Content: Lab whump, child abuse, human trafficking, torture, near death experiences.
Word Count: 3543
A/N: I wrote this as like a backstory thing for an RP but I like it a lot so I'm posting it here too. It took me like a whole month to write and took up most of my drabble writing time. I hope you enjoy.
Oliver didnāt like this place. It was big, bright, and loud. He grabbed his motherās hand but she pulled it away quickly. Oliver looked up at her but she didnāt even glance at him. Had he done something wrong? Was she mad at him? He had been trying so hard to be good. Oliver wrapped his arms around himself. He wished ČĢ¶Ģ·Ģ·Ģ¢Ģ”ĶĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ eĢ”Ģ”Ģ”ĶĢĢĢĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ Ķ įøĢ“ĢµĢøĢ·ĢµĢ”Ģ¢Ģ»ĢĢĢĶĶĶĶaĢøĢ·ĢµĢ“ĢøĶĶĶĶ¢Ķ ĶĶ
cĢøĢøĢ“Ģ”Ģ”ĢĢĶĶĶĶtĢ“ĢøĢ”Ģ”ĢĢĶĢĢĢĢĶĆØĢ·Ģ“Ģ·Ģ”ĢĶĶ¢ĶĶĶdĢ·Ģ“Ģ·Ģ”ĢĶĶĢĢĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ Ķ was here with him. He always held his hand. Oliverās parents were talking to some strange people who all wore long white coats. He wasnāt sure what they were talking about. He looked up at all the adults wondering what was going on. One of the people, a woman with long blue hair, noticed Oliver looking at them and smiled. The woman bent down to his height,
āHey there bud, whatās your name?ā she asked softly. Oliver fidgeted with his hands nervously, he was supposed to be quiet.
āO-Oliverā¦ā he whispered to the woman. The woman smiled warmly at him.
āHi Oliver, you can call me Doctor Rivers. Weāre going to take care of you for a bitā She explained to the small boy.
āAm I sick?ā Oliver asked. He didnāt feel sick. Doctor Rivers seemed to consider this question.
āKind of, weāre going to make you stronger.ā she replied gently. Oliverās face lit up, maybe if he was stronger he could help his parents more and make them happy.
āOk!ā He bounced on his toes with excitement. Doctor Rivers smiled and stood up then held out her hand for Oliver to take.
āIāll show you to your new room if youād like,ā she offered. Oliver took her hand and bounced with each step as she led him away. When they reached the hall he turned back at his parents and waved before they led him away.
Oliver liked his new room. He had been living in it for a while now and it was way better than his room at home. There was a small bed with light blue covers, a dark blue rug around his bed, and even some toys. He had a puzzle with a picture of a bunch of fish and some blocks to build with. The only thing he didnāt like was that he never got to see ČĢ¶Ģ·Ģ·Ģ¢Ģ”ĶĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ eĢ”Ģ”Ģ”ĶĢĢĢĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ Ķ įøĢ“ĢµĢøĢ·ĢµĢ”Ģ¢Ģ»ĢĢĢĶĶĶĶaĢøĢ·ĢµĢ“ĢøĶĶĶĶ¢Ķ ĶĶ
cĢøĢøĢ“Ģ”Ģ”ĢĢĶĶĶĶtĢ“ĢøĢ”Ģ”ĢĢĶĢĢĢĢĶĆØĢ·Ģ“Ģ·Ģ”ĢĶĶ¢ĶĶĶdĢ·Ģ“Ģ·Ģ”ĢĶĶĢĢĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ Ķ and that he never got to go outside. It was kind of boring sometimes but Doctor River would bring him different kinds of puzzles to try everyday. Today when she came she didnāt bring anything with her though. Oliver looked at her confused but she just smiled.
āWe are going to give you a check up today, to make sure you are healthy.ā Doctor Rivers explained. Oliver jumped up from where he sat on the floor.
āOk!ā he happily made his way over and took Doctor Rivers' hand as she led him to an examination room. He sat up on a table while another doctor looked him over. They checked his blood pressure, weight, height, eyes, ears, everything. The whole thing always made Oliver nervous.Ā
āHealthy as a horse, I think he might be ready.ā the doctor said.
āReally, you think so?ā Doctor Rivers responded, she eyed Oliver up and down as if checking something.
āHe meets all the requirements,ā the doctor replied. Doctor Rivers hummed with thought.
āReady for what?ā Oliver asked. Was it something special? Doctor Rivers smiled at him.
