Lab Rats: Spike Novels & Stories

The rat stops moving at once. But then it starts to gasp and move in jerky movements like Hyperion did. Its skin soon gets ripped like Hyperion did too, and the fur coming out of the rat has the same rough texture. It squeals, but it almost feels like it’s not out of pain. It’s almost like the rat is having fun with it. It even hisses and snaps at me. The pieces are starting to come together now. Drake injects a different liquid into the rat, turning it back into its normal snippy self. Our eyes meet.

Then, the professor pulled out an intercom and yelled loudly into it, “What the f*ck are you all waiting for? Hurry up and release the super-class beasts.” At this time, within the building, a group of employees in white lab coats heard the command through the intercom. They started to work on it immediately. A syringe that contained the Red Spider was taken out. The drug was constantly being injected into the body of those animals. About a minute later, the gate of the building opened again. A deafening roar could be heard from the inside. It was so loud that even the ground was trembling slightly. Rumble! A large number of animals rushed out from inside. Each animal was fierce and vicious,

The sound, the recent quake, and the smell of blood attracted the rats again, they left their burrows with bloodshot eyes and madly dashed towards the injured monsters. “Fuck! Rhino 4 and Rhino 5 help your brothers! Beenedict get out of the cave and finish the lizard with Skeletor! All the tunneling worms attack the rats with all you got! Earl and Rhino 10 prepare to attack if things go south!” He was starting to get nervous, biting his virtual nail as the rats neared Rhino 3, but the tunneling worms managed to gobble up the fastest ones, then, he hastily moved them to attackers.

"Kailangan ko siyang i-isolate sa isang 'Sub-Sector'. Valerie, kailangan ko ang tulong mo. Ipasok mo ang iyong Neural Spike sa system, kailangan nating 'ikulong' si Vane sa isang virtual cage." ​Nagsimula ang isang digital na labanan sa loob ng pod. Habang ang pamilya ay mabilis na lumilipad sa gitna ng itim na kalawakan, sina Liam at Valerie ay nakikipagbuno sa isang "Digital Ghost" ni Dr. Vane. Sa bawat segundo, ang oxygen level ay bumababa dahil sa pananabotahe ni Vane.

However, contrary to expectations, the display fizzled out from just a light jab from Frank, and it even blew up in flames. Shocked, the scientist promptly put out the fire, while Frank smiled in wry amusement and apologized. "Sorry, I was holding back, but it's just more fragile than I thought!" The scientist was left speechless. So that was why Igor was insistent that a bigwig be their lab rat—such freaky physical data would be unmatched, even among the rest of the world! In short, this man was the best lab rat! And over the remaining tests, Frank's results surpassed the norm by a country mile.

Wolf! "Holy Mother of Megladon!" I mumbled and then my vision went black.

[The 24-Hour Mark] The red digital glow of the bedside chronometer flipped: 24:00:00. Halfway. The midpoint of our sentence. The air in the room had grown heavy, recycled and stagnant, as if the Spire itself were holding its breath alongside us. I was lying in the crook of Jinyan’s arm, my head rising and falling with his chest, when the hum of the link didn't just intensify—it screamed. It wasn’t a sound. It was a "Neural Spike," a jagged shard of high-frequency data tearing through the calm we had spent the last day building. Jinyan’s body went rigid, his muscles turning to corded iron beneath my touch.

All of them. Lira could've been any one of these girls. Hell, she probably was... and worse. I flipped through the pages faster now, heart pounding as I came across medical reports. Dosage logs. Experimental formulas with half the ingredients scribbled out or labeled only by number. "Subject 37 – Unstable hormonal spike after Formula C – advise additional sedation." My blood ran cold. Three-Seven. Lira. They kept fucking logs on her like she was a lab rat. Not a person. Not a woman.

“First of all, thank you for coming on such short notice. Jessica and I have made crucial progress with the sulfa tablets. It doesn’t differ much from the previous formula that I fixed for Moonlit Labs, but will be much more accessible to the public and the citizens of the country.” I turn to Jessica and she passes me a large plate that holds four tiny bowls. Inside the bowls is a crisp white powder. I hold the plate out and the three of them take a bowl, inspecting it. Setting the plate down, I take the last bowl and direct their attention to a sick lab rat in a cage. “I’m going to take the powder and apply a small amount to his exposed wound that has sadly been infected.” Out of the corner

A noise report. My jaw tightened. I felt it then…heat crawling up my neck, rage licking at my control. “There’s nothing down there for you,” I said evenly. “The basement houses laboratory specimens. I have permits.” “Specimens?” he echoed. “Yes,” I replied without missing a beat. “Genetically sensitive laboratory rats. A special breed. Highly reactive. Harmful if mishandled.” It wasn’t even a lie. Not entirely. The officer didn’t look convinced. “I’ll need to verify that,” he said, stepping closer. “Unlock the door.”