Awakening to a New Adventure

I open my eyes from what I expected to be my long sleep. Instead I am floating in greenish water with a breathing mask over my mouth. This shouldn't be possible. I remember being ripped apart by the enemy and at the last second detonating the nuke. How is it that I am still alive?

I look around and seen a long line of chambers just like mine. Inside are horrors. Malformed beasts that had insect parts and tentacles like a jellyfish. There were more of them they all had different variations. It was disgusting, and I know disgusting I had lived through 3 wars.

Just then a man in a white lab coat walked by with a clipboard that read "CADMIS: Confidential Top Secret Project" on the top.

Oh, my god.

If this is what I am really looking at then I think I have reincarnated. I remember the name CADMIS from an old TV show I had watched all the time when I was real young. Young Justice where the side kicks of all of DC's big heroes got together and freed a sort-of clone of Superman. I think they called him Superboy. Meaning if I read right I am an experiment of CADMIS.

Oh, holy shit.

This isn't good. I may not live for much longer if I stay here. If the mind control aliens aren't here then that means I might be at a different location. Who knows I might be at a different time as well. Or even a different universe.

Whatever, if they hear my thoughts then its game over for me anyway, I might even confuse them so bad they won't know what to make of it. I chuckle to myself before getting down to business. First lets understand what I am working with.

I try to move my hands and find them in working condition but there is a problem. They are far smaller than my original hands they seem to be the hands of a child's, no that's not right. They…they are the hands of a baby. I am so confused because I have not seen a baby for almost 50 years, at least intact and living ones. I saw plenty of the ones that were not as lucky to escape off planet before the wars really started.

But, anyway back to my new life as a…baby.

Well that's good and bad. Good that I am not a deformed monster, bad because I won't be able to escape by normal means. Now that I notice it everything seems a whole lot bigger than my previous life as well.

Shit. I still can't believe I am actually a baby again!

In my tantrum I see something move in my peripheral vision. Something is in the tank with me. I freeze and see the motion once again a minute later. Hmm. I reach out toward the moving thing when it comes into my eyesight again.

Oh wow now that, that feels weird.

It seems to be a tail, a furry tail. Well shit I seem to be a human monkey hybrid. I have a freaking tail. What the fuck? Calm down me this won't help us get out of this situation.

I pause for a second.

Or will it? I look back down towards my tail and feel to see if I can move it.

No, that's not right.

Nope, not that way either.

I keep at it for a long few minutes until I am able to fully feel all the muscles and tendons I can control in the tail.

Oh, there we go. Now I can fully control my tail.

Lets see if there is a release within this chamber. Up above me there seems to be grating that is welded into place. The water seems to be flowing that direction. So, not that way. How about below? Another flop it seems the water jets at the bottom of the tank are keeping me from sinking down.

Well, isn't this a pickle?

Well nothing for it. Lets just look around and see if there is anything that will interest me for the time being. Looking down there is a table in front of my chamber and it has some paperwork with similar lettering to my chamber at the bottom of the sheet and on top of the metal capsule. The paper work reads.

Subject DNA Splicing Order: BETA, RHO, OMEGA, LAMDA, Y-Chrome

Designation: BROLY

DNA used: Ape(Gorilla + monkey + baboon + orangutan) cells, Ivo absorption cells, Kryptonian i.e Superman cells, demi-human i.e. Wonder Woman cells, Human male cells.

Special addition: Venom drug.

Expectations: Extreme durability, super strength, information absorbing speed enhanced, magical ability, energy absorption, enhanced reaction speed, extreme rage.

Age: 2 months {Advanced Growth led to similar in size to 5 month child}

Seeing the designation I was reminded of a certain berserker from one of the most well known entertainment series. Weirdly enough this combination of DNA actually fit the catalyst of this character. The main character of the series was a personal hero of mine that I idolized up till I was taken away from my home. The strongest martial artist there was. The series had survived hundreds of years. Even in the new incarnations it did not change all that much.

As I began to think about the spiky haired character, I again fell into darkness as information flooded into my mind and seemed like it was going to split my skull.

…

The enemy had just rushed our position. We had held the line. All of the citizens had been evacuated from the planet. The last military shuttle had landed and we were supposed to get on it. We were just backing away to the shuttle to take off but, a plasma grenade came at us. There was nothing else I could do so I threw my weapon at the grenade. The rest of my squad and I ran for the shuttle using the dust to obscure our movements.

A hail of energy spikes that obliterated his armor and his body underneath took down Toby. His shielding had failed him at the last moment. Seeing the three remaining members and the flood coming towards us I made the tactical decision. I ran for the nuke slid behind the shielding. Coming up with a weapon I turned it on the flood of enemies coming toward our position.

