# Experiments--Prologue

Author: RandomManOfDOOM
Tags: Plot Development, Sci-Fi, Transformation

#1 of Experiments

First Story!&nbsp; Yay!  
  
This story takes place in the Half-Life Universe, long before the Black Mesa Incident occurred.&nbsp; Specifically, it occurs before the Combine can even get to our universe.&nbsp; They are currently experimenting with several different types of teleportation technology in order to carry out the requests of an Earthling named Wallace Breen (you Half-Life fans should know what I mean).&nbsp;  
  
This is my first story that I've been willing to post on the internet, so it's likely to suck.&nbsp; Comment PLEASE!  
  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I looked at the machine with disdain.&nbsp; It was a jumble of wires and moving parts that looked as though it would eat you if you got too close.&nbsp; As unlikely as it was, this was the Combine's best shot at upholding our end of the bargain with Breen.&nbsp; If this maiden voyage worked, we would have a sure-fire way of getting the Earth and all its lush resources.&nbsp; The only problem was that past experiments have miserably failed, leaving people stranded on other planets and, in rare cases, other universes.&nbsp; I, being a stupid young scientist, decided I would do my part to help design the next incarnation of the teleporter.&nbsp; Unknowing to me, the Advisors wanted ME to be the test subject.&nbsp; So here I was.&nbsp; The big day.

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Are you sure this thing is safe?" I asked Dr. Powers.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Um...you created it, sir," he replied.  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I know," I said, "but, in my mind at least, it looked a lot...safer than this."  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Sir, this machine is the pinnacle of Combine technology," said a lab tech (whose name wasn't important), "It takes everything within the field of transport and--"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "I know how it works; I invented it"  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "Oh..."  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I cautiously approached the machine.&nbsp; A wire sparked and I jumped.&nbsp; If I didn't know any better, I'd say someone was messing with me.&nbsp; I took a deep breath.&nbsp; "All right, let's do this."&nbsp; I stepped onto the machine.&nbsp; Another wire sparked as the machine began to power up.&nbsp; _Stop that_, I thought, _Don't you dare fail on me_.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The machine was an extremely complicated affair.&nbsp; A charged dark energy pulse was fired into a series of amplifier rings, which opened a small hole in time-space.&nbsp; A dark energy field, generated by small projectors inside the platform, propelled any matter within the field through the hole.&nbsp; Residual dark energy attached to the matter would then guide the matter to its destination, ripping open another hole and unceremoniously dumping the matter on the other side.&nbsp; Unless the destination had another teleporter, the matter could not return.&nbsp; That last part made me nervous.&nbsp; I was supposedly going to teleport to a Combine outpost in Galaxy N2-47S, where a ship would bring me back.&nbsp; I sincerely hoped that this worked; the other teleporters had a bad habit of missing by a couple of yards.&nbsp; We were using the remains of the other teleporters to build this one, and since a couple yards could put me inside a wall, it made me very nervous.  
  

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The pulse emitter swung down as the amplifier rings began to twirl around me.&nbsp; The sound the rings made was unique, a high-pitched squeal that most people would cover their ears for.&nbsp; My ears hurt.&nbsp; I heard Dr. Powers talking about the power levels and "a small fluctuation" but I couldn't hear anything else.&nbsp; The emitter charged and...stopped.&nbsp; You piece of shit, I thought, I told you not to break.&nbsp; As the machine's "punishment," I kicked one of the rings.&nbsp; Big mistake.&nbsp; A wire sparked, and the rings began to whirl so fast that they were a blur.&nbsp; The emitter charged from a deep blue color to an angry red, and the squeal was now a full-out roar.&nbsp; Dr. Powers and his tech could only watch as I was flung from the confines of this area of time-space.&nbsp; I remember thinking, _HOLY SHIT, that was NOT supposed to happen..._ before I saw a bright red flash and passed out.  
  
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I woke up in a grassy meadow.&nbsp; I didn't know what had happened at all.&nbsp; All I knew was that the teleporter had NOT worked.&nbsp; And that someone was in trouble when I got back.  
  

&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IF I got back, that is.  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I stared at the sky for a few minutes and pondered the star patterns.&nbsp; I couldn't find any relationships (that was never my strong point).&nbsp; I pondered how lucky I was to be on a planet where the atmosphere wasn't fatal to breathe.&nbsp; I pondered why I felt so naked, lying on my back looking at the stars, while my paw traced lazy circles in the grass...  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wait, what?  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My _paw_?  
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;I leapt to my feet and looked at my hands.&nbsp; They looked vaguely human, but had pads and were covered in a thin layer of orange fur.&nbsp; My arms had thicker orange fur, and my chest had white fur all over it.&nbsp; I reached up to my head tentatively, not knowing what to expect.&nbsp; I found a muzzle and two fox-like ears.&nbsp; My feet also looked human, and some part of my brain noted that I was still bipedal, not like a real fox.&nbsp; The rest of my brain, however, was concentrating on something else.&nbsp; That something else was a loud scream.  
  
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Well?&nbsp; Is it good?&nbsp; Comment and rate my first story!  
  

&nbsp; (If it's unclear, the main character was originally human and is now an anthro fox.)

Source: https://sofurry.com/s/znJd6Pze
Part of the series Experiments
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