Lab Testing...

Luke's arch-nemesis, Dr. Anders, and a group of scientist that Luke doesn't know have showed up to do some more testing and experimenting on him.  Luke's father, Dr. Emia, tried to calm him down, but Luke is too panicked.  Any time that Dr. Anders shows up, he knows he is going to have a bad day.

He is in a daze on the white lab table surrounded by Dr. Anders and four unknown people. They are all wearing white lab coats and staring at him as though they can't believe their eyes.  Thick leather straps have his arms and legs pinned to the cold table.  Directly above him, there is a bright, round light with reflective sides.  He can see part of his pale, nearly transparent face.  Suddenly, a sharp pain shoots through his body as whatever the scientists injected into his body starts to take affect.  Luke writhes in pain and he loses control of his body.  His muscles contract on their own accord and he can't even control his own voice.  He wants to scream, but nothing comes out.  A sudden wave of heat envelopes him and his eyes begin to water.  Now there is a sudden chill followed by another wave of heat.  His body contracts so hard that he can feel his back up off of the table.  The cold and the heat continue their cycle.

The four scientists back away from the table, but Dr. Anders remains at his side.  He is staring at a monitor just behind Luke’s head.  It has been beeping loudly for several minutes now.  Luke looks up and sees his face again; however, it is not his face.  The face he sees now has regular, human color to it instead of its usual paleness.  His bright green eyes seem to be turning blue.  Then another wave of cold takes him over and his usual complexion returns and his eyes glow bright green again.  This happens several more times before the pain becomes too much.  Luke feels his muscles contract and jerk around, but his mind no longer cares as he drifts in and out of awareness.  He looks at his reflection again and sees it change a few more times before his eyes finally close and he loses consciousness.


There is just a taste of what Luke has to go through nearly every day.  No matter how much he pleads with his father, he is still forced to endure the torturing tests that the scientists continue to put him through.  The changing of his skin tone is a new phenomenon, however, and the scientists know that they are closer to getting rid of the tainted part of Luke's body.  That means, the testing will only become more frequent and more agonizingly insufferable...