Lab Rat Chase Novels & Stories

"Then listen carefully. They’ll track by scent first. Get as high up as you can and wash your tracks away with running water, if you can. They’ll anticipate that you’ll run — use that as your moving point.” Mark snorted. Or you send one of them home early and send a message.’ Ethan shot him a glare. "Not helping." I smirked slightly. "Actually, he is." A horn sounded, breaking the night. The hunt had begun. I turned and ran into the dark, my wolf surfacing. The forest lost definition as I ran, every instinct urging me to go faster. But I wasn’t going to just run.

My heart started pounding so hard it echoed in my ears. “What… what is this…?” I whispered. My hands shook as I reached for my drawer to grab a small rag, I told myself maybe it wasn’t real, maybe it was paint…Maybe— Then something caught my eye. Something under the desk. I bent down slowly and my entire body went cold. Dead rats. Two of them. Lying right under my chair like someone placed them there for me to find. My throat tightened. The room spun and before I could stop it, the scream ripped out of me.

The kind of place hunters pretended didn’t exist while building their lies on top of it. Above, the distant thrum of the chopper came and went, circling like a bad omen that refused to settle. Below, Lucian moved faster now, driven by certainty, by the belief that the world owed him one last triumph. Abel slowed. This wasn’t a chase anymore. Chases ended with escape or capture. This was a hunt. And hunts had rules. You let the prey believe it was winning. You let it show you where it was strongest. And then you ended it.

Fucking distraction. When Mrs. Middleton dismissed us, Rowan, Grayson, and I made our way to the cafeteria, the usual buzz of students already filling the space. The noise, the chatter, the scattered trays—all of it was the kind of chaos I had learned to block out. But today, my focus kept slipping.

Why was he chasing after me now? Chapman Corporation had many business partners. Although they weren't as established as Reed Corporation, it would be easy for Howard to get Melissa a job with just one phone call. Did he really need to come all the way here to plead for mercy? I shook the thoughts from my head and got into bed. Taking out my phone, I started watching a drama. The next day, after my lecture, I headed straight to the Rollerskating Society. Howard arrived faster than I'd expected.

The rat ate and had remained active a few minutes after the poison, running around in the box Jayden put it in. The rat then moved slower and slower until it remained in a corner of the box, younger Jayden attentively watching it. The rat then began to twitch and squeal, its eyes on Jayden as it died. He could sense the pain, sadness and regret in the rat’s eyes and watched until the very last twitch, a strange kind of pleasure shooting through his body.

The burly deabru flew back like she Chuck Norrised him. The asphalt shifted beneath her feet and at a glance, it’d been broken down into dark gravel. Before she could think of what that meant, Voss started clapping. “And there we have one verified lab rat,” he said, tossing his cigarette. “Let’s see what else she can do.” With a wave of his hand, the woman rushed Dannie next.

I won’t live my life looking over my shoulder. We didn’t end up finding him in England. Nor in France, Germany, or even fucking Italy. It was starting to feel like a wild goose chase. We’ve been chasing him down for six fucking months. Six months this slimeball has managed to escape us. But today, it ends. Today he screwed up big time.

"What's happening down there?" "Um, um!" Henry stuttered. "Rats!" Jack said, and Henry shot him a surprised look. "There are rats in the lab! Lots of them." "Rats?" Mr. Richard said, sounding alarmed. Jack and Henry nodded. "Yes, dad," said Henry. "God knows I can't stand rats!" Mr. Richard said, entering his office as one of his guards opened the door for him. "Now's your chance to run!" Jack whispered. "Dude, find out why he's here!" Henry whispered back and headed for the lab.

How dare she speak to me that way? But, well, I just had to be calm. This just got started. This was one rejected. Many chances were ahead of me. Oh, yeah, I just got interested in this “chase”. Roy Everett just got started. *** (How's this chapter? One comment/review will answer this question.😉)