Bestia Vis

Doc

James looked into the gym and watched as Lethero gauged Jane's bear-like strength. As soon has he was done, James walked over and whispered into Lethero's ears. "Meet me in my office."

They both walked into Jame's spacious office and sat on opposite sides of the desk. "Whado you want, Doc?" Lethero asked.

"You know why," James said. "Has it happened again, or have you been able to recreate it."

Lethero's eyes darkened as he remembered that night a few weeks ago. "It hasn't happened like that night, but I can do this." Lethero held up his hand, and they both watched as his human hand changed: growing thick fur, his fingers shortened, and his fingers elongated into claws. It was a wolf's paw. His hand shifted back to human. "That's all I can do."

"What were you dreaming of that night?" James asked.

"I dreamt I was a full wolf, running with a wild pack, hunting."

"And what's your mindset when you try to turn your hand into a paw?"

"Just concentrating on turning my hand into a paw."

"Tonight, I want you to try to imagine what you dreamed."

"Alright, is that it?"

"Yep. And see me tomorrow if you have any results."

(Later That Night)

I sat on my bed, my eyes closed. I could picture in my mind me and a wolf pack hunting into a snow covered forest. We were chasing a deer with a lame leg. I was closest and as soon as I lunged at it, I felt my body change.

A tail grew out from between my legs, my hands and feet became paws, my mouth elongated into a muzzle, and my body got covered in a thick coat of fur. I looked into my mirror and instead of seeing me, I saw a pure white wolf. When I moved my head, it moved its. This serum could do more than make us half animals, it allowed us to turn full animal whenever we wanted to.

Rena

I jogged out to the track early in the morning, it was only about three. I wanted to test how fast I could go. I put my mind in deer-mode, as I called it, and sprinted around the track. I felt myself going faster, and faster. Then I hear LArs call out to me.

"It's four, you ready to go?" He said, I didn't realize it had gotten so late. I grab my bag and head to the helecopter. The flyer was already in there.

"Fasten your seatbelts." He said. I nodd.

"How deep is the lake, again?" Lars asked.

"Almost 5500 feet, it is pretty deep." I said, he swalowed.

"You really think I can do this?"

"Positive." I say, flashing him a big smile. I get out my parachute.

"Were jumping?" he asks. I nodd, then point towards the ground and jump.

Heather was bored throughout most of the day, but the time to sleep had finally come.

Maybe we'll do something more interesting tomorrow?

She suggested to herself, walking to her room. Entering her room, she turned on her dim light. Stifling a yawn, she brushed her teeth and got ready for bed before finally turning the light off and entering her bed. After about five minutes, she started to drift into an uneasy sleep. Opening her eyes, she saw a large forest around her along with some wolves. Looking down, she noticed her own paws before looking up once more as the pack took off after a deer. Tilting her head, Heather raced after them, attempting to join in the hunt when she jolted back awake, feeling her body shift oddly. She tried to pull herself upward, before noticing her hands were paws. She opened her mouth, about to gasp in surprise when her mouth changed also, stretching into a muzzle. Once her body had finished shifting into a wolf form, she struggled out of the blankets and ran to the door that led into her room. She reared up and pawed at her doorknob, attempting to open it

I have to find Lethero or the Doctor.

She thought, fighting the knob.

Doc

James was doing his nightly rounds, checking up on everyone and making sure they were adapting to their new abilities, when he heard scratching at one of the doors. He opened the door and found a Mexican Wolf in the room, which suddenly started barking and growling at him. What puzzled him was that a Mexican Wolf never traveled this far north, when he suddenly realized one of the patients was injected with wolf DNA.

Pulling out his phone he made a a quick call.

"What's up, Doc," Lethero asked as he answered the phone.

"I think we have another incident like yours," James said. "Which one got the Mexican Wolf?"

Lethero surprising didn't sound scared, but replied, "No clue. What's the room number?"

"Four-oh-three."

"Four-oh-three would be Heather Burdock."

"Heather?" James asked the wolf tentatively. As soon as he said that, the wolf's tail began wagging vigorously. "Any suggestions to bring her back?"

"Tell her to imagine things human-like. Maybe her family."

"Heather, if you can understand me, I want you to try and imagine your family. Everything, even if you got an annoying younger sibling."

Heather was about to give up when the doorknob turned, and the door began to open. She leaped backwards as it opened the rest of the way, and one of the doctors looked in. She snarled and growled at him, and when he attempted to take a step closer, she started barking. The doctor backed away, pulling a phone out of his pocket and dialing.

"What's up, Doc?" She could hear the voice of Lethero on the other end. The two spoke for a few moments before James turned his attention back on her.

At least I can understand them.
She thought before paying attention to James again.

"Heather?" He asked her. She tilted her head a moment before wagging her tail. James and Lethero went on speaking once more before he turned back to her.

"Heather, if you can understand me, I want you to try and imagine your family. Everything, even if you got an annoying younger sibling." Heather attempted to concentrate. She could imagine plenty of faces of family members, but it didn't seem to help much. She let out a low, complaining whine before attempting to think of certain memories or experiences that may help change her back.

"The army?" Her mother asked, chopping a carrot. "You don't want to go there."

