Chapter 5: Found

Skye tore herself away from Ed to look into the angry eyes of her sister, Terry, who just walked into the apartment. Terry had very short black hair and a light-colored suit.
"Terry! I didn't think you'd be home this early" replied Skye.
"Something happened at the office, so they sent everyone home early, everyone who doesn't make like six and a half digits a year".

Terry walked further into the room and then went over to look Ed straight in the eyes.
"Who are you and what are you doing here with my sister?"
Ed blushed as he looked at Terry, making him feel uncomfortable. He opened his mouth to say something, but it dried up, making him unable to come up with an answer.
"H- he's a friend, a new kid at school. I invited him over for dinner."

Terry didn't seem to believe her sister's answer; she stood with a stern face and crossed arms,
"Why is he bandaged up?"
Skye tried to think of another lie. She eventually came up with one,
"It's for a project for Health class and …"
"SKYE! Don't lie to me! He's bleeding!"
Terry ran over to Skye and forced her to sit down on the couch, ready to give a lecture. Ed didn't know how to react, so he ran over and grabbed Terry's arm with his metal one and squeezed. Terry knelt down on the floor, her wrist in pain.
"ED! Don't hurt her! Let my sister go!"
Ed wouldn't let go; he just kept staring hard into Terry's eyes. Terry froze in fear when she looked at Ed; there was something about him that wasn't human, other than his right arm. His eyes looked like they were changing color as anger rose in him.
Skye didn't know what to do, if she didn't do something, Ed was going to rip Terry's arm off. She drew her arm back and punched Ed hard in the face!
Ed instantly let go and fell to the ground. Skye went over to check on him when Terry, carefully took her sister's eye and asked,
"Skye, tell me the truth. Who is he and why is he here?"

After helping both Ed and Terry onto the couch and sitting between them, she told the story of where she found Ed and bringing him home.
"Terry is it?"
Terry looked over at Ed; he was facing the floor and occasionally glanced over to her.
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry, if I hurt you. I don't really know what happened, I've never reacted like that before."
"It's ok."
Ed could see that Terry still didn't trust him. She straightened herself on the couch and then looked at Skye.
"Are you sure of what you've seen?"
"I'm very sure; I saw it with my own eyes. But he can't explain of what's going on or what he's been through"
Terry had a questioning look on her face; she was trying to figure something out and she needed confirmation.
"Ed?"
"Yes?"
"Show me. Show me what you are. I need to see if it's really true"
Ed got up from the couch and check around to make sure he wouldn't hit anything. He then looked at Skye, who nodded her head. He took a deep breath and opened his wings wide.
Terry looked in awe and stood up from the couch.
"It's true. You're the project!"
"Terry what's going on?"
"Project A.O.D."
"That thing you were telling me about? Are you sure Terry?"
Ed stared at Terry with worry in his face,
"How do you know that?"
Skye got up and walked to Ed,
"AlcTech Industries. Does that name mean anything to you?"
"Yeah, I live there, but how did you know about this"
"Ed, Terry works as secretary for the head scientist at AlcTech Industries!"