Chapter 10

Stacey woke up with a start. She was in dark cold room. It was clearly in a basement.

Where the hell am I? All I remember is being with Mike then the GSA came. . . oh crap.

Her eyes immediately went to gold seeking an escape. There was nothing. The only light came threw a tiny window, laden with steel bars high up near the ceiling. The door did not have a window. Her eyes were still feral. All of the sudden a sharp continuous pain hit her head. Her eyes immediately returned normal and she clutched her head with her hands. The pain stopped. She knelt panting for breath. She slid her hands down from her head to her neck finding a necklace there. Stacey groped looking for a clasp. There was none. She sat on the bed not ready to admit defeat. Then the door opened. A man around 18 entered. Looking at her he smiled and shut the door. Stacey stood up and glared.

"Glad to see you finally awoke. It's only been what 15 min?" he mocked.

"I would have thought a feral with your abilities would have been able to shake it off much sooner"

Stacey glared her eyes turning yellow again. At once the pain exploded in her head. She screamed clutching her head. She closed her eyes but the pain went on. The man tsked and walked over to her removing her hands from her head. Hurt green eyes looked up at him.

" Every time you try to use your powers without permission you will get that pain. Every time you think of escape or Mutant X the pain will return. Every time you think of hurting Mr. Eckhart or me you will be in pain. Understand?"

Stacey nodded but the anger remained in her eyes. She stood up and glared at him.

"My name is Syd. I am your "trainer" to become a GSA agent"

"Like hell would I join you"

"Mr. Eckhart had a feeling you would say something like that. That's why he asked me to be your trainer. He thinks we will get along great."

"Yah well you can tell Eckhart that he can stick my leash up his. . ."

"Temper Temper. You see I have ways of persuading feline ferals."

With that a circle of fire flamed up around Stacey. Her eyes immediately grew fearful but she remained determined. She whirled around looking for an escape. The fire was high and completely surrounded her. She had no choice but endure the stabbing pains to her head.

What she did was completely unexpected. Syd jumped back in surprise as she flipped over the flames and landed clearly ignoring the pain in her head. She stared at the flame warily. Syd sighed and quickly removed it.

"Stacey it is simple. Join with the GSA and you will be fine."

"Like hell"

"I'd hate to hurt you"

"Get this collar off me and you wouldn't be able to"

"Mr. Eckhart was right we are extremely alike."

"So long as you work against me and Mutant X we aren't."

As soon as she mentioned Mutant X a huge bigger then ever pain exploded in her head. She screamed and clutched her head. The pain was greater then she had ever felt. Stacey soon fainted. Syd sighed and walked over and picked her up and laid her on her bed. He then turned around to walk out of the room. With one last glance he exited. Once in the hall he shook his head. She was beautiful. Her blonde hair falling down to her chest and her green eyes. Her spirit caught his attention most of all. If only she worked with him they would be great friends. Or more. With one last sigh Syd walked off.