<div class="floatright">(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/jotunusmc/pestilence2.jpg)</div><hr/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>  Name:</strong>       Solara Judy<br/>  <strong>Title:</strong>          Pestilence<br/>  <strong>Affiliation:</strong>  The Vision<br/>  <strong>Location:</strong>   Exposition Park Science Facility<br/>  <strong>Tags:</strong>         Hurt&amp;Harm, Cackle, CLOSED<br/><br/></span></span><hr/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">     Solara didn't even flinch as Hurt shocked the man - and the two guards attending him - into spasmatic paralysis. She only smiled all the wider. Neither young woman was afraid to experiment. What wonderful students they made. It was then up to Plague to mentor them properly. She nodded in thanks for the assistance and gracefully knelt down next to the twitching man. Her movements were smooth and subtle, and even when her free hand lashed out to clamp down on the man's lower back it seemed deceptively gentle. <br/><br/>    Plague pressed firmly enough that the man's electrically induced spams hardly moved his body. The aqua-haired woman then jabbed the thick needle straight into his spine. Her thumb reached up to neatly and calmly press the syringe plunger down and the glowing fluid immediately surged into his body. Like a spiderweb caught perfectly in the sunlight, the serum spread outward in neat little glowing tendrils in every direction. The moment the serum got caught up in his circulatory return the glimmering pattern on his back seemed to fade. Several seconds later the man's eyes shot wide open - glowing bright blue. All of his muscles tensed and he screamed out at the awful pain as the deadly liquid surged through his veins - either annihilating or completely restructuring every cell in his body down to the molecular level. <br/><br/>    Pestilence just watched with narrowed eyes to see whether the new serum would take or not. This modified serum was designed to have specific effects. The genetic engineers working for Apocalypse (most of them being forced to do so at the threat of their own lives or those of their loved ones) had been retooling the serum to try to apply specific mutations, rather than just random ones. So far the results had produced an even higher casualty rate... in fact only one other test subject out of fifty had survived it. That young woman had become Solara's personal pet. Though she had decided to wait to reveal her latest marvel until she was able to produce another successful subject. <br/><br/>     The man's scream eventually died down... he stopped moving. His heart-rate plummeted. It appeared the group would have to tally this up as another failed subject. However, just before Solara could give the scientist new instruction, a ripple of movement surged through his body. His hair began to grow rapidly, and the sound of his bones snapping audibly could be heard. The man began to yell again, though as each second passed the yell became animalistic in nature - resembling more of a painful howl. Defying the lack of air in his lungs, the man's painful howl began to transform further still - into mock laughter, still completely animal in nature. <br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/357/3/4/Werewolf_roar_by_Lintufriikki.jpg)</div>     The new being slowly began to climb up on his hands and feet - both of which now had sharp claws. As he slowly assumed his stature and felt out his new form - the rest of the individuals in the room could finally begin to see what changes had (and still were) taking place. He looked half man, and half dog - like a werewolf of sorts... but the howling laughter and the coloration of his fur quickly gave away the root species: A Hyena. He continued to adapt as he stood to his feet, more animal in appearance than humanoid. <br/><br/>     Solara slowly began to laugh as well, having already stood to her feet sometime during the process, she offered a very slight nod of her head and outstretched one delicate arm in the new being's direction. <strong>"Welcome to the family my child."</strong> The being canted his head to the side and offered a puzzled look in response... though the confusion in the expression seemed to fade with every passing second. After a moment of silence with Plague still holding her arm out in his direction, the being burst into laughter. It was a mix of snorts, howls and even a shriek or two. He began laughing so hard he had to reach down with one paw to brace his ribcage. His other clawed 'hand' however, reached up to grasp Solara's. <strong>"The... the pleasure... aha... is all mine! Ahaha aha <em>ha...</em>"</strong> his annoyingly sharp laughter slowly trailed off and then Ms. Judy spoke up again. <strong>"You have been reborn. Embrace your second life. You will now be known as Cackle; forget your former life and the old ways of the world. A new dawn is upon on us my son."</strong><br/><br/>     She then turned to the lead scientist standing nearby, a look of horror hidden beneath the anxious expression he manage to fake in it's place - though he didn't have to try hard to fake such an emotion while in Plague's presence. <strong>"Go fetch Tangle for me immediately. And prepare the conference room. I must inform Apocalypse of our newest success!"</strong> Her green eyes seemed to strike a feverish glow, no doubt in pleasure at this recent accomplishment. She turned to acknowledge her two female underlings. <strong>"Greet your newest sibling my darlings."</strong><br/></div>