CHAPTER 3: Answers

"I'm Dr. MacKenzie," said the short one.

"And I'm Dr. Vedelago." said the old one.

Edward wiggled his way until he was in a sitting position.

"Umm..." he began, confused that he was, well, alive.

"Yes. We know that you're confused." said Dr. Vedelago, as if he was reading Edward's mind. "We understand."

"What...uh, how...?" stuttered Edward, looking at the men's calm faces. "Aren't I supposed to be DEAD?" he finally spit out, and cringed at the words. He felt completely healthy and unscathed.

The men exchanged a glance that Edward could not decipher. "Yes, you are supposed to be dead." said Dr. MacKenzie, "But we managed to make that terrible tragedie...unhappen."

Edward's face was blank, but his mind was whirling. He waited.

"So, after the ambulance was called to a broken and bleeding dead body, we decided to try our, hm, new medical operations. Edward, you were dead. You heart was not beating, you were pale and broken. That was 32 days ago. 32 days, my boy, that we toiled and worked on giving you a new body, and bringing you back to life. You know about your eyes, do you not? That was one of the first genetic changes we made." He explained.

Edward swallowed. So now he was like Inspector Gadget or something.

"What do I say to activate my, erm, functions? Go Go Edward?" he said with a straight face.

"No, Mr. Cullen." said Dr. Vedelago, "You just have to think about it, and it happens, like your eyes."

Edward instinctively flicked to high-def vision, looked around the room, and then flicked back to normal vision.

"Yes." Dr. MacKenzie said simply. "And now, Edward 101."

"Stand up, boy." said Dr. Vedelago.

Edward rose to his feet, though they didn't feel like his own feet. He looked down to see something like a metal, skeletal foot intertwined with wires and very flexible. He curled and uncurled his toes. It worked perfectly.

"Doctors, is my whole body like this...I mean, my face?" Edward asked, terrified.

"Yes, and no. You see one half of your face was crushed against the pavement...we had to rebuild it, but the other half is completely fine. Same with your hands." said Dr. MacKenzie.

Edward lifted his hand. One was a regular skinned hand with a metal wrist, but the other was like his foot, all metal and wires. After a minute of experimenting, he found his fingers could retract into his hand, and also his pointer finger had a powerful laser that, unfortunately, melted the screen of the computer lying on the desk.

"Hmm." said Dr. Vedelago. "Come."

The three walked out of the room into what looked like a gun shop. Surpised, Edward had thought he was in the hospital.

"Now to tell you the truth." said Dr. MacKenzie. "We're from the NSG, the National Spy Guard, a secret government organisation that not even the FBI knows about. We train and recruit undercover agents. Like you."

Edward opened his eyes wide. A secret government spy organisation...something he had only dreamt of.

"Now, your training." said Dr. Vedelago, opening a steel door to Edward's right.

Phew, sorry that that chapter had so much talking...

I had to lead something up to the exciting part ahead!!

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-Traveling Teen