CHAPTER 6 – THE TALK

A/N: Sorry for the long break, I have a lack of confidence because my main language is not English and I think my English is not enough to tell a worth-to-read story. Your reviews mean a lot, thanks! :)

"Just make sure you don't get killed by one of those guys," said Thomas, still surprised because of the courage of the subjects. "I still can't believe that Chancellor let this just so they will stay."

"Don't worry Tom," answered Teresa giggling nervously. "You know how tough I am."

Thomas couldn't help but smile at Teresa's response. "You're right, maybe I should start feeling nervous for them." Thomas checked his watch and looked at the room filled with the subjects. "You only have five minutes, so make them trust you and then come straight-"

"I know what to do, you don't need to worry."

Thomas realized how awkward he was acting. He was acting like a protective… boyfriend. "Just be quick," he muttered while Teresa nearly ran to reach the room. She wanted to finish it quickly as much as Thomas did.

"We want to be treated as people, not some subjects you can make experiments on."

Teresa couldn't hep but mock. "Yeah but the point is, you are subjects we have to make experiments on." Then she got serious and continued. "Look, I know this experiments are making you feel bad. Trust me, even if I work in WICKED, I can understand how you all feel."

"I know these tests and simulations are all necessary but isn't there a way to make it by not nearly killing us?"

She didn't know if Newt was also mocking but at some point he was right. WICKED was too hard on the subjects but there wasn't any other way to test them. By 'nearly killing them', they were testing their limits.

"But you want your family to be cured, right?" Teresa asked, hitting Newt's weak point. "Trust me, we are doing these experiments and tests for a reason. Yes, they may be hard for you but at the end all the Cranks will be cured."

She didn't want to use that word, but she had to. They had to make them believe in WICKED and since Thomas probably wouldn't be able to do that, this was her responsibility.

"Yes but I am sure that there is another way to find the cure! We still don't understand it. Why do you need to test us that much hard to find a cure?" Teresa sighed silently. She was asking this question to herself for a real long time.

She had shown herself like a numb person, at least she tried. She tried to look like she didn't have feelings but she did and she knew that testing subjects that way wasn't the true thing to do. "I know," she mumbled, feeling embarrassed. "But I can't tell you why."

That was a lie. She of course could tell her why, only if she also knew the real reason. Chancellor Paige was telling them that this was for good and WICKED was also good. But she was having a real hard time believing WICKED was actually good.

"If you want us to keep this as a secret, we really can! Just tell us..." This conversation was starting to get on her nerves. She just wanted to get out of this room. "Or you can tell me. First, we thought of talking to you together but now we changed our minds."

Teresa didn't need this information. "I can't tell you or any of you. This is the end of our conversation." Then she sat up, feeling really bad for talking to him that way. But she knew that this was supposed to happen.

She got out of the room without telling any other thing.

"This lasted longer than ten minutes! Teresa, I was getting nervous!" Thomas was waiting him in front of the door. But Teresa could swear that he talked to Chancellor Paige because whenever he did, he would have a weird expression on his face, just like now.

Teresa sighed again, this time because of anger. "I hate not being able to tell them anything. Not because of the rules, you know, I don't care about them most of the time. But because I seriously don't know anything!" Teresa was getting tired of this and she knew Thomas also was.

"How many times do I need to tell you that if WICKED is not telling us what's happening, that is because of a reason."

"I know but the problem is we are WICKED, Thomas. If we were subjects, that would be an acceptable excuse but we work in WICKED, we design their wicked tests and all, so we need to know everything!"

Thomas hated making this conversation with Teresa over and over, saying the same things every time. "So, if we are WICKED, don't you believe in yourself? Don't you believe in us? Everything will be clear when it has to be Teresa."

"Should I really believe you?" asked Teresa, her voice trembling because she is laughing nervously. "Or should I believe in Chancellor Paige?"

Thomas was longing to finish this conversation. "Even if you don't believe in me or Chancellor Paige, don't act this way in front of her. If she thinks you are suspicious, you know what will happen next." Teresa knew. They didn't want the unfaithful ones in WICKED.

So they would get rid of her.

"Yeah," said Teresa, trying not to act so nervous. "I know, you can trust me." Even though she didn't believe in WICKED, she didn't want them to get rid of her. Also she wouldn't leave Thomas here. Not because he wouldn't be able to take care of himself, because Teresa would miss him so badly.

Thomas had been her friend since they started working for WICKED.

Thomas looked at the empty room. "OK, so let's go find her. She told me that she needs out help to design a new simulation."

"A new simulation?" asked Teresa, frowning. "I don't want to help them!" She wanted to scream it louder but of course she didn't. Thomas looked at her, obviously tired.

"Come on Teresa, don't act like this. You know they need out help." Teresa knew this, and that was one of the points that she find ridiculous. "Actually, we found a new simulation but we want to test it."

"You want to test the simulation on me? Why didn't you tell me that before?"

She was totally surprised by that new fact. She couldn't understand why Thomas didn't tell her about this. But she was ready to face with anything. So she told herself she will be fine after the simulation. "Because we thought that you can adopt into any situation, just like you should Miss Agnes."

"Of course I can," said Teresa, still feeling a bit surprised. "What do you need to inject?"

Chancellor Paige smiled cruelly. "Nothing. This time, we have a headgear for you to wear." While Thomas placed the headgear on her head, Teresa asked.

"But that will make things more obvious for the subjects, why are we using this way?"

"You act like injecting them some serums weren't making this obvious for them. Just plug in the charger Thomas. Good luck Teresa."

And at the point Thomas plugged in the charger, Teresa understood that she will need some real good luck.