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"I DID IT! MY SERUM WORKED!"
A woman in glasses with messy hair who hadn't slept for days with a lunatic face shouted in delight at the sight of a death row inmate destroying a thick wall with his bare hands.
"LOOK! LOOK! HE'S STILL ALIVE! AHAHAHAHA!!!!"
"Congratulations, Doc!"
Standing next to the mad scientist was her assistant, a wolf-type demi-human, specifically a coyote. She had long silky pink hair with purple eyes, pink wolf ears and an adorable pink wolf tail. She happily congratulated her boss.
The two were standing in the control room where they both watched the prisoner through a large, thick glass. There was also an operator and four guards in the control room.
The scientist then turned to ask the operator.
"Hey you, did the camera capture this experiment?"
"Yes, it did, ma'am."
"Good. Now, let the guards eliminate him."
"Yes ma'am."
The operator then pressed a button on the control panel and then the security door leading to the test room where the inmate was in opened. The guards also overheard the conversation between the scientist and the operator, so they knew what they needed to do. The four guards entered the room and pointed their guns at the inmate. Gunshots rang out, a volley of bullets from a guard was fired at the inmate, he collapsed. Finished work, the soldiers started to leave but then suddenly, a sound came out that made the guards freeze. They turned their backs and were shocked at the sight of the bullet-filled inmate standing up and looking at his brothers with a dead look.
"WHAT THE FU--"
Crazy and deranged, the inmate charged at the guards. The guards panicked and opened fire on him, but the bullets were nothing compared to the tremendous dodging speed enhanced by the serum. The inmate then stomped his feet, cracked the floor, and launched him up to almost touching the ceiling. He fell with his fist right into the head of a guard causing his head to sink to his stomach and die. The inmate then switched his target to the remaining three guards, who were also out of ammo and screamed in fear.
"What the heck is happening?!"
The scientist exclaimed in shock at the carnage in the test room. Her assistant was also so shocked at the horrifying scene that she had to cover both her ears and eyes to avoid seeing the horror.
"You! Close the door, NOW!"
"Y-Yes ma'am!"
The operator then obediently pressed the button once more to close the door. The door then started to close itself, but when it was about to close completely, the inmate grabbed the sides of the door to prevent it from closing. The inmate's grip strength was so strong that it resisted the closing force of the door and flung it open.
"No fucking way!"
The operator exclaimed in panic. He repeatedly pressed that button in a hurry to make the door close but it seemed too late, the door was broken.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!"
The assistant shouted throughout the room in utter terror.
"Shit! We must run!"
The scientist, the assistant and the operator then ran to the entrance door and pressed the button next to the door in a hurry. Suddenly, the inmate screamed in pain and madly charged at the three on all fours like a wild beast pounced on its prey.
BANG!
A gunshot rang out when the door opened only a small gap, a bullet flew through that small gap and pierced the inmate's head. When the door opened completely, that was when the inmate collapsed. The three were still panicking because everything was happening so fast.
"He...he is...really dead...?"
The assistant said in horror at the sight of the inmate lying dead in a pool of his own blood. She then leaned her back against the wall and sat down, letting out a sigh of relief. The operator did the same thing. The scientist is the only one still standing and regaining her composure the fastest.
Just then, a man in military uniform entered with a pistol still smoking from the barrel. He was the one who shot the death row inmate. Following him were two armed guards.
"Looks like the experiment is progressing, Dr. Lyubimova?"
Hearing that voice, the assistant and the operator immediately stood at attention and respectfully saluted the man.
"That's right, Colonel Goremykin!"
Dr. Lyubimova showed a crazy smile as she stood in front of Colonel Goremykin. Colonel Goremykin said nothing, he turned his attention to the corpse and approached it, then stopped when he almost touched the pool of blood. He looked directly at the Russian words "сорок четыре" tattooed on the left side of the corpse's neck, which meant forty-four.
"Looks like after 43 failed attempts, you succeeded in making the serum on the 44th attempt. Congratulations, Dr. Lyubimova!"
