Of Cats and Men

[Miaou]

Scientists began to study my body heavily. They even fished out my organs from storage and found them ready to be placed back in. I did lose a few organs when the raid happened though. Half of heart was gone and my lungs did not exist. My tail was also torn off at some point. When, I cannot tail.

Merlin then looks behind him and wiggles his tail. It looks like any normal tail a cat might have until he lifts up off the table and drops it back down. A heavy “thunk” resonates through the table to show it’s heavier than it should be. He looks back and gives a shy tinkle of an eye before continuing.

My heart had one of the walls torn open, leaving only two working chambers left. Oddly enough, when they hooked it up to some odd testing machine, it was still trying to run though it was doing a clawful job of it. They found this true with all of my organs and even my actual body. The robotic components were quickly torn out of my body and careful reconstruction of my original body started. Organs, bones, and what little muscle and tissue they had left was used to put me back to what I was before. My heart was repaired and a M.R.D. (Mechanical Respiratory Device) was inserted to replace my missing lungs. They had to replace a lot of my bone structure and tissue with robotic and prosthetic parts. Of course, this was mostly paid for by Lady DeMatha still, but someone else took interest in this project.

The reconstruction of my being took about four years. A lot of innovations happened when trying to make parts for me, science changing discoveries in biology. I became a sort of sandbox due to my bodies ability to continue working, even after death, and a paws occurred when discoveries were more important than bringing me back. At a point, a decision was made to... turn me on. I was connected to I’m not sure how many systems, but the switches were flipped and I was alive.

Though... It wasn’t me. My body lived on, but myself? I was a monster.

Merlin lays down and closes his eyes. He gives a long sigh and continues.

I was never told of this happening. I saw it. When my eyes connected with my brain again, I could see. Something went wrong somewhere, and I couldn’t control myself. Someone else was. It was...

Merlin stops talking for around five minutes. His face shows sadness and mourning. After the awkward pause he starts again, though picks up at a different point.

I was eventually reconnected with my body by some strange man. I don’t know who it was, but he was tall and looked extremely worried. I was alone with him in a the lab I was being kept at. He was sad and kept looking at the door. He pet me. It was the first time someone has done that in over six years. He never said anything about what was going on, but he jumped to getting me working again. I was able to walk and control most of my body quickly enough for him to explain to me I was to leave.

I didn’t understand. I was scared myself. I knew I wasn’t what I was originally supposed to be. Something was wrong, something was off...

Merlin falls silent once again.

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