Unpleasant Awakening (Open)

Maxwell's headache eased to a dull ache, through a 'daze' or 'haze', he heard Venus' voice. It sounded far to him. But when he turned to look, he saw her and he knew she wasn't just a figment of his imagination. He rubbed his head and slowly, it began to clear, piecing his own memories. The new ones were too fragmented. He hadn't been raised in a human village and brought here to be their number one lab experiment. He made a face at that awful thought. "Gee whiz! I don't remember being a lab experiment when I was a child." His memories were being brought up in an Overlord-run village that had humans. Maybe since he had been a young boy, he had been ape-raised all his life and not 'a lab-rat'. He shook his head.

He walked over to Venus and remembered her as well. She was there helping him out and they worked together as a team. He gave a little smile. "There has to be a way out of this nightmarish lab." He said. He had never been in a 'lab-setting' before and it was weighing in on him. If they didn't get out while they could, they'd be seriously harmed and whatnot. Cobra was just outside the door. He knew that much. So would Valhalla. Little would stop them both. But they were both humans. Angered apes were not a good combination either. He glanced at Venus. "You ready?"

Venus looks over as Maxwell was approaching to her. Swiftly she glanced at Cobra who attempted to snag her. Ha, no, no. She shook her head, walking over to Maxwell, avoiding the two. "We need to go...but it's on lockdown." She frowns, looking around. She randomly bolts down the hallway, hoping the pathway would be clear. She too, has blood coming out the holes in her head. She swayed as she ran to the point she crashes into a wall. She winced, grabbing the temple of her head. Gah! Why so painful?

Valhalla rubbed his head and says, "I'll live. That brat Venus got me good with one of my own sedation." He was using a device to rid the sedation from his system. It wasn't easy to admit that he had not let down his guard. "I should have been more alert and aware."

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Maxwell sneaked out of the room, silently and wasn't sure where Venus was until he heard two say something about not being harmed if they complied. He was confused as he tread forward, rubbing his head. His hand came back red. That meant he was injured but he was eager to escape, despite not being very aware of 'all his surroundings'. He nearly tripped over his own two legs.

"Never underestimate a human." He was grateful for assistance in standing. The room spun a little. But that was because he may have hit his head. He gingerly rubbed his forehead, wincing when he felt a bump. "Yes we do." He believed that Maxwell will need and deserve a lesson.

Valhalla slowly followed him and noted that there were droplets of blood. "They ripped the halo's out of their heads."

Maxwell didn't know any better other than the fact that his memories were to fragmented to discern from reality and fictional. He felt so lost and confused when he heard a voice yelling from afar...it sounded so 'familiar'? Who? My guardian? Wasn't his name Cobra? He would have a confused look on his face. Wait? Harsh? Why would his guardian be so harsh. Instead, he tried to walk without acting like a drunkard. But it was difficult. He needed to go out into fresh air? He needed more paint? "Need more paint..I have to go get some more, guardian." His voice came out a little slurred. "I have to go to school too. Esmeralda said we get to watch a movie today." It was between what he knew and what he knew as a child.

"I have to get to school or I'll be late." Maxwell said. He was living in his past memories and viewing the lab's halls as the village. He'd board a bus. "I have to go to the bus stop."

Venus had no clue she was with the false Maxwell. Through her attentive ears received hollers and demands. Was there another Mawell being worked on? She brushed it off, concentrating on the two. "Alright, Maxwell," she gently says to the 'other' Maxwell. "I have a scheme that might work." With haste, she flies over to the scientist with the noose and manages it as a protection. Hoping the other one would fire a dart at the other.

False Maxwell walked alongside her and then in the likeness of him, he knocked out the scientist with his own tranq. gun. It was like he had 'retained' his memory of how to make the overlord scientists fall asleep. He glanced at Venus and nodded. "What's your plan?"

Valhalla shook his head. "Yes. Maybe a remote controlled lab restraint system should be invented next." He was trying to keep himself from staggering. He was being very easy on himself. He rubbed his neck. "Very potent tranquilizer, but it's only temporary."

Maxwell groaned. "I don't want to go this way. The store is back that away." He insisted. "I've been going there for a long time." New guardian? Tutor? "But I don't need a tutor. I made straight A's. I'm an artist." He finally admitted. "I learned from my guardian. He paints great pieces." He began to remember a little more about his past life. "I was always told to stay away from the lab areas because it was dangerous." His implanted new memories were crushed immediately as he began to speak of his past.