Kaigii rummaged through her room. Surely there was some sharp, object which could deliver her a quick death. What would death be like? It could only be wonderful. Or better yet, nothing. Then Kaigii knew she would not need to every worry about anything again. Not her ears, even. Kaigii felt them. Normal ears,she may have had once, she vaguely remembered them to be similar to the Scientist's. Now her ears were closer to the top of her head, but they amplified everything she heard, everything around her. That is how she heard the footsteps long before they reached her room.
The Scientist returned that afternoon.
It wasn't like him to do that. Usually he only visited once in the morning. Kaigii immediately tensed. After all, this was the man who had done this to her. Wasn't he? And.. What actually had he done? He seemed so nice though. It was almost… disturbing.
"Kaigii, I need to talk to you."
Those were the words he said as soon as he sat down in a chair directly across from Kaigii, on her cot. Kaigii felt very confused. This confusion had lasted since the morning when Kaigii saw the Mirror- the reflection which Kaigii could not escape. Why do I look like this? What's going to happen to me? What am I ..
"Look at me, Kaigii." The Scientist told Kaigii, who had averted her eyes to a blank stare moments before. "Kaigii… Kaigii, I'm going to have to go now. You may or may not understand this but there are more people coming. People with much more authority than I do. They want.. They want to use you, Kaigii. Very soon, Kaigii, you won't even recognize yourself anymore… Please, Kaigii, if anything, remember that your reflection does not show who you are. You are a person, and I'm sorry…" The Scientist began to cry, and Kaigii felt a pit at her stomach.. She remembered, somehow.. Feeling like it was wrong for a man to cry. Where did she remember this?
"Kaigii, I'm sorry I ever let them do those experiments on you… You know what you are? You are the only girl I have ever known who had enough conviction not to do. You could have layed down on the cot and willed yourself to die, and there would be nothing I could do about it. But you didn't, and you're the only one who is , who is still alive."
"STILL ALIVE?" Kaigii asked. "I don't remember anything about wanting to do your experiment, sir, but surely I wouldn't have done it by will… You better thank God that Im still alive!"
"I do," Wept the Scientist. "Kaigii, you're alive. Can't you see? You know how much agony it would have brought me? Kaigii, please! Tell me you recognize your own father!"
…Father?
"YOU AREN'T MY FATHER!" Kaigii roared. "MY FATHER WOULD NEVER TRY TO KILL ME!"
Kaigii seethed with anger, barely able to control her clenched fists from the Scientist. She heard the door open.
"Silly, silly child," Mocked a cold, flat voice. Kaigii turned to face the woman. She held a gun.
"Why do you THINK you're still alive Kaigii? This poor poor man. Sad to think that your father is going to die, isn't it?" She pulled the trigger. She shot the Scientist. He stopped breathing.
"Come with me, please," She flicked her platinum blond hair behind her ear. Her normal, human ear. "Oh, and I do hope you submit. After all- it wouldn't be too hard to kill you, too, now would it?"
The Scientist returned that afternoon.
It wasn't like him to do that. Usually he only visited once in the morning. Kaigii immediately tensed. After all, this was the man who had done this to her. Wasn't he? And.. What actually had he done? He seemed so nice though. It was almost… disturbing.
"Kaigii, I need to talk to you."
Those were the words he said as soon as he sat down in a chair directly across from Kaigii, on her cot. Kaigii felt very confused. This confusion had lasted since the morning when Kaigii saw the Mirror- the reflection which Kaigii could not escape. Why do I look like this? What's going to happen to me? What am I ..
"Look at me, Kaigii." The Scientist told Kaigii, who had averted her eyes to a blank stare moments before. "Kaigii… Kaigii, I'm going to have to go now. You may or may not understand this but there are more people coming. People with much more authority than I do. They want.. They want to use you, Kaigii. Very soon, Kaigii, you won't even recognize yourself anymore… Please, Kaigii, if anything, remember that your reflection does not show who you are. You are a person, and I'm sorry…" The Scientist began to cry, and Kaigii felt a pit at her stomach.. She remembered, somehow.. Feeling like it was wrong for a man to cry. Where did she remember this?
"Kaigii, I'm sorry I ever let them do those experiments on you… You know what you are? You are the only girl I have ever known who had enough conviction not to do. You could have layed down on the cot and willed yourself to die, and there would be nothing I could do about it. But you didn't, and you're the only one who is , who is still alive."
"STILL ALIVE?" Kaigii asked. "I don't remember anything about wanting to do your experiment, sir, but surely I wouldn't have done it by will… You better thank God that Im still alive!"
"I do," Wept the Scientist. "Kaigii, you're alive. Can't you see? You know how much agony it would have brought me? Kaigii, please! Tell me you recognize your own father!"
…Father?
"YOU AREN'T MY FATHER!" Kaigii roared. "MY FATHER WOULD NEVER TRY TO KILL ME!"
Kaigii seethed with anger, barely able to control her clenched fists from the Scientist. She heard the door open.
"Silly, silly child," Mocked a cold, flat voice. Kaigii turned to face the woman. She held a gun.
"Why do you THINK you're still alive Kaigii? This poor poor man. Sad to think that your father is going to die, isn't it?" She pulled the trigger. She shot the Scientist. He stopped breathing.
"Come with me, please," She flicked her platinum blond hair behind her ear. Her normal, human ear. "Oh, and I do hope you submit. After all- it wouldn't be too hard to kill you, too, now would it?"