Chapter 24
Ben POV
After Danny called in Noah and Caesar, he pulled up 2 chairs across from us so we can talk to them face to face.
When they came in, they looked uncertain and apprehensive about coming in and sitting down with us.
"What did you guys want to talk about?"
I looked at Danny and he looked at me, it was at that moment that we made the decision, to tell the truth.
"Well, Noah, Caesar, after hearing your argument in the hallway, me and Cassius decided you tell you the truth."
Noah cut Danny off before he could continue.
"Are you tell me that you two were able to hear us arguing, down the hall, when we were whispering to each other? No way, that's impossible, no human can do that."
"Well Noah, that's the thing, we're not normal human beings. And Caesar, you were right, about everything."
Caesar was quiet for a little bit, then in a shaking voice he said.
"Are you telling me, that in that bed, my little brother is laying there, my little brother who died three years ago is right there, with scars all over his body?"
"Yes, Igris gave us fake names because he didn't want to risk our safety. His name is Rex, Rex Salvador. "
Caesar stood up and walked over to rex, with his hands, he carefully moved Rex's hair out of the way.
"Oh mi hermanito, mi hermanito hermoso está de vuelta conmigo."(my little brother, my beautiful little brother is back with me.)
Caesar let's go of Rex's hair and took a hold of his hand while whispering something in wiped the tears from his eyes and looked back at us.
"What are your real names, and how long were you guys in there?"
"I'm Danny, and this is Ben, we were in there for 3 years until we managed to break out of Providence."
"Why were you guys in there?"
I and Danny looked at each other, wondering if we can trust them enough with our secrets.
"Well Noah, Caesar, as you guys may already know, we aren't normal humans, they were trying to figure out how we worked and what made us tick."
"Tell us the truth Danny, why were the three of you taken and imprisoned in there? Why was my best friend trapped in there for three years?"
We had been staring at the floor but when we looked up, Noah had tears streaming down his face.
"Noah, we're not completely human, I'm half ghost and Ben, he has the watch of his and he's part alien as well."
Noah started and us and said nothing.
"You honestly can't expect us to believe you two?!"
We looked at Caesar, who was still holding Rex's hand but was looking at us.
"Your little brother can make machines out of his body and you don't believe us?"
"Yeah I don't believe you, ghosts and aliens that's impossible. "
Danny used his powers and made an ice crystal appear in his hand.
"Take a look at that Caesar, its ice that I made."
Danny tossed the ice crystal towards Caesar and he caught with his free hand. He examined it for a little bit and then threw it back.
"I may be a scientist but that's irrefutable evidence. What about Ben?"
At that I started to go through my watch, I found the insignia for goop and transformed into him. Once the light died down, they were just staring at me.
"I guess you're healthy enough to turn into him."
"Yeah I seem to be, I don't know, the thing tends to have a mind of own."
I pressed down on the watch's insignia and turned back to normal.
"I thought you said that Ben was part alien?"
Noah had an eyebrow up and was just staring at me.
"I am, my grandmother is and my cousin inherited her powers. I thought I was a normal human, but when rex wa-"
I cut myself off, how would they react. To the fact that the last time I saw rex three years ago, he was dying.
"Rex was what Ben?"
I looked over to Caesar, he was staring at me with a look of pure hatred.
"Ben discovered his powers after rex came back from his first experiment. Our cells were set up next to each other and rex was in the middle of us. Our cells were connected by a small barred window that could be closed. Once rex was taken from his cell, we didn't see him for hours. But when he did come back, he wasn't in good shape. When he was put back into his cell, he had stitches all over his stomach."
Danny stopped for a second and looked at Noah and Caesar. They had a look of horror on their face but they nodded for him to continue
"He was fine for a couple of minutes and he was talking to us. Until something happened. I don't know what happened but all of a sudden, he wasn't able to breathe. It was when we tried to break the bars so we can help him. That was when Ben's powers appeared. The beam from his hand encased rex and seemed to help him breathe again. But soon after, they closed the windows so they could get him. That was the last time we saw him until a week ago."
Everyone was silent once Danny finished. Caesar raised Rex's hand to his face and said something in Spanish. Noah went to Rex's bedside and grabbed his other hand.
"Caesar, do your parents know that he's alive?"
"They've been dead for years."
"Oh."
Danny grimaced at his own question. He looked at me questioningly. Obviously trying to give me a signal to ask something. But before I could think of a question, Noah asked us a question.
"What about Six, Holiday and Bobo? Did you or Ben hear anything about them? Are they still alive?"
" The last I heard about them was during my first experiment, Brown told me that she killed herself after she was forced to do that procedure on rex. What did you hear Danny?"
" I didn't hear anything like that, but it's likely that six and bobo are dead."
"Everyone shut up, I think he's waking up."
We looked towards rex and Caesar and he was rights. I stood up and went to go and dim the lights. I walked over to Danny and stood with him next to Rex's bed
It took a couple of minutes but he eventually opened his eyes. His eyes were hollow and seemed to be dead. I and Danny looked at each other. We were afraid of this. His eyes roamed around the room until he locked eyes with Caesar. With a creaky and hoarse voice, he said.
"Caesar? Why are you here?"
Caesar just smiled and held onto his hand even tighter.
"You're here in my house. Your friends broke out with you. "
At this point, the light was returning to his eyes. Like the thought of freedom was giving him a reason to live again.
"You mean, I'm not in Providence anymore. I don't have to do any more experiments anymore?"
"Si hermano, you're finally out of that place."
Rex started to sit up and was looking for something. It wasn't until he laid his eyes on us is that he realized we were the thing he was looking for. Once he found it, he threw himself at us. We had to catch him, but once we were holding him up, he wrapped his arms around us and started to cry.
"Thank you."
