33- A visitor from another time.

I just woke up from my sleep, Alan seems to be asleep as well, I stand up to stretch a little bit, I really like to do that, recently due to my bed being.... not there, or well, not 100% there, I have to stretch my back too, that one I do it on my knees

Alan saw me doing it once and he said I looked like a cat.

I wonder if he is right, I haven't seen a cat before, not a real one at least, I've only seen them in pictures and I really only remember one, a black cat, it looked so cute, maybe that is why I remember it so good.

I Want to see a real cat one day.

I had been having trouble sleeping lately but this time It was actually kind of nice, I think it has to do with Miss Cecile.

Wait, how do I call her?, she is not miss Cecile in reality but she does look a lot like her. And I think it would be really mean to not give her a name.

In fact, why don't I ask her?.

*Faraday grabs the doll from the sides.

-Good morning miss Cecile!.

*the doll smiles.

-So I wanted to ask you something, I don't think it's correct to call you miss Cecile as well, so, we need to think of another name for you!, do you have any idea?.

* the doll has a neutral face now.

-hmmm. how about dolly?.

*the doll remains neutral.

-No? uuuh... how about miss dolly?.

*the doll remains neutral.

-Ok, now how abooouuuuut..... Ceci?.

*the doll smiles.

-Nice, then you'll be Ceci from now on.

Nice to meet you ceci, my name ya Faraday. I think.

*the doll keeps smiling and Faraday hugs it.

-I can't wait to Introduce you to miss Cecile, I hope she likes you as much as I do!.

While still holding the doll, Faraday stands as near as she can of the side where the control room is, she sees Alan waking up as the door opens to the room. Expectation appears in her mind for a second as she sees a female shape on the light at the entrance but it fades before disappointment takes over her mind as someone who she has never seen appears, expectation turns to worries.

Faraday sees a woman a little bit smaller than Cecile, her hair being an oddly green colour. She doesn't use glasses like her, her face screams of a young body, however, her eyes reflect even more pain than those of Cecile.

The woman talks to Alan who stands up a couple of minutes after she enters, apparently, because she introduced herself, Alan then proceeds to hold her hand and make a face of someone meeting an idol, like if he just met someone REALLY important.

Faraday relaxes a little, as this means that that woman is not as bad as Gustave.

The woman signals Alan to please open the chamber.

Faraday backs up and sits on the other corner hugging Ceci.

The door opens and reveals finally that woman.

-Hi there, you must be Faraday, it's nice to meet you.

She extends her arm through the walls of the cage to try to greet her with her hand.

She smiles at Faraday, her intentions feel genuine, there is no darkness in her.

Faraday extends her arm and greets her.

-So, mother called me to help with your situation, so tell me, what can you do exactly?.

-Who are you?.

-Oh right, sorry, went right to the job. haha.

Alan interrupts, as he thinks that will make the situation less strange for Faraday.

-She is Madeline, one of the greatest minds ever, one of the members of project J-.

-Please. don't.

-Oh... sorry, she is really smart, the whole facility works thanks to her. Also, I think you should know this before you find out and get scared.

She is the daughter of Gustave.

-W-uh-what?!.

Faraday gets back to her corner. trembling a little bit.

-Don't worry, I'm not like the old hag, in fact, I despise her in every sense of the word, however she obligated me to come here to work so I HAVE to do it. it's complicated, but I can't refuse.

-Do you need some help?.

-Yes, but that is besides the point, anyway.

I'll be working with you until the other comes again.

-The other?...

-Ah yes, Cecile I thinks it's called, She'll come back past tomorrow.

Alan can't believe what he just heard, all this time he had been assuring Faraday that Cecile would come back but those were only hopes and dreams, suppositions at best, now, he knows for sure that Gustave will bring her back, and that for once in a long week, they both will have time to finally relax and enjoy the company of someone friendly.

-FOR REAL?!.

Faraday speed jumps to the bars that are between her and Madeline, scaring Madeline in the process.

-Whoa there!, no need to get so excited.

-Oh you don't know how much we have been worrying for a confirmation on that, I thought at various moments that Gustave would just don't let her in. Did she have a a change of heart.

Alan said.

-Oh no, she didn't, she still Hates her, trust me I've never seen her say more slurs on my life. And it's been a really long life.

-How long?.

Ask faraday.

- About 87 years, since I suddenly gained consciousness that is.

-Whoooooaaaaa...

Faraday couldn't hold herself and ended up making the sound.

-What?.

-You don't look that old.

-I know.

-You look like you're in your thirty's at worst.

Alan said.

-I know...

-And you wouldn't believe how old she is.

-A million years old!.

Faraday said. Mostly joking.

-Even older actually.

-WHAT?!.

Faraday screamed, Alan however didn't bat an eye.

-How are you not surprised?!.

-I knew that already.

-HOW?!.

-She told me, also she is one of the seven so it's normal she is that old. All of them were born almost at the time the universe was born too.

-No way how is that possible?!.

- I don't know that really, but I know they're not lying.

-Do you know?.

Faraday asks Madeline.

-Not really, I never asked, I don't care really.

-How do you no-.

-Listen can we stop talking about Gustave? please.

-Oh yeah, sorry, I don't want to talk about her neither.

I actually do!, I want to know more about her but I don't want to be rude to Miss Madeline, she seems angry when we focus on Gustave. Maybe some other day.

-So what are you going to do?.

- Well I can't really complete the task they put on Cecile, in fact I was told to not even try it. Something really odd on its own.

However I can help make the takes easier not only for her but for anyone else.

-I'm what way?.

-That speed of yours is really something out of the ordinary, as far as I know by the papers that doctor Cecile wrote, you don't even have a limit on it. Well, I think I can make it so anyone can reach your speed levels.

-??

-?!

A question and exclamation mark appears in Faraday's head. Something that hasn't happened in a while now.

-Huh, she didn't write anything about that.

-Y-you can do that?!.

-I hope so, at least I'm pretty sure I could make it so anyone can reach your speeds when doing some "tests", you know, reaching the point where you're hopping from one side of the room to the other in .03 seconds it's relativity easy, however I for sure can't make it work to the absurd levels you can THEORETICALLY reach. And I know for a fact I can't make it reach Infinite. This however will make it easier for tests and stuff, so this would help either way.

In fact I could give it multiples uses in the universe as a whole, however knowing my mother that won't happen.

ANYWAY!, let's get to work.

-W-w-wait, right now?.

-Yes, I have limited time remember, only 2 days and I will most likely never come back ever again. So we better get right to business.

-O-okay!.