There was nothing.

I heard nothing.

I saw nothing.

I felt nothing.

I smelled nothing.

I tasted nothing.

Until…

I heard something.

A faint beeping noise, like a… oh man. I can’t explain it fully.

But it was faint, and growing louder.

It was growing ever so loud, and filling my ears with this slightly annoying sound.

Then, I heard another thing. It was a voice this time, soft and gentle against the beeping.

“You can do it.” It said. “Wake up.”

I liked that voice.

“I know you’re in there. Come on out.” It said, and I liked that voice a little more knowing that the something behind it had a sense of humor.

“Open your eyes. Take a breath of fresh air. Your time is not over. So please. Wake up, Gerard.”

And I suddenly I took a huge breath of air as my eyes shot open.

~~~

I heard shouts. I tasted weird liquid. I felt water around me. I smelled a metaly smell mixed with something else. I saw a white light, similiar to the one the explosion back at the mines produced.

I tuned into the shouts to figure out what was going on.
“Sir! It worked! He’s ALIVE!” I heard one say, and more others like it. They all seemed extremely excited for something.

But one voice stood out from the rest. I recognized it as the voice from earlier, and I quickly tuned into that one.

“Hey! I’m assigned to him. I need to get in there.” I could tell it was a guy, and I heard the moving of bodies as one person walked up right next to me.

“Hello Gerard.” It said, and I tried to say something back, or at least make a move, but my entire body felt like it was made of lead. I couldn’t move even though I tried my best.

“Sorry about your body. I was just afraid you were going to freak out on me.” It said, and I tried to smile but as I said, I couldn’t move.

“Here, I’ll move the light.” It said, and the white light disappeared and I could finally see something.

I was in a completely white room, and I felt restraints and I knew I was strapped down. Not uncomfortably though, as I did feel and see cushions on the straps and on the table I was strapped to. Countless tubes were attached to my body, and those tubes were attached to… things and those things were making noises. I saw one that had a squiggly line on it, and I recognized the beeping sound it made as the one from earlier. I also noticed the squiggly line was matching my heartbeat. Strange. I also noticed I was wearing black clothes that completely contrasted the white room.

“Good to know you aren’t freaking out.” I heard the voice from right behind me, but as I couldn’t move I couldn’t see whoever it was.

“Go ahead and release him. Not fully though, as he might still freak out once he learns.” The voice said, and I saw another person dressed in completely white clothing walk over to one of the things and press a button, and I slowly regained control of my limbs. I didn’t even question the ‘he might still freak out once he learns’ bit, I was just glad I could control my body now.

“Hello?” I said, and I heard my voice come out at almost a whisper, and even that was hoarse and croaky.

“Why hello there, Gerard.” Suddenly, a face appeared in my vision, upside down as he was over me.

I’m not going to lie. He was pretty.

He had deep black hair that curled under his right eye, and speaking of eyes, damn. He had good ones. They were a particular shade of hazel that sparkled in just the right way. As I dragged my eyes up and down his face, I noticed that he had a jawline that could cut through diamonds. And those lips, so plump and kiss-

No! That is wrong!

I scowled at myself before returning back to what the guy was saying.

“My name is Frank. Nice to meet you.”

Frank.

Nice name.

I smiled a little bit.

“So, how are you feeling? Okay? Fantastic? Alright? Absolutely horrible?” Frank asked, and I hesitated before answering.

“Alright I-I g-guess.” Still my voice was barely a whisper, but Frank seemed to hear every word.

“Well it’s nice to hear you aren’t feeling terrible.” Frank said with a smile, and I suddenly had the impluse to reach out and tap his nose.

But, even though I could move my fingers, head area, and toes, I couldn’t really move anything else. My chest was stuck, but something was allowing me to breathe. My arms were stuck and also my legs.

“Uh, F-F-Frank…” I whispered, and Frank raised his eyebrows a little.

“Yes?” Frank said, and I gulped.

“W-Where am I?” I asked, and Frank turned to the guy at the machine and gestured to him, and then I couldn’t move my limbs again.

“Well, Gerard. As you are here, I might as well tell you. The date is October 22nd, and the year is 2213. “ Frank said, and if I could move my eyes would’ve been dinner plate size.

Holy shit.

“You initally died in a mine explosion down in Dawson, New Mexico. Remember that?” Frank asked, and I nodded as the strong white light and the flying leg in front of my vision came running back to me.

“Back then, you were simply a miner. Now you are a thing called Project Regen.” Frank said, and my stomach plummeted. I tried to speak, but I couldn’t move.

