~Meanwhile, At An Unknown Location~

Ryobo's POV ❄️

I groaned before moving my head a little, as I slowly began to wake up and gain consciousness.

At first, everything was dark when I opened my eyes and felt air circulating into my mouth and nostrils.

I felt like I was floating, along with the fact that it was quiet as well.

A little...too quiet.

I started to panic, not liking the fact that I opened my eyes to darkness and hearing nothing but silence.

Am I dead?!

If so, how in the hell did I die?!?!

The only thing I can hear, is my own panicked breathing...Except when I moved, my body felt slow and sluggish.

Like as if I'm underwater and I can't reach to the surface.

Which unfortunately I probably was, because I heard a muffled Sploosh! sound when I moved my arm.

Looking around, I didn't see anything off until I pressed my hand on something cold and smooth.

And when I tapped on it, I immediately found out that it was glass.

Okay, then...

So, I'm not dead.

Despite the fact that I feel like I'm breathing underwater, felt glass, along with hearing muffled humming that sounds like it's coming from a machine just now...

I'm basically inside some sort of cloning tube, or whatever you wanna call it, except I don't think I'm being cloned.

Oh...What's the word that's related to what's going on with me?

Ugh...Forget it.

It won't do me any good anyways in attempt to remember because of the memory loss that I ended up with after the car accident happened when I was 13.

Feeling a bit cold, I looked over at myself, wondering if I could use my cloak to keep me warm before I immediately noticed that I was completely naked to the fourth quarter.

I blushed hard in embarrassment before curling myself up into a ball and wrapping my tail around my legs, not liking the fact that I feel exposed when my clothes are taken off of my body.

The only times I don't mind having my clothes off is when I'm taking a shower.

That's about it.

But, there is one thing that makes me wonder...

"Where...am I?" I asked myself.

"You are in a laboratory and about to become a part of 'Project Phantom R-648' experiment, Ryobo the wolf..." I heard an unknown robotic voice say.

My eyes widened a bit after hearing that.

"Wha?! N-No!" I said before panicking again.

Without knowing what was gonna happen to me next, I was suddenly knocked out again by a red gas that just appeared out of nowhere after I breathed into it by accident.

Before I was about to doze off, I heard something echo in my head as I was slowly closing my eyes...

Ḯ̷͂t̴̮͝'s̸̛̈́ ̵̑̽m̶̑͠ê̵̛,̶̀͐ ̸̿͝I̸͋͜'̶́́m̷̔̋ ̵̮͝b̷̚͝a̷̍̃c̷̑͘k̶̀̽

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After what felt like hours, I woke up again.

But, this time, I felt really...different.

It's an indescribable feeling, that's all I can say.

Looking around, I realized that I was lying in a medical bed and in a room of what appears to be a hospital.

Sighing, I lied back down and rested my head on the pillow as my ear twitched a little at the sound of the heart monitor beeping next to the bed.

As for my body, I was clothed, just in the same kind that a hospitalized patient wears.

It really isn't my cup of tea, but it's better than nothing, to be honest.

While I was resting, I noticed that my left arm was covered in bandages as it was hooked up to a machine, as some sort of blackish-purple liquid substance was being injected into me.

Even though I didn't know what it is, I have a bad feeling about it.