"Why not?" Heather asked, spinning slowly on one of the bar-stool type seats they had by the breakfast-bar. Her mother stopped chopping the carrot and looked up at her.

"Why?" She asked before continuing. "Why not just have a normal job and a family?" Heather opened her mouth to answer when she felt somewhat disoriented.

Snapping back to the present, she could feel her body began to shift again.

I walked into the room just as Heather was shifting back to her human form. The hair receded, her muzzle shortened, and the tail disappeared. Doc was sitting on the bed, looking at his PDA and making calls. "How do you feel?" I asked June as the last her teeth shortened to their normal size.

"I don't know," she said in a half growl. "I want to be human again, but I still feel the pull of running with a pack."

"Don't worry, it'll pass," I replied.

"So you guys knew this would happen?"

"Yes." I held up my hand and let it turn into a wolf paw. "It has already happened to me, and to Doc as well."

"You mean Doc is one of us?"

"I was the first official test subject, but Doc was the tested it on himself long before presenting it to the government."

Doc sighed as he stood up. "So far it has nothing to no one else, but I expect more cases to be popping up more often."

"Heather, don't tell anyone else what happened. We don't need them to purposely try to turn themselves?"

"Alright."

I will not be here for a while, I am going on vacation. I will be gone for five days.

Heather watched as Lethero managed to turn his hand into a paw.

"You mean Doc is one of us?" She asked him. Lethero explained to her that the doctor had really been the first to receive the injection.

"Heather, don't tell anyone else what happened. We don't need them to purposely try to turn themselves?" He asked her. She paused for a moment before speakin.

"Alright." Heather said, before speaking once more. "But what does it matter? They will all find out sometime. And besides, wouldn't it be safer if scientists or doctors were there while they attempted to change, instead of them being on their own during the change? What's the worst that could happen if others knew?" She asked.

Lethero sighed, "If they knew, they would try to do it."

"What's bad about that, it wasn't so bad?" Heather asked.

"Have you ever heard of things called Werewolves?"

"Yeah? But what does a mythological creature have to do with it?"

"Can you show her Doc?" I asked Doc.

Doc got up and already seeming to be two steps ahead had already had the file pulled up on his PDA. On it was a skeleton that looked somewhat like a man, but it could easily be mistaken for a wolf. "This is the remains of a Werewolf," the Doc said. "It was recently discovered in Transylvania."

"You're telling me that there have been people like us before you made the serum."

"Yes, but my serum was just a modified version of what they used. I thought I had taken out everything that would change a man into an animal. So far, it's not like what it was back then. Centaurs, Satyrs, Minotaurs, and even the image of Anubis was based off a guy who had a similar serum."

"So what does this have to do with not telling everybody?"

"When I first changed," I replied I had nearly killed, Doc, not on purpose, but just on instinct. More than fifty percent of the people here have the DNA of a dangerous predetor, so can you imagine what would happen if they were to try?"

Heather nodded.

"Good." I stood up an left through the door, with Doc right behind me.

Heather nodded in reply.

"Good." Lethero said before him and the Doctor both left her room. She paused for a moment before closing her door and walking back to her bed.

Can I really fall asleep again? And even if I do, will I stay human?

She wondered, sitting on her bed.

Rena

Our mission was very sucsessful. Lars was able to dive to the bottom of the lake, and still he was doing fine. halfway down, he turns into a squid. He swims back up to the surface. I dial Lero's number.

"Hello?" He said.

"Uh, Lero, Lars just turned into a squid."

"How?"

"Does it look like I talk squid? What do I do?" I asked.

"Talk to him in english, he'll understand. Just tell him to get near the surface, then think human thoughts. I will explain more when you get back." The line disconnects.

I put on my diving suit, and get in the water. Holy crow! It is freezing! I swim down, and use sign lanuage (he knows it) to tell him what Lero told me. after almost ten minutes, he is back in human form. He seems dizzy and confused. We get into the boat, then the plane. Soon we are back at the lab.

"What is going on?" Lars asked Lero.

"The injection can cause people to turn into their animal forms. Doc can, Heather can, and Lars, obiovusly, now can." Lero said.

"I feel left out." I say.

"Just, we don't want people purposely turning themselves. You can, but don't let anyone else." He says to me. I nodd.

"How?" I asked childishly.

"Think deer-like thoughts." Lero sighed.

By the end of the month almost everyone had figured out that they could turn into animals, and I had a good idea that they had some help from certain individuals, but it was done and over with. The day after the last person had changed and everyone was back from various missions across the world I called a meeting.

Everyone filled into the large mess hall, and sat on the scattered benches. Everyone talked and chatted about their transformations, and those who learned how to turned into a demi-form (half-animal, half-human). Once everybody was seated, I stood up on a table and shouted over the noise, "Will you all shut the hell up!" Which granted me a surprised look from everyone.

"Alright. As you all should know by now, the serums that doc invented worked really well in making us like our animal counterparts. Not only can we have their abilities, but we can turn into them at will, and sometimes in our sleep. Starting, effective tomorrow there will be bringing in animal specialists who will help you control your animal form. They will inform you of various things about the animal, and observe your changes. Any questions?"