I love this story. I hope this gets more reads soon... cause I have big plans for future chapters. 
~Maddy
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Red walked down the stairs quickly, soon landing on the ground floor of the facility. The ground floor had three main rooms that were almost always in use. The kitchen, the bathroom and the training room, where Red was headed now.

He stepped into the large room and saw some people fighting together and other practicing with weapons.

"Hi!" A shrill voice reached Red, making him flinch. He looked to his right and saw a girl a few inches shorter than he was. He had long black hair and a very thin frame. Purple ears came out of her black hair and a purple tail was swishing side to side near her legs. "I'm Jess, you must be the newbie!" She said all to happily.

Red let out a shaky breath and calmed down from the sudden introduction. "Yeah, that's me.. " He mumbled, not to sure if he liked the female.

Red heard loud footsteps and he looked to his left. He saw a tale male with a very strong build. He had long blue dreadlocks almost to his shoulders. He wore a deep blue shirt and light jeans. "And I'm Squid." He said, his voice didn't really match his appearance all that much, too high for Reds liking.

"Why do they call you that?" He asked. The male didn't reply only large tentacles came out from his back, reminding Red of Slender Man. He also held up his hands to show suction cups all along the skin.

"That's why." He said with a smile as he made the extra appendages dissappear. Red nodded, kinda amazed at the ability.

"So, do you have an ability?" Jess asked. Red was confused by the question, he assumed he did by the colors breaking out whenever he felt that emotion but he couldn't control it like Squid could.

Red shook his head, looking at Jess. She smiled, "Then you must have strength." She said happily.

Squid nodded. "Then I'll leave you two to practice." He said before walking over to a young thin male with orange fluffy hair and a tail and ears to match.

Red watched as he got the youngers attention, soon giving him a quick kiss on the lips and leaving the room, hand in hand. Red felt something spark inside of him. He felt sad yet longing for what they had.

He wanted to think more but Jess quickly brought him back into reality.

~~~○~~~

Reds breathing was ragged and heavy as he left the room. He ran his hand through his hair, feeling beads of sweat pile up on his skin.

He walked into the kitchen and grabbed a plastic red cup, filling it up with water from the sink. The cool liquid traveled down his throat, making him smile.

"Hi!!" The sudden noise made Red choke on his water. He took a deep breath once the water was down and looked to the source of the voice.

He soon found out that it was the orange male from earlier. "Oh, hi." He said softly.

The male giggled. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you but I just wanted to say hi and meet you." Red nodded, the corner of his lips curling into a smile.

"Well I'm Red." He noticed that the younger male had deep orange eyes.

"My name is Stampy! Nice to meet you." He said happily. Red smiled, nodding. "So you already met Squid huh?"

Red nodded. "Are you and him....?" He trailed off, not wanting to be wrong. Stampy smiled.

"Hes my boyfriend." He said softly. Red smiled, glad he was happy.

"Well you guys look cute together." Stampy blushed and mumbled a sky thanks. Red took another sip as Stampy said he needed to go.

Red felt loneliness creep up on him as he looked around the barren kitchen. He sighed and placed his cup in the sink before heading to his room.

~~~A few hours later~~~

Red stripped off his shirt, throwing it to the floor. Soon water hit then tile, making a soft sound echo through the large bathroom.

Red stripped his clothes from the rest of his body, soon stepping into the warm water stream. The large bathroom had many shower places with curtains on each one. Many sinks covered that other wall.

Red smiled as he felt the water trail down his back and down his tail. His memories flooded his mind as the water calmed him down.

Red pulled the thin piece of glass out of his arm, making the blood trickle down his skin. He heard the faint yelling of his parents in the next room over, both drunk out of their minds.

He flinched as he heard glass shattering and more yelling. He looked at himself in the nearby cracked mirror and saw himself, bruised and dry tears trailing down his face.

Whenever his father came home drunk he always found it funny to take it out on his son. A worthless excuse for a child. New tears started to form as he heard more glass shattering.

Red sighed as he took out the white powder from his pocket. It was a few years later from the horrible beating and now he was used to it.

He handed the man the powder, taking the money from him. His eyes widened slightly as he counted the money, his mind started to whirl as he thought of all the money he could make with this type of work.

"Red?" A voice cut him out of his deep thought, scaring him. He yelled and had a tiny freak out, hitting his tail of the wall and falling to the ground with a thud.

He groaned softly, holding his head. "Yeah..?" He grumbled out, clearly annoyed. He heard a soft sigh in response. Red quickly turned off the water and grabbed the towel that was hanging over the side of the wall.

He wrapped it around his waist as best he could and pulled aside the curtain. He rolled his eyes when he saw Barney standing there. "Who else would it fucking be?" He asked himself aloud.

Barney didn't say anything and only watched Red as he went over to his pile of clothes near a sink. "Why are you taking a shower so late?" The male asked.

"Well, I like taking late night showers since my parents always yelled at me during the day." Red said as he separated his clean clothes from the dirty ones.

Barney was slightly surprised by that answer. "Why did they yell at you?"

"They said I was waisting money, so I only took one twice a week at most." He said as he stood up properly and looked at Barney.

Barney locked gazes with him, seeing sadness and regret in the mess of emotions. He then scanned his body, admiring his thin and well kept body, considering the bad treatment. His heart jumped slightly when large scars started to appear to him, cutting across his body. They were very thin so he didn't notice them at first.

"Why are you down here?" Red asked, drawing Barney from his thoughts.

He looked at Red, hesitated slightly before continuing. "I heard the water running and I got curious." He said, which was the truth.

