Chapter 16 - Jason
Meredith felt a hand clap over her mouth and she choked on her breath. She was pulled close to someone, so close she could feel the warm breath on her hair and the chest she was against rise and fall and pulse with each heart beat.
"Stay quiet, I assure you she can't hurt you." The voice said, calming and inviting. Meredith breathed through her nose, the breaths coming in quickly and quietly. She heard footsteps come and go.
"Sir?" She heard a voice question.
"That will be all Donovan, leave." The man he called Donovan left as quickly and his footsteps still echoing in the vast room. Meredith's eyes fell on the stranger in the tube, floating n the water, her body covered in a simple white bathing suit.
"She can breath Meredith do not worry yourself with small matters like that." The man said. Meredith was still uptight. She didn't relax her muscles until her mouth was released and she turned to face the man who made her that pomise. He was young, about early twenties, with dusty brown hair and puppy dog eyes. Her stood an inch or two higher then Meredith, his face of nothing but perfection. He reminded Meredith of William without the moppy locks and green eyes.
"Who is she?" Meredith asked him. "Who are you? Where am I?"
"One question at a time, Meredith." He said. "Her? She is simply another mistake I have been forced to live with."
"She's a human being!"
"She's a mistake Meredith, a mistake. Something you will never be."
"Why me? Why me!" She demanded. He covered her mouth again.
"Just be quiet alright, technically I have no power with who has access to these mistakes."
"Who are you?" Meredith stepped back.
"My name Meredith is Jason, but that is of no concern."
"Why not, you seem to go to great lengths to bring me here, and without your name I just don't feel right."
"Understandable." He walked towards the tank, the girl inside swimming up a ways, then dropping back down. Meredith watched her face, her body in the tank. It was like an out of body experience, watching herself swimming helplessly around. The proportions of the room sunk in. Seven tanks. Seven Merediths. Meredith gaped when she saw herself. Seven of them in tanks filled with water.
"They are all mistakes, Meredith, all of them, for they are what you will never be. You are a weapon, a protector of the saviour Meredith, and no matter what you say or do you are everything William is not."
"What is William?"
Jason gave a cold laugh, his eyes suddenly changing from a beautiful brown to an icy blue.
"William? He and you are basically brother and sister. I wouldn't be surprised if he had blond hair like yours."
"He has red hair." She said. "But what do mean we are like brother and sister?"
"Meredith, I need you to listen carefully because this is some heavy shit as you would refer to it. You and William are very special, very special indeed. I want you to know that. You are a protector, he is a saviour. Do you understand?"
Meredith looked at him.
"Vaguely." She walked to another tank, reaching out her hand, her fingers touching the smooth glass and running down the side. The girl inside came to the edge and followed Meredith's fingers. Jason came to Meredith's side.
"You can breath underwater you know." He said. Meredith didn't take her eyes off herself. The girl behind the glass was like her reflection. She felt her gut twist into a knot. Why was this done? Why was this happening to her? Why?
"I want to know how. I want to know everything that was hidden from me."
Jason watched her turn her head, her curls falling just past her shoulders and her porcelin doll like face perfect underneath the mass of curls. Jason gave a weak smile, his eyes pulsating an icy blue still.
"Come along, Angelic Protector, let me show you something very very amazing."
Meredith felt a hand clap over her mouth and she choked on her breath. She was pulled close to someone, so close she could feel the warm breath on her hair and the chest she was against rise and fall and pulse with each heart beat.
"Stay quiet, I assure you she can't hurt you." The voice said, calming and inviting. Meredith breathed through her nose, the breaths coming in quickly and quietly. She heard footsteps come and go.
"Sir?" She heard a voice question.
"That will be all Donovan, leave." The man he called Donovan left as quickly and his footsteps still echoing in the vast room. Meredith's eyes fell on the stranger in the tube, floating n the water, her body covered in a simple white bathing suit.
"She can breath Meredith do not worry yourself with small matters like that." The man said. Meredith was still uptight. She didn't relax her muscles until her mouth was released and she turned to face the man who made her that pomise. He was young, about early twenties, with dusty brown hair and puppy dog eyes. Her stood an inch or two higher then Meredith, his face of nothing but perfection. He reminded Meredith of William without the moppy locks and green eyes.
"Who is she?" Meredith asked him. "Who are you? Where am I?"
"One question at a time, Meredith." He said. "Her? She is simply another mistake I have been forced to live with."
"She's a human being!"
"She's a mistake Meredith, a mistake. Something you will never be."
"Why me? Why me!" She demanded. He covered her mouth again.
"Just be quiet alright, technically I have no power with who has access to these mistakes."
"Who are you?" Meredith stepped back.
"My name Meredith is Jason, but that is of no concern."
"Why not, you seem to go to great lengths to bring me here, and without your name I just don't feel right."
"Understandable." He walked towards the tank, the girl inside swimming up a ways, then dropping back down. Meredith watched her face, her body in the tank. It was like an out of body experience, watching herself swimming helplessly around. The proportions of the room sunk in. Seven tanks. Seven Merediths. Meredith gaped when she saw herself. Seven of them in tanks filled with water.
"They are all mistakes, Meredith, all of them, for they are what you will never be. You are a weapon, a protector of the saviour Meredith, and no matter what you say or do you are everything William is not."
"What is William?"
Jason gave a cold laugh, his eyes suddenly changing from a beautiful brown to an icy blue.
"William? He and you are basically brother and sister. I wouldn't be surprised if he had blond hair like yours."
"He has red hair." She said. "But what do mean we are like brother and sister?"
"Meredith, I need you to listen carefully because this is some heavy shit as you would refer to it. You and William are very special, very special indeed. I want you to know that. You are a protector, he is a saviour. Do you understand?"
Meredith looked at him.
"Vaguely." She walked to another tank, reaching out her hand, her fingers touching the smooth glass and running down the side. The girl inside came to the edge and followed Meredith's fingers. Jason came to Meredith's side.
"You can breath underwater you know." He said. Meredith didn't take her eyes off herself. The girl behind the glass was like her reflection. She felt her gut twist into a knot. Why was this done? Why was this happening to her? Why?
"I want to know how. I want to know everything that was hidden from me."
Jason watched her turn her head, her curls falling just past her shoulders and her porcelin doll like face perfect underneath the mass of curls. Jason gave a weak smile, his eyes pulsating an icy blue still.
"Come along, Angelic Protector, let me show you something very very amazing."