Weird Science

[Ryan Naismith]

Lee stirred, and quickly jolted up. The first thing he noticed was the person looking into his window.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked angrily "and why the hell am I here?"

[Aconitum]

Acon smiled brighter. "I am the director of this facility and the head handler of the cryptic wing. You are here because you have a gift that needs studying." She cooed through the window.

[Ryan Naismith]

"What?" He goes "me? All I can do is shoot really well! Why the hell am I here?"

[Aconitum]

"Yes," Acon says, holding up a pointed index finger. "So well, that we must study you! You shoot with such precision, there is no way it's just a matter of mundane skill. You must present to us your art and we must study it!"

[Ryan Naismith]

Lee blinks with disbelief "ho-le shiet." He muttered to himself "seriously? This isn't some elaborate joke?"

[Aconitum]

Acon tilted her head in fascination at yet another specimen. "You are another beautiful child I will have to love with all my heart." She thought aloud, tapping a claw to her teeth.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray sat in his cell, waiting to be transitioned to the arena. He'd heard of the Wraith, just another push over needing to be knocked down a peg. Ray sighed, and laid back on his bed, looking up into the lights. He'd not thought about it until the Acon sat in his room, but there were lights on the floor as well. Ray figured it was to keep the shadows away. But these silly scientists don't get it, light is the fastest thing they can comprehend, but the dark...oh but the dark is so much faster. As light moves, it finds that the dark is already there, waiting for it. Dark is constant, there's no doubt about that. He chuckled as he flipped a cup upside down. "See? Always there."

[Aconitum]

Acon entered Ray's room and was leaning against the threshold of the door she kicked down. "Are you ready, my darling artist?"

[Rayleonarde]

Ray sighed. "Do I get to learn anything about my opponent? You guys usually tell me that they have a wife, or a child in the lab. Something to make me feel bad about killing them." He kept his eyes closed, as he used the shadows to look around the lab, as the door was left open.

[Aconitum]

Acon shook her head. "It was plucked straight from the wild. Pure animal instinct is all it has."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray scanned over some files about the Wraith, as he spoke. "Then, he will die like a savage. A little on the short side, isn't he?"

[Aconitum]

Acon smirked. "Yes, but he's fast. And very strong."

[Rayleonarde]

Ray nodded. "Uh-huh...but no matter how fast you are, it does you no good if I'm already there." He continued reading, not sure if Acon knew he was or not.

[Aconitum]

Acon smiled and pinched Ray's cheek. "You really are my most beautiful child." She cracked a proud smile.

[Rayleonarde]

Ray opened his eyes, and flinched. He hadn't noticed how close she had gotten.