Chapter 10: The Job Interview

When I woke up, I found out that I was strapped on some bed. I broke out of the straps and surveyed my surroundings. I saw Mel and Kate strapped on similar beds. I tried contacting them, but my head throbbed like mad.

"Mel, Kate, are you two okay?" my voice cracked. No luck. I looked around some more. The walls to the huge room I was in was completely white, other small children were also strapped on beds. Those poor kids… The place smelled like chemicals mixed with strong perfume, as if someone was trying to cover up the stench with perfume. The windows and door was all barred up like a prison. The mirror and speaker caught my eye; we are being watched.

*EEEK* went the speaker. Everyone in the room was awoken. "Jean Tam." Boomed the voice, "Come towards the door, now." I made no action to move. All of a sudden this electric pulse coming from the bed shocked me really hard, and I did as told. The bars slid aside and the door opened. I heard yelling inside, but I couldn't make out the words they were saying.

The people in the room wore white lab coats. There was a man who looked like a pirate, an old woman who had an evil smirk which made me cringe, and another woman, who was much younger, maybe around thirty. The thing about her was that she looked exactly like my favorite teacher Ms. Connolly, who would give us candy when we were good.

"Hi Jean, I'm Sally." She said, reaching out her hand to shake mine. She made it seem as if I were an adult doing business with her. I had thought about having a job interview before, but this was nothing like what I had imagined. It was more of a do or die type of thing. I pretended not to notice as her arm retreated.

"We were wondering if you wanted to join the Company. We-"she continued.

"No." I cut in, my voice cold and harsh.

"Why? We are protecting the people with abilities." She tried to explain.

"Suuure. And how well are you doing that?" I asked.

"You don't understand! We are only locking up the people who use their abilities for bad!" she persisted.

"And what about the people like me and all of those other poor innocent kids?! Are you giving any of us a choice? Some of them just want to live normal lives or actually save the world! You are the one who doesn't understand! You are hurting the world!"

"Whatever kid. I'm the adult here, I know what's best for the world. By locking up people like Sylar the world is a lot safer. Plus, what can you do about it?" she scoffed.

"Oh yeah, I can't do anything about it because I'm just the kid that is nearly INVINCIBLE!! Moreover, you are asking this kid [I pointed to myself] for help!" I stated. She knew I was right. They wanted me to help them capture Sylar.

Note: Sylar here is a combination of Sylar from Heroes and Valarie Boone from Fringe.

So, Sylar is exactly the same murderer as he was in Heroes but he survives on spinal fluid and that's also how he obtains people's powers. Is this any less gross than the head slicing thing? Nope, it's just as nasty… Picture Sylar with sharp teeth that bites into your spine and sucks your spinal fluid out. Yeah, pretty nasty… I got this all from the file laying on the table.

"Okay boss," I mocked, tapping my fingernails impatiently on the table, "Since you don't need me can I go now?"

"Ugh!!!" she groaned, helpless and irritated.

"Well, see you around!" I made a run for it. But first, I tried to open the door to the "Waiting Room". HAH!! It worked!! I can control objects with my mind!! I never saw such relieved face as I rescued everyone out. This was too good to be true… what's wrong with this picture?

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