Silent Pleas

Normal p.o.v

494 lay down on the stiff medical bed. After six months of psy-ops it seemed like Heaven.

'Damn the '09ers, made me go through six months of psy-ops' he thought but knew he would be praised when he went back to my unit, having survived psy-ops. 494 wanted to forget the last six months but that voice wouldn't leave him.

"BEN!" the female screamed, the X5s turned to the sound and saw the '09er, the rogue, the traitor being tortured. It pleased some of them to see her suffer. But their chain of thought was interrupted when another scream pierced the room.

"Leave me alone you bastard!" she screamed.

"452! Stop it!" Lydecker ordered.

"You! You killed her" 452 hissed "Straight through the brain when she was trying to protect me! You're the traitor! You say we're your kids, but you treat us like shit!"

The other X5s wondered where she learnt her common language.

"Stop it Max!" Lydecker snapped "Keep going like this and you'll be staying in here for another year. You're lucky that Renfro didn't order for you to die when you strangled her"

"Who cares!" 452 asked crazily "Everyone is gone! Eva is gone, everyone. Even Ben!"

"Have some common sense!" Lydecker shouted "You're already going to be here for four years. You'll go crazy by the end of one year if you keep this up. If you keep this up you'll be in here for five"

The warning was clear but 452 seemed oblivious to it.

"Ben" She moaned with such desperation it made 494's heart clench .

Lydecker looked down at the nine year old girl who held wisdom far beyond her years.

452 looked up eyes blazing "They had no right to do that to him!" she shouted "And he died!"

"And it was your fault 452" Renfro's voice said. She had slipped in during 452's outburst.

"Renfro…" Lydecker warned but she paid no head.

"You're fault everything happened, all your fault," Renfro said "Your fault 766 was shot, your fault you're here, your fault the twins are here and your fault 493 is dieing, slowly and painfully. Thanks to you 452."

"He's alive?" A glimmer of hope ran through her eyes.

"But not for long, I'll make sure of that" Renfro sneered.

"NO!" 452 screamed. She started thrashing wildly in her bounds, the hard leather cutting her screams.

"Silence her" Renfro ordered.

A lab tech scurried over holding a syringe and inserted it into 452. Her screams turned silent but the anguish seeped through to the other X5s.

Lydecker's eyes widened in shock, it was to much to take, seeing her thrashing trying to kill Renfro without a sound coming out of her mouth.

"Retreat" Lydecker whispered so only the transgenics could hear.

452 looked up at him with doe eyes then at Renfro. Silent tears fell from her eyes. Her silent pleas fro Ben to be alright unheard.

She looked up once more at Lydecker with an apologetic look before retreating.

Lydecker reeled with shock seeing her fiery eyes turn blank. With his own eyes he saw her retreat into her mind where no pain was felt. Retreated from everything.

Her limp body and blank stare scared Lydecker, he knew she was aware of everything but wouldn't feel anything. Her gaze sent a shiver down his spine.

"Isn't that better? Silence, I like it" Renfro said an evil smile on her lips.

Lydecker left the room with a feeling of dread. Something was going to happen, he knew it.

Renfro turned to 452.

"Don't worry, 493 will get what you traitors deserve, death" Renfro hissed, but was heard by every X5 in the room.

452's blank stare sent shivers down her spine. A flicker of rage was in her eyes.

And to Renfro's terror, she realized that 452's right arm had broken through the straps. Before she could react 452's arm shot forward and clenched around her throat again.

"And so will you Liz. So will you." And with that 452 threw Renfro to the door.

Renfro turned to 452 with fear in her eyes and took a step back.

"He better not die Liz" 452 hissed and fashioned her hand to look like a gun and aimed it between Renfro's forehead and pulled the imaginary trigger and made a gunshot sound. 452 smirked before letting her hand fall limp at her side and retreating back within herself.

Renfro stumbled backwards and fled the room.

The other X5s looked over to the nine year old, not believing someone like her had just threatened Renfro and succeeded.

"Four years…" Alec whispered in astonishment. He knew he wouldn't be able to last that long. Some of the twins had died during the past six months, others insane.

But 452 was different, when they tortured her she would remain immobile, unlike the others who screamed in agony. It seemed as if she felt no pain. Alec thought back to the rumors he heard about unit 2. They were able to stand more pain then the others. 452 was supposed to have excelled in everything. Pain endurance was her best.

Alec shivered at the look she gave him when he was dragged out, past her. It seemed as if she were the predator and he the prey.

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