It was cold , he was numb , paralyzed a prisoner of his own body , Doctor Hibino had destroyed him utterly , he had felt the several wounds on his body. bleeding profusely , his cracked bones and torn muscles sweltering blisters covering the body evidence of the unstable mutagen he had used he was drained his life force weak as he slowly bled out over the week , doctor Hibino would not let him die, till one day a guard had come in wordlessly grabbing him by his injured neck.
He felt his body get strapped into a surgical plate its cold metal surface biting into his skin his head secured in a cage as his face peered to the floor seeing surgical scrubs, this place was sterile the lights a blinding white as the beeping of machines was heard. he new who was infront of him his sheer intimidating size was evidence enough, the audible snap of the rubber gloves being a clear indicator , he didn't act like he wasn't scared he was terrified as he heard the individual whir of power tools.
Doctor Hibino spoke with clinical detachment.
" You're going to be a masterpiece , Arc Kodonaki." , the sickly sweet tone grating on his ears and his nerves.
He felt it slice into his back—deep, slow, methodical .There was no anesthesia. Only pain. Blinding, primal pain. Every nerve ending screamed as metal chewed through muscle and bone.
His jaw clenched down around a raw metal bar in his mouth—his only anchor as Hibino exposed the mangled remnants of his thoracic vertebrae. There was no anesthesia just blinding pain and sensitivity his nerve endings firing horribly as he felt his teeth clench surrounding the raw metal bar that helped him ground himself.
Doctor Hibino looked to his side looking at the items he had prepared, the implants.
A gleaming cybernetic vertebrae.
A mental compliance chip ,live wires splayed as if reaching dug into his spine painfully.
Electric current surged through him as raw nerves were fused to synthetic lines.The false vertebra settled into place—perfectly aligned beneath the axis of his spine.
His body shuddered.
Arc's eyes opened abruptly the brown irises contracting as in the middle of his pupils a small flicker a white steady pulse of light coming to life as his features became more stoic only slight pain showing on his face it was limiting his sensitivity and receptors it also allowed DR Hibino to manipulate his mind shut down selective parts of his brain.
Doctor Hibino then pulled a sealed vial from a secure container, Alkanite a specific compound generated as a pseudo metallic compound used as a poison due to its deadly energy absorption ability.
He had been released from the operational table bloodstains covering his exposed back blood leaking from his eyes and back the freshly stitched wounds he was instructed to approach him as he looked at him and the injector. He watched him secure the vial of Alkanite it looked dangerous felt dangerous like a natural instinct he wanted to move he wanted to run to preserve his form yet he couldn't even with his regained mobility, he was hard wired to obey his commands.