"Commander what are you doing?" Helskins called over the coms.

"I'm saving your asses'. Now get on that shuttle and move! Destroy that ship before it reaches high command. Or we lose everything. You will have twelve seconds till I blow it." I sent my last order to my team.

Helskins was held back and dragged to the shuttle by Dorsu and Omally.

Getting onto the shuttle the hatch began to shut and it took off. It raced into the sky faster than a man could blink.

"I'm sorry I didn't lead you guys better. Hopefully you will be able to save command from the infected ship. God's speed." I gave my last order as I unloaded everything I had on my armor and weapons. I was torn apart as the "things" attacked me and in my final breath I threw my hand down on the ignition button for the warhead. "Caboose, I'm sorry." Everything went white.

…

Later on, when the battle was won, a pair of military corpsmen came to a certain trainee's door and explained what happened to Caboose's brother. Caboose had a mental break. He now had the mind of a child with the strength of the strongest Spartan. He would go on to find a friend who resembled his brother and latched onto him for dear life.

…

I awoke in the same capsule I was in before but now I was in a new location. I was on a central platform, where huge cables and tubes connected to a command station. A few people in white lab coats stood at the command station and fiddled with the controls on the other side.

"Increase the energy output by 5%. Lets see how much energy he can absorb." One of the lab coats said. From the voice I could tell it was a woman. Damn, she reminds me of a certain doctor I knew. I just can't think of her fully. I know she was an important person who made me who I was in my previous life.

"Doctor, are you sure? This specimen is not very old and the only one that survived. If it is harmed in any way the board members will be livid considering the amount of time, effort, and luck they had in receiving the DNA from the subjects." One of the aides at the station said.

"Trust me when I say I know exactly what is at stake here. If we do not have any kind of results that are satisfactory then we will need to scrap the program. The reason I am aiming for this test is to see if the DNA has successfully integrated together. If it has not then this whole experiment has been a waste of time and resources. I do not and will not allow for such a thing to happen. That being said I know the subjects these DNA catalysts came from and the power that they have at their disposal is far greater than almost anything we test. Therefore we will be using everything we can to make sure this succeeds.

"The liquid the subject is in was devised by me for DNA integration from the different donors. With it as a base the rest of the DNA types will integrate together. The power will allow for the more powerful DNA strands to connect to the less powerful DNA strands. Once they have connected the base will begin the bonding process to make sure there are no more abnormalities. Everything has been calculated and theorized now we just need to finish the bonding and the experiment will be a success. So put the power output to 5% and increase them on my marks." The leading doctor said to her subordinates.

Seeing that their superior had everything within hand they began the experiment.

Around me the water began to boil and I felt something crawl across my skin and enter all over my body. It felt like ants were burrowing into my skin and running all over. Shit, if this is 5% I don't want to know hat 100% will feel like.

Quickly, as I thought about energy, a memory that was not my own entered my mind. It showed me how I could absorb the energy and use it myself to make me stronger. Not seeing anything else possible for me to do I began the technique.

I do not know how much time has passed but I have begun the technique to open myself to Ki. Otherwise known as the energy of the heaven and earth.

"He is stable. What do you recommend now doctor?" A man in a lab coat asked.

"Push it up to 10% and see how he does." The woman said.

"Pushing to 10%. No changes besides elevated heart rate. Not in danger levels." The man said.

I was revolving the technique at a higher speed to counter act the increase in energy. It was hurting even worse as if acid followed the ants along into my body. Weirdly enough these "ants" were leaving veins for the acid to follow. I seemed to be gaining something I read about in the long voyages across space. It was an ancient Chinese book series where the character is learning to control Qi, or Ki, or Chi, however it was written, all the same they had the same premise. The main character would have these veins which were used as a spiritual circulation system with ki as the blood. This spiritual blood would then fuse with the physical body to make it stronger similar to how DragonBall did though it was never given real detail on how ki worked there.

If I am right then I should have at least twelve of these artery's or as they are more commonly known meridians. There may be more but I will have to find out after I set these ones up. The next question would be where would be the connection point?

If I leave this off till later it will affect my growth and hinder my chances at survival.

So connect to the heart? If I ever got shot or stabbed in the heart my system would be able to recover faster.

My brain? Same situation as it would leave me with my mind being far stronger than others.

How about all across my physical body? This would allow me to fix any problems down the line by focusing one a single meridian.

Yeah, let's do that.

One in each hand, one in each foot, one in each thigh, two in the core, two in the chest, then two in the arms and two in the head for an even spread giving me are more flexibility and an all even spread.

I don't know how long it took to get to the twelve meridians but by the time I regained consciousness I heard the lead doctor again.

