Chapter 18 - Not Human
Meredith felt the wound slowly disappear under her finger tips, then suddenly nothing but smooth skin lay under her fingertips. She pulled off the pile of stitches, the heavy string keeping the wound together now useless. She watched her father drift back to sleep.
"How did I...?" She pulled her hand out, then felt the burning in her wrists leave. She pulled off the bandages, her wrists perfect and free from the bleeding nail wounds they had been afflicted with earlier. She looked up at Jason, the man in front of her. He gave he a "I told you so look." Then walked around to Meredith's side. Carefully he pulled her away from the bedside.
"I'm going to offer you something Meredith. I'm going to offer you something no one else in the world can offer you." Meredith didn't like it already. He walked out of the room, the world continuously moving around them and suddenly with a wave of his arm, the world stopped, and Meredith saw the flow of time become still and everything stop moving. She didn't feel right.
"What the hell are you?" She asked him. He turned to face her, his face pale and perfect.
"I am nothing but an experiment Meredith. Nothing but 50 years of government research put together to create the ultimate superhuman." He said this with no emotion. Meredith looked around. A ringing in her ears had started. "I can breath under water, speed myself up so time is standing still, I can change my appearance, I never age, I can speak through my mind, I can transport myself places in the blink of an eye. I can do things that no other human can do but am obsolite compared to you and William, which is why I'm offering you these answers. But these are secrets I need for you to keep to yourself. A breath of this to anyone and I destroy all evidence."
Meredith was growing tired of Jason's long speeches. Men were like that, always needing an audience. She yielded to him, allowing herself to listen to him.
"I've grown old in Washington Meredith, waiting for the two people who will someday save the world. About 20 years ago, a virus surfaced through that had the potential force to wipe out all life on Earth. The virus was extraterrestrial in origin, and was infected into your Godmaother's body."
"What does this have to do with William and me."
"The human race would be powerless against another attack from the alien race. That was when the government started doing tests with alien embryos stolen from crashed alien space crafts."
"They cloned the embryos, making them perfect. 14 tests were done, 7 girls 7 boys. They are the mistakes you saw back at my house. But the only ones that did not fail were the original embryos. You and William."
Meredith took a deep breath in, allowing her thoughts to come together.
"Now what happened was William was released first into the world, but when the several assasinations were targetted upon him, we sent you in as a guardian, unknowingly we sealed our fate."
"Sealed your fate as what?"
"We brought the next apocalypse. The aliens will once again try and over run Earth. By bringing you back they will try and kill you and William off first, then..."
"But if William and I are alien then why do they want to kill us?" Meredith asked.
"The Syndicate saw to that. Upon crashing the embryos were damaged. The Syndicate, a secret government that was overrun years ago, recreated your bodily structures so that you and William had a human physiology and also had an immunity to the virus. With your healing abilities, you can wipe out the alien race simply by wishing it so." Jason finally looked back at her. Meredith looked up at the clock. It was still moving. So they were only moving really fast. Jason brought his hand down and time returned again.
"What is my destiny? In your whole story you failed to answer that."
"Your destiny, Meredith, is an angelic protector of the Saviour. You are a weapon, a tool against the darkness. You are a thing, Meredith, a thing created for the soul purpose of being used to save the Earth, then to die."
"That's not true!"
"How do you know that Meredith? How do you know that William and you aren't meant to save the world?"
"Because its not possible."
"Meredith 70 years ago the probability of going to the moon wasn't possible. Now we are planning to travel to Mars. It is possible, and all it takes is belief." Jason looked back into the hallway, the people still walking around aimlessly.
Meredith remained silent, her soul wanting to scream out everything she had learned over the past day.
"What is the real deal Jason?"
"Your father was shot to hide something Meredith, something he couldn't predict." He said, looking blankly out at the hospital. Meredith walked to his side.
"Hide what?"
Jason sighed and looked at the floor.
"A secret that the government has kept for more then a century now. I do not what they want, what their intentions are. The men who were after you the night I picked you up wanted you for a purpose that even I can't see." He pulled out a card. He scralled an address on it.
"If you ever need me..."
"Why do you do that?"
"What?"
"Just blow me off. Leave me hanging. Look Jason, I appreciate this, but I need a little more to go on then the fact that I'm a weapon." She looked at his icy eyes. He bore pain now, his eyes glossy and sad. "Why are they so many questions right now? God damn it, why is this happening to me?"
"Because you are the protector Meredith." He said. "This was all supposed to happen. Nothing happens spontaniously. Nothing happens by chance. It was fate that you an William were to be born. It was fate that William was taken until you were ready. It was fate that brought him back. Everything happens for a reason, and for you, it happens for a reason no one can assume. You must protect William now more thenm ever. They know he's back and they will kill anyone who stands in their way."
"Who's they?"
"They are the gatekeepers Meredith. They guard the doors, they call the shots. They murder, they hide it. They shot your father as a warning. They shot him to destroy something."
Meredith nodded. Jason and her stoosd in silence. He handed her the business card. Meredith turned it over and over in her fingers. She heard his shoes echo down the halls, and even after that discussion was still confused.
