Kev
Chapter Three: Kev
They couldn’t seem to focus, they could hear the two men talking above them but couldn’t make out what they were saying. They could feel the sensors being placed on their body but didn’t know what they were for. They could see the stark white lights shining down on them. They knew what those were for, so the people cutting them apart and putting them back together could see what they were doing. Then, they felt a strong and warm hand gently touch the surface of their body. That felt nice.
“You okay with that, Kev?” The man attached to the hand asked. They didn’t know what a ‘Kev’ was but since the man was looking at them, they assumed it was themself. “Blink once for yes, twice for no”
Blink
“Hank, they responded.” The shorter man turned and looked away, surprised.
“Well if we know anything about Morph, it's that they always bounce back” Beast smiled warmly at them. “Friend, do you know where you are?”
Blink Blink
“Do you know who we are?”
Blink blink
“Do you know who you are?”
Man this guy asked a lot of questions, Blink, they were ‘Kev’ the other guy just said it. Duh
“Well its a start” The large, hairy, blue man as he picked up whatever they were sitting in and brought it over to a large scanner.
The smaller man followed not far behind. His eyes met theirs. They wanted to smile at him, but they couldn’t. They didn’t have a mouth. Why didn’t they have a mouth? Why did they want to smile at him?
They watched as the scanner moved across the length of their ‘body’ and it seemed to pick something up. The guy with all the questions seemed to recognize something within them. “Logan, the device Mister Sinister used to control Kevin originally seems to be implanted within them again. More than likely, that’s what is preventing them from shapeshifting.” They didn’t like when the larger man referred to them as ‘Kevin’ it felt weird. Only the smaller guy should be doing it.
“Well get it out, we aint got all day!” The smaller guy ‘Logan’ yelled.
Soon enough they were sitting on the bed again, when a large, gloved hand reached into the container. NoNoNoNo not again. It all came back. The place they had been before this one, the man with paler skin than theirs, his razor sharp teeth, the cutting, the chemicals, it all made its way to the forefront of their mind. They had to protect themself. They would not be hurt like that again.
CHOMP
They felt themself form razor sharp teeth, like the man from the other place had, and bite the freshly gloved hand. They could taste blood and fur and rubber in their mouth. Mouth! They had a mouth now! They moved their face towards ‘Logan’ and smiled. Who just let out the world's heartiest laugh. That laugh made them feel warm. They wished it would never end. They had felt cold for a while now.
“Well” the bitten man grabbed his hand and walked towards a medical kit, “It certainly is progress, but that brings up the issue that they seem to be defensive. I’m not too sure on how to go about this.”
The short man’s laugh died down, and the world felt cold again. “Maybe they’re hungry.”
“Doubtedly. I don’t believe that mouth is attached to anything” He turned and motioned to the screen that shows the scan, “They don’t seem to have any internal organs currently. Try and see if you can look down their throat” he rinsed his bleeding hand off in the sink and began to wrap it.
Logan walked closer to the container and stood over top of them, eyes meeting theirs as they smiled widely again. “Hi, Morph”
They tried to respond but all that happened was their odd shaped mouth silently mimicking the word “Hi” back.
“Hmm, well can you open up for me, bub?”
Bub? Who was Bub? They were ‘Kev’.
“Morph? Come on, let me see inside your mouth, wouldn’t be the first time” He joked.
Morph? That kinda sounded right, he had just called them that, but they were ‘Kev’ to him.
“Kev, bub come on. Let me see your throat”
That’s it! I must be Kev, Morph, and Bub!
They opened their mouth wide and sure enough, there was nothing behind both rows of teeth and a small, makeshift tongue.
“Yeah, there’s just a wall back there, really must’ve not wanted you to touch them.” Logan relayed to the other guy.
“Perhaps these could help” The blue man approached the table with a large pair of tweezers. Morph’s eyes grew wide and scared.
Logan noticed the scent of their fear and grabbed the tweezers out of the large man's hand.“Beast, no. They’re scared right now and you just made it worse.” Even without sweating or hearing their heartbeat, Logan was always able to recognize when Morph became fearful.
Beast, a fitting name for such a horrible man. Hatred and anger began to rapidly bubble within them, a feeling they knew all too well.
“Hey guys!” The young girl from earlier burst in, Jubilee is what Logan called her. “I brought some supplies!” She placed a few bags of chips, a pack of energy drinks, and a pink blanket with red hearts on the bed next to the one they were gathered at. “They look cold” She explained and threw the blanket over their container.
That anger continued to rise, but now against the girl. It was dark, too dark. Just like when the other man had controlled them, forced them into that state. They needed out. NOW. They began to rock their container as Logan moved the blanket and scolded the girl.
“Jubes don’t scare them.” He adjusted the blanket to sit closer to their ‘skin’ but careful to not cover their mouth or eyes. “They’re really out of it right now, y’ need to be gentler with ‘em”
“Oh, ok” She nodded, “Heyyyy, how goes it?” She leaned over the side of the container and gave them a big smile.
That smile was contagious, all they could do was smile back.
“They won’t let Beast touch ‘em, which aint great since we’re trying to get a damn mind control chip outta their head, or whatever they got right now.” he fixed the blanket again. They did look cold.
“So why don’t you do it? They seem fine when you touch them.” She suggested, seeing that Logan's gentle touch seemed to comfort Morph.
“I aint no doctor” he mumbled back.
“To be honest with you, Wolverine. You know as much as I do regarding Morph’s current state. If not, then more. Perhaps you could take a chance and try. You would definitely heal a lot faster than I currently am.” Beast laughed. It wasn’t as warm as Logan’s though.
Jubilee looked down at Beast’s bandaged hand and let out a long drawn out whistle.
Logan turned back to Morph and asked “It ok if I do it?”
They weren’t sure what everyone was trying to do but they trusted Logan. He got them out of that scary place with the mean man and had been caring for them since.
Blink
“You wanna do it in private? In our room?”
Blink