Chapter 2: Light
Two men escorted a disoriented Julie down a long hallway with white panel walls and bright lights shining down from above. She could feel the weight of the collar the amn had placed on her, and it made her feel completely helpless. Many doors lined the walls on each side of the hallway, and small windows allowed split second glimpses inside as they passed by. Most rooms were empty, but a few of them held captives. Men and women whom she assumed were in the same position as her. Trapped in a strange place, no memory of who they were, and scared shitless.
A few cameras hanging from the ceiling tracked their movements as the three of them walked by. At the end of the hallway a single white door waited for them, and upon entry, even more white light poured out and nearly blinded Julie.
"Sit her over there." an old scientist standing over at a computer terminal ordered to the men.
They led her over to a nearby metal chair and strapped her arms and legs down so she couldn't escape. The scientist walked over to his desk and picked up a manila folder. He flipped it open and scanned through the assorted documents within. He looked up from his reading and eyes the young woman with a raised brow.
He held his hand up to his mouth and coughed before speaking, "Good evening Julie, my name is Dr. Leo Gerand." he said through a mask of politeness.
Julie looked around the room in a daze from how bright the lights were while struggling to break free of her bonds.
"Hmm, not talking are we? That's just fine." The old scientist said with the slightest hint of irritability in his voice.
"According to this dossier you're 22 years old, you have no family, and you have a very hot temper. Well, I suppose hot is too light of a word…perhaps frightening would be the proper word. You've lived by yourself your entire life because you told us, and I quote, 'There's something deep within my subconscious that makes me feel like I shouldn't allow myself to be around anyone else.' Do you know why you're here Ms. Monroe?" the doctor asked, pushing his face towards hers.
Julie simply shook her head and passed her gaze from the doctor over to the men who had brought her in. She could feel a sickness forming in the pit of her stomach, and the room suddenly began to spin. She jerked around in the chair but she couldn't break the straps holding her down.
The white coated doctor turned away from her and slammed the folder shut between his fingers, "You are here because you have a deadly set of skills which would be of the utmost value to us." he started, and then glanced over his shoulder, "But you lack the ability to control such a terrible power. We are going to make sure that you operate at your maximum potential at a moment's notice." he explained.
The old man then approached her and placed his hand on the collar around her neck. He gave a quick nod to the men in black standing behind her, "I'm going to remove this collar now and the straps binding you to the chair, and you're going to remain seated." he ordered.
He pressed a small button on the collar and the locking mechanism released, causing the collar to fall to the ground. Some hidden instinct suddenly took over Julie's senses, and she shot the palm of her hand upwards and struck the doctor in the nose. Pieces of his shattered nose were lodged in his brain and killed him instantly.
The two suits reached for the pistols holstered on their belts and raised them at the young woman. She could hear the clicking sound of the bullet as it loaded in to the chamber of the gun. She flipped backwards and landed behind one of the men as he fired at her, and she grabbed on to his head and snapped his neck with a deafening crack.
The remaining suit aimed his gun at her, but she did a kick flip and knocked the gun out of his hand. It flew through the air and landed in hers, and she aimed the barrel of the gun at him.
"Wait, I…"
Bam!
The man crumpled to the ground having received a bullet through the throat. Blood spilled from the wound and covered the floor in a tide of crimson.
The gun suddenly fell from Julie's hand and she dropped to her knees. She looked around and saw the three dead men lying on the cold laminate floor and couldn't remember that just seconds before she had killed them. She just knelt there in her blood splattered clothes and shivered uncontrollably.
The room started to spin again, and she clasped her stomach before finally vomiting all over the floor. Everything was so bright, and it made her feel uncomfortable. She bolted out the door of the interrogation room and ran down the halls. When the cameras spotted her the alarm sounded and the whole complex was put on alert. She knew she needed to find a way out before anyone else found her.