The whole thing was very disturbing for him, firstly filming the funeral, then getting attacked and intimidated by the supposed deadbody and now the aforesaid dead body will hang with him posing as his girlfriend. Timmy felt betrayed, by the universe.
"What did I do, to deserve this?" he was thinking out loud, the redhead mutant has taken his bed and now sleeping peacefully while he was tied at the couch. The bounds were too tight to fall asleep.
"Look, this is nothing personal, but I don't trust you while I am asleep, so I will tie you and you will stay in the couch, one wrong step and you will envy the dead." he was being tied by her, the last part of her sentence gave a cold chill in his spine. That was one hour ago, now he really needed to sleep and worse ,he needed to pee desperately.
(Elsewhere)
Tootie was alone in her study-room. "How on earth did she manage to escape? I was sure that her vitals were out. Who revived her? and most importantly why?"
"She needs to feed and she will be quite weak after that, where the hell she can be now?" Tootie scolded herself.
Her beeping communication device took her out of her trance, MOD issues these devices to the top undercover officials and scientists.
"Yes, I am hearing."
...
"Oh, so he was skulking at the funeral."
...
"He, revived her. The rogue agent?"
...
"Yes, yes I am coming."
Tootie got up, she has gotten an intriguing lead.
(Back to Timmy's room)
A very pissed Vicki was untying Timmy.
"Sorry, but I had to call you, I really needed to pee." Timmy tried to cool her down.
"I don't care, I just don't want the couch drenched in pee. Now you also interrupted my sleep, it will be hard to get it back." she replied non-nonchalantly.
"Sorry, but hey we barely know each other and they say a conversation can cool your nerves and you seemingly look anxious, why don't you say more about yourself?"
"What are you, my fucking therapist?" she snapped at him.
"Nope, I'm your fake boyfriend." he replied with a chuckle.
This brought a smile on her face, she remembered their agreement.
"Ok I will tell you everything relevant." she stated plainly.
"Both of us, Tootie and me are prodigious. My field was Mathematics and her's was evolutionary biology. She is smarter and better than me. I was so proud of her.
One day she got a call from the ministry of defence and started working there. She developed a serum that can change human genes, that can make a mere human 100 times stronger,
100 times more sensitive sensory organs, self healing.
She duped me to becoming the test subject, but one keyword she had hidden from me. To ensure smooth functioning such a person will need blood or instead artificial Haemoglobin.
After the test was over I could feel the power in my arms, I could hear heartbeat of any animal however small if it was close enough. I could see finest of details, this was not a boon for me, I was afraid and astonished,
how will I live with this overload of informations? Suddenly I felt thirsty. My sister provided me a red liquid to drink, after tasting it I knew it was blood."
Vicki stopped for a little pause, the continued after breathing in,
"She kept me isolated from the world, told everyone that I was suffering from a mental disorder, then one day she forced me to take a drug and my senses went blank.
I woke up lying in a coffin and you were ogling me. I played a little trick with you., back then. I knew something was up so I waited in the coffin, I overheard my sister commanding and talking to you, I realised her plot, to make my death look real and to cover it a photographer was needed.
Then they tried to ship me off to their research facility,I broke out and killed the guards, guess what my sister tried to stop me but I somehow managed to overwhelm her, she is also like me, probably she has taken the serum like me.
I needed to find the photographer to destroy the photos and the video. Finding you was very easy, I picked up your scent from half a mile away."
She stopped.
"I never knew you were this much in trouble, it looks bad." Timmy was genuinely feeling sympathy for this woman, he also felt little guilty for his part in this ploy. Suddenly something struck his mind.
"There was a man who touched your body in the funeral."
"What are you saying? I only saw you first , when I woke up." she was clearly doubting his words.
"I have his photo also, if you just untie me I can open my PC and show it to you." he replied enthusiastically.
"I am too old to fall for such chaff, twerp, show me your PC and tell me the folder." Vicki replied with a warm smile.
Timmy obliged and within one minute the folder was opened, the photo lacked clarity, only the outline of the physique of the man was visible.
Vicki's eyes got narrowed, "This is slender man."
"What?" Timmy was taken by surprise.
"He was another scientist working on the same project, when some issues came up he went rogue and since then he was absconding." Vicki filed in.
(In the facility)
Tootie was charging through the hallways. They have gotten the slender-man, she needs answers.
The lab has turned into a stopgap interrogation room, the slender-man was tied to a chair and a military official was belting him mercilessly.
"Whatever you do, I won't open my mouth." the man replied.
Tootie asserted, "Colonel, I will take it from here & I need some privacy."
Colonel obliged and left the man at the mercy of the spectacled scientist.
"Whatever you do , I won't say a word." he replied.
"That would be a pity." Tootie sultrily strode on to him and sat on the man's lap. She drove her right index finger over the ma's face. It was little bruised due to the handiwork of the colonel.
"I always had hots for you, she was now touching nipples, caressing his hair. I like you, bot you fondle with my sister, you bastard." Tootie replied sensually.
The man was awe struck, he never expected this, he knew that why he was brought here in the first place, the reason mentioned by this black haired beauty was beyond his wildest imagination.
She got hold of his hair and gave them a moderate tug, "Why, cause she has pink eyes? red hair? is that why you fell for her?"
His heart was pulsating and a very familiar tingling is being started in his privates.
"Naughty, getting hard on me?" Tootie asked with a chuckle.
The man started panting, Tootie ceased the opportunity and kissed the man deeply. The kiss felt exhilarating to her.
"I did it for ethical purpose, I am against testing on human subjects, so I woke her up, I didn't fondle her." the man blurted out.
