Inside the black cocoon.
'Where am I? Why is it so dark? But… It's so warm, and cozy, I just want to sleep. I'm so hungry. I need something to eat.' Sirus thought as his stomach grumbles.
'So thirsty as well, so weak..'
Suddenly multiple things touch his legs. He brings his head up in front of him and sees multiple black-tentacles like things with white lining on the sides of them. They manifest out of the dark surface and tangle his legs, hip and hands.
Sirus freaking out and tries to move and free himself, but no matter how much he struggles he can't manage to move his body at all. It's like his body wasn't his to control no more. The black-tentacles started to grip onto Sirus limbs tighter and tighter until.
[Snap!]
[Crack!]
His whole lower body was getting ripped apart bone by bone but only his legs were getting snapped and moved around. Surprisingly no blood was gushing out.
Sirus, desperately trying to move as hard as he can when he saw the black-tentcacles moving and breaking his legs. He wasn't even able to scream, was this even his body to begin with? Is all of this some horrifying nightmare?!
What felt like days passed by, or possibly even weeks. Sirus kept losing consciousness over and over again, only to be waken up otherworldly torture.
[This should ought to do it, the host should be waking up any moment now. Why must my host be born in such a way? Matter not now, His body will be better and stronger than ever]
Sirus' eyes slowly open, his body numb, his brain barely able to register his surroundings "Ow, my head, it hurts so bad. W-what even happened? Where am I? Wait, I can hear my voice? I can speak."
As Sirus slowly adjusts his body, he swings his head, looking at his surroundings, not remembering what transpired.
[Host! You're awake, now do not be alarmed, I am called (Menu) and I have been assigned a new host, which is you]
Sirus knit his brows together and looks around for the mysterious, almost robotic voice. [I do not have a physical body, I am inside of you, hmm, more accurately to say, I am part of you.]
"Part of me? Inside of me? Wait, (menu)? Is that, ah, I think I grasp the situation. So you were the one who put me in here. I vaguely remember what happened, but I'm not sure if I do want to remember."
[Apologies host, I was the one who granted that hidden quest, as I scanned your body for any defects, I came across an unusual amount of defects since your birth. The main one is your legs, as you may have noticed, your brethren do not have the same leg structure as they do. Hence, is why I granted that hidden quest, I needed to know whether you are worthy of being my host. And you have surpassed my expectations. So as your first reward, I have granted a complete recovery of your body, and went beyond merely fixing your body structure]
"So suppose being able to speak is one of them? I do feel more stronger, but I can feel my legs are still the same shape as before, can you explain? Ahh, (menu)?
[Certainly host, upon the reconstruction of your body, I have analysed your legs and came to the conclusion, while I could fix it and make it normal, as it should have been. Your legs. In this shape, you are likely to run, jump and kick, approximately three times as much as you would normally be capable of if you had the stranded legs that most humanoid creatures are born with.]
"That, I understand and will trust your judgement, though. No, I can work with it. How long have I been here for? My parents are surely freaking out."
[12 weeks, though time runs differently here as it would outside, so to answer your question. Only 32 hours, now it seems some very eager parents are waiting for you, we shall converse again, host.]
Meanwhile outside of the cocoon
"What's going on? The cocoon suddenly went quiet."
"E-Ethan, the lights are dimming down, I think it's done, at least I hope so." 'Come back to me Sirus, I know you're in there.'
[Crickle]
[kr-click]
[Swroom]
Black mist slowly poured out of the cocoon as well as seemingly black water gushed out onto the room. Ethan, Sasha and the Doctor with his daughter all stand back against the wall as the mist could be dangerous, but shortly after the mist and the black water evaporate into what looked like mana particles and vanish into the air.
Sasha quivers as she slowly makes her way to the split cocoon, hoping and wishing that her son is actually in that thing. As she peeks over the cocoon, her heart throb with excitement as she gently pulls Sirus's body away from the Cocoon.
"Sirus! Oh, thank goodness you are alive!"
Sirus opens his eyes widely as he sees his mother hugging him tightly and weeping happily.
"Oh, Sirus my boy, we were worried to death for you." Ethan puts his hands on his mouth and happily weeps.
The Doctor spoke from behind.
"Ms Sasha, and Mr Ethan. Please let me examine your son to make sure that he is really healthy as he seems."
Sasha looks over behind her while holding Sirus to her chest and says with a hint of concerned tone.
"It's alright, I can feel it, his, better than ever before and slightly bigger too." Sasha gives the Doctor a stern look, recounting what he attempted to do before.
The Doctor, guilty of his strange actions before nods in defeat, suddenly looks over to his daughter and gives a nudge. The daughter, still confused as to what is still happening, walks over to Sasha and requests to examine instead.
"Fine, but I'm staying here, I'm not letting him out of my sight." She reluctantly hands over Sirus over to the young Doctor. Where she gently placed a cloth over a table and gently places Sirus down.
"Sigh, let's see, ah it's you, the one with the mutation. Now, let's see what;s happening underneath." She brings up both of her hands and makes a peace sign over both of her eyes and mumbles a few words.
[X-Ray Shine] Green mist pour out of her eyes and onto Sirus's body, suddenly to the young Doctor's eyes, she can see every bit of Sirus's atomanty. She continues this for 2 minutes and looks over to Sasha who is literally standing right beside her, waiting for answers.
"Well, Miss Sasha, It seems whatever he was in, completely reconstructed his whole body from the grown up. Now at a glance, nothing seems to have changed but looking deeper. His joints and his muscles and especially his bones have all changed. With my analysis, your son should be theoretically stronger and healthier before and as bizarre as it sounds. He should be able to stand and even walk now, I don't know how this is possible but whatever that thing is." She points to the Cocoon which seems to be slowly turning into mist as well.
"But that thing seemed to have helped your son." She speaks confidently, though still majorly confused.
"Whatever it was, It has helped my son, and look at his silly smile, I know everything is going to be alright now." She picks up her child and kisses his forehead. "Ethan, we're going home, and Ms, Thank you for your help."
As Ethan and Sasha walk out of the Doctor's house, the Doctor looks back at where the cocoon was, seemingly disappeared into mist, and looks over to his daughter. "What has she given birth to?!"
"Dad, leave me out of it, I just had the craziest day ever and still have no idea what the hell happened, I'm going to my room and forget about all of this, don't talk to me." She flicks her hand in the air and walks out of the office.
"G-good idea, I need a drink."