When I woke up, the first thing I noticed was how bright it was.
There was a aching pain that started at the back of my neck and crawled all over my head. It felt as if my head had been split into a two and then put back together. The pain in my head was so bad it made me nauseous, and I was seeing blurry doubles.
What the hell happened?
"Hey, you're awake," a voice echoed.
From what I could see, no one was in the room. So when someone spoke, it startled me and I swiveled my head around, trying to spot somebody. However, the sudden movement made me feel worse and I ended up vomiting over the side of the bed.
"W-who…?" I could hardly form words, afraid that if I opened my mouth, more bile would spill out.
I moaned and laid back down, covering my eyes with my arm, trying to stop the painful brightness.
"Cal, it's me," the voice said again. I could hardly recognize it. God, what the fuck happened?
"Lillian, it's Alpha," they said again, and a bright light appeared in front of me.
Not being able to handle the blurry, bright light (plus, there was two), I screamed and swatted at it, not understanding what was going on.
It disappeared as fast as it showed up.
"Okay, okay, I'm gone," this 'Alpha' spoke softly, and I slowly opened my eyes.
I sighed and looked around once more, my vision beginning to clear, but the lights still hurt.
"Lily, do you remember what happened?" 'Alpha' asked me.
"No...no, I-I...I hardly remember who I am," I said, squeezing my eyes shut and quickly swallowing the bile that began to rise up my throat again.
"Okay," Alpha said, slowly and calmly, "I'm gonna help you. You may not remember me, but I'm your friend."
I nodded before immediately regretting the action as I threw up all over myself.
"Fuck," I whispered, wiping my mouth.
"Hey, it's okay," Alpha said again, appearing once more. This time, he was on the far side of the room, near the door. He was still a bright and all white, but I could make out the shape of...a tiny person?
"I'm gonna go get a medic or something," Alpha explained. "Just, um...wait here?" he said unsurely.
If I could've rolled my eyes without vomiting, I would have. However, I just opted to nodding softly and laying back down on my bed, peeling off my vomit covered blanket and kicking it off the bed. I have no idea who these people are, but if they did this to me, they can deal with my soiled blanket.
As soon as the blanket fell to the floor, I was out again.
When I woke up again, I felt a lot better. I still had a severe headache, and I felt slightly nauseous, but at least I could move without wanting to cry.
The room wasn't blurry, and there was one of everything, thank goodness, and I could look at the light without being in pain.
I noticed I had a fresh blanket, and the vomit on the floor had been cleaned. I also realized I was in the medbay on the Mother of Invention. Alpha had probably brought in a medic after I fell back asleep.
At least I'm remembering everything now.
But still, why did I pass out?
"Hey, Lils," Alpha appeared by the counter, away from my bed.
I sighed and smiled softly, "You can come closer, Alpha."
He reappeared on my stomach, sitting cross legged, though I couldn't feel him. Was he floating above me? Or was he just so light that I can't feel him?
"How are you?" he asked, slightly hesitantly.
I shrugged, stretching, "I mean I remember stuff, so that's good. Why did I pass out though?"
Alpha looked away, obviously hiding something from me. Normally, I'd get annoyed and force him to tell me, but I was too tired to care.
"Maybe, um, the Director should tell you, I think," Alpha said finally.
I nodded and tried to sit up, but a wave of nausea hit me as soon as I moved, and Alpha helped me lay back down.
"Ugh, fuck, man," I groaned, rubbing my eyes.
I hadn't noticed how awkward and distant Alpha was being until the Director walked in. As soon as he spotted him, Alpha disappeared.
'Alpha, stop being so salty,' I thought.
'Shut up.'
"Agent California, I'm glad to see you're awake. How are you feeling?" The Director asked, standing next to my bed.
"Like you smashed my head in with a brick, but I'm alright," I answered, blinking slowly at the older man.
He chuckled, but didn't answer. There were a few minutes of silence before I decided to break that silence.
"Um, the Alpha told me that you needed to tell me why I passed out," I mumbled.
