Chapter 6:
Awakening
A lone
creature sat in the corner of a darkened room; huddled there, half naked and undernourished.
Long chains bound the creature's wrists and ankles to the wall and floor. And a
collar with two spikes lay embedded in her neck, an inhibitor meant to keep her
from having another 'episode'.
The room was a large reinforced steel box with one large observation mirror
directly opposite from the creature. The room was bare: no bed, toilette,
table, or food. She received no visitors, was never let out, and remained
chained. Permanently.
The doctor in the control roomed stared at her, his experiment, and wondered.
It even amazed him to an extent how she did it, but then he remembered what
exactly she had done, and all the amusement flooded out of the good doctor's
face.
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2 wks ago
She had been forgotten, a life-long project failed, and after five years of no
recovery, she was being terminated. General Drayco had stormed in with his
troops removing all files and case sensitive materials from the premises; total
extermination was protocol. Which meant everything and everyone one was to be snuffed
out.
The Higher Ups had declared a cease on the project after five years of
containment in a stasis chamber with no success at recovery.
What a sad day it was indeed.
Her eyes opened suddenly, chaos surrounded the world around her. Her mind confused
and foggy, trying to comprehend the situation surrounding her, the scene was
utter chaos; a climaxing uproar of sounds drifting through her tank and into
her ears.
She couldn't understand what the disoriented beings were saying; it was as if
they were speaking an alien language, unbeknownst to her. Then she realized it.
'I'm floating in fucking water'
She tried to move, but nothing happened. She closed her eyes and concentrated,
willing her mind to do as she asked, and focused. Her body began to tingle all
over, and in split second, three six-inch long blades extended from each hand.
A crash brought everyone's attention from the squabble and was redirected
towards the corner of the room.
They all froze. Whether it was from disbelief, shock, fear, or all three, they
just stood there and stared.
The creature stood slowly from her crouching position as she tried to
comprehend what the fuck was going on. She had no idea how or why she was in
here, nor did she care to stand around to find out.
She finally met their gazes with her own icy emerald eyes, and stared blankly,
cocking her head to one side as she did so. Her look seemed to unnerve a few of
the men and women who were slowly slipping away towards the emergency exit.
She took a step forward
An I.A raised his gone to fire but Drayco shot him a look that told him other
wise. He then cleared his throat to speak and licked his lips that had oddly
become very dry.
"Vega"
At the sound of that name her head snapped towards the General's direction, but
her eyes remained hollow and eerie, blinking strangely as if the lights
bothered her. It was too bright in the room for her and the light caused her
pupils to dilate like a cat's.
She took a step closer.
"Do you know where you are?"
Another
"This is the Company Intelligence Headquarters."
Still closer
"You've been in a coma for five years."
Almost there
"D-o y-o-u u-n-d-e-r-s-t-a-n-d?"
She had been buying some time to let her mind and body acclimate themselves to
their new environment. Her muscles suffered severe atrophy from inactivity and
it was painful to move, but every time she took another step forward the pain
drifted farther and farther from her mind as the beast took over.
'It'll be worth it."
She had unnerved him, could sense it, his fear intoxicating her neglected
senses, sweeping over her body in waves. The mounting fear in the room creped
through her body and she reveled in it.
'It's been a long time.'
She blinked at Drayco a few times, and a crooked smile began to play its picture
across her face, causing the General to swallow suddenly.
"Tell Lucifer I said hello," was her only reply.