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Shad sat in the office chair and spun around playfully as he pondered on how to treat the situation. He asked himself what he would do with Damion when he woke up. He stopped and looked over at the couch. He had lifted Damion's heavy weight up to the couch and arranged him in a confortable position. Then he felt Molly's tail brush his hand.

"Have you got a plan on this yet?" She asked sitting down.

"Well...to an extent...I figure I'll move a seat over to him and wait when he wakes up. Then I'll inform him and keep the revolver handy in case he decides to get hasty! I won't fire, but rather keep him cornered, I don't think I could handle a death." Shad said twiddling his thumbs.

Damion rolled over on the couch, he appeared to be shifting around as he looked to be coming back into conciousness. Shad pushed with his feet, making the office chair wheel itself to the front of the couch. He faced Damion and put a hand in his pocket next to the revolver, just for a safe feel. Shad leaned back and tried to play it cool, he was nervous...but he couldn't let Damion know that, who was now rubbing at his eyes with his hands.

"Wake up Damion...it's time to talk" Shad said in a rather snappy tone.

"W....what the hell happened...." Damion managed to get out with a strain.

"It doesn't matter what happened, it's what's going to happen...now talk!

Damion opened his eyes and looked over at Shad astonished. He blinked a few times before his eyes changed to an angry expression again. He sat up and felt around his coat.

"Looking for something?... Shad said pulling the revolver out of his coat and letting it face the ceiling. "...you dropped this...thought I might hold it for safe keeping". He said letting out a small grin, he knew he was as smooth as ice.

"Kid like you shouldn't play with guns, you might get hurt! Why don't you hand it over and I won't have to get serious alright?" He said stretching out his hand.

"heh...well, I'd love to...but I think I rather admire the fine details..." Shad said fiddling the gun in his hand and then pointing it at Damion. "...so, why don't I ask a few questions first, then maybe we can work out a deal?"

Damion moved back in the couch a little seeing the gun facing him. "Heh...kid, you got some guts pointing that thing at me, shit, you probably can't even pull the trigger can you?" He said cocking a smile with the angry expression still on his face.

Shad put his finger on the hammer and pulled it back, he was going to start playing mind games now. He removed all the bullets, but he wasn't going to let Damion see that. A faint click of the revolver sounded as Shad put his finger on the trigger. Damion flinched back and his smile quickly faded. "Hey, kid, come on, you wouldn't shoot would you, I mean...how would the authority's respond to a murder?" Damion asked putting his hands in the air with defeat.

"I don't know...I'd much rather be more worried as to how they'd respond when they found you here" Shad responded with a smile. He knew he won, it was only moments now that he'd be able to get some answers.

"alright, alright...you play a helleva game kid! Well, I take it you probably seen me in the headlines eh? Well yeah, I escaped, but I got a back up. Someone else took my place, they framed themselves as me. So really, I'm already back in prison!.." Damion said waving his hands in circles with a small grin. "...but I like your courage kid, so yeah, I'll talk".

Shad put the gun back in his pocket. Seeing this Damion sat up a little on the couch and put his hands on his legs. Shad moved the chair back slowly as he put his hands behind his head and relaxed. "Iska Brothel...what do you know of him?" Shad asked. Damion's eyes widened to the name. Damion laid back a little and kept full attention on Shad.

"..how...how do you know him? Me and him worked together here a long time back..." Damion said, his eyes fixed on Shad.

"Well, let's just say that a "fox" told me" He replied with a glance back at Molly as she padded up slowly to Shad.

"M...Molly...your still alive! God...this means...Iska's hope isn't dead yet!" Damion said reaching his arms out at her, inviting her to him. Molly stayed in place next to Shad. She looked up at him with confusion.

"So, you are related to Iska's work...mind explaining to me what you two were doing?" Shad said thinking in his mind what he had read in the logs.

"Well, Iska and I worked with several experiments in this lab your in. We did everything to engineering plants to help growth, all the way to a prototype youth. But, he encountered a problem in his last experiment. See, that fox there, Molly, he wanted to turn her into to some anthromorphic being. I personally don't know why, but he said that their friendship was pretty strong. So I just went with it, doing what he said."

"So..what happened to him?" Shad asked leaning up in the chair, crossing his arms.

"Well....when we attempted to try the experiment, we put the fox in the chamber over there..." he said pointing to the machine across the room. "...We started it up, and the machine came to life and began to power up. But then it threw up warnings and everything else and went nuts! Iska however just gave it a tough look and ran over to the control box. When he opened it he grabbed ahold of the wires accidently trying to shut it down to abort. In doing so he was electrocuted and thrown across to the panel. The machine shut down successfully, releasing the fox with a cloud of smoke. But Iska was in bad shape. His heart was beating slower and he was short on breath. He told me not to let the fox die...so I injected it with the prototype Youth chemical we had. That Molly was looking something awfull though, I wispered to myself for her not to go..." Damion looked down at the floor.