Meredith felt the wound slowly disappear under her finger tips, then suddenly nothing but smooth skin lay under her fingertips. She pulled off the pile of stitches, the heavy string keeping the wound together now useless. She watched her father drift back to sleep.
"How did I...?" She pulled her hand out, then felt the burning in her wrists leave. She pulled off the bandages, her wrists perfect and free from the bleeding nail wounds they had been afflicted with earlier. She looked up at Jason, the man in front of her. He gave he a "I told you so look." Then walked around to Meredith's side. Carefully he pulled her away from the bedside.
"I'm going to offer you something Meredith. I'm going to offer you something no one else in the world can offer you." Meredith didn't like it already. He walked out of the room, the world continuously moving around them and suddenly with a wave of his arm, the world stopped, and Meredith saw the flow of time become still and everything stop moving. She didn't feel right.
"What the hell are you?" She asked him. He turned to face her, his face pale and perfect.
"I am nothing but an experiment Meredith. Nothing but 50 years of government research put together to create the ultimate superhuman." He said this with no emotion. Meredith looked around. A ringing in her ears had started. "I can breath under water, speed myself up so time is standing still, I can change my appearance, I never age, I can speak through my mind, I can transport myself places in the blink of an eye. I can do things that no other human can do but am obsolite compared to you and William, which is why I'm offering you these answers. But these are secrets I need for you to keep to yourself. A breath of this to anyone and I destroy all evidence."
Meredith was growing tired of Jason's long speeches. Men were like that, always needing an audience. She yielded to him, allowing herself to listen to him.
"I've grown old in Washington Meredith, waiting for the two people who will someday save the world. About 20 years ago, a virus surfaced through that had the potential force to wipe out all life on Earth. The virus was extraterrestrial in origin, and was infected into your Godmaother's body."
"What does this have to do with William and me."
"The human race would be powerless against another attack from the alien race. That was when the government started doing tests with alien embryos stolen from crashed alien space crafts."
"They cloned the embryos, making them perfect. 14 tests were done, 7 girls 7 boys. They are the mistakes you saw back at my house. But the only ones that did not fail were the original embryos. You and William."
Meredith took a deep breath in, allowing her thoughts to come together.
"Now what happened was William was released first into the world, but when the several assasinations were targetted upon him, we sent you in as a guardian, unknowingly we sealed our fate."
"Sealed your fate as what?"
"We brought the next apocalypse. The aliens will once again try and over run Earth. By bringing you back they will try and kill you and William off first, then..."
"But if William and I are alien then why do they want to kill us?" Meredith asked.
"The Syndicate saw to that. Upon crashing the embryos were damaged. The Syndicate, a secret government that was overrun years ago, recreated your bodily structures so that you and William had a human physiology and also had an immunity to the virus. With your healing abilities, you can wipe out the alien race simply by wishing it so." Jason finally looked back at her. Meredith looked up at the clock. It was still moving. So they were only moving really fast. Jason brought his hand down and time returned again.
"What is my destiny? In your whole story you failed to answer that."
"Your destiny, Meredith, is an angelic protector of the Saviour. You are a weapon, a tool against the darkness. You are a thing, Meredith, a thing created for the soul purpose of being used to save the Earth, then to die."
"That's not true!"
"How do you know that Meredith? How do you know that William and you aren't meant to save the world?"
"Because its not possible."
"Meredith 70 years ago the probability of going to the moon wasn't possible. Now we are planning to travel to Mars. It is possible, and all it takes is belief." Jason looked back into the hallway, the people still walking around aimlessly.
Meredith remained silent, her soul wanting to scream out everything she had learned over the past day.
"What is the real deal Jason?"
"Your father was shot to hide something Meredith, something he couldn't predict." He said, looking blankly out at the hospital. Meredith walked to his side.
"Hide what?"
Jason sighed and looked at the floor.
"A secret that the government has kept for more then a century now. I do not what they want, what their intentions are. The men who were after you the night I picked you up wanted you for a purpose that even I can't see." He pulled out a card. He scralled an address on it.
"If you ever need me..."
"Why do you do that?"
"What?"
"Just blow me off. Leave me hanging. Look Jason, I appreciate this, but I need a little more to go on then the fact that I'm a weapon." She looked at his icy eyes. He bore pain now, his eyes glossy and sad. "Why are they so many questions right now? God damn it, why is this happening to me?"
"Because you are the protector Meredith." He said. "This was all supposed to happen. Nothing happens spontaniously. Nothing happens by chance. It was fate that you an William were to be born. It was fate that William was taken until you were ready. It was fate that brought him back. Everything happens for a reason, and for you, it happens for a reason no one can assume. You must protect William now more thenm ever. They know he's back and they will kill anyone who stands in their way."
"Who's they?"
"They are the gatekeepers Meredith. They guard the doors, they call the shots. They murder, they hide it. They shot your father as a warning. They shot him to destroy something."
Meredith nodded. Jason and her stoosd in silence. He handed her the business card. Meredith turned it over and over in her fingers. She heard his shoes echo down the halls, and even after that discussion was still confused.