The weapon dealer's son

Chapter 4: new plans.

Adam was astonished, he knew what metabolism is, he just didn't really understand what it means, but he knew that it was big. The thing In his mind said it would enhance him, that must be good. He wasn't sure, but he didn't have any thing better to do.

The reason he believed it is because in his mind, when the thing talks to him it doesn't just say words. He can actually feel what it tries to do, he didn't have enough knowledge to understand most of it, but he knew it only wanted to make him better in every way possible, For some reason.

He was afraid of it at first, and wasn't happy to know that the thing that terrified him last night is actually inside his brain. But every time he interacts with it he gains more of its knowledge, and he can feel that it takes nothing in return, that was a simple equation that he didn't need to be smart to know its results.

Adam has a single minded personality, when he wants to do something, he would do it no matter what, or who, or how.

'will it hurt?!' Adam asked in anticipation, he wouldn't really mind if it does, he just wanted to be ready.

This time there was some basic information transferred before any words, it was like it didn't have enough words to explain the process, Adam actually felt stupid for not being able to describe what he apparently now knows.

[enhanced metabolism includes, faster Regeneration and assimilation.]

'go on then.' Adam gave the permission, he further trusted in the thing in his head when it actually asked for permission. He knew the reason it did was per his request, since he asked to be notified before any painful operation.

[25% maximum capacity will be used to enhance metabolism…

Preparation complete.

Resting position required…]

Adam laid back down on the bed when he heard this, he anticipated to be in allot of pain in a moment. he even put the pillow between his teeth, he have seen people doing this when they are in pain on TV.

[initiating enhancement…

Estimated required time, 20 minutes…

All motor functions are disabled during the enhancement.]

'wait what!! What does that mean? What is motor functions? I'm not a ro… oh yeah that!!' Adam asked before the pictures of all the things happening in his body entered his mind. 'so I won't be able to move?! What if I was in danger?'

When Adam didn't get any answer he focused on the things happening to his body. his skin temperature was so high, his inner organs spasms made him uncomfortable, but that's it. There was no pain at all, it was like having gasses.

After a few minutes of this he fell asleep, the other children left the room half hour ago, he still had at least 2 hours before miss sydni would come and wake him up, he was not planning to escape today any more, he needed to see how much change will come to his body if he did this enhancement a few more times.

His last escape plans didn't work because he was not prepared, the first time was 3 months ago when he had just arrived at the orphanage. He hid himself in the supply truck, and actually got to the city, but unfortunately the truck was parked in a closed shop. When he tried to leave, Jeff the truck driver caught him and called gem the care taker. Gem then went to the city to get him back.

Every time when he escape, Gem is always the one finding him or bringing him back for some reason. He was also the one finding him yesterday in the woods. There is rumors between the kids that Gem is an orphan as well, when he was a child he escaped and got caught by a gang, they made him their play thing and ordered him around, sometime they would beat him up just for looking wrong. No one knows how that ended up, or if it were true, they just knows that Gem would be pissed off when any one brings it up.

"hey little devil! Wake up, miss sydni wants you in her office." It was 11 o'clock when gem poked Adam with a stick the length of his hand, he never dared to touch him every since Adam almost bitten off a part of his hand on his first day at the orphanage. Whenever any one tries to treat him roughly, the least thing Adam would do is to make sure they will never forget how his teeth looks like.

Adam opened his eyes with a sudden movement, which startled gem prompting him to step back, He found that the room is noisy and most of the children were back to their beds or doing other things. he stood up and eyed gem blankly, his face void from any expression as usual.

Gem pointed at the cuffs on Adam's leg, it was his idea to cuff him to the bed, he even personally purchased the cuff to do it. "birdy come here!" gem called, and when he arrived, birdy was afraid that he was going to be punished again because of Adam, tears were building up in his eyes.

Gem gave birdy the keys to the cuffs and instructed him to unlock them, he then noticed that part of the chain fell apart, "you broke the chain! it cost me 20 coins!" gem said in a saddened helpless expression, he was getting angry but he stopped when he noticed a slight grin on Adam's face, it scared him.

Adam silently followed gem, who kept glancing at him, afraid that he would do some unexpected thing as usual, but nothing happened. They walked in the silent hallway that seemed to be recently cleaned, the floor smelled like cleaning chemicals, the walls were covered in a never ending row of closets, the ceiling, like every other area in the building, had some missing patches of paint all over it.

Miss sydni's office was one of the many doors in the hallway. It didn't look different, the interior was the same as all the other rooms, the only difference was that there was no wallpaper or closets or anything covering the walls other than some frames, some cracks were too big to be covered by the frames. Some of the frames were painted and others were pictures of the orphanage staff or some other people that Adam didn't see before.