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of my own customizations . This armor was religiously maintained , except for one spot of scorch marks . Then it hit me : This was my second in command ’ s armor ! “ But he boarded the helicopter with me ,” I thought . “ His armor couldn ’ t have survived . Unless he jumped out and was ambushed like I was .”
I remembered the vials and how eleven were empty . One of those eleven vials must have been injected into the creature I believe to be EXPERIMENT 9 , my second in command . “ But , what about the other vials ? If there were eleven empty vials , then there must be eleven EXPERIMENTS .”
My thought process was interrupted by EXPERIMENT 9 emitting an ear-splitting guttural roar . “ Oh man , is he calling the others ?” I whispered to myself . Almost all glass cages instantly shattered and EXPERIMENTS emerged , all clad in armor , which no doubt had come from soldiers fighting the war . Backing away from the EXPERIMENTS , I reached for the door . As I heard it open , I bolted out of the room , looking behind to see if I was being chased . I turned and hurried into the other room , only to find five more glass cages , four broken open with EXPERIMENTS advancing menacingly . The whole facility seemed to be crawling with them .
And then , I realized . This facility wasn ’ t taken over by the EXPERIMENTS , but created to mutate soldiers into the EXPERIMENTS . One full vial was intended for me , so I could become one of them ! “ WK- DNA must be the DNA of a monstrous creature . The DNA would create the EXPERIMENTS ! But why would someone want to create monsters ?”
Once again , I was forced to stop my thinking and run , as the EXPERIMENTS were advancing . Running out of the room , I turned down the corridor to my left and fervently hoped it would be an exit . I knew that
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