" Hey Greer, your probably wondering where I am right now, I can't tell you but don't worry I'm fine. I've decided to leave home and finally make some use of myself since I obviously can't get the respect and acceptance I deserve in my current state. Don't worry I already found a job for myself. It's a high paying but extremely low profile one. The only reason I'm telling you this is because, well you're my sister and I love you. Please burn this letter afterwards, take care of mum and good luck for the next round of your cheer regionals... Love Gabe"
Greer stared at that tiny piece of paper in horror...
"What in the world was Gabe thinking?" she hissed as she started to pace around worriedly.
"He's going to get himself into so much trouble... Heck, I'm going to get into so much trouble... If Mum and Steven find out about this when they get back later they are going to freak... and what does he mean..."
Suddenly an idea came to mind... Current state, high paying but low profile, how Gabe and Dr. Minos were chatting... It was an unlikely possibility... but... It was still a possibility... Quickly, Greer whipped out her phone and dialed her boyfriend's number.
"Hey Billy, babe? I need a huge favor."
Half an hour later the gleaming blue sports car pulled up beside Dr. Minos's Manticore labs.
" Remind me, why are we doing this again?" Billy asked curiously as he watched his girlfriend fidget worriedly in her seat.
" Because my brother is an idiot..." Greer replied harshly with the letter still clenched in her fists. As she made her way out of the car she thanked Billy for the ride.
"You sure you got this babe?" Billy asked suspiciously as he leaned out to kiss her.
"Yeah... he's my brother, he'll listen... Besides what could go wrong?"
" A lot of things" Billy answered truthfully while Greer sighed.
" I know... I know... but please don't tell anyone about this...promise?" Greer pleaded her blue eyes widening, an expression Billy couldn't resist even though he still firmly believed she should have just called the police...
"Ok, ok, promise..." he sighed. "Call me when you need a ride." And with that he drove off.
As Greer made her way to the building, she cringed... She hadn't exactly planned anything beyond this step... and it never occurred to her that the doors would be locked at this hour... She crept around the compound before finding a fire exit... and to her surprise, the door was unlocked... Thanking the Gods under her breath, she quietly crept up the staircase and entered the main lobby. Checking the directories she felt a pang of annoyance.
"Great, this place is huge, it'll take days before..." a gunshot rang behind her, followed by a stinging sensation in her shoulder. Falling to the ground, Greer released a silent scream before falling into unconsciousness.
It felt like hours before Greer came to. Groaning, she tried to acclimate herself to the bright lit room.
"Oh, so our little detective has awaken?" a deep voice sounded from the far corner. Snapping her eyes to the source of the sound, she saw nothing...
"Where... where am I... who are you?" Greer asked, fear starting to creep in her spine.
"You're in my laboratory... and who I am does not concern you." The voice answered back. Noticing she was strapped tightly onto some sort of hospital bed with no means of escape... Greer felt dread enter her system... Something was very wrong here... Looking up, she desperately pleaded with the voice...
"Please, I only snuck in to look for my twin, Gabriel... Gabriel Nelson. I think he came to work for Dr. Minos and I..."
"Your Gabriel's twin?"
Greer nodded hoping the speaker could see her reaction. Silence greeted her, followed by laughter, chilling her to the bone.
" What's so funny?" she demanded as she started to thrash wildly..
" I presume you've heard all about my work..." the voice replied, ignoring her question. "The one on new sentinels and cross species genetics haven't you?"
"Let me go!" Greer spat getting more frightened by the second...
" And why would I do that?"
Hearing the hint of laughter behind that last sentence, Greer tried even harder to break free.
"What have you done to Gabriel?" she screamed.
"Well your brother did request for work so I made him one of my first batch of sentinels. He and his team are on a jet right now, to start their training in Washington DC... "
Greer stopped thrashing, Minos' words hitting her like a ton of bricks... This man... He was... He was crazy... Insane... He had turned her brother into some kind of freak...
"You're lying! Gabriel will never let you do that! He..."
"He and all my sentinels had their memories wiped after being spliced. Extra precautions I carried out so they do not have second thoughts about... about people like you." There was a twinge of triumph in the voice. This made Greer almost insane with anger.
" You won't get away with this... you...you..."
"You know too much." The voice boomed back and with that, five massive mechanical arms with syringes attached rose from beneath the bed, making Greer's eyes widen with fear...
"Killing you will have no benefit to me... Making you a sentinel on the other hand would."
Greer shook her head feverishly... No! Not that! ANYTHING but that... She didn't want to be turned into some... Some freak...
"No please... Don't..." she begged weakly but Minos ignored her pleas...
" You WILL join my sentinel army... And since you're twin is one already, I think you both deserve to be of the same species... What DNA did I splice him with again? Oh yes, that of a tiger..."