Red hummed an agreement, probably would have done the same himself. "Where did you get the scars?" Barney asked. As soon as the words left his mouth he wanted to take them back.

Red looked at him with big brown eyes. Questions floated around in them soon fading as he started to speak. "It was just from the beatings my father gave my when I was younger. I used some scar cream to make them thin, I'm surprised you noticed..." He said as he he looked at his body, trailing the scars lightly with his fingers.

Barney felt his heart break in two as he watched him. He wanted to hold him close and kiss every single scar, telling him that he was beautiful.

"Well, I umm..  I should get dressed." Red said with a shy smile before grabbing his clothes and leaving the bathroom. The words broke Barney fork his trance, making him wonder why he was thinking like that.

He growled at himself as he took off to his room, hearing the door close to Reds.

~~~○~~~

Barney went into the kitchen and smelled something sweet in the air. "Squid! Give me attention!" Stampy yelled clinging onto Squids back. His tail was all poofed out and his ears were flat on his orange hair. Loud purring came from his throat as he nuzzled his cheek.

Barney groaned softly, knowing why his attraction to Red was so strong last night. Mating Season.

Since they all are from the same serum, normal mating habits don't apply. They all become more clingy and frisky during this time and no one was really safe.

Barney quickly ordered Stampy and Squid to head to one of their rooms, making sure they stay together. Barney had a plan with this season, since he wasn't as easily affected by it as everyone else.

He had couples be in a singular room, glad that the rooms had soundproof walls. While singles had to stay in their room. Some, like himself, we're unaffected by all the sweet smells that flew around during this time.

As Squid and Stampy left Red came in. "What's with the sweet sent?" Red asked.

"You're not affected by it, are you?" Barney asked. Red shook his head. "Good, you'll be helping then." He said before leaving the kitchen.

Red was confused by all this. Sure the scent was sweet and lovely but it had no effect on him. Was it suppose to?

~~~○~~~

Red quickly found out that it was mating season and was glad everyone was retreating to their rooms. The only ones that weren't effected by the smell were Preston, Bashur, Barney, Red, Ross, and Sparkles, who was new to Red.

"Nice to meet you." Sparkles said happily to Red. Red smiled back.

"You seem pretty normal to me." He said eyeing the male. He had slicked back spiked hair and wore red glasses that only covered half his eyes and he wore a similar outfit to a tux.

He smiled then closed his eyes. His skin turned into a green color, soon turning into a liquid. "I'm part slime." He said with a laugh.

Red looked at him amazed as he turned back to normal. "So Red." Red turned his head toward the male. "You're sure you're not affected?" He said, his voice filled with worry.

"Yeah I'm sure I'm fine." He said with a small laugh. "I'm good." He said finally.

Barney nodded. "Okay, well, since you're new you need to know the procedure. We are in charge of everyone for the time being."

"So like servents?" Red asked, crossing his arms.

Barney hesitated. "Yeah... but they need it..." Red gave him a look. "Listen, mating season is nothing to be tempered with. It makes your mind go all fuzzy and hazy, making you do things you would never do in your life." That sure shut Red up.

He nodded and let the male continue. "Anyway, we all have designated rooms and times to bring food and everyone is aware of this, so no one should be in the middle of anything at the times...." He said, a light tint of pink covering his face.

Red sighed, not liking this whole thing.

~~~○~~~

Red lay in his bed, rethinking the whole day. It was basically going over procedures and smelling the sweet scent.

Red didn't want to admit to himself that he felt something jump in him when the scent first hit his nose but it jumped even more when he saw the other dinosaur this morning.

He huffed and rolled over once again, having trouble falling asleep. Suddenly a fresh layer of the scent filled his nose, making him smile and his vision fade to black.

~~~○~~~

Barney heard soft footsteps fill the hallway as he patrolled it. Many mutants couldn't think straight and many would try and sneak into others rooms.

Barney stiffened when he felt two thin arms wrap around his waist from behind. "Guess who big boy." A feminine voice whispered in his ear.

Barney pushed her arms away and looked at her, noticing she was decked out in the color pink. She hand long pink bubblegum hair and bright pink eyes. She wore a pink crop top and blue short shorts to match.

"Pink." The male mumbled as she swayed her hips, walking up to him.

"You got that right." She giggled, placing a hand on his chest, her face centimeters from his. "And Yellow was right, you are cute." She said as she looked the male up and down. "And sexy." She mumbled with a smile.

Barney scowled. "I guess the scent got to Red..." He mumbled. Pink giggled and nodded.

"Well since my room is the closest why don't we have a little fun in there?" She said as she wrapped her arms around the males neck.

Barney was gonna shove her away but a fresh different scent filled the air. The male stiffened as the super sweet scent reached him, making his mind wander.

"Pink you need to go." He grumbled, trying to stay sane. "Now." He finished harshly.

She only smiled and pressed her face closer. "And why would I do that." She said before connecting their lips in a harsh kiss.

Time seemed to freeze for the male. There were no fireworks, no passion, and no love. Lust filled her motivations and Barney wouldn't have any of it. For what seemed like years, he pushed Pink away.

She had a huge grin on her face. Anger sparked in the male as he clenched his teeth. "Your room, now!" He yelled at her, not caring who heard. She took a step back, shock on her face.

"What, didn't you like it?" She said, her shock fading away and the lust filled expression came back.

"No I didn't, now leave and stay in your room!" He said harshly. Pink stiffened slightly before walking into Reds room, closing the door with and bang.

Barney sighed and took a key out of his pocket, locking the door. He hated acting like a parent to her but she wasn't going to stop anytime soon.

He just hopes that she doesn't come back.