CHAPTER 1
She opened her eyes. Where was she? What was going on?
She looked down. Herself. She was naked. She scrunched into a ball, and closed her eyes tightly. She moved her hand down to her side. It was cold.and wet. Not wet like water. Wet like..blood.
She opened her eyes, and moved her hand to her face. Her fingers were covered in small splats of blood. Her blood.
She sat up. It hurt. A lot. She winced, and rubbed her eyes. Where was she? She was sitting on a table. A cold table...metal? It was dark all around her...there was nothing there. Nothing. She slumped back onto the table, and tried to be as small as possible. This is how it would be. She was dead, and this is where people go, she thought.
Hell..or heaven? She closed her eyes. Gaia. Where had she heard that name before? It was hers. She pushed some fallen strands of hair from her face. Blonde...almost white. It was beautiful. She pulled her hair to her nose.and breathed in the smell. It was nice. She let go of her hair, and her skin tingled at the feeling of the hundreds of hair strands moving down her elbow. She slowly touched her face. Nose..eyes...mouth.
Gaia moved her legs to the side of the table, and swung them over the side. She pushed herself off the table, and she stood on the ground. She was standing in the one circle of light in the room.
She began to walk into the darkness, holding her hands out in front of her.
What if she got lost in the darkness..never to find her way out again? She moved slowly, farther into the darkness, and the circle of light disappeared.
Where was she? Suddenly, lights beamed on all around her. She saw that she was in a large room with white walls. She remembered she had nothing on.and moved to the wall. At the top of one of the walls was a large window. A woman looked down at her, and smiled. The woman was wearing glasses and a long white coat. Suddenly, a voice came over a loudspeaker in the corner. "Hello Gaia."
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"Welcome to the PROTECTION agency, Gaia." The woman smiled. "We have a lot to tell you."
"Who are you?" Gaia asked, buttoning the last button on the thin shirt the woman had handed her.
"Gaia.do you remember anything?" The woman pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, and stood up.
"What am I supposed to remember? Who are you?" Gaia pulled her legs up to her chest. She was angry.
"My name is Eliza Crumber. I run this agency. It's a...CIA agency."
"CIA?"
"You'll remember..in time." Eliza smiled again.
Why did she keep doing that?
Gaia moved her lips with her hands. She was smiling...maybe.
"I know this is very strange.but by tomorrow.you'll be perfect again. It will be like nothing happened." Eliza gave Gaia her hand, and pulled Gaia up, walking with her toward the door of the room.
"Perfect?" Gaia looked down at herself. She would never be perfect.
"I think.maybe..if I told you what happened..it would help. It may be scary.I know. Just listen. You have to trust me, and I know that will be hard." Eliza pulled Gaia into a new room.a dark, blue, quiet room. She sat down next to Gaia on a couch in the center of the room.
Gaia looked around and noticed that there were a bunch of blinking screens. On, off, on, off, on, off.
"Gaia...you were dead." Eliza's voice shook.
"Dead?" Gaia smiled. She was right. She WAS dead.
"But..we brought you back."
She opened her eyes. Where was she? What was going on?
She looked down. Herself. She was naked. She scrunched into a ball, and closed her eyes tightly. She moved her hand down to her side. It was cold.and wet. Not wet like water. Wet like..blood.
She opened her eyes, and moved her hand to her face. Her fingers were covered in small splats of blood. Her blood.
She sat up. It hurt. A lot. She winced, and rubbed her eyes. Where was she? She was sitting on a table. A cold table...metal? It was dark all around her...there was nothing there. Nothing. She slumped back onto the table, and tried to be as small as possible. This is how it would be. She was dead, and this is where people go, she thought.
Hell..or heaven? She closed her eyes. Gaia. Where had she heard that name before? It was hers. She pushed some fallen strands of hair from her face. Blonde...almost white. It was beautiful. She pulled her hair to her nose.and breathed in the smell. It was nice. She let go of her hair, and her skin tingled at the feeling of the hundreds of hair strands moving down her elbow. She slowly touched her face. Nose..eyes...mouth.
Gaia moved her legs to the side of the table, and swung them over the side. She pushed herself off the table, and she stood on the ground. She was standing in the one circle of light in the room.
She began to walk into the darkness, holding her hands out in front of her.
What if she got lost in the darkness..never to find her way out again? She moved slowly, farther into the darkness, and the circle of light disappeared.
Where was she? Suddenly, lights beamed on all around her. She saw that she was in a large room with white walls. She remembered she had nothing on.and moved to the wall. At the top of one of the walls was a large window. A woman looked down at her, and smiled. The woman was wearing glasses and a long white coat. Suddenly, a voice came over a loudspeaker in the corner. "Hello Gaia."
* * * *
"Welcome to the PROTECTION agency, Gaia." The woman smiled. "We have a lot to tell you."
"Who are you?" Gaia asked, buttoning the last button on the thin shirt the woman had handed her.
"Gaia.do you remember anything?" The woman pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, and stood up.
"What am I supposed to remember? Who are you?" Gaia pulled her legs up to her chest. She was angry.
"My name is Eliza Crumber. I run this agency. It's a...CIA agency."
"CIA?"
"You'll remember..in time." Eliza smiled again.
Why did she keep doing that?
Gaia moved her lips with her hands. She was smiling...maybe.
"I know this is very strange.but by tomorrow.you'll be perfect again. It will be like nothing happened." Eliza gave Gaia her hand, and pulled Gaia up, walking with her toward the door of the room.
"Perfect?" Gaia looked down at herself. She would never be perfect.
"I think.maybe..if I told you what happened..it would help. It may be scary.I know. Just listen. You have to trust me, and I know that will be hard." Eliza pulled Gaia into a new room.a dark, blue, quiet room. She sat down next to Gaia on a couch in the center of the room.
Gaia looked around and noticed that there were a bunch of blinking screens. On, off, on, off, on, off.
"Gaia...you were dead." Eliza's voice shook.
"Dead?" Gaia smiled. She was right. She WAS dead.
"But..we brought you back."
