Chapter 7 If only

A week had past and Alex was moved from the lab into a small cell. The walls that surrounded him were made out of brick and a thick metal door block the only exit. A small opening with bars over it was his only view into the outside world. The strange drug that Koren had been injecting him with seemed to have no affect, except for the constant headache that beat like a drum in his head, and the tension between Koren and Asazi over his payment could be seen and heard more and more as the days past.

"Wake up!" a muffled voice yelled out.

Alex blinked as the light of his cell was turned on. He got up and stretched, his body was stiff all over from the metal bed he was given to sleep on. The door flew open and the outline of Torin loomed in the doorway, by his side was a wolf glaring at Alex with golden eyes. One wrong move from Alex and the beast would rip his throat open. Torin walked forward and threw Alex some food and shut the door. The sound of the door locking into place made Alex realize how screwed he was.

He missed Grinder Fidget and even Rikki. If they knew were he was they would have him out in no time but they are probably having his funeral right now. Alex thought to himself. He got up and walked over to the door and looked out and saw a wolf standing by his door. As soon as he saw Alex he jumped up and snapped at him. Desperately trying to get at his face through the bars. Alex stepped back a little shaken up. He sat down and looked at the food he was given, he picked up the fork and was about to eat when he looked at the metal object in his hand and smiled.



"Koren how stupid do you think I am," Alex laughed as he walked over to the door. He looked out and saw that his furry guard had left. Alex took the fork and stuck it in the lock of the door. A jolt of electricity ran through his body and caused him to fall on the floor in pain. "I guess not," Alex muttered to himself. He lay there staring at the ceiling that was also brick until the pain in his body slowly went away.

"If only I had never left," Alex whispered to himself. He propped himself up against his bed twitching a little from the shock he had just received, "I wish I had another chance,"

"The future is not determined by the throw of the dice Alex," A voice said.

Alex looked behind him; no one was there. "Who is that!" Alex yelled out.

"The future is determined by the conscious decisions of you," the voice said again. This time Alex recognized the voice it was his old coach. "And so you can shape your future."



Alex suddenly woke up, sweat running down his brow, his eyes darted around the room looking for his coach, but he was still in his cell on the floor, the fork clutched in his hand. "Wow that was a screwed up dream," Alex said shaking his head. "But what does it mean?"





"Any news on were Alex is?" Fidget asked while pacing back and fourth in Rikki's room.

"Nothing it's like he just disappeared into thin air, there was a reported avalanche near his last position but so far the dogs have found nothing," Rikki sat down on the bed. "It's all my fault, I should have never put him into this race, and have let him go out on his own."

Fidget walked over to him and put her arm around him. "It's not your fault, we can not see into the future and be able to predict what will happen. Shit happens and there is nothing you can do about it."

"Hello! This is Grinder can you read me?" A voice said over the radio that was sitting on the table.

"Yes, any new?" Fidget asked with a hint of excitement in her voice.

"We found a piece of metal fragment that is identical to one of Asazi's missals. So three guesses on who did this to Alex," Grinder said.

"Dr X," Fidget snarled. "If Alex it dead, Dr X and his council of doom are going to be history."

"I'm going to be coming back to refuel and heading out again so if you want to come be ready in around fifteen minutes," Grinder said.

"We will be there," Rikki said getting up and putting his coat on.