Multi-Gene

Pain coursed through every fibre of his being. It was as though his skin and muscles were being ripped apart and then sliced and diced by multiple shards of broken glass.

Blood escaped the corner of his lips and his skin was beginning to show since of splitting, showing some sort of stretch marks all over his skin. 

But David endured and he grabbed the little bottle from the floor. He couldn't wait any longer for Hazel to find a solution since there was barely anytime left before all of his cells were totally annihilated. 

Even with his rapid regeneration, his body could barely hold out at the rate at which it was being destroyed.

"It's not advisable for you to use an unlabelled serum. It might actually make the situation worse." Hazel warned sternly when she sighted the bottle of strange serum without label in David's grasp.

"What other choice do I have? There is barely enough time left and you still haven't figured a counter for the waves yet. At this rate, I might have just dissipated before you finally find something to counter this force." David retorted through gritted teeth.

He'd rather just try his luck on the body strengthening serum. And according to Hazel, he might actually be able to survive this disaster if his body was more sturdy, sturdy enough to withstand the disastrous waves, he would be able survive and the other solution was to counter the wave, using a directly opposite frequency which Hazel was still trying to figure out to counter the wave. 

Inhaling deeply, David clenched his teeth as he uncorked the lid to the bottle. Although he trust Hazel to figure out the counter frequency but, that depend on luck. But David didn't want to trust one luck alone, trying two different things, one might produce unexpectedly pleasant result. 

Without hesitation, David gulped down the whole bottle of serum without a second thought. But as the liquid flowed from the bottle of serum, down to his throat, David felt a hot sensation engulfed every senses he had. 

It was as though he had swallowed burning hot lava. His face turned res immediately and David's eyes popped wide open as his body immediately started to shake. 

"Argh!" A muffled groan escaped his lips as a painful sensation that was more than twice the previous pain pass through every single veins, muscles, tissues and cells. Not able to sit straight, his body slammed hard to the ground with a bang!

It wasn't just the piercing pain any longer, but a hot pricking pain that made David want to scream out loud in pain. 

His muscles spammed and his body shook like he was having a seizure. He could feel his muscles flesh and tissues, being broken down into smaller cells and then reforming back into their original state but it was even stronger this time. 

Unable to withstand the pain, a scream tore through David's mouth as the liquid that seem like hot magma flowed into his inner organs, burning through everything and dismantling his cells like they were made up of butter and then constructing them back at an even quicker rate. 

His body was degenerating at an even faster rate upon taking the serum. It seemed like taking the serum was a totally wrong choice to make. 

"Dammit David! What have you done!?" Hazel's voice showed just how frustrated she was getting. 

"Just hold on, I'm almost there." She then said, trying to comfort him. But David couldn't hear her at all. His screams rebounded from the metal of walls, creating numerous echoes that seem never ending.

He couldn't even think clearly as all that filled his mind was pain, endless pain and torture he felt his body that was breaking down break down at an even rapid pace just a second after drinking the serum.

Previously, he had about an hour left before his body completely disintegrate but this time, there was barely 5 minutes left before his body gets destroyed. 

"I can't die here!" This words kept repeating in his head like a song on a loop. All he knew was that he mustn't give up yet. His mind however was getting tired and his screaming voice wasn't as sharp as it was. At this back of his head, there was a voice telling him to just give up and end everything. The pain, the suffering, the feeling of being ripped apart cell by cell and then being constructed all over again. 

In the state of blankness and pain, another voice was telling him not to give up. He could vaguely discern the voice and could tell it was Hazel's voice but it sounded too far moreover, he was truly tired, he just wanted to rest just a little but that voice kept pushing him and his will power telling him not to give up. 

Black blood puffed out like a spray, spilling out from every single pore in his body as though he was a beehive, spraying and dying his room and floor with the black blood. 

Just about a few seconds David had made up his mind to give up, the pain abruptly stopped making his mind temporarily go blank and groggy. 

His eyes were dazed and his body shook violently as though oscillating but at a random non specific frequency. His entire body was covered in his own blood and a small pool had formed below him.

Coming to, David gazed around, confused as tho what was or what had happened. Just a few seconds later, everything came back to him and he remembered all of it. 

"David?" An anxious voice called onto him from his head making him cringe slightly on pain at the loud noise. 

Moving to sit up straight, David groaned as pain shot through his body like jet streams. "Hey."

David replied back but his voice was already hoarse from shouting and even his throat hurt when he spoke up. 

"Are you alright?" Hazel asked but there was confusion in her tone but even David was also confused. 

"I guess? But apart from feeling bloated and sore, I'm alright." David muttered as he sensed his body, closing his eyes. 

"What about the waves?" Hazel seem to be truly concerned about him. 

"The waves are still there but strangely, they aren't reacting as violently as they were previously." David was bewildered. He could sense the disastrous waves were still roaming about in his body but they weren't reacting as violently as they were previously. 

"What's happening,? Did it work?" David's eyes were full of hope as he continued to sense the waves roaming about his body as though trying to find some weak link to start corroding from. 

Apparently, his body cells and muscles were now strong enough to withstand the disastrous waves without being affected in the slightest. Hazel's theory was true. And he had certainly placed his coin on the right bet, the body strengthening serum worked and was it worked pretty well Infact! 

David opened his mouth and was about to laugh but then, a pricking sensation engulfed his nerves, making David ultimately smiled at the end. 

"It worked! I really can't believe it worked!" David said softly, the pain prevented him from shouting out loud in joy. 

"So it worked uhn? That was pretty dangerous and you were absolutely reckless in taking a drug you know nothing about. You are lucky you're alive at this moment." Hazel interjected, reprimanding him.

David waves it off with a smile but deep inside, he knew taking the serum wasn't the appropriate thing to do but at the verge of death for a man, he wouldn't care about appropriate or inappropriate, because everything goes at that moment. 

"Has the cataclysmic Waves being destroyed yet?" David shook his head as he replied negatively. 

"No, not yet. My body seem to be unable to quell the waves by itself, but it can contain it perfectly. No signs of erosion... At least not yet." David replied.

An idea suddenly formed in his head. Now that his body was strong enough to contain the waves, what if he isolates it, compress it and then push it towards just one specify part of his body. 

As soon as the idea came to mind, David began to implement it. He breathed in softly and an hurricane formed in his room like a mini cyclone. Then after, he bagan clenching all of his muscles, making them squeeze tightly on his flesh and bones, milking and pushing the waves from his whole body right to his palm.

Three veins on his right hand protruded out like there was a ball in them. The ball like protrusion grew even more bigger and then after a few second, they began rolling down from his right shoulder, to his wrist and then his palm under David's command. 

A big ball the size of a tennis ball protruded from David's palm as he carefully placed the entire waves in his palm. 

"Here comes the hard part." David muttered, wincing in pain.