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Chapter four - Bees POV
I woke up slowly the air smelled funny like Landry and bleach. The sheets stiff with starch I never used starch on our sheet, only fabric softer. My eyes opened to be greeted by an unfamiliar white ceiling I sat up fast. Everything came back in a dizzying wave which forced me to lie back. I waited for it to pass then sat up more slowly all my stuff was on the table beside me but my cell was dead. The place looked like a small hospital ward. With long tinted windows set in the far wall. I knew that. I wasn't in a real hospital all hospitals have a certain feel in the air that I am all too familiar with. Having spend lots of my childhood in hospitals, because of my dad's work I used to come with him and sit for hours either walking the different floors or sitting in waiting rooms whall dad worked. When I was little my only friend's were the doctors, nurses, cops and receptionist who hunted the same dark basement floors as me. The room was quiet, and I had begun to wonder if I was a prisoner. I was just about to try one of the doors when one of the teens from early entered. She was the smaller one I could see now that her hair was blond and short coming down to her shoulders. She smiled at me and left, returning a second later with a man one of his arms in a sling. He was tall and completely bald with small wire trim glass and an aloha shirt.
"Well it's good to see you awake Ms. Kingston I am Doctor Andrews you had quit a nasty bump on the back of your head" said the man he came to the foot of my bed and padded my feet. I frowned at him, he was dark too, no glow. Neither was the girl, although I could see lines and swirls that seemed burned into their skin.
"Where am I? you don't look like a doctor any offence and how do you know my name?" he gave me a small smile
"well I am a doctor of sorts, we got your name off the I.D in your pocket." he paused for a second I was about to ask something else when he held up his hand "I am sure you have many more questions we have questions for you too, but let's put aside those to check on you quickly, and get you cleaned up." he moved closer and grasped my chin and pulled out a pencil telling me to follow it with my eyes which I did. He nodded and asked me a series of questions like "Do you see doubles? Do you have a headache? Do you feel faint? Have you ever had a concoction?" I replayed no to all of these and he seemed pleased. "Well Leila will get you cleaned up. I think I will go pass the news that you are awake and fine" he strode away closing the door behind him. Leila came forward extending her hand to me.
"My names Leila" she voice was soft and light.
"I'm Bee" I say "but you seem to already know that" she nodded and we shock.
Suddenly she leaded towards me and whispered into my ear "don't worry you are safe, we aren't murders" somehow it was comforting to hear this even if it wasn't true, and for some reason I believed her that I was indeed safe here. "I brought you some clean close yours all dirty and there's a shower in the bathroom you can get cleaned up" She lead me to the other door in the small ward and pushed me inside gently shutting the door. I was indeed a mess. I had dirt all over me and grass stuck to my clothes. But what made me shiver was the black gunk, which had come out the boy thing all over my hands, and under my nails. The shower was small but the water was hot and there was even shampoo and conditioner I made sure to get all the black stuff off me before I got out. I looked at the cloths I had been given to where. They were a pair of yoga pants much too long for me and simple blue shirt that fit quit well. I slipped into them and combed my fingers through my hair. I put on my silver cuff bracelet last. l loved this bracelet and tried to wear it as much as possible it was one of the only things my mother had left to me. I tried to roll up the yoga pants but failed. I sighed and left the bathroom finding Leila waiting for me. She smiled and to my surprise took my hand I stiffened but then relaxed the gesture felt natural coming from her.
"Come on you have to meet everyone, and I bet you're hungry. We will get you some food too." When she mentioned food, I suddenly found I was ravished. She smiled and I nodded "you will need to put your shoes and coat on. We have to go outside" I nodded again and pulled them on. When I was ready she lead me thru the door and down a set of steps just outside, that opened into a large front yard all closed in, with a high fences and driveway curving up into it. the house was huge it was certainly modern with small windows set all the way up it, what I would guess to be 4 of 5 stores tall, the building we had come out of was set apart and looked like a two story garage from the outside. We walked up a few steps to the front door, which bossed one of these keypad locks she punched in a code and a the light at the top changed from red to green. She pushed open the door, reveling a large entry way. To the right of me, was a set of floating stairs, and the backs of couches and chairs over a half wall. Before us was a closet and a kitchen I could see a Granit toped island. But what I first saw was a long Dark wood table set in the center of the house. But what made my jaw meteorically drop was the large glass window, no not a window the whole back wall was made of glass. Facing the back yard I could now see that we were on a hill I could see houses and lights below us there was a patio right out the window that merged into grass. Another expanse of dark glass seemed to be set into one side of the lawn, a skylight maybe? Leila padded ahead of me and turned the corner going into the kitchen proper
"Do you like the house" I spun a second man came down the stairs with a women appearing just behind him a few steps up they were lovely wearing nice dress suits. The man's black with a gray shirt under the jacket. He was missing a tie and no shoes, but other than that he looked like he had just come from a nice office somewhere. The women, was wearing a female version of his suit but missing the jacket. She had jet black hair that fell to her waist in lazy waves that rippled when she moved. They like everyone else in this house had no glow.
