy panicked and grabbed the fire extinguisher in the corner, the foam went everywhere as he put out the fire.
"I told you it wasn't-"

I was cut off as his hand collided with my face

"Shut up and get out, we're done for today" He snapped
I stood up and left the room, with what's-her-name leading me back to my cell
"It just occurred to me, I don't know your name"
"It's Sabrina, but everyone calls me Sady"
"Oh, well I'm Sam"
I offered my hand
"Nice to meet you" She said, hesitantly accepting the handshake

The feel of her hand against my 'chitin' (as Chrysalis called it) felt odd
She almost instantly jerked her hand away at the touch

"Sorry"
"It's alright" I said
We continued walking until we reached my cell- she hung back and entered the room a short while later "So, how did the tests go?" She asked
"Why should I tell you anything?"
"...alright, listen, I'm not supposed to do this- but I turned off the security cameras to this room, you can say anything you want"
"Why should I believe you? How do I know that you're not lying and that those cameras are actually rolling right now"
"I don't expect you to believe me...but I just think-"
"Think what?"
"It's just so- so- interesting! I mean, no offense to you- but no one's seen anything like you before"

"None taken...I guess I'll take that as a compliment"
'I really shouldn't do this- I really really shouldn't do this- but, she trusts me- you know what? I'll take my chances'
"...he tried to take some blood" I finally said
"Tried?"
"Yeah, the needle bent"
"It did?"
"Uh-huh, then he put something on my horn and told me to activate it-"
"Activate what?"
"My magic"
She just sat there- dumbfounded

"Magic-"
"That's right"
"Not the smoke and mirrors stuff, but actual magic-"
"I think that's what I said, yeah"
"Unbelievable"
"-so anyway, he tells me to activate it, and I tell him I shouldn't, he tells me to anyway and I comply- so I end up setting the thing on fire..."
"-and then what happened?"
"The idiot slapped me and told me to get out, end of story"
"I actually wouldn't mind if you'd set him on fire" She said, rolling her eyes
We both laughed
"You really don't like the guy, huh?"
"Not really, no- the only reason I put up with him is because I have to work with him"
"I feel sorry for you"
"Yeah...oh, and about what he did, I'll be sure he gets reprimanded for that"
"Here's hoping" I giggled, crossing my fingers

She sighed and stood up, she gave one last glance to me before exiting the room

I looked up and saw the red light on the camera come on

'Looks like I can trust her after all'

Comments

[Thecoolguy1239]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Keep it up!

[Blazing Shadow]

MOREMOREMOREMOREMORE *cough* what i mean is i would be delighted to have more of this story, as well as no-one believing hes human, at all.

EDIT: i fav'ed your story by the way, chrysalis probably should not know about mlp:fim if it is in this story

[Warrior Kitten]

WOW this story is going fast! Slow down, you'll hurt yourself!

[Headlock1_0]

It's nice, but MAN does it need to slow down. If it was any faster, I wouldn't be able to keep reading.

[tsaukpaetra]

Yeah, just about nobody is following "protocol" here, but since you probably don't actually know them I'll pass on that....