Molly ceased all movement and looked up at Shad. "Shad...I remember now...that was him that saved me...I remember he injected me with something before it went blank". Shad stared down at her, then back toward Damion, who was now looking back at Shad.

"...She shortly fell to the floor and layed there after a couple seconds from the injection. I hoped her body accepted it, but at the same time, I was concerned with Iska's health. I ran over to him just as he was mumbling a few words. I begged him to hold on...but he...he....died!..." Damion clenched a fist and hit his knees. "...I then sat in this exact spot with that fox. I couldn't find out what to do...my college just died...I was alone with a body...I had to worry about Molly...and ontop of it all, this was all under wraps! I couldn't just ask for help, or we'd be exposed to the public...as monsters. We weren't afraid to experiment with things people are today. And so, we did many experiments. But, it hit me what I could do to keep it all underground. I dragged Iska's body to the road...and I brought a handgun we kept upstairs in the desk with me. I posed as a killer and was arrested". Damion said reaching over and grabbing some Pocky from Shad's box.

It all made sense now. Damion kept everthing from the public by getting rid of the evidence. He posed as a killer and managed to get Iska's body properly taken care of. Shad thought of what he'd do in Damion's position. He wouldn't want to have to deal with all the stress of witnessing someone die...let alone keeping everthing to himself in secrecy. It was a tough decision, but it was a noble act. He was very dedicated man indeed to have done all this for the sake of science...for Iska. Shad felt his heart sink, this man wasn't bad at all. He was in fact the most honest man he had known now. He probably wouldn't have shot Shad if he had the chance. He was on the run from the law, it was natural to be scared and secure.

"So..how did you say you got out?" Shad asked, intreaged as to how he managed a feat like that.

"I made some friends in prison...many of which were in there from misunderstandings. They said that they had been in there for a long time and that it was pretty much like a home anymore. They said that their own home was already gone, so they really didn't have much of a choice. One of them was in my cell, and during recess, we managed to knock out a few guards. Across from us, my other pals raised some hell as a distraction.We used the well bided time to conceal the guards and use their coats. I'm still wearing this thing ain't I?..." Damion said standing to take it off. "...heh, well we ran through the crowd of riot guards throught the cell blocks and through the security gates. We ran all the way to the small mines a few miles from here. We swapped clothes and I thanked him for his sacrifice. He looked strikingly similiar to me, and through the time we spent there, we both grew facial hair. So he shaved up to even match me. He went back toward the prison with the coat and purposley acted to get caught. I'm guessing he should be by now anyway. As for me, I made my way stealthly through the backwoods and here!" Damion said sitting the coat on the floor.

"Damn...sounds to me like you guys had it well planned out huh...?" Shad said grinning leaning back into the chair. "...but you know...now that I think about it, your not so bad. You made a noble sacrifice yourself to Iska. And As I snooped around here I found the documents that he had wrote about Molly's voice amplifier and the other experiment. He seemed awfully dedicated, but he didn't mention much about you".

"Heh...yeah, that's like 'ol Iska. He always liked to fool around and call me lazy and stuff. He liked fooling around with me just friendly. But yes, he was a very dedicated man. He stuck to his work nonstop untill it was finished. But, if I may, what business do you have sticking around here? Why are you so into him anyway?" Damion asked, giving a curious look at Shad

"He's...my father". Shad replied standing. Damion's jaw dropped as he glued his eyes on Shad. He looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"Y...your Iska's...son? He...mentioned once that he was going to have a son. I just never thought I'd actually see him!" Damion arose to Shad.

"Well, here I am, in the flesh" Shad said extending a hand to Damion. Damion responded by taking his hand into a firm handshake. "But, enough about me, I've been doing some reading. I thought I could perhaps ask you...to help me renew this "forgotten experiment" of Iska's"

Damion smiled at Shad and released his hand. "You mean...your acutually dead-set on going through with this thing?" he said almost sounding excited. Shad nodded and picked up Damion's coat and walked over and hung it up.

"Well yeah, I mean, it was sorta his primary goal, and you came here for a reason right? You probably were wanting to check on everything, so, why not accomplish this experiment. For Iska". Shad said walking to the computer projector. Damion smiled and walked toward the "private studies" room. He bumped the door open with his foot and flipped the lights on. Molly walked over to shad. She looked up at him and closed her eyes. Then she licked at his hand. "Shad, everything is okay with you right?" she asked. Shad looked down and smiled, giving a nod. Molly looked back over at the room. Suddenly the lights went back out and Damion walked out wearing a white lab coat much like his own. "Well, I thought I'd dress the part! heh...let's get to work shall we...uhmm..." Damion tilted his head a little. "Shad...Shad Brothel..." He said in response with a smile. "...let's!"