"It's lovely " I replied looking into the man's face He was bald and has thin eyelashes with red cheeks and a red nose, giving me a impressing of a fitter Santa.
"She's my baby I put all my effort into her she's green too, we aren't even hooked up to the cities power grid."
"Wow that so cool," that was really impressive"so you built this house?" I asked. Him wife rolled her eyes
"Well I designed it and oversaw every step of the processes, she's not perfect but she's close" he winked at me. "Hi my names Michael"
The women continued down the stairs. And walked past me gesturing me to fallow with one hand.
"How about we get you some food and sit you down before we let him finish bragging"
The man scowled at her back in a undertone to me added "And that my charming wife Theresa sarcastic isn't she."
"I heard that" she said from the kitchen I smiled. Leila had already set a place at the long table with a glass of water. Theresa when over to the oven a pulled out a plate covered in foil pulling it off to reveal pasta with some kind of red sauce, two slices of bread, and some long green beans. Pulling out a fork and sliding it on too.
"Will this be ok I can get you something else if you don't want it, but I thought you might want a real dinner" she said offering me the plate witch I took heading back to the table setting it down before I asked a question.
"Um where am I?"
The women glands at her watch "That a complicated question. I have to make a call I will be right back" she turned and walked out and back up the floating stairs. God I couldn't get anything out of these people. I could feel the little bubble of rage growing.
"Leila what is this place?" she looked at me for a minuet
"You should eat first" she said I sat and repeated my question to the man Michael. He told me to eat and everything would be explained, but I wanted answers now.
"Seriously I want some answers, where the hell am I" I said. In what I hoped to be a commanding and scary voice. "What happened back with that boy? Who are you people? I mean the body disappeared how could that happen? Are you even human?" Leila took my hand and padded it and Michael ran a hand thru his hair. I felt a bit better after my little rant.
"Look you're free to go but if you stay you might get some answers. We aren't the bad guys no matter what you think now but you should really eat first." I looked at the door I could just leave but after tonight I had a feeling that the pretend normal I had clung to for so long was gone. I just wanted my life to make sense. It had never been normal. And I was hoping that they knew what was going on. My life would be made all ok, because it hadn't in so long. So what else could I do but sit down and eat. Whall I ate I looked around. The house was very modern with small deep set windows it was dark outside and I wondered what time it was. All the furniture was old and tradition clashing with the modern architecture. The couches actually had claw feet on them; there was a gold harp in one corner with music on one side. I wandered if someone actually played it or if it was just there for show. Something crashed into the floor above and voices sounded, we all looked up.
"Why don't you go see what that was about Leila and get them all to come down here ok?" she turned and lifted going up the stairs then there was another crash from above and feet sounded pounding on the stairs a boy with blond hair came down first, in better light I could see that he shared Leila's blond hair. The older girl came down next fallowed by two boys one was smaller also with blond hair he had been the one with the dagger. I recognized the other boy instantly he was the one who had knocked me down. His gray eyes caught mine and held them for a second.
"Bee this is my family, I heard you already ran into Sabin he is my oldest son" gray eyed boy nodded at me
"It's Sib" he said
"That is Will he is my younger son" he pointed to dagger boy who gave me a scowl
"You have already met Leila and, that is her brother James, they were my brother's children." James gave a little wave I gave a brief thought to their parent but decided I didn't care what had happen. I just wanted to know what was happing and, then leave.
"And Karen is down here staying for a while from Vancouver B.C" He seemed prod of himself for having gotten through the introductions.
"Ok but can I have some answers now" I didn't care about introductions I wanted answers.
"Are you sure you do? You could go back to livening a normal life you could just leave and we could all forget about this." The question had come from Will he was leaning on the kitchen counter so I couldn't see his face but I am sure it was scowling. I thought about what he said for a second but my life had never been "Normal" before and it couldn't go back to being normal now. I shook my head I wanted whatever Answers theses people could give me
"Tell me I want to know"
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