āWeāre going to make you strong now,ā She turned to the doctor, āGo ahead and give him the first shot.ā The doctor nodded and got a syringe. He filled it with some kind of liquid then disinfected Oliverās arm. He didnāt give much of a warning before injecting the liquid into Oliver. The kid whimpered from the sudden pinch and rubbed his arm when it was over.Ā
āGood job bud,ā Doctor Rivers praised as she helped him off the table. Oliver smiled proudly. She led him back to his room where he decided to play with blocks.
Oliver screamed, he did not want to do the test. They hurt. His head hurt, his hands hurt, his feet hurt, his back hurt, it all hurt. It never stopped hurting. He didnāt scream anything specific, he just wanted the doctors to go away. Doctor Rivers covered her ears.
āYouāve done this countless times, itās not scary.ā she insisted. She grabbed Oliverās wrist and he screamed again,
āNo, no, no! I donāt like it! Hurts!ā he cried out as she struggled against her grasp. She sighed with annoyance at Oliverās defiance.Ā
āThat doesnāt matter, you have to do it.ā Doctor Rivers insisted coldly. Oliver didnāt care what she had to say.
āNo!ā he yelled, pulling harder to free his arm. Doctor Riverās let go and Oliver fell backwards to the floor.
āTobi! Help me get Atlantis to the lab!ā Doctor Rivers called out to the intern. Tobi entered the room and grabbed one of Oliverās arms while Doctor Rivers grabbed the other. Oliver kicked and screamed as the two hauled him off to the lab where he was strapped down to a table still trashing in the restraints.Ā
āNo! I want ČĢ¶Ģ·Ģ·Ģ¢Ģ”ĶĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ eĢ”Ģ”Ģ”ĶĢĢĢĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ Ķ įøĢ“ĢµĢøĢ·ĢµĢ”Ģ¢Ģ»ĢĢĢĶĶĶĶaĢøĢ·ĢµĢ“ĢøĶĶĶĶ¢Ķ ĶĶ
cĢøĢøĢ“Ģ”Ģ”ĢĢĶĶĶĶtĢ“ĢøĢ”Ģ”ĢĢĶĢĢĢĢĶĆØĢ·Ģ“Ģ·Ģ”ĢĶĶ¢ĶĶĶdĢ·Ģ“Ģ·Ģ”ĢĶĶĢĢĶĶĶ¢ĶĶ Ķ !ā Oliver screamed as the restraints were strapped on.
āI have no idea who that is. Maybe the pain meds stopped working because of how difficult you are being.ā Doctor Rivers remarked and she prepped the equipment for the surgery. Oliver didnāt really understand but he was sure that canāt be how it worked. Doctor Rivers put the mask for the anesthetic gas to put Oliver to sleep. Oliver thrashed and moved his face to avoid it but Doctor Rivers got it on with ease.
āWhy are you so difficult, would you rather be awake for the surgery? We can arrange that if you keep being such a little shit.ā Oliver didnāt have any time to react to the threat. The gas began to take effect and the room faded to black.
Atlantis looked so different. He was sure he didnāt always look like this but his memory was all scrambled. He sat in the corner of his room trying to remember. He knew something was missing, maybe even a lot. Doctor Rivers came into the room catching Atlantisā attention.Ā
āThereās some testing we need to do,ā Doctor Rivers said coldly. She grabbed Atlantisā arm and he immediately scratched her.
āAH! WHAT THE FUCK?!ā Doctor Rivers yelled as she pulled away. Atlantis pushed himself into the corner as much as he could.
āWe have got to do something about those nails. Tobi! Come bring it to the lab!ā Doctor Rivers called out before leaving the room. Tobi entered right after she left. He managed to grab Atlantisā hands with minimal scratches and drag him off to the lab. He mumbled angrily the whole time. Atlantis was retrained as he had been countless times before. Doctor Rivers bandaged her arm and came to sedate Atlantis. He screamed and thrashed as the mask went on and his world faded to black.
Mara Rivers sighed. Why did he always have to scream? It was so annoying. The surgery today was some simple DNA modifications. Mara got Atlantis hooked up to the monitors before they began. The steady beep of the heart monitor made decent background noise. Her assistants finished up their preparations and they cut into Atlantis. The surgery went smoothly as usual as they began to apply the changes inside of Atlantis. Mara had done this countless times before. Suddenly alarms began to go off as Atlantisā heart became dangerously slow and seemed to be getting worse.
āShit!ā Mara quickly injected some meds to help then began working on keeping the heart beating.
āShit, shit, shit. Not now, not after putting 3 years into this project.ā Mara would surely be in for it if Atlantis died now. While they never expected him to live long they have already put so much money into him. He should have been able to last at least a few more years. Finally they got his heartbeat back to normal and Mara let out a sigh of relief.
