Lain

Deep breath Lain… You can do this. You're just creating an entirely new race of people… Nothing to worry about…

Taking in a deep breath, I try to calm my nerves as I look down at the rat before me. It is happily chewing on a yogurt treat without a care in the world. And I am about to make it into a person…

With another twenty following after…

I can do this. I have a responsibility to Adam. I don’t want him to be alone. Just remember my three rules… As long as I follow them, everything will be ok.

“Haaaaaaa… Ok, I’m ready to start now.”

Dr. Doe smiles and nods, “Great, after the process starts, please place the subject on the table over there. We have the machines ready so we can monitor the changes as they take place. If you can, please try to keep the subject from moving around too much, as that can affect the quality of the scans.”

“Right…”

“Alright, I’ll be in the other room. We’ll give you the signal when everything is ready. It will just be a few moments.” She says, leaving the room and shutting the door behind her. The only ones left in here is me and the rat.

It doesn’t take very long, but eventually Dr. Doe calls over the intercom, “Everything is ready and waiting Lain. Please begin.”

Sky calls right after her, “I’ll be right here watching. If it gets to be too much for you, I’ll be by your side as quick as I can. You can do this.”

I just nod my head. Closing my eyes, I focus on my breathing and calm my nerves, poking at my instincts to have them help guide me. They respond, happy to be used again, and a wave of calm goes through me. I work to hold it back just enough that I don’t lose myself, to keep myself in control of everything. It is both scary and deeply tempting to just give myself over to my instincts completely. I have to stay in control…

“Haaaa…”

I open my eyes and look down at the rat as it cleans itself.

Female, this one can be changed. I’ll make it a Gremlin.

Reaching into the cage, I gently grab the rat and give it some pets. She has very soft fur and cute red eyes. She will be beautiful. I will make her beautiful.

Hmm, as the first female of their race. Let's make her look a bit angelic. Put in some extra effort.

Drawing some of my blood, I offer it to the cute little rat. After a few sniffs, she is quick to start licking my claw clean, greedily drinking up my black blood as I pet her little head.

I lean down and whisper to her, “I give you life. I give you thought. I give you a beautiful form. The price is your life. Your service. Your blood.”

The rat happily cleans its face and accepts, a ripple going through my Field and a new chain being forged and linked. Mine.

I carry the rat over to the table, placing it where I was directed. “Remain as still as you can without harming yourself.”

The rat obeys and goes limp. I move her to lay on her on her back. Once she is placed correctly, I order her, “Go to sleep. Wake up after everything is finished and your body is ready.”

The rat’s eyes slowly close and she quickly falls asleep.

I still feel bad for making Adam go through all that pain. The least I can do is have his new friends sleep through it. Now then, I’ve delayed long enough. I need to deliver on my side of the contract, or I’ll start taking damage. My soul is already itching.

I lean down and whisper to the sleeping rat, “I order you to grow and change. I order you to become a Gremlin.”

The order given; action is put into motion.

Bones break and shift and grow and heal. Skin is stretched, torn, and healed without scars. Turned from rat pink into a human tan. Fur is grown and removed, and hair grows from her head around four little nubby horns that sprout from her scalp. Limbs become arms and legs, her tail grows, and ears change to become cute fluffy things that are irresistible to touch.

Much like Adam, her legs, arms, and waist remain covered in fluffy white fur, just short of reaching her cute little belly button, while her torso, neck, and face becomes devoid of fur entirely. I make a point of not staring at the changes that happened between her legs, simply noting that it looks distinctly human down there. The same as Adam, she loses her extra nipples, all but two of them being absorbed into her body, with the last two now adorning a slowly growing pair of breasts. Her hands and feet remain rat like in appearance, with only the hands really going through any major changes. Bringing them more in line with human hands, while retaining the cute rat features and little claws.

Most important part. Their race must have the toe beans! Those must be preserved!

It takes a matter of minutes, but quickly enough her changes are complete. Her body fully grown and literally steaming with the heat of massively accelerated cellular activity.

Hmm, small creatures really are much easier to change than humans. A literal difference of weeks to minutes, though that is simply a question of quality. A warrior like Nathaniel needs time and fuel to develop properly. It isn’t a process that can be rushed…

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I look over the finished Gremlin and smile. Just as promised, she is beautiful. A little angel brought into the world of man.

Ignoring the caking of blood and shed fur, she is truly a little piece of art. Her hair is long and straight and white like snow, and after a good wash will be very eye catching. Her face is sharp and rounded, her red eyes taking on a narrow look and are slightly angled down with narrow and sharp eyebrows. Soft cheeks and delicate features make her look as if she is a lady from a good family. And her little nose, which carries a little of her old rat like qualities, give a cute look that draws everything together without distracting from her blood-red irises.

I get the urge to boop her on the nose, so I do so. Hmm, good. Very boopable.

Looking her over, she gives off the appearance of a beautiful young woman. Thankfully, the changes managed to keep her from looking ‘childlike’ despite her very small stature. Probably done subconsciously because I would prefer that my Gremlins not be treated as a race of forever children. I don’t want people writing them off as jailbait just because of their size. Although, there will probably still be people that do so regardless. Oh well, you can't fix stupid.

Hmm? Oh, looks like I made them compatible with humans and my demons. Should end up with interesting kids if that happens… Makes sense that I would do that though. If in the future, a Gremlin and a human - or any other races I end up making for that matter - were to fall in love, I wouldn’t want to deny them the chance to have children. Besides, mixing fantasy races is always fun… Something to look forward to in a couple hundred years~

Pulling myself out of my thoughts, a bright happy smile on face, I lean down a speak to the sleeping Gremlin, “I name you Eve. May this name be the seed from which you shall grow.

