4. Awake – Sophie
My hand traces along his bionic arm lightly, feeling every groove and joint in the metal. We lie almost entangled on my bed, surrounded by my poster-covered walls. He tilts my chin up and kisses my hair, his hands linger on me. My own hands hold his strong shoulders as I pull my body closer to his.
All too soon, he kisses my hip, gently lifts my legs from his waist and slides his legs off the bedside.
"Please… Don't go…" I call behind him wearily, he gives back a sad smile
"Don't worry, Sophie." His words are lost in a sharp and icy gust of wind, the wall around us become blindingly white and grainy
"No don't leave!"
"Help people." I can barely hear him
"PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!" I shout into the hazy distance at the blurred outline of him.
The snow beneath my feet crunches as I claw through the thick air. My eyes sting as snow and rain pelt me all over. In a moment, the air becomes thinner, my breathing lighter and my body warmer. I'm back in my room, James is isn't here and I've woken up.
Outside I hear rustling, something or someone seemed to be moving on our lawn. I drag myself out of bed and against most every gut feeling, I open the main door and walk outside with the key and shut it firmly behind me. The lawn was empty, I pace on towards the letterbox. The air felt bitingly cold.
"So what'll it be, Doctor Carson?"
My head turns sharply and my eyes fall on a large figure in a deep navy bodysuit. The voice definitely has a German accent to it, husky and dangerously calm. I feel adrenaline surge through me.
"Who the hell are you?" I ask quietly
"I think you know. And I think you know what I want."
"Let's move this discussion somewhere else." I scan the houses around me to make sure there was no one out
"No, actually, I think this is the best location. Collateral damage is an indicator of the efficiency of a mission." The figure has an almost refined tone to his words, I grit my teeth. "So then, will you be efficient? Tell me how to solve the genesis algorithm."
"There's no point in that, the RgX is gone."
"Oh?" he chuckles
"Didn't Scmidt's death teach you to stop trying to control things you can't understand?"
"You will learn respect, mutt. In time." He steps forward and then stops short. "I see you have a bit of company. I guess I'll take my leave then. Just know that no one is safe, especially when there's a traitor in their midst." The figure seems to dissolve in the dark, behind him I can see a black sphere appear attached to the side of my house. I squint to see it better and notice a flashing red light. My heart stops, a bomb.
I see a sudden glint of silver before me as a bionic arm crushes the black device into sparking shrapnel. I stand there paralysed with surprise and disbelief as the shadow reaches the rooftop in an inhuman leap and disappears.