"Good push it to 50%." The woman ordered.

Another round of agony. My small body shook with the enhanced pain.

If I had already spread them over my body an only now did I get to 50% then what else can I do?

My tail! I can add two more meridians to my tail. The pain continued to eat away at my body and psyche. A baby's body was not meant to endure this kind of torture. But my training from my previous life has done me some good as I am able to push this pain away and focus on the mission. And this mission would be to direct the energy so that it does not destroy my body and mind.

I have just completed the two meridians to my tail when I hear the doctor again.

"Increase to 55%." The doctor said with some excitement in her voice.

"We are getting an increased heart rhythm and a fluctuation in the brain activity." One of the lab workers said.

"Hahaha, good that means it is waking up. Now it just needs to keep it up to reach the 100% and it will be the greatest experiment the world has ever seen. My greatest creation." The lead doctor said with a maniacal gleam in her eye.

As she gave out her order the sliding doors that were the entrance to the chamber slid apart and a short large black woman stepped in. The black woman walked to the side of the doctor and asked, "So how is our little BROLY doing?"

Amanda Waller the head of CADMIS and the antithesis to heroes. Given power by the government she slowly went mad with it. Allowing horrible tests to be done to combat the super heroes and super villains. Becoming one of the most dangerous people on the planet.

The woman doctor turned to the black woman and said, "He is doing really well we have put the energy output to 55% with no evident side effects besides a higher heart rate."

"Good. So have you put the command chip in him yet?" Amanda Waller asked.

"No we haven't. We wanted to wait till this test was over to actually place it since it would have been short circuited by the energy." The woman doctor explained.

"Understood. But I want a command chip placed within BROLY before the day is out. He needs to be controlled. No matter what tests you decide to put him through later on. Should he run rampant he could destroy everything we have achieved here." Amanda Waller said to the doctor.

"Yes Mrs. Waller I will place it once this test is finished." The doctor said.

Waller nodded and looked my way, "We have high hopes for you BROLY don't let us down." Turning away she left the chamber the doors closing behind her.

My anger was boiling under the surface but I didn't let it show. Even if I had I don't think they would have seen anything different from my pain filled face. Seeing as I had so much energy left over I decided to just put in more meridians to counteract the pain. I placed them in my joints at the elbow and knees. With more pathways opened the pain lessened somewhat. These pathways were the only thing keeping me sane at this point plus the circulation technique that appeared in my mind after the first meridian was opened. With the pain not lessening I added one more to each hand and foot.

"Whoah that was scary." The man in the lab coat said.

"Yeah it was." the woman said in a shaky voice. "Hmm. Alright, how is BROLY doing?"

"He is staying stable at this point no excess energy loss. Body functions beginning to stabilize." The man said.

"Good. Now I want to to increase the output to 60% then one percent per minute til you reach 100." The woman said.

"Aright. Increase to 60%. Increasing at one percent per one minute." The man said.

With this my forty minutes of hell on earth began. At first I was able to handle the energy. But as it got to 30 minutes I was starting to lose cohesive thought. By that time I had about twenty five meridians; two in each hand and foot, two in each elbow and knee, two for my core, three for my chest, two for my tail, and two my head. I had to change some of them since they didn't feel right. That was the worst pain I had felt since my first operation to become a SPARTAN like my body being torn open and pulled apart at the same time.

Yep, so not doing that again.

My last focused thoughts were directed to having one more meridian placed towards my head, in my head, or the brain stem would be the connection point of all my meridians. I couldn't really think straight at the end but I do know that I had thought with more meridians in my mind I could have a better mind than I did before in my past life.

And maybe I wouldn't be such an idiot.

Yeah that wasn't going to happen.

But all the same…

Why the hell not?

At 39 minutes and 99% the rage at everything I was going though reached the surface and imploded within me into a core of energy right at the 40 minute mark and the 100% energy output. I don't remember much of what happened next. It seems as if all the accumulated energy I had within my body compressed and then condensed into almost physical form.

A core I guess you could say.

I heard exalted yells from the lab workers and the lead doctor. A lot of conversation was had and there was movement after. My body was in so much pain it even compared to the SPARTAN experiments. But after the pain my body felt refreshed like never before. I didn't even know that earlier I had not been functioning like normal. It seemed the doctor had succeeded in fusing the DNA strands.

And I had succeeded in the formation of my meridians.

Sometime later I felt movement as the liquid I was in stopped flowing and I sank to my back against the back side of the capsule.

After moving for some time there was a loud boom from above. Before I knew it explosions began going off all around me. One such explosion happened near my capsule. I was thrown around and hit my head on the inside of the capsule and I knew no more.