"Like I care?" Tootie's face suddenly took a dark look, his jaws literally dropped.
Tootie pulled his head down and bit his jugular, the blood flowed out in her mouth. She drank deeply, her victim was so surprised that he even had forgotten to scream for his life.
Within minutes Tootie drained him dry, his bloody corpse sat on the chair, jaws agape, astonishment was written on his lifeless face.
"Much better, so this the real deal, can't surpass mother nature." Tootie was seemingly happy after her 'energy" drink.
(Timmy's room)
"This man was a top scientist but then became a whistle-blower, he unearthed the experiments on human subjects. He was kicked out and proved insane in the court of law." Vicki ended.
"So, this man revived you, so that you can flee?" Timmy was intrigued.
"Yup, but he is probably dead by now, they won't leave any proof of my existence." Vicki sighed, "I'm calling it a night and you will sleep on the couch with tied hands. k?"
"Fine, just switch off the lights." Timmy replied.
(next morning)
Tabitha woke up early. It was only 6.30 in the morning. The familiar sound of Timmy's cooking came to her ears. She boarded her wheel-chair and wheeled her way to the wash-basin to brush teeth.
After brushing her teeth she entered the dining space, she was astonished to see a woman sitting on the dining table.
The red haired woman turned to her, her pink eyes were glittering like jewels, "Good morning, you must be Tabitha; I am Vicki, Timmy's girlfriend."
Tabitha was dumbstruck "Timmy? Girlfriend? You are sleeping together?since when?"
Fortunately Timmy returned from the kitchen with three plates of pancake and omelette. His pancakes and omelettes were like heaven to Tabitha.
"I see that you two have already met. I was planning to introduce Vicki with you. Sorry, that I didn't tell you early." Timmy tried to clear the air.
Tabitha wheeled to Timmy and hugged him tightly "Oh, what great news brother. I anm so happy for you, thank you Vicki for giving a chance to this klutz."
Vicki smiled outwardly, though inwardly "If only you knew Tabitha, If only you knew the truth."
"So, Timmy I need to go for a little shopping and I also need to dye my hair." Vicki tried to change the topic.
"No problem,today is my off-day, we can start at 10." Timmy replied.
...
At 9.30 am a car stopped near spectrum studio. A woman of early twenty stepped out of of the car. She had black hair, shades on her eyes black t-shirt and black jeans coupled with high heeled boots.
She entered Spectrum studio, Mr. Afronski came to greet her, "Hi Miss, how can I help you?"
"I am Charlotte Valentine, I hired Your photographer yesterday, he told me that everything will be ready by today morning. Here is my order number." she handed in the cash memo to .
"Today is his off day, but don't worry I will do it for you." he opened his PC and logged on his gmail account. "I have this id as backup, all my employees send me a back up copy of the photographs on this mail.I will print all in minutes."
He clicked on the print option and the photo printer started working, "This is the film that you had ordered to shoot." the middle-aged owner handed over a cd to the young woman.
Within 15 minutes photos were printed, all of them were of Vicki's lying in a coffin.
The woman looked at them carefully, a smile graced her lips.
"The photographer that you sent other day, was Timmy Turner nah?" she asked.
"Yes, Timmy is a very hard working boy,he did everything after coming back from the assignment. So I could deliver these in stipulated time." was quite proud of his brunet employee.
...
"I'm apologising for Tabitha, she is naive,..." Vicki cut him off.
"I know that, she is very sweet girl. She has taken our bluff seriously." she sighed.
"I can understand that you came for photographs but blackmailing a stranger to give accommodation? I thought that you were smart." Timmy asked jokingly.
"I was a mean person, used my friends; manipulation, intimidation, blackmailing don't make you popular among your chums. I had none to bank upon. My old misdeeds are coming back to me. They will believe Tootie over me on any day." she had a pained expression on her face.
An awkward silence followed, though not for long. On reaching the the mall, Vicki darted to the ladies-ware shop, while tugging Timmy along.
Vicki was busy selecting her cloths while Timmy waited outside, suddenly he heard "Timmy, come in for a second." Vicki was calling him.
Timmy entered the shop to find Vicki holding two T-shirts, one sea-green while the other was deep green. "Which will suit me better? Don't be shy?"
Timmy was visibly blushing, this woman is taking this to a whole new level. She noticed his discomfort, "Don't blush, after all you are my boyfriend."
Though his decision didn't matter as Vicki bought both of them.
They had a 50% off so the bill wasn't very fat.
Th duo came out of the shop, Vicki was caring a bag full of her clothes. "Now I need to dye my hair."
The left the mall for the nearby beauty salon. On their way they met a very old and lean man,probably in his eighties , his face looked familiar to Timmy but he couldn't remember. He wore a black hat and black suit. His eyes sparkled knowledge and intellect.
On seeing the couple his face lit up, Timmy couldn't identify him but Vicki was awed.
"Hey, you two. There is a thing called Nash equilibrium. Remember fierce competition will only hurt both of you in future, compromise will make you safe especially when you have a bigger enemy." he advised them and went away as if nothing happened.
"Who was he? why you were so awed by him?" Timmy was clueless.
A smile of pity appeared on Vicki's face "He is John Nash, the father of game theory and modern mathematics. The noble prize winner. You must have sucked in maths didn't yeah?"
"I admit that I was a below average student, I don't have a prodigious brain." Timmy tried to justify his lack of knowledge.
To respect the great mathematician late John Nash, I included him in this fic. with a cameo and a little about his revolutionary game theory.
RIP John Nash, you will be missed.
