Chapter 32 - Squirt! Squirt!
We were both tired when we got home. Prof. Antonio went straight to the bathroom and actually took a bath, then went to his room without saying a word to me.
He did not talk much on the way home either. I think perhaps, he feels awkward, after showing such a vulnerable part of himself to me.
I couldn’t sleep then, so I went to the laboratory instead to tinker on something I wanted to experiment upon, but first, I need to extract some of my pheromones since our supply is running low.
An omega’s pheromones are primarily secreted from their skin, and are concentrated at the neck area, the armpit area, and the groin area. The most secretions are released from the anal glands when the omega is in heat, and second, from the gland located behind the ear’s base.
Since I am currently on my third day of estrus, I can freely extract my pheromones from my anal glands, and as a dominant omega, I can easily control its flow to get as much pheromones as I need.
Way back in the old times, to extract an omega’s pheromones, the subject would need to be sedated and their anal cavity pried open with a metal clamp called a speculum to extract the pheromones from their anal sacks with a syringe, but with a dominant omega such as myself, the process has been made less tedious, and as some doctors have pointed out, more humane.
I took a sterilized flask from the professor’s work station and took my pants off, then, kneeling on the floor, I placed the flask between my legs and let the liquid pheromones trickle into the container.
I was almost finished when the door opened and Prof. Antonio entered the room.
It was a good thing that I had my back to him with my lab gown on.
“Pucha! Anong ginagawa mo?!”
“Ah, Prof. Antonio, I thought you went straight to bed?”
“Kaya ba naisipan mo’ng umebak sa lab ko?!”
“I was doing no such thing.” I stood up, pulled my pants up, and picked up the flask. “I was collecting some pheromones.”
“Ha?”
He stared at the thick yellowish fluid in the flask. There was about two ounces worth inside it.
“Iniihi mo ang pheromones mo?!”
“How vulgar.” I frowned at him. “Do you not know that dominant omegas can make their pheromones flow out of their anal sacks at whim?”
“No... never nagawa `yan ng alaga ko noon... so... parang barakong pusa lang? Squirt! Squirt!?””
“Then how did you extract his pheromones before?”
He was hesitant when he replied.
“Nilalagyan namin s’ya ng speculum para bumuka ang... ang butas nya...” he paused. “Tapos, kinakayod namin ang pheromones na lumalabas sa anal sacks n’ya.”
“You don’t use a syringe?” I asked him, “It is much faster.”
“Of course not! Ayaw naming mag-iwan ng unnecessary scarring sa sacks n’ya, p’wedeng pagmulan `yon ng impeksyon!”
“But that is the standard way of extracting pheromones from omegas.”
“Kaya nga maraming omega ang nagkakasakit, eh! Lalo na noong una pa lang sila nadiscover!” he said, angrily, “Ikaw, gusto mo ba’ng `yun ang gawin sa `yo?”
“No,” I answered, “because I can control my pheromones freely.”
“Eh, pano kung hindi? Pano kung isang ordinaryong omega ka lang, tapos pinadala ka sa isang institution na gusto ka’ng pag-aralan na parang hayop at pagsasaksakan ka nang kung anu-ano sa katawan? Matutuwa ka ba roon?”
“Of course not,” I replied. “That is why we need to advance medical science, so that the future generation would no longer experience such crude conditions.”
He paused, staring at me.
“Hmph. Buti naman at naintindihan mo!” he looked at the flask again. “Pero... napaka praktikal n’yan ha... dati-rati... dalawang oras ang inaabot namin, para makakuha lang ng kalahati n’yan...”
“And as promised, I shall give you my pheromones for free.”
I handed him the flask, but he stepped away from it.
“Paki-sterilize muna... at saka, may stock pa naman ako.”
“Actually, I noticed that your stock is running low, so I decided to use my own.”
“Umm...” he looked at a corner of the room, “Actually, marami pa ako’ng stock...”
He walked to said corner where a shelf was stacked full of folders.
“Wala ba dito ang mga bantay mo?” he asked me suspiciously.
“They are not allowed inside the property, unless during an emergency, and even if they are, they wouldn’t be able to hear anything from outside this padded room.”
“Hmph. Sigurado ka ha?” he frowned at me, “Itong ipapakita ko sa `yo ay sikreto na `di p’wedeng ipaalam kahit kanino,” he said. “Kahit kanino, ha? Naiintindihan mo ba?”
“Yes, professor.”
“Sa `yo ko lang ipapakita `to! Kahit ang bebe Meme ko `di alam ang tungkol dito!”
“Okay, professor.”
”Kaya bawal ipaalam kahit kanino, naiintindihan mo ba?”
”Yes.”
He turned to face the shelf once more, took a deep breath, then pushed it at one corner. There was a soft click, and slowly, the shelf opened towards us.
There was a steel reinforced door behind it with an alpha-numerical pad and retinal scanner installed to a panel.
“Talikod ka muna!” he told me.
I did just that, and after hearing a series of soft beeps, was tapped on the shoulder by the professor.
“Halika, pasok ka.”
There was a disinfectant room inside, where we changed into scrub suits, before entering an inner chamber.
There were three refrigerated units inside it, containing blood samples, muscle tissues, different pheromones, and other specimens, while in one whole unit were placed specimens from a particular subject called `DOME’.
He went to that fridge and took out a test tube full of concentrated dominant omega pheromones. I couldn’t help but stare at the rows or test tubes left at deep freeze, waiting to be used for the next experiment.
“How were you able to extract these many?” I asked him.
“About 6 years ago... natuklasan ang kauna-unahang dominant omega sa pilipinas.” he told me. “Tinrato s’ya na parang guinea pig ng mga scientists dito, at binalak gamitin sa militar. Hindi ko nasikmura `yun... lalo na’t nakita ko ang kuya ko sa kan’ya... kaya tinrato ko s’ya na parang kapatid at ginawa ang lahat para gumaan-gaan ang mga eksperimentong ginagawa sa kan’ya.”
“Where is he now?”
“Nasa America. Iyan ang bunga ng 5 years of experimention.” He motioned at the fridge. “Ang pag extract ng pheromones twice a week... ang pag-freeze ng eggs at sperm, hoping to create another dominant omega like himself... at dahil sa dami ng kaalaman ko tungkol sa mga dominant omegas... ngayon ay nakatali na `ko sa UL hanggang sa araw na mamatay ako.”
“Is this why you refused to go back with me to UACME?” I asked him.
“Oo,” he replied. “sinabi ko naman sa `yo dati, `di ba? Hindi ko kayang iwan ang pamilya ko.”
“Your family...”
“Ika nga nila, kahit anong galing pa ng bayaw ko na abogado, isang aksidente lang, lagas agad ang pamilya n’ya.”
I was speechless.
I know that blackmail is a common way to ensure a person stays loyal to you, but I had never had someone close to me blackmailed before.
This made me think.
What would I do if someone decided to kill the professor?
Surely I would end them first. But what if they are holding him against his will, and I cannot get to him in time?
I can understand now, why people use such underhanded ways to make others succumb to them.
“Well, now that I know your situation, I can simply talk to the one in charge and buy you your freedom...”
“Habibi, hindi mo ba naiintindihan?” he said, exasperated, “Wala silang balak bitawan ako. Malaki ang pakinabang nila sa `kin, at isa pa...” he paused again, “Ako na lang ang natira sa original team namin noon.”