*Authoress's Notes *: Two chapters in three days - I'm on a roll! I've got
a hazy outline of where I'm going with this, and yes, I am writing a third
one. It's just that this one put me through the wringer and back.
AN2: Okay, I've noticed that I'm barely getting one review for every two chapters. Please review - even if it's a request to do you math homework, review! Just so I know people are reading this! Cause if they're not, I'll work on something else - maybe Catalyst, Tomb Raider or PissOff....I don't care what the review is about! Flame me if you want! :)
Dedication: Jaz, Lexie, Krit, Zack, Marcus and Mia. These characters seem more real every day. I need a hobby...
*~*~*~*~*~*
Jondy felt numb when she woke up, not being able to move or even breathe.
"Calm down, baby sister," came a vaguely familiar voice. "You are panicking."
Jondy nodded and opened her eyes wider. "B-Brin?" she croaked. "Where am I?"
"Back in our barracks, for the moment," Brin smiled at her. "You've been in reprogramming for the last 48 hours, so you should feel a bit of pain."
Jondy didn't acknowledge this statement, but leant back into the pillows. "What did they do to me?" she asked, pushing her hair out of her eyes. It was longer now - as long as her shoulders.
"Well, I am unsure, but I can do a word association test to see," Brin sat by Jondy's bed. "You know how this works? Say the first word that comes into your mind?"
"Okay - family."
"Loyalty."
"Manticore."
"Chimera."
"Escape."
"Evade."
"Eva."
"Dead."
"Max."
"Hate." Brin raised her eyebrows at this, but didn't comment.
"Syl."
"Krit."
"Zack."
"Love."
Silence.
"I'm not sure," Brin said, in a voice Jondy had never heard from her. "You seem normal."
"I wanna go home, Brinny," Jondy whispered. "I feel sick."
Brin bit her lip - Jondy's wide blue eyes pleading with her to help. She had a bad fever and Brin knew she'd have delusions that night. She was familiar with the drugs they used in the reprogramming section.
"Sleep. Madam Renfro shall be in later and you will be moved to the infirmary. I shall see you there," Brin touched her sister's forehead and quickly left the barracks, reporting a bad headache to the nurse and sat in the infirmary, thinking.
//"Jondy?" Brin appeared between the two beds. "Zane?"
Both children sat up. "Yes Brinny?" Jondy's soft voice said. The chunk Jax had torn out of Jondy's arm had hurt her all day - she'd been eliminated in escape and evade instantly because she was in pain. Zane's shoulder had swelled up and his knee hurt. But Lydecker refused them any medication because they had disobeyed the rules.
"I saw a nurse earlier," Brin whispered. "She gave me some stuff to make you feel better." A patch of sticky edged gauze and two aspirin for Jondy's arm, a length of medical tape for Zane's knee and two aspirin. "Take those with a mouthful of water," Brin remembered. "And don't let Colonel Lydecker see the bandages."
Zane hugged her, with one arm and Jondy grinned at her.
"Thank you, Brinny." Brin nodded and then crawled into bed with Jondy. "Max, Ben, Tinga, Eva and Zack are at the High Place. They think that Justin's gone to the Bad Place and you will too because Jax bit you."
Jondy's eyes widen in fear.
"Don't worry, Dee," Zane said sleepily, as he dozed off. "I'll protect you against the bad place. Promise."
"Me too," Brin said. "I'll protect you too, Dee. Against the Bad Place."//
Brin blinked. She could hear screams - they were Jondy's screams.
//"Don't Ben! I promise I'm not a Nomaly! Leave me alone!"//
Brin stood up very quickly and walked towards the labs.
//"Brin! Brin!"//
The screams were dying now, which worried Brin.
//"Why didn't you help me, Brin? Ben hurt me."//
"Leave my sister alone!" screamed Brin, running to the labs. Jondy lay back in the chair, a beam of red light in her eyes, blood running down her face and she was panicking.
"Get her out of here!" yelled Renfro. "A week in solitary, Brin!"
Brin punched the orderly who advanced on her. She loosened Jondy's restraints.
"It's okay, baby sister, I'll protect you this time," she said, as she cradled Jondy's head in her lap, they on the floor. "I'll make sure you'll be okay this time, Dee. Not like last time when Ben got you."
"Brinny?" Jondy murmured, the drugs slowly knocking her out. "Get Zack for me. Please. I need to tell him something."
Renfro looked at the two sisters on the floor, quietly talking to each other. The name 'Ben' jumped out at her, and her lips twisted into something that would be known as a smile in some cultures.
