Poke!

Poke!

Poke!

I opened my eyes with a start and rapidly sat up. My head was pounding and my rib cages were bruised, I had unhealed cuts on my arms legs stomach, chest, face.

Everywhere.

A old man in overalls hovering over me jumped back , shocked. He looked at me as if I were a monster.

'What!' I ask.

'Boss told me to wake you up'

'And you had to do that by poking me with...' I look down to see what he was poking me with.

'A STICK?'

The poor man flinched, i almost felt sorry for the sucker.

''I ...errr..umm, didn'twannaprovokeyou and I had to make sure you were alive'

Oh so now I'm an animal? This man was clearly not a savant.

'So why did you wake me?have you got me my food, or whatever you call that shit you feed me'

In all honesty I haven't a clue what it was, I mean it looked like mashed potato that turned purple from fungi. Lets just call it rotten Potato.

'Clean yourself up, your going home, sweetie' the man smiled.

I finally saw the kindness and innocence in his wrinkled eyes as he smiled. Poor man, he actually thinks I'm free.

Someone like me, free? That's got to be some kind of cruel joke.

' I've got no home' I say.

The intimidating man from last time walked in ' you can go now Philip, we need to talk'

' okay goodbye sire...miss' he added looking at me one last time before leaving.

'Okay since I am now convinced you don't no anything from your parents and cannot enter your mind, we a willing to let you off' he avoided me gaze looking down and around.

What?what kind of parallel world have I entered? What is up with everyone lately.

I sat there, still dizzy and dumb founded 'you've got to be kidding me, right?'

'Well...err..I...I mean we figured, that your only 20 now so, go and..err, enjoy your life and this is my birthday gift to you''

Well isn't that nice of you.

You give me back the life you destroyed.

' Why are you just letting me off this easily, I smell something fishy here'

'Dea we are more than happy to kill you , you know you are no benefit to us, I'll give you a word to the wise and take that opportunity'

' I am a friend here, okay? You understand don't you? I am not your enemy.'

He lifted my hand and gave me a stack of cash.

' here this should hold you till you get a job as a waitress or something'

I looked Down at all the money and chose to believe him. ' why are you being nice, after all these years'

Woow, boy do u sound so cliche.

He sat beside me in the floor.

'When I was 6 I was brought here, the something that has happened to you. I was tutored by some people who claimed to be from the savant net, they tortured me and killed my parents. From that day I swore I would catch them and make sure their child lives the same life I did. You I thought they were your parents but just last night we found out it wasn't them.'

I looked at him. Steaming.

' you killed my parents for no reason?'

'How dare you' I say 'how f****ing dare you'

And before I could do something the man walked out. I head a faint.

' I am so glad I got that off my chest' (is that the saying? I'm not sure, but keep reading)

After hours of crying and screaming. I finally calmed down.

He walked back in noticing I've calmed down.

'I'm sorry' he whispers.

I change the subject, to uncomfortable to talk, to tired to fight.

' Your a savant, whats your power?' I ask

' memory control, I can make people lose their memories, and you?' he says

' I a can be invisible' which isn't a lie.

'Cool, anything else?'

'Nope' I now lie.

' okay so I've prepared some jeans and and a t-shirt for you, by the way we're in California'

I look down at the cloths and he leaves so I can put it on. I strip and firstly clean my cuts with rubbing alcohol twitching every time I touched my skin. Have a shower twice for this week. I then slip on a plane black V neck long sleeved t-shirt and my skinny jeans.
California here I come.

Oh wait I am in California.

' Are you decent?' He says

'Hmm'

He walks in with a duffel bag ' I brought you some cloths and ...umm.. Err girl stuff that Anna packed'

I blush and reach to take the duffel bag. He pulls it from me.

' No I'll take it, come with me ' he walks out. Through an number corridors, people whispered as I walked by.

We finally get to a grey BMW car and he dumps my bags at the boot/trunk of the car. I sit at the back while Anna beside him in the passenger seat.

' where are we going?'

'You are going to the airport to get away from here' Anna replies.

' and here take these your face looks so pale, especially in contrast with your black hair and you said I was ugly.'

She handed my a cap and some sunglasses. I put them in obediently.

' what to England?'

'No to Texas then y'all can explain to my folks why you dissed them' she laughed ' I'm only kindling no, we got you visa ,birth certificate and passport or anything you need sorted out. You an American citizen. You are going to chose a state you like and we gunna book a flight to that state just like that' she smiled.

She handed me some nits if all 50 states. I likeNew York sound good to me, maybe Florida. I like the sound of Arizona.

Hmmm... I can't decide so I close my eyes and point to one.

Colorado.

' So what ya choose' she says laughing again to my tactic of choosing.

' I pointed to Colorado' I say

' hmm hmm, I hear the rookies are amazing' she says.

We finally arrive at the airport and I make my way to get out but I'm stopped.

' Wait!' Anna says

You will be a good girl and not tell anyone what has happened to you, were it happened and anything about us.

I feel the words written in my mind it was painful like someone was writing something in my flesh and over my knowledge . I get out frustrated.

that's my girl she says Smiling.

I walk to the back of the car opening the trunk, picking up my duffel bag.

I turn around to ask for my passports and stuff.

'There all in the bag' she says and waves from the car.

I walk into the airport finally feeling safe and free.