āStitch him up, we arenāt continuing until we know what happened.ā She instructed her
assistants, who got to work quickly. When Atlantis was stitched up Mara made her way to her office to fill out an incident report which took up the rest of the day.
Atlantis paced the room. He couldnāt sit right with this thing growing out of him. The blue lady said it was a tail. Atlantis wasnāt sure he knew what that was. What he did know was that it hurt a lot. Sitting only made it worse and of course all the things the doctor people gave him that they said would help donāt help at all. He stared at his filed down nails annoyed. He wanted to scratch them so they would hurt too. Then it would be fair. He scratched his arm just to see if they were sharper now but nothing happened. He kicked the bed in frustration. He hated this place and he hated being in pain all the time.Ā
Atlantis was bored out of his mind. He never had anything to do outside the testing. Even with the test most of them he was unconscious for and the others usually just hurt. All he had to do was walk in circles around the room till he was too tired to keep going. He had just started to walk when he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness hit him. He tried to put his hand on the wall to steady himself but missed. He fell face first and blacked out as he hit the floor.
When Atlantis woke up he was in a tub of water. He groaned and looked around the room confused. He saw the blue lady and some others called āinternsā he could never tell apart. The blue lady seemed relieved when he looked at her.
āYou passed out on us Atlantis,ā she said, sensing his confusion. He didnāt respond, he looked down at the water. It felt nice, as though it was a part of him. He felt so much more alive and healthy. He lifted his hand and watched the water fall through his fingers, fascinated. The blue lady sighed and stood up.Ā
āGet a tub of water for itās room, I donāt want him passing out too much.ā She said in a hushed voice to someone by the door. Atlantis was left alone in the room. He looked around still kind of confused about what was going on. He moved so basically his whole body was submerged in water other than his nose. It felt really nice, he hoped this would never end.
Atlantis never left the kiddie pool that had been put in his room. He almost always had to be forced out for testing or punishments. He had been trying desperately to pry the muzzle off his face for days. He hated the way it pressed against his face and forced his mouth shut. He hadnāt had any food in days and it was starting to hurt. He screamed and splashed the water in frustration. This wasnāt fair, they hurt him first! Suddenly the door clicked open and Atlantis froze, looking to the door curious. One of the intern people came in. It was the yellow girl. She stood away from Atlantis near the door.
āIf you want this food you need to let me take off the muzzle and not bite me, ok?ā she said sternly. Atlantis couldnāt respond even if he wanted to. He simply tilted his head and stared at the food. The yellow girl rolled her eyes and walked over to him.
āDumbass animal,ā she mumbled as she walked. Atlantis felt anger burn in him, everyone was always so mean to him. He hated everyone here. She unlocked the muzzle and slipped it off Atlantisā face. The moment the muzzle was off Atlantis lunged at the intern. He bit her arm as hard as he could and did not let go. The girl screamed and tried to push Atlantis off to no avail.Ā
āLet go of me fish freak!ā she yelled as she kicked him in the gut. The kick caused Atlantis to let go as he recovered from the pain and the intern used the opportunity to leave the room. Atlantis didnāt even notice the blood in his mouth as he quickly got to eating the dropped food on the floor. Minutes later a bunch of large security people came into the room. They held Atlantis down.
āLET ME GO! STOP IT!ā Atlantis screamed and kicked as he was forced still. The muzzle was forced back onto his face and he was manhandled into the cage they had left in his room. Once he was secured the security left the room. It was weirdly quiet when it was all over. The only sound in the room was Atlantisā heavy breathing. He screamed nothing in particular through the muzzle then tore the blanket left in the cage to bits. By the time he was done he was too tired to be mad anymore. He lay on the cold floor and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Atlantis loved the water. The swimming tests were his favorites. He sat in his kiddie tub moving the water around. He often sat there just watching the water move as he ran his hand through it. Suddenly the dreaded blue lady came in to undoubtedly make him do something painful. As she walked over he held up his hands as if to shield himself from her. Suddenly all the water shot up in front of his hands like a wall before falling back down. The blue lady stopped dead in her tracks and Atlantis stared at the water in confusion. Did he do that? How did he do that? He held out his hand above the water and pulled it up towards him like a magnet. The blue lady speed walked over to him.
āHow are you doing that?!ā She asked with genuine fascination. Atlantis just looked at her, the muzzle did not allow him to speak. She stared at the small water tower he had made with wonder all over her face. Atlantis looked at her then at the water, he promptly splashed it in her face. She reeled back, shielding her eyes.
