The lead scientist

===Dyan===

For the first time since Dyan became in charge of the research department of Base #64, he was excited. Unfortunately, they were among the bases with the smallest budgets, and most times, he had to buy new equipment from his pocket.

He hated that these simple-minded, higher-ranked fools didn't recognize how much his ideas were worth.

Finally, though, after much persuasion, which involved some bribery, he had them bring him some specimens to experiment with. He expected to work with a vampire or a werewolf, but they clarified that those were kept for the more 'important' bases.

He kept himself updated on reports of all magical races and discoveries made by the other bases, although some information wasn't accessible to the public. He also knew how to access some of the Allied Army's private servers, even if he didn't have the clearance to do so.

It wasn't his fault that they never heard him about the updates on the security that he had suggested many times in the past. But, as always, he was ignored, so he used it to his advantage.

He heard the van's engine sound, which would bring the specimens, so he headed towards the hangar where it was supposed to stop.

When he arrived, he noticed that the van was smaller than expected and brought out only two specimens. He expected at least a dozen, but it seemed once more he drew the shortest stick.

Both specimens were female, but they were of different races. One was a fairy, and since she had light brown hair, Dyan knew that this meant she was an Earth Fairy, meaning she could use Earth Magic. The second specimen was a Mermaid, but it didn't have a fish's lower half as they could change between having legs or a fishtail.

The Fairy was wearing a dress made of leaves connected perfectly together, and unlike her body, which had some wounds all over it, the dress seemed undamaged. She had a pair of semi-transparent butterfly-like wings at her back, which also seemed to be in a fit state. Her eyes were of a similar light brown color to her hair, a sign that she was having the Earth Element as if she had another Element. Her eyes would indicate it depending on the Element.

Earth Fairies were among the least interesting subjects. Even if they had healing magic, nobody had found a way to duplicate it, not even the Professor. Hence, they considered it impossible.

The mermaid's skin was blue, so Daryan knew immediately that she was a mermaid. Either that or she was an Ice Demon, but those were relatively rare, and he doubted the higher-ups would send him one. She was wearing simple clothes provided by the army, unlike the Fairy, who still had her own clothes. In addition, her hair was light purple, and her eyes were orange.

Both of them wore a metal collar, a security measure of the Allied Army for its subjects or prisoners. The collars were connected to one or more remotes with a button that, when pressed, would let the collar release some high voltage to the one wearing it.

Daryan went forward to speak to the van driver, who seemed to be the only person for the delivery.

"Are you the one in charge? Mister…..Dyan ?" said the man as he looked through his papers.

"Of course, as you can see," he said, pointing at his nametag, which was clearly visible for others to read.

"Oh…sorry about that. Well, here is your delivery, so where are their cells?"

Dyan knew why the man didn't even look at his nametag. It was because he had darker skin, a sign of his lineage. He was from the center of Emerias, a desert area, and the people living there didn't let technology in their lives. Some said that these people were communicating with the Magical Races, and that's why they didn't let technology 'corrupt' them, but even Dyan wasn't certain about that.

He left his people a long time ago to discover the rest of the world, and through hard work, he became where he is today. He was used to people thinking less of him, but that gave him the advantage of surprising them with his actions.

Dyan led the way, and now that he thinks about it, it's a blessing that they didn't send a dozen subjects, as they didn't have the rooms to keep them. They barely had two available for those, and the rest were used mostly as store units or extensions of his lab, as they weren't giving him an extra budget to make those extensions.

"So, where were those two from before they got captured? How long ago were they captured? What kind of experiments have…. " Dyan kept asking questions one after the other to the person without giving him a chance to answer.

"I have no idea. I have this notebook only. They told me to deliver it to you with them. It most likely contains the answers you need, " the man responded.

On the way to the class, Dyan speed-read the notes and found out that they captured the Fairy 14 years ago, and they heavily examined her. Or one should say heavily tortured instead.

One of their tests to check her healing abilities was to break both her legs, her right arm, and most of her chest, leaving only one arm to heal herself.

It took her two months to heal herself completely, but only two weeks to be functional once more.

They had found out that she always prioritized fixing her wings if they were damaged and then her dress, which seemed to be part of her, although they were still not certain of its use other than being a piece of clothing.

The mermaid seemed to have been captured a few months ago, and they had not examined her or her abilities.

They soon reached their cells next to each other, and as Dyan signed some papers, he got the remotes for their collars. With that, the delivery man returned to his van and drove out of the base.

Dyan went through the list of the 'tortures' of the fairy, and the brutal ways these people used on her disappointed him. He discovered that the Fairy's name was Astherielle, while the mermaid's name was Corienla.

His way of research wouldn't be that bloody or cause them that much pain.

At least not physical pain.