"Escort X5-494 here, immediently, soldier," she requested. "And get 50mg of something...calming for Brin here. And a pot of black coffee. We'll be here a long time."
AN2: Okay, I've noticed that I'm barely getting one review for every two chapters. Please review - even if it's a request to do you math homework, review! Just so I know people are reading this! Cause if they're not, I'll work on something else - maybe Catalyst, Tomb Raider or PissOff....I don't care what the review is about! Flame me if you want! :)
Dedication: Jaz, Lexie, Krit, Zack, Marcus and Mia. These characters seem more real every day. I need a hobby...
*~*~*~*~*~*
Jondy felt numb when she woke up, not being able to move or even breathe.
"Calm down, baby sister," came a vaguely familiar voice. "You are panicking."
Jondy nodded and opened her eyes wider. "B-Brin?" she croaked. "Where am I?"
"Back in our barracks, for the moment," Brin smiled at her. "You've been in reprogramming for the last 48 hours, so you should feel a bit of pain."
Jondy didn't acknowledge this statement, but leant back into the pillows. "What did they do to me?" she asked, pushing her hair out of her eyes. It was longer now - as long as her shoulders.
"Well, I am unsure, but I can do a word association test to see," Brin sat by Jondy's bed. "You know how this works? Say the first word that comes into your mind?"
"Okay - family."
"Loyalty."
"Manticore."
"Chimera."
"Escape."
"Evade."
"Eva."
"Dead."
"Max."
"Hate." Brin raised her eyebrows at this, but didn't comment.
"Syl."
"Krit."
"Zack."
"Love."
Silence.
"I'm not sure," Brin said, in a voice Jondy had never heard from her. "You seem normal."
"I wanna go home, Brinny," Jondy whispered. "I feel sick."
Brin bit her lip - Jondy's wide blue eyes pleading with her to help. She had a bad fever and Brin knew she'd have delusions that night. She was familiar with the drugs they used in the reprogramming section.
"Sleep. Madam Renfro shall be in later and you will be moved to the infirmary. I shall see you there," Brin touched her sister's forehead and quickly left the barracks, reporting a bad headache to the nurse and sat in the infirmary, thinking.
//"Jondy?" Brin appeared between the two beds. "Zane?"
Both children sat up. "Yes Brinny?" Jondy's soft voice said. The chunk Jax had torn out of Jondy's arm had hurt her all day - she'd been eliminated in escape and evade instantly because she was in pain. Zane's shoulder had swelled up and his knee hurt. But Lydecker refused them any medication because they had disobeyed the rules.
"I saw a nurse earlier," Brin whispered. "She gave me some stuff to make you feel better." A patch of sticky edged gauze and two aspirin for Jondy's arm, a length of medical tape for Zane's knee and two aspirin. "Take those with a mouthful of water," Brin remembered. "And don't let Colonel Lydecker see the bandages."
Zane hugged her, with one arm and Jondy grinned at her.
"Thank you, Brinny." Brin nodded and then crawled into bed with Jondy. "Max, Ben, Tinga, Eva and Zack are at the High Place. They think that Justin's gone to the Bad Place and you will too because Jax bit you."
Jondy's eyes widen in fear.
"Don't worry, Dee," Zane said sleepily, as he dozed off. "I'll protect you against the bad place. Promise."
"Me too," Brin said. "I'll protect you too, Dee. Against the Bad Place."//
Brin blinked. She could hear screams - they were Jondy's screams.
//"Don't Ben! I promise I'm not a Nomaly! Leave me alone!"//
Brin stood up very quickly and walked towards the labs.
//"Brin! Brin!"//
The screams were dying now, which worried Brin.
//"Why didn't you help me, Brin? Ben hurt me."//
"Leave my sister alone!" screamed Brin, running to the labs. Jondy lay back in the chair, a beam of red light in her eyes, blood running down her face and she was panicking.
"Get her out of here!" yelled Renfro. "A week in solitary, Brin!"
Brin punched the orderly who advanced on her. She loosened Jondy's restraints.
"It's okay, baby sister, I'll protect you this time," she said, as she cradled Jondy's head in her lap, they on the floor. "I'll make sure you'll be okay this time, Dee. Not like last time when Ben got you."
"Brinny?" Jondy murmured, the drugs slowly knocking her out. "Get Zack for me. Please. I need to tell him something."
Renfro looked at the two sisters on the floor, quietly talking to each other. The name 'Ben' jumped out at her, and her lips twisted into something that would be known as a smile in some cultures.
"Escort X5-494 here, immediently, soldier," she requested. "And get 50mg of something...calming for Brin here. And a pot of black coffee. We'll be here a long time."