20- Paper work done.

I finished my job with all the stuff Gustave made me check and sign in, even all those papers I had to rearrange again because she just can't control her anger.

I'm finally able to go and see faraday, my guess is that she is not having the best of times right now.

God why did we make all these halls so long?, I've been walking for 6 minutes already and I can barely see the door from here.

We could at least add some decoration to this one, I mean, I get the gloomy dark vibe they're going for in every other room in the facility, but when you approach faraday it's not like you're expecting horror, you're expecting a hug and the heat of a carrying person. At least a carpet could improve heavily the mood, maybe a purple wi- *CLANK*...Auch.

I hit my face with the door, guess I should stop daydreaming.

I open the main door to the control room, surprised by the lack of the blue light that usually greets my eyes once it's open. That is a bad sign.

I walk to the window and see faraday sitting in the corner of the cage, again, like that day, holding her legs to her chest, something wrong happened once again, my head is filled with rage to the mere idea that Gustave did something horrible to her again. I knock on the window to try and get her attention, she turns around to face me and I can see tear drops in her eyes. My body, like it had a mind on its own, rushes to open the door and get inside the room.

I run towards the cage right next to where she is. I immediately get a strong smell of burned meat in my nose, I fear the worst. Torture.

-Faraday are you ok? did she do something to you?!

-i-i told her I wanted to go to the bathroom...

She says while her voice cracks a bit.

My guess is that Gustave denied her the "privilege" to have a bathroom in her cell. I turn around to see if any biological material is laying around the floor so I can get it quickly clean up, oddly, there is nothing in the floor, nowhere in the room.

d-did she just?... no, it's only been 1 day, she couldn't be so hungry to do that...?...

-F-Faraday, what happened?

- I didn't want to go in the floor so I... destroyed it.

- What do you mean by that?.

She then let's go of her legs and shows me her belly, the shirt is totally burned out in the abdomen area, and I can see a small patch of skin still regenerating near her side. She destroyed her whole abdomen just to avoid going to the bathroom and regenerated the whole section like nothing happened.

Oh thank god it wasn't.... WAIT NO WHY DID SHE EVEN NEED TO DO THAT?!.

Goddamn it Gustave.

-Are you in pain? I can get you something for the pain if you give me a moment, I'll even bring you a cookie.

I try to stand up to get walking to the medical area, but an arm once again stops mine, this time with a gentle grip and a shaking motion.

-Please don't go.... please.

She says with tears in her eyes.

-... I won't dear, I'll stay here as much as I can.

She grabs my arm through the bars of the cell and hugs it tight... I wish I could actually hold her in my arms...

Despite my wish to stay here with her as much as I can I need to eventually confront Gustave about all of this stuff. I could at least get her a bathroom.

...

...

I stay with Faraday for what I think it's an hour, she falls asleep in my arm, once I feel her grip loosen up, I try to move her just one bit so she can now rest in the bars instead of my arm, so I can actually go outside to talk to Gustave.

I leave her be in her slumber, I walk outside and I put a mental note to remind me to grab a new change of clothes for her....But I guess a shower is still out of the question.

Gustave is currently located on the G wing of the facility.... G...she probably did that on purpose.

I walk to the entrance of the hall, and my eyes are surprised to find something amazing.

The hall is in fact decorated, a fancy one to be precise, marble floor, the walls are white with golden decorations all over the place, some pillars are even put at some point of the hall, even though the roof doesn't need them.

This screams evil fancy lady, this screams Gustave.

I enter the only door available at the G hall, a room resembling the control room like the one Faraday has greets me. Only difference being that it has been heavily modified to resemble the entrance to a fancy house, Marble fountain included. The part that should be the window looking inside the room has been modified to just a small window of the entrance of the house. Near the door there is a Wood plank with the words "Knock or suffer the consequences" written on it.... knowing Gustave I shouldn't ignore that. I knock on the door, nothing but silence is my answer, when I lift my arm to knock again the door opens on its own.

-Come inside.

I hear the voice say, clearly Gustave's. Right in front of the door I can see a little hall with stairs to a second floor, and at least other 3 rooms right next to said stairs. On the Right room I see a warm orange light coming, sparkling even.

The sound of burning wood grabs my attention.

When I walk to the entrance of that room I see Gustave sitting in a flower pattern couch, one you see a granny using. Fits her.

She is drinking from a porcelain little cup what I assume is coffee, sitting right in front of a chimney. Where the smoke is going is totally out of my guess considering we are in space.

-Is there a matter you'll like to discuss?.

-Many actually, now that I've seen this place, there is quite a lot to discuss.

-Then go ahead, we have plenty of time.

She signals the couch right next to her. I take a sit.

-First of all, trust me, I know you have your motives, but could you please just at least give Faraday the basic human rights?!

-I am, I am letting her live, the most basic one, and really I think i shouldn't even give her that.

-Gustave you need to stop this pointless fight between you two!, this is getting nowhere, you are just hurting a little kid!.

She puts her cup and plate in the table and faces me with that characteristic look on her face.

-First of all, that is not a "child", it's been 20 years since that pest has come to exist, even more, she can't even be classified as a human, you shouldn't be that close to that thing Alan, it's just an anomaly.

-THAT ANOMALY HAS FEELINGS, SHE FEELS AND HAS EMOTIONS!, I've seen her cry multiple times just because you keep sending all your anger towards her even though she doesn't deserve any of that!.

-You're being manipulated Alan, a couple of tears and you treat an experiment like it was your child, I despise how manipulable you are, you remind me of my daughter.

-I am not being manipulated, you're the one that just can't see people as human beings and only sees them as tools!.

-Oh no dear Alan, I see people as people, YOU are a person, every idiot working in every cell of this facility IS a person, a human with a soul, that thing you so willingly want to protect is nothing but a husk, a corpse just wanting to leech on the smallest amount of comfort it can get before it dries out.

-You...YOU!

-Don't clench your first at me boy, know your place in the hierarchy, I think you're capable of doing that unlike the stray dog you contracted.

-THAT IS ENOUGH!

I grab the table that was holding the cup and throw it away, she doesn't even react to what is happening.

My finger points directly at her face as I close my distance, the anger on my face is quite noticeable.

- I won't tolerate you talking shit about the people I love, That is enough of your shit!.

Again, she doesn't even react to anything, she just has her eyes locked to mine with that angry face of hers.

Suddenly her mouth transforms into a smirk.

-You look quite good when you're angry, you know that?.

-?!

her hands grab my face, my anger transforms into fear.

-You make me want to make you even madder.

her face gets close to mine, my nervousness gets even higher and I can feel a knot in my throat.

I push her away from me with all the will I have in the world.

-Is this really just a sick joke to you?!.

-This is my playground Alan, nothing more.

-You're such a disgusting person!.

- Oh I love you too dear, but there is no time for that, it's already night, so if you don't have anything else to discuss I would like to ask you to leave so I can get a proper sleep.

-We haven't finished yet, we still need to discuss-

-I'll give your little toy a bathroom, don't worry about that, if the council hears about this I'm dead so I'm obligated to do so anyway.

Same thing with the other one, they really want me to care about both of them, but the other one at least serves a porpoise. But that is everything she'll get, we can talk about about adding other things if you become a good and obedient boy.

she puts her finger in my chin, I instantly slap her hand out of the way.

-Not in a million years.

-Fine, have it your way.

-Now, about cecile-

-We'll talk about her at some point, she is not needed for now.

-... Then I'll leave, there is nothing of use here.

-Good night Dear.

-FUCK YOU!

-he he.