“You were regenerated into mostly a new body, since you got blown to smithereens in that explosion.”

“We’ve spent millions of dollars on you. And look who’s alive and well.” Frank said gesturing down to me.

“Are you taking this in well? Can we free you now?” I felt some control over my face come back and I nodded. This was surreal enough that I believed that this was reality now, so I didn’t feel like I could freak out.

“Then you will be coming with me.” Frank said, and all of the control over my body was handed back to me, and my body didn’t fee like lead anymore. I saw the straps and cuffs undo and I brought my hands up to my face to see them, and saw they were completely clean of all the dirt and grime of the mines.

“Alright sir, you may step out of your bed now.” The person who was pushing the buttons said, and I swung my legs over the side of the bed, and he rushed over and undid all of the tubes and stuff attached to me so I was free.

Frank walked over by my side and helped me up, and I snaked an arm around the back of his neck, using him for support. He was quite short, but still useful in helping me since I felt I couldn’t fully walk yet.

“T-Thanks.” I said, and Frank shrugged.

“No problem.” He said, and I smiled.

We walked out of the room and into a series of hallways, and they were all lined with people who were each holding something really weird. I noticed one held a black box thing reminding me of a camera from back in my time, only more. Someone else was right infront of it, speaking into the thing with another thing in front of her.

“And we now see Project Regen’s first steps, supported by his supervisor Frank Iero. I don’t know if we can interview him, but it is exciting see him finally in full colour, alive and well.” She said, and she looked over at us, and Frank nodded.

“Looks like we can interview Project Regen!” She said excitedly, and Frank helped me walk over there with her and we sat down on the same seat, and this seat was a double. She sat across from us, holding a piece of paper.

“Now, are you comfortable with being interviewed, Project?” She asked, and she held the thing over to me.

“Uh, y-yeah.” I said.

“Alight, first question. What is your name?” She asked, and I gulped.

“G-Gerard.” I answered, and she nodded.

“Second, what did regenerating feel like?” She asked, and I thought for a moment.

“I-It was nothing, I felt nothing I saw nothing I heard nothing. And then there were a whole lot of somethings. I don’t know how to explain it fully in words, but… yeah.” My voice was growing louder and I had more confidence behind my words at this point.

“Cool. Third, what was the last thing you remembered before regeneration?”

“Bob had a group of people stuffing explosives and then we all ran back and then just a strong white light, and then, nothing.” I said, and she pursed her lips.

“Just nothing?” She said, and I nodded slowly.

“Well, anyway this the end of the interview. Thank you for your time, both of you,” She nodded both to us and Frank smiled. “As I know you have some serious resting to do Gerard.” I nodded, feeling a wave of sleepiness overcome me. “This has been CWN, Breaking News. Now back to Phil with the weather.” She said, and I heard a rather loud click as the black box was pointed away from us.

“You guys may go now. And enjoy this world!” She said, and Frank and I got up and we waved goodbye as we walked over to the end of the hall, where I recognized an elevator.

“We’re going in there?” I asked, and Frank nodded.

“Right, this will take us right to my place.” Frank said, as the elevator doors opened and we stepped inside and started our journey downwards.

***

The elevator doors opened to a nice looking apartment, with a majorly beachy kind of style. I looked around to see a basic layout, with a living room next to the entrance and a kitchen across from it. I saw a couple doors in the living room, and I simply guessed that they were closets, nothing special in them. (excet dan and phil ehehe)

Frank led me over to one of the doors and opened it to reveal an extremely basic room, with a double bed and a nightstand next to it. It had a wardrobe, and a lamp on the nightstand.

“This is your room. You can do whatever you want with it.” Frank said, and I went in and sat down on the bed.

“You can rest for now, but I am going to make some dinner soon so hopefully you’ll be hungry.” Frank said with a smile, and I swear my heart did the flippy over thing when he smiled.

“Sounds good.” I said, and I layed down on the bed as Frank wished me a goodnight and closed the door.

As soon as the door closed my eyes seemed to shut themselves and I drifted off to sleep.

Notes

this was obviously a story idea that came to me at 2am
ehe
i'll be slowing down on Sir Edward's School For The Supernatural and be working on some other ideas as well as my wattpad stories that have just been abandoned lol