Opening my eyes I realized we were back in Ruvik's office. Noticing I was still in Ruvik's arms I looked up at him.
He had his eyes closed as he held me in his arms; his eyes slowly opened looking down at me. His white orbs softened the slightest bit when he noticed I was looking into them. The way he looked at me made me blush and look away. I didn't know what to think of him, I could have died during that test of his. But in a way I knew he wouldn't have let that happen. I was too much of a liability to lose for his own knowledge.
"You're the key to everything, unlike my last subject Leslie. Whom is currently with him." He said angrily.
"Who's Leslie now?" I asked confused.
"A mere child who I thought held the key to everything I was looking for but before I could test on him anymore that's when Jimenez…" he stopped himself.
"That's when Jimenez what?" asking worriedly now.
"Took everything from me." He said pulling away from me walking to the stained window on the other side of the room.
I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what 'everything' meant or to how serious the matter was. But to an extent I could see how much it took away from Ruvik. His life was shittier than mine and that is saying something.
I sighed slowly limping over to where he stood, my leg wrenching in pain but I cared to little at the moment. I reached out to touch him but clenched my hand in reluctance.
Making a fist gaining my confidence I put my hand on his shoulder spinning him around so he was facing me, putting both my hands on each side of his scarred face.
"Fuck this guy, his time will come to die and I will ensure and help you to make sure that his death is a painful one. Whatever he did to you I don't even need to know because I can see on your face what it did to you. As for this Leslie character I am willing to help you with whatever the answer you are looking for in your experiments. I have nothing left to lose in my life Ruvik. You can cut me open on a table and I would be perfectly fine with it…I have NOTHING. NO ONE!"
I was crying now, it was so true and it hurt. Knowing that if I left this place I would be all alone with no one to talk to. Ruvik was starting to grow on me and become someone I actually cared about. I cared about Sebastian but he was too caught up in his own affairs with life and took no interest in anything else. Yeah we sat down and had endless conversations in work but outside of work we were complete strangers.
Ruvik raised his hands to my face and wiped the tears away from my cheeks with his thumbs. Putting my hands on his I sobbed even harder. My brother's face came into view and so did my parent's. I would give anything to be with them again.
I felt a forehead on mine and I opened my eyes but I could barely see thanks to the tears.
That's when lips suddenly met with mine. Those scarred lips of the man who was putting me through hell but also being there by my side. Blushing a deep red I closed my eyes giving into the kiss.
He caressed my face kissing me harder then breaking the kiss putting his forehead back onto mine.
"Thank you" he simply said.
"For what" I asked, out of breath.
"For not being petrified of me." He exhaled.
I smiled and I felt him too just the slightest bit.
He out of nowhere quickly pulled away from me and looked to the left of me.
"I have matters to attend to." He whispered and just like that he was gone.
I sighed looking down at myself I was a hot mess. My black blouse was ripped to hell and I had blood stains all over me. I looked down at my leg forgetting I got shot the pain suddenly hit me again. My adrenaline wearing off it all came back to me. I fell to the floor in agony.
"Ughhhhh" I grunted trying to hold back screams.
I looked around trying to find anything to heal myself, I scanned the room viciously then finally my eyes fell upon a first aid kit. I used my arms to pull my body over to it. Reaching up to the wall I pushed it up off the hook which held it and it fell to the floor. Quickly fiddling it open I saw a needle and stitches, rubbing alcohol, and bandages.
Untying my sleeve from my leg I put it in my mouth biting down onto it. Grabbing the rubbing alcohol I unscrewed the top and threw it across the room, holding the bottle above my wound I mentally counted.
Okay, you can do this Anastasia
1,
2,
3,
Dumping the alcohol on my leg I screamed through the cloth biting down harder. It burned like hell, even though the bullet grazed a good part of my leg it still fucking hurt. At least it didn't shatter any of my bones because then I would have been in deep shit.
I shut my eyes tightly before pouring more on my leg, it hurt like a bitch but not as bad as the first time I dumped it on the wound.
Hands shaking I reached for the stitches and needle. My heart was racing from the pain I was putting myself in. This was not a task for someone who had barely any medical training. Holding the needle to my skin I inserted it. Tears of pain were falling down my face.
After I was done with the stiches I looked to see if I did a good enough job. The stitches were tightly in place and the bleeding was gone. It almost looked like an actual doctor did it. I quickly wrapped my leg in the bandages and secured it with a safety pin.
Sighing I slowly got up with a limp. I realized it was freezing in this office. I need to get a clean and dry pair of clothes and a shower. Looking around seeing what kind of building I was in it was going to be close to impossible.
Limping to the door slowly opening it I peeked out into the hallway which was really grotesque. Blood was splattered everywhere on the walls, wheel chairs and beds decorated the hallway. Limping down the hallway I saw a door that read 'Staff'.
Opening the door I saw that it was a closet full of people's clothes. Thank you sweet baby Jesus. I looked over the clothes and found a pair of black jeans and a blue button up blouse that was my size.
Limping out of the closet with the clothes in my hands I looked around for a shower area. It's a mental hospital they have to have showers for the patients I thought to myself. After looking on the floor I was on for a few minutes I came across a shower area. Oh thank god. Limping through the doors I was tripped by a dead body on the ground. I landed onto something soft. My eyes widened and I looked below me seeing it was even more dead bodies.
"SHIT!" cursing I quickly got up and went to the doors getting the fuck out of there.
I closed the doors behind me and started back to the office. Where the hell did Ruvik go anyway?
Opening the door to the office he still wasn't here. I shrugged closing the door behind me. I quickly took my muddy boots off and peeled my blue jeans off stripping myself from my black blouse. Letting them fall to the floor I slowly inched the pants up my legs being careful with my newly stitched wound. After buttoning them I put my arms through the sleeves on the blouse and buttoned it up. That's when I heard someone clear their throat from across the room.
I slowly looked up to see Ruvik there staring at me.
He. Did. Not. Just. See. Me.
"So…uhm, how much of that did you see…?" I squeaked.
"Enough" he simply stated.
This cheeky bastard. My face turned red, he saw me half naked and just watched saying nothing until I was done. How dare he.
"Nice stitch work on your leg, thought I was going to have to do it." He said with a smile in his tone.
I rolled my eyes limping over to the bed in the corner of the room. Sitting down on the edge slowly I plopped back onto it. The springs creaked from my body and I stared at the ceiling.
Hearing a tape recorder click I silently listened closing my eyes.
"Subject Zero:
Seems responsive under an amount of stress, dismembered the villagers bodies with ease.
Emotions seem to take part in subject's power.
How much more can she do? Can she demolish buildings? Can she face off against my keeper?
I need to learn more from subject if I want to go farther in my experiments.
Subject is surprisingly willing and is surpassing anything I originally predicted of her.
Jimenez will pay, and maybe by her hand."
I heard him click the tape player off and I started nodding out. I was so tired. Moving up to the pillows I pulled the sheet over me and slowly closed my eyes.
The beautiful piano song flooded my hearing and I fell asleep with a smile on my face.