"Yes, yes, I believe that it is only fair," The Director started. "Now, you have to understand that what happened, happened for a reason."
For a reason? Did the Director piss me off on purpose or something?
'That's exactly what he did.'
"In the beginning of Project Freelancer, I was granted the use of one A.I. for experimental purposes. The Alpha is the A.I."
"But, what about the Beta? And F.I.L.S.S.? They're both-"
The Director put his hand up, "I understand that, Agent. However, the ship's A.I. is used as a military program, therefore it doesn't count towards my experiments. The Beta, however, is. And it is being kept a secret. And I am going to ask you to keep another secret. I have created another Artificial Intelligence, using your anger and the Alpha A.I. We're calling it...Omega."
I stared at the Director, and he stared at me.
"So, you're telling me," I swallowed before continuing, "That you made me angry on purpose...just to create another A.I. from the one already implanted into my body."
"Yes."
I threw up all over my new sheets.
"What the fuck? You did all this and it never occurred to you that you might want to get my approval first?!" I exclaimed, furious.
The Director sighed and took off his glasses, "If we did that, we wouldn't have an Omega right now."
I took a deep breath, calming myself down before responding, "Why did you need me to get angry before you could create the Omega A.I.?"
The Director hesitated before answering, "Well, the Artificial Intelligence have to be based off of something in order to be created, hence the name 'artificial.'"
I nodded in agreement, "Alpha was based off of you, F.I.L.S.S. off of...Phyllis, and Beta off of Allison."
"Correct, now, the Omega had to be based off of something as well. Off of the Alpha. Henceforth, The Omega A.I. is a little piece of Alpha that was broken off to be it's own. It was based off of Alpha's rage," the Director told me.
His rage. No wonder I had to get so mad in order for it to work. Perhaps they had to let Omega begin to take over before he could be broken off. However, a different thought began to settle in my mind.
"You broke my A.I.?" I asked, feeling suddenly protective of Alpha. Wouldn't that hurt? To have something attached to you literally ripped from your body?
No wonder I was in so much pain when I woke up. But just imagine poor Alpha. God, he must be so tired.
"Well, yes, but it didn't affect him negatively, that I can assure you," the Director said.
At the time, I had believed him. Now, however, I know that breaking apart the Alpha had destroyed him in more than one way.
Reluctantly, I sighed and didn't answer, hoping that the Director was right, and my Alpha would be okay.
"Well, where's Omega now?" I asked, eager to meet this new A.I. whether I wanted to try and destroy it, or I wanted to become friends with it, I didn't know.
"Why, we inserted the Omega A.I. into Agent Texas, and she will begin training with you in a matter of days."
A/N: So you know when you have to type a word with a capital letter and you end up typing lIKE THIS? I did that about 80 times this chapter, it was so funny hjkadh.
Anyway, I know it's been a while since my last update, but it turns out I was lying when I said I'd be less busy and I'm still actually super busy :-/. The good news is I will stop being busy after the 22nd, which is my final presentation for this big school project I have.
So, expect updates to be more frequent after that (unless I lied again and something pops up).
Moving on: I'd like to respond to some reviews I have, I'm suuuuuper thankful for you guys and I hope you don't think that I'm like ignoring you or anything!
In response to Archangel Writings - I'm extremely glad you like it! (tbh at first I wrote "extrememely"). I think I sort of answered that question in my author's note in chap 3. But, I will be ending this story after Freelancer goes to shit, however, I will be publishing a new story after. Sort of like a sequel, it will be about Lily and her times with the Blood Gulch guys. She get's sent there sorta like Florida does.
In response to ShadowScorch the Duelmaster - YEs! It was Omega (aka: O'Malley). Good job for guessing correctly, and being the only one to guess haha (cri) *gives you a million bucks* Anyway, I'm really, really glad you like my story! It means a lot and knowing that you're waiting for the update sIRIUSly makes me want to update sooner (I'll try)
and in response to EVERYONE ELSE that reviewed, I'm so glad you guys all like it! Juts seriously thAnk you so much, I hope you guys liked this chapter!
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