Editing Lab Rat (section)

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Lab Rat would spend seven years in the Birdcage before being released during the start of the event.<ref name=darling>Slouching, hands clasped behind her back, String Theory made her way over to [[Chevalier]] and Defiant.  The petite, odd-looking woman glanced around, not speaking up, but waiting until Chevalier deigned to look at her.  Lab Rat, behind her, looked more impatient.  He wasn’t good at hiding his feelings.<br/><br/>“I’ll need a lab,” String Theory said.  “Tools.  ''My'' tools, if you can get them.”<br/><br/>“You can prep something in time?”  Chevalier asked.  He sounded surprised.  “We expected the tinkers to take part in the next attempt.”<br/><br/>“I’m not an ordinary tinker,” String Theory said.  She tapped her head.  “I’ve had four years to think, plan what I’d build if I got out.  All up here.”<br/><br/>“Me too, seven years of thinking,” Lab Rat said.  “Need a lab.  Not sharing one with ''her''.”<br/><br/>“I wouldn’t let you, darling,” String Theory said, condescending.  I could see Lab Rat’s lip curl, but I wasn’t sure if it was in irritation or amusement. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/22 Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.4]]</ref> He is given access to an abandoned animal shelter,<ref name="animal_shelter" /> where he got a visit from String Theory.<ref name=rivalry/> After this meeting, he accessed the PRT storage for confiscated objects,<ref name=II10.y/> from which he produces a batch of little plastic cases the size of matchboxes,<ref name="caught" /> among other projects.<ref name=II10.y/> The matchboxes are designed to trigger a transformation when the wearer is hurt, temporarily removing the wounds from the subject, and it is this feature that manages to save [[Taylor]]'s life.<ref name="matchboxes"/>

He himself did not benefit from the matchboxes, as he is killed by Scion's golden orb at the rig.<ref name="death"/> Before his death, he is able to throw a device the size of a baseball, containing '[[Cryptid|distilled Lab Rat]]',<ref name="in_a_jar">Good question.<br/>Distilled Lab Rat in a jar. In case he didn't make it. - [https://redd.it/3gbaru reddit comment] by Wildbow.</ref> into the ocean with the aid of Taylor's bugs. His final word is 'angel', thanking Taylor.<ref name="death"/> After his death, his transformation serums are used on [[Bitch]]'s mutated dogs in the continued fight to stop the golden man's rampage.<ref name="dog example"/>