"Thank you, Colonel Goremykin. I also asked the staff here to record the 44th experiment...HEY YOU! GET ME THE TAPE"
"Y-Yes ma'am!"
The operator responded to Dr. Lyubimova's order in surprise. He then immediately ran back to the control panel and performed a series of operations to extract the recording of the experiment into a tape. He then took the tape off the panel and rushed back to Dr. Lyubimova.
"Here is your tape, ma'am."
"Good boy."
Dr. Lyubimova then immediately took the tape from his hand. She immediately handed it to Colonel Goremykin.
"It is this tape, Colonel Goremykin. Would you mind sending it to Major General Anosov so that he can send it to the president so that the Winter's Pride Experiment can be approved."
"I'm sure it will reach the president's hands."
With that, Colonel Goremykin left. But when he was not even a meter away, Colonel Goremykin stopped and turned his head to look at Dr. Lyubimova.
"Oh right, what did you name that serum?"
"Hehehe..."
Dr. Lyubimova smiled wickedly.
"I call it...the Syvorotka serum!"
"Syvorotka? It seems like a nice name for the serum of the Motherland. Anyway thanks for letting me know its name."
Colonel Goremykin then truly left with his personal guards. Seeing that, the three breathed a sigh of relief in unison.
"The serum test is finally done, so I'm allowed to rest until the Winter's Pride Project is approved, Doc?"
"That's right. It'll take about a week or two until the Winter's Pride Project is approved, so relax."
Dr. Lyubimova then looked back at the scene of the experiment, blood splattered, corpses lying around. She immediately turned to the operator.
"Hey man! What are you waiting for?! Call someone to clean this mess up!"
"Y-Yes ma'am!"
The operator then immediately left the control room to call some cleaners. Dr. Lyubimova and her assistant soon also left.
"OOUAAAHHH!"
Dr. Lyubimova yawned with one hand covering her mouth as she walked down the hallway leading to the exit door from the headquarters. She then rubs her eyes, there were dark circles under her eyes.
"I have had to research and prepare Syvorotka serum for several months. My hair, my face and eyes now look like Baba Yaga. Maybe in the next two weeks I will spend a lot of time taking care of my appearance."
"Me too, Doc. If you need, I can recommend some cosmetics to you."
"Wow! You're married and have a daughter but still have time to take care of your appearance? That's impressive!"
"Hehe, thanks Doc! By the way, I have a question about the Winter's Pride Project that we're going to be doing in the next few weeks. Can I ask what we'll be experimenting on?"
"Didn't I tell you? Oh yeah, I've been busy. Well, Katyusha, you know, Russia is famous for Winter because war with Russia in winter is a bad choice and the lion is a symbol of Pride."
"Hmmmmm..."
Katyusha put her finger on her chin and racked her brain thinking about the hints Dr. Lyubimova gave.
"Oh! I see! I see! We'll inject Syvorotka serum into the white lion demi-humans because they have inherently stronger physical strength than humans and because they're white lions so it's easy for them to hide themselves in white background of winter!"
"Exactly! You're smart, Katyusha! We'll build an army of white lions and use them for future wars, if any, and intelligence!"
"What an ingenious plan, Doc! Anyway, my husband and daughter only see me once a week and it's the weekend. Now that they can see me all week, they'll be very happy!"
Katyusha then leapt forward in excitement, she sprinted to the end of the hallway and was about to open the door but Dr. Lyubimova stopped her.
"Wait! Katyusha, I heard your little girl has an interest in science, right?"
"Yeah...but why?"
"Ah, I was asking that if you want her to pursue a career as a scientist, you can give her to me, I will make sure she becomes a brilliant scientist of the Motherland like me."
"Hmmmmm, I'll consider that! Bye Doc~!"
Katyusha then without hesitation pressed the button to open the door and left, Dr. Lyubimova also happily left with a sinister smile on her lips.
"The Mother of the Motherland will be so proud of me."