3. One Peaceful night

Ailthia

The light from the morning sun kissed my skin, as the early morning breeze chilled me, I hadn't had such a peaceful rest in all the 16 years of my life, one night without being probed, touched and manhandled, without drips been inserted into every part of my being, until the only feeling my brain registers is pain...I feel weird- buh good weird.

I turned to examine my surroundings, then it hit me, what the hell was I doing here again? All I remember was I tried running but I fell and then nothing .

The rumbling in my stomach showed I needed food, is funny how a machine needs food to survive but I digress, I am still lost in my thoughts when I hear a voice.

"You up already?"

Wait!, was he talking to me? I can't just pretend that I am deaf, yeah I had done that the day before and I don't want to imagine what was running through his mind, I'm going to answer him, but I am certainly not gonna talk much.

"Uh yeah"

He looked surprised that I answered, maybe he thought I wasn't going to, he sure could've been right about that, but of everything I had become In my life- and I have become a lot of things, a snob ain't one of them.

"You want to eat something?"

I really need to say no, I have been trained in conditions that best not be remembered, and during those times the feeling of hunger or thirst was only a blur, but somehow I'm thinking that if I refused him he would only become more agitated and curious, and I need to repay his kindness,besides who rejects food?

"Yeah, what do you have?"

"Caffeine, Cappuccino, Expresso...."

"You have only tea?"

He looked startled, but then he realized what he said

"Ah no, I have some bread, mayonnaise, Chinese, if you like...."

"I'll have the bread and mayonnaise thanks"

He hesitated a bit perhaps considering before asking.

"Uh, would you like a bath?'

I was thrown of balance, I want to respond instinctively but then I remember he doesn't know who I am-, well what I am.

"No, thanks"

"Are you sure? cos the other day...

I snapped at him. "I said no, thanks for offering"

I can't even begin to imagine what would happen if water touched my skin...I shuddered at the thought, my internal system function automatically clean itself, by means of DC-6S and even if I needed a bath, it had to use deionized water and it is a long process, using normal water will be like turning water into the system of fully functional computer, it goes Kabooms with all the sparks and lighting.

I really appreciated his kindness, but I couldn't help but wonder why he was doing all of this, he doesn't know me or what I am capable of , if he knew he would stay a minimum of 1000 miles away from me.

He's at least 40 and must of have seen part of the world, in my world there are no favours-they come to collect.

*

Alejandro

I returned to USA on Sunday night, I contacted Ethan immediately I landed and he told me that everyone on the team was clean, I trusted Ethan's judgement completely, he was the most persuasive and interrogative man I knew aside from myself, if he said they were clean then indeed they are.

I didn't go to church, wasn't much of a believer in God, I reasoned that one had to work hard for his success and achievements in life, instead of waiting for a so-called diety to help him.

I had decided to sleep in, as I tried to get my mind off things.

My phone on the shelf started ringing, I picked it up grudgely Ethan's name was on the screen.

"Ethan"

"Sir, there is something amiss that I think you should be aware about"

"Enlighten me then"

"I had checked the records of all the staff present in the final part of the experiment down to the thawing"

"Get to the point"

"Sir, it would seem now that someone had checked out of office, 10 minutes before Diablos was discovered missing"

"Who is this person?"

"Sir....I....it's...I...

"Speak Ethan!!!"

"Sir, it was your brother Anthony who checked out"

It wasn't possible, Anthony and I had our differences but he was loyal to me and diacom, it couldn't have been him.

"At what time did he check out?"

"At exactly 8:46 sir"

"So I take it that, Diablos was discovered missing 8:56"

"Yes sir"

That is not entirely the case here, if Anthony had somehow smuggled her out of the research facility, he still would have to pass the main exit entrance at the back of the lab

moving through that door was through the recognition of my orbits, no one could pass it unless...

"Ethan?"

"Sir"?

"Book a flight to London immediately, we leave at 9am prompt tomorrow"

"Any particular reason for this journey sir?"

I smiled as I balanced myself properly on the pillow, it would seem that it wasn't only my beloved brother who left that night.

"Yes, Ethan we're paying a visit to my lovely son"

*

Knight

After the incident at home, dad had just packed his bags and left, he said I was a monster and he didn't leave with monster.

How bloody ironic!

If I wasn't in so much pain I would've actually laughed at my sick joke.

Mom had become distant and closed, Caleb didn't really understand what was going on, he was just a kid, the only thing he knows is that Daddy ain't there to solve his math problem for him, and mommy won't read him bedtime stories anymore.

"What"?

Someone's loud voice jerked me out of my thoughts, God this people do not know how to keep their voice down.

"Hiking in Alana woods?"

Ok now they've got my attention.

Mr.Brownswort my environmental and health teacher is saying that for our project we would be divided into groups and go hiking in Alana woods, that place was almost deserted I doubted if anyone lived there. I saw the shocked expression on everyone's face especially jacq's and cordilla.

Oops! they are going to get their perfectly manicured whatever dirty.

I glanced at Alexander and he too had the same sour espression on his face, quite unfortunately though the worst was yet to come.