TransWorld: The Lab (870 hits)
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Submitted by GodChicken <Monty> (View user info) at 2007-08-31 14:02:38 EDT
Before the War, it was just a lab. Eugenics, Inc. operated a genetic research laboratory in the southern Ozarks, quietly making the world a better place through their products. Splicing DNA. Resequenced bacteria sold to other companies who needed a constant supply of one thing or another, all brought to you by the wonderful world of science. Growing bacteria, cloned animals, analyzing the fragmentation of DNA through multiple generations of the same animal.
When the War got seriously underway, casualties started to mount up fast. Eugenics picked up a contract to develop performance enhancers, but it wasn't enough. The gene splicing technology and the cell growth acceleration process were militarized in the Defense Act of 2105.
The researchers were thrown out. Eugenics, Inc. was swallowed up in the grey area of the military industrial complex. Patents overridden, their carefully developed and hoarded knowledge passed out to other corporations willing to expand operations and make a quick buck.
The maintenance staff, the janitors, the groundskeepers from the local towns, still slack-jawed and ignorant of the world outside their little corner of mountain paradise, were afraid to go near.
Dr. Jackson Philgrey oversaw the willing (and unwilling) transformation of the first combat regiments brought in. Make them strong, make them aggressive, they said. So he did. Men crossed with gorillas. Men crossed with bulls. Muscles knotted and bulked on skeletal frames completely alien to the minds inside. But it worked.. in an infantry charge, most of these guys could take anything short of heavy weapons and still rip a tree out of the ground and smash a tank with it.
The backlash against these "monstrosities" at first overwhelmed the government, but the results were too good to let go so easily. They ordered more and more types, more and more combinations that could accomplish different kinds of missions and tasks. People got used to the idea. People got used to seeing the cat-men, the wolf-men, and others. But not everyone. It was "playing God" some said. They hated the hybrids, refused them in the most basic way, denied the intelligence and underlying humanity of the creatures.
When everything really started to fall apart, the government failing to respond to the most basic needs of the population, the Lab, as it was casually referred to, was sealed. Dr. Philgrey was found dead in his office, an apparent homicide victim. A copy of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was found beside him, which had become a rallying point for both sides of the issue. The remaining military staff sealed up the lab, and left.
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"Goddamn cat-man.. HEY, BILLY?" Joe said, as he kicked the corpse into the ravine.
"Good shootin, Joe." Billy called, coming around the boulders Joe had been hidden in.
Both men wore hunting clothes, and a variety of weapons. An odd red, white, and blue patch on the shoulder.
Confederates. Pure-blood humans, united under a "Confederacy" they said had ruled these parts hundreds of years ago.
"You see where the other one went?" Joe asked.
Mrrath slipped away. No time to mourn her husband/mate now, the Confederates wouldn't shoot her any less for being a woman.
Coming over a rise and down into a low valley, long overgrown with the thick kudzu vines that made it so hard for the Homo Sapiens to follow, she saw a large ruin, completely covered in the vines.
It would make a good hiding place while she figured out where to go next. Prying open the rusted door half-buried under plant growth, she stepped inside.
"Eu ni s, INC South ark U.S. ARMY bio gic l weap s and TRANSGENICS birthing fac ty" read faintly on a sign in the front room.
What WAS this place?
User Reviews
Submitted by jimilovw (user info) at 2008-02-26 14:55:02 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
God chicken.. that doesnt say much about you. Your the first in line to be a mcnugget
good for you.. good for you!
Submitted by evilgerbil25666 (user info) at 2008-01-03 12:26:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-01-03 17:22:57 GMT (#)
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The next time I see your mom hooking on the corner I'm going to kick her fucking ass for buying you a computer for Christmas.
good idea there, but sadly my mother didn't buy this pc, i've just been using your mum's whilst mine got fixed, sadly she sent me a pic of herself and the fucking monitor smashed-o well!
Submitted by StonedSilly (user info) at 2007-09-28 20:01:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
damn good monty. wow.
Submitted by interloper (user info) at 2007-09-06 23:30:13 EDT (#)
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please continue it
Submitted by zwerg (user info) at 2007-09-04 11:11:29 EDT (#)
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more please
Submitted by RabiedRooster (user info) at 2007-09-03 10:52:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Erm been playing a little too much Bioshock lately?
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-09-01 13:24:10 EDT (#)
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Crossdresser below.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-09-01 13:24:07 EDT (#)
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Drunk alter above.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-09-01 13:22:38 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-09-01 13:22:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-09-01 10:57:45 EDT (#)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2007-09-01 10:33:50 EDT (#)
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To underscore the +2, ofcourse; Great Story! Longer! PD push button codes!
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2007-09-01 10:33:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
(you asked for it) Eugenics is a bit too humdrum a name for this kind of corporation. I've seen it in movies, games, and online stories. Did you take it from one of them? Immortals, or something?
and about:
"The basic nature of contentment makes it inversely proportional to your level of creativity"
I think Poe wouldn't have been any more than a copywriter if he didn't live the crappy life he did.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-09-01 09:10:45 EDT (#)
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grEat
Submitted by Hairdo2000 (user info) at 2007-09-01 07:03:51 EDT (#)
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Awsome!!
Submitted by beat_raven (user info) at 2007-09-01 04:41:49 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-09-01 00:32:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
will read when drunk wears off
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-08-31 21:08:20 EDT (#)
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I am surprised nobody has commented on the name of the corporation.
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2007-08-31 20:26:42 EDT (#)
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Oh you would put the beginning of all that evil in Arkansas. If its in the Ozarks then its near me and you better have a human/razorback hybrid!
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-08-31 19:23:16 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-08-31 19:23:02 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-08-31 19:22:42 EDT (#)
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i shouldn't rate when drunk. sorry.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-08-31 19:15:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-31 18:13:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-08-31 15:56:55 EDT (#)
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Write more.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-08-31 15:48:05 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-08-31 15:21:31 EDT (#)
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Holy crap! You must write more of these.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:56:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Will read when vicodin wears off
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:44:15 EDT (#)
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I like the idea of the Confederates.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:41:41 EDT (#)
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what everyone else said! This was awesome, and I cant wait for more.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:38:09 EDT (#)
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"The basic nature of contentment makes it inversely proportional to your level of creativity"
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True.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:16:16 EDT (#)
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Sorry guys, cutting my stories short has always been a problem. I don't hardly ever post, or write, anymore.
The basic nature of contentment makes it inversely proportional to your level of creativity.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:13:02 EDT (#)
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This wasn't that bad.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:08:53 EDT (#)
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I'll write more later, but I do have to do work too.. and I'll play with more ideas over the weekend before I throw anything into the submit box.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:08:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
nice...i wanted to keep reading, but you CUT IT SHORT
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:08:11 EDT (#)
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yeah... TOO SHORT!
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:08:00 EDT (#)
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Gaaaaaah.
Come on, Monty - YOU write more!!!
This was great. HATE THE CLIFFHANGER (but I want more, so I guess it worked)
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:07:27 EDT (#)
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I like playing with meat.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-08-31 14:03:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
ok people. ready set go. Here's some extra meat to play with for more stories.