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Alex

I woke up. That's good. It means I'm not dead yet.

For a moment, I just lay there before remembering what had happened.

I had gone on a simple mission, to break up a particularly dangerous gang in Los Angeles before they did anything really big. I was on my way back to London after finishing the mission, feeling good because it was my fifteenth birthday, when I was attacked by a mad dog. He bit me and I passed out from the pain.

As I looked around, I guessed I was in the hospital. Most likely St. Dominic's. My guess was correct because right at that moment, a nurse came in. When she saw that my eyes were open her mouth fell open and she backed out of the room, saying something about getting somebody. A doctor maybe.

I let my mind wander, trying to think what else had happened when I heard annoying buzzing sound on the other side of the room. I looked up and saw a fly. I stared it down and I swear, it just buzzed louder. I was about to tell it to shut up when the door opened and the nurse came back in. This time with a doctor.

Doctor, I looked at his name tag, Jeffery cleared his throat and sat down by my bed. The nurse bit her lip and went outside, closing the door behind her.

Doctor Jeffery swallowed hard a couple times before talking. "Alex, I need to tell you something. I need you to try to stay calm. Okay?" I hesitated for a moment before nodding. I wasn't a believer in the rip- the- Band-Aid- of- quickly- and- it- wont- hurt- as- much theory but I thought it was the smartest choice this time.

He lunged right into the story before he could lose his courage. "Earlier this year, some of the animals the state was doing DNA testing on escaped. The dog that bit you was one of them. They tried to add other animals characteristics to him but it messed up. Now, if he bites someone, he transfers those animals DNA to the bitten person. He injected Panthera Pardus, more commonly known as the leopard, DNA into your blood." He paused for a breathe before continuing.

"Later, we need to do some test to figure out what this new DNA did to you." He looked at me with a sad expression on his face and went out of the room.

For a second I just stared after him, not comprehending, before it struck me. I now had leopard blood in me and they have no clue what it's going to do. Considering the circumstances, it's not surprising that I passed out again.

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