Straightening back up after I name her, I forcibly grab the reigns of my mind and pull myself back under my full control. The smile drops from my face as I grab the table, lurching forward a bit from the aftershock of it all. With my eyes closed, I let out a shuddering breath, trying to calm myself.

It's going to be ok… Just take it slow. This isn’t a mistake. Just remember your three rules. Everything is going to be alright…

“Haaaaaaa…..” I open my eyes and find the new person that I had just created laying before me. She is beautiful and for a few moments, I find it hard to believe that it was me that shaped her. Pride starts to fill my chest, and my first reaction is to try and crush it with guilt, but I stay my hand. Rule number three – I will give them my love.

I accept the pride, but keep it firmly under control. She is my creation, and she will have my love. But I won’t lose myself to my baser emotions.

Pride, Wrath, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, and Lust. These things are nothing more than fuel. I won’t let them control my life. I am in control.

“Haaaaaaa….” I let out another long breath and let a small smile grow on my face. Placing a hand on Eve’s head, I pet her messy and blood-soaked hair. I can do this.

“Eve, this order extends to all who shall carry your blood. I grant you free will. Become your own person. Unless it is directly stated as an order by myself or my descendants, you are free to heed our words as you please.”

A small pulse goes through our connection, the order settling into her soul and loosening the chains that bind her.

I let myself have a moment to let it set in. Pride and self-disgust, the happy purr of my instincts, satisfied by my using my gift, and the devil part of me, raging at the loosening of chains forged with purpose. The love I feel for the new life before me and the guilt at having brought a person into this world without their consent. The weight of responsibility. The weight of a Devil playing God.

I let it all sit and stir and mix inside of me. And then let it all out with One. Last. Long. Breath. “Haaaaaaaaa……… Ok.”

I look up to the window, Dr. Doe, Nathaniel, a team of researchers and nurses. And most importantly, Sky, who is watching me with a look full of love and support. “I’m finished in here. Did you get your scans?”

“Yes, we did. Thank you Lain. Are you good to go for another one?” Dr. Doe asks.

“Yes. Please take Eve to get cleaned up. Bring in the next one once you have everything set. I would like to get all of them taken care of today, if we can.”

“Gladly, Nurse Hope, could you move the patient into the other room? Same procedure as Adam. Give her a sponge bath and then take a blood sample. Make sure that our new patent is put on an IV drip and fed a dose of the special protean slurry. Be sure to fill out her charts properly.” Dr. Doe instructs with a teacher's tone.

“Yes ma’am, Dr. Doe.” The nurse responds. She turns to leave the other room as Dr. Doe gives out more directions.

“Dr. Fergus, could you get the equipment prepped for the next round? I will go and fetch the next subject.”

He nods from behind the computer, “Of course.”

Dr. Doe leaves the room and Sky follows after her.

While I am watching them, the nurse comes into the room pushing a hospital bed. She’s a petite looking young black woman, with a head full of curly hair that bounces as she moves. She is very cute looking, and I find myself wanting to touch her hair, but I know that that would be rude, so I resist the urge to ask. Still doesn’t stop my ADD riddled mind from wanting to do it though… It’s just so bouncy!

She gives me a smile and I help her move Eve to the bed, being as gentle as we can. While we work, I can’t help but notice as she keeps sending glances towards the window to the other room. I follow her line of sight and find her sneaking peeks at Nathaniel.

She notices me looking and blushes, I just give her a knowing smile.

She gives me a nervous little bow of her head and tries to pull the bed from the room, but I quickly stop her and lean into her ear. Whispering, I tell her. “He’s single.”

She looks a bit startled, eyes darting to the window and back to me, “Ehh… Uh… He, he is?”

“Yup.”

“Do you, uhm… Do you think I got a chance with him…?” She asks, blushing.

I just look to the window and catch Nathaniel looking. He turns and blushes a bit with that big stupid beautiful face of his. If any ladies saw him doing that, they would probably die from a heart attack. I’m starting to think I may have made him a bit ‘too’ good looking… Oh well, first try. Bound to make little mistakes here and there.

I look back from him and give the cute nurse a smile, “Yeah, I’d say that your chances are pretty good. Just fair warning, I gave him quite the weapon… If you catch my drift.”

She just gives me a shy smile, her eyes swimming a bit in her embarrassment. “I uh… I know… Haha, I uh, I looked at his file. The one that goes over his changes…” Her smile growing a bit with her deepening blush.

“Oh.” I just give her a smile and send her on her way. “Good luck!”

Hah, pervy little nurse is into big demon boys. Love it.

Turning back to Nathaniel, I find him watching with a blush on his face. He definitely knows that I am onto him and that I know everything. The poor boy is easy to read. I just give him a smile and throw him a thumbs up.

After a bit of fun at Nathaniel’s expense to help me relax a bit, Dr. Doe and Sky come walking in with the next rat. Dr. Doe sets its cage on the table and takes the old cage away. Sky happily gives the new rat a yogurt treat and pets it before coming over to me.

“You doing all right?” She asks sweetly.

“Mhm, I’m good. I can do this. Thank you, Sky.”

She just gives me a smile and hugs me. “I love you. I’ll be in the other room watching.”

I nod my head against her as she hugs me, “I love you too.”

After she parts from the hug, she follows Dr. Doe out of the room. Eventually the signal is given that everything is ready.

I grab the new rat and give it a pet on its cute little head.

I can do this. Just remember my three rules…

…

I offer the rat my blood. And it accepts.