āAGH! You beast! Canāt you behave for two damn seconds?!ā She yelled at him. He once again could not respond, though she didnāt even wait for him too before storming out of the room.
Atlantis had been in this room messing with the water for the better part of an hour. He was really liking this testing. The voice told him what to do and he did it. They had him make big towers of water, various shapes and sizes, and even make the water look like people. He currently had made a circle of water around his waist moving constantly around him. He smiled as he put his hand in the water and felt the stream move through his fingers. He heard the door click open and the yellow intern girl came in.
āTime to wrap it up, let's go.ā She said, seemingly already annoyed with him. Atlantis took a step back. He did not want to go back, he couldnāt. He hadnāt had this much fun ever. As the yellow girl walked closer he moved without thinking. He used a whip of water and threw the intern into the wall full force. She hit the wall hard then fell to the ground limp. Atlantis stared in shock, he knew he had messed up this time. They would kill him for sure. He could hear people coming and in a panic jumped into the pool of water and let himself sink to the bottom. He could hear the connotation above the water and saw faces as security worked to get him out. They eventually managed to pull Atlantis from the pool using a long stick with a hook. He didnāt even fight as he was locked in the little cage and left all alone. He wouldnāt get to do that kind of testing ever again.
Atlantis looked at his empty plate then felt his stomach rumble. The meager amount of food he was given was never enough to fill him up. He watched as the mean guy intern was moving to put the muzzle back on and suddenly he began to sing. It wasnāt any real song, more of a hum. Atlantis didnāt even realize what he was doing. The mean guy froze in his tracks then left the room robotically before returning with an unnecessary amount of food for Atlantis. He dropped the food then seemed to come again. He shook his head and looked around with confusion and panic.
āWhat the hell did you do to me?!ā he yelled at Atlantis, who did not respond. He wasnāt entirely sure what he had done or how. It just happened. The mean intern rushed out of the room in a panic and Atlantis just sat happily eating his food. He was sure there would be consequences for what had happened but that was a problem for the future.
Atlantis was in a locked testing room with the mean intern again. He was supposed to do what he did earlier again. He wasnāt sure why he should do that for them. They hate him. Then he noticed food, just out of his reach behind a door. He could use the mean intern to get it. He didnāt care if he was playing their game; he wanted the food. He hummed just as before and watched as the intern made his way through the door and brought the food back. The food was set down and Atlantis stopped humming to eat. It was the same food as usual but all the food was good food. The intern seemed annoyed but didnāt yell at him like last time. The intern left the room and Atlantis ate his food in peace.
The mean intern was stranger everyday. He came in with all this random stuff to wear. The subject found it fun to find new ways to bite him with the weird stuff he wore. Some of it was squishy and sometimes it was hard. The subject always seemed to find a way to bite skin though. It was like a game. The mean intern only ever seemed frustrated, not that the subject cared at all. The intern never did figure out how to avoid being bit.
Something new was happening. It had the subject on edge. He had been left in the empty room alone with seemingly no testing happening. He paced the room waiting for anything to happen. Finally the blue lady came into the room, she had what looked like a long stick with 2 prongs on the end. The subject looked at it curious. Was it for a test? Was it for walking? Was she going to hit him with it? None of the ideas that circulated his head could have prepared him for what really happened. The blue lady turned the device on and stabbed it into the subjectās side. Electricity shot through his whole body and he fell to the floor a jittering mess. He felt like he was on fire. Tears fell down his face as the pain slowly faded away leaving a nagging ache in his body. Why had this happened? What had he done wrong?
āWeāve decided you need some behavioral training. Misbehave and you will get zapped. Got it?ā The blue lady explained. The subject groaned as he looked up and nodded.Ā
āGood. Letās continue then.ā
The subject was tired. They had him fighting for hours every day and it left him horribly sore. He wasnāt sure what āweapon trainingā really meant, just that he did not like it. He lay in his pool ready to drift off to sleep. As he closed his eyes there was a loud boom and the whole building shook. The lights flickered and went out, and the door swung open on its own. Now wide awake the subject stared at the door confused. What just happened? Worried of a trick he slowly approached the now open door and peaked into the hallway. He didnāt see any scientist but saw other subjects leaving. He made his way down to the hall and found what seemed to be the source of the boom. A huge hole was in the center of the lab. The subject looked up to see it had gone through the ceiling. What could have caused something like this? Heād never seen a whole this big ever.
āHey! What are you doing?! Come on!ā Someone yelled from below in the hole, snapping the subject out of his thoughts. He saw a red bird-person carrying a blue person with a tail and a small person following them. The first two looked really hurt. The subject didnāt think much just quickly followed the group out of the lab.
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