CHAPTER 10

Tisha dragged me over to the other lone corridor, and pushed me, making me almost topple over and fall on my knees, I stood while she looked happy about it, Like she enjoyed watching me suffer, Which, in my opinion, is crazy, she was a maniac, a witch, I wonder how did she bring about 400 people into the cult, did she kidnap them, like she kidnapped me? Thoughts came flying towards me.

"what?" I finally asked, like I didn't care what she was gonna say, but, I asked anyway, for the sake of good manners.

"You…" The witch said, pausing for a dramatic effect, which, I thought was very unnecessary , "are now going to quit on your own and go back to what you used to do!"

"Why should I do that?" I said, with a snigger, and then continued, "Oh… wait, I'm stealing your beautiful spotlight!"

She rolled her eyes and frowned, and said, "No, dear!" She mimicked the old Tisha, who was a very sweet woman, She's like an onion, her outer layers, or fake layer shattered, as her inner layer started to come out. She is an Onion!

She took a tablet from her backpack, which… I never noticed. She clicked on something, which I couldn't see, because she wasn't willing to allow me to see what she was up to. Then, I felt some sort of a shock. There was something in my head, it felt like it was pushing its way into my brain, and trying to control me. I started to grow a headache, but I knew to keep fighting.

Then, I had an urge to go up to my colleagues and quit, but I thought about it for a second and decided not to trust what my mind told me to do. I decided to calm down,and hold the thing off.

No! I thought NO I can't. I AM NOT GOING TO QUIT! But I couldn't control myself, it wasn't me. I struggled and Struggled slightly slowing myself down as I tried to keep my guard up against my own body.

"Wow!" Tisha said "Oh Impressive better than anyone"

I started to despise Tisha even more. It was going to be either she wins or I do, I said to myself, Struggling as I'd drained all of my energy. That single sentence gave me that level of motivation. I started to try to take control of my body, eventually I stopped myself and my body, because All the energy had drained in me, I can't take more of it, Or I'll die. The last thing I remembered was closing my eyes as my guard slipped. Then, I fainted.

I woke up, but I wasn't tired… How had I managed to not be tired after all that struggle. I was once again in the Lab. I jumped out of the uncomfortable bed, and went over to the door, Mia and Isaiah were there, looking as if someone they loved passed away.

"Care to explain?" She asked, coldly...

"What were you thinking!?" Isaiah asked, as if he was my mom.

"It's Tisha! Her tablet has something that can control it!" I said, ignoring Isaiah, and babbling as if I was planning to destroy something.

"Calm down" Mia interrupted "you've been in here for a few hours since you fainted in the 'sudden morning meeting in the cafe' incident"

"Wait!" I said, with all my hype recovered. "It's been days since I knew it, It felt like I had to lay in bed for three days to recover my strength."

"Wait, are you pranking us by telling us bad things about Tisha?" Isaiah asked, like he doubted me more that he should doubt Tisha.

" 'cuz, that looks like you really dreamed up something..." Mia said, bobbing her head all the way back to make a double chin, "Are you sure it's real?"

"but it's all so vivid!" I said, I remembered each detail even more than what I understood at that time, making me understand what was going on, "Well, I'm not dreaming! No one remember dreams vividly"

"Mhmm" Isaiah nodded in sarcasm "Explains why you fainted…"

I rolled my eyes and then continued, "If you don't trust me, you don't trust family…"

"I trust you..." Mia said in dismay, I looked at her gratefully, she smiled and continued, "PAOMAS is the real reason why my sister died, not the ice-age 2!"

"Some people…" Isaiah said grimly "Some as genius as you, were tested with this chip, not many survived, I'm one of the survivors. There's something special about us that Tisha won't tell us…"

"Whoa!" I said, sarcastically, then quickly added with a grin, "Thanks for stating out the obvious!"

Isaiah grinned back, making me back off with goosebumps. It turns out that I wasn't scared of only Tisha's grins, but, everyone's as well...