Becoming the Beast Tamer

I spent a few days in the hospital. The Professor gave me some fast acting medicine that got me back to normal immediately, but I still remained there just in case.

Now out, I tried to get my life back to normal. It wasn't working. The experienced left me forever changed. Still, life continued, so I eventually went back to my job at the zoo.

I think it was the same day I escaped, that I managed to fully digest the Apothecary Potion. Not sure if it was out of pity or remorse, but the Professor supplied me the Formula and ingredients to advance to Sequence 8 Beast Tamer.

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I lay there relaxing on my building's rooftop taking in the light of the moon. I always felt safe when moon was bright. Like it was protecting me from danger. A little foolish, I know. But I always had a connection to the night.

White hair, scrawny body, and a shy personality had left me with me with a pretty isolated life outside of my family. When I sat below the moon, it never bothered me if I was alone. I guess that's a part of my weirdness.

I let the hours pass by and when I felt the most relaxed and comfortable, I concocted the Sequence 8 Potion. As an Apothecary, I could do it with my eyes closed.

In no time I had it in hand. It was a caramel colored drink that smell musky in the cool crisp air.

As I held it, part of me wondered if it was truly necessary to advance any further. After all, Apothecary already cured my illness. Why risk falling into madness and turning into a monster?

Then, I remembered the helplessness I felt when Viktor Atwood experimented on me. I don't ever want to experience that again. If I keep advancing, not only will it protect me, it will also protect those I care for.

Deep down, there was also the part of me that craved the power. It craved the knowledge. It craved the potential.

With one last look at the moon, I drank the Potion.

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Before I knew it, I was jumping from one rooftop to the next. My body never felt this powerful and agile. I could smell better than ever. I could see so much more in the darkness. I had the senses of an animal.

I could also hear them. The pigeons, the rats, the alley cats, and the mutts. It's like I could understand their vocalizations. I couldn't perceive them as words, regular animals don't speak. But I understood the emotions and intentions behind the noises they made.

I skipped the fence at the zoo I worked at. Walking down the familiar paths as if it was day. I passed by the lion exhibit. The golden eyes of the big cats were looking directly at me. I stepped closer and they stepped back. I could feel their fear.

I jumped the fence and entered the lion pit.

The lions approached me and turned belly up in submission and fear.

I am the Beast Tamer.