A/N: Hello, it's us again! We're here with another little chapter for this story, and we've got something to show. Ever wonder about how Sayer could know about Akron, know about Jay without even having met him? Well, here's your answer. A lot of things were going on in this facility, and a lot of people had a hand in what happened.
Also, we're always starting chapters out with a document, such as the one below, where we reveal a bit more about what's happened. The rest of it is the account of Monkey, telling about what he's seen in there.
Hope you enjoy!
From: Sayer Divine
To: chessaryhouston
Subject: Project Akron on-site inspection report
Dear Carl,
The full report isn't there yet, but I've managed to get a hold of some of it. Of whatever you read below, do not mention it to Kroe. It's important that he remains in the dark about our deal.
Now, to the business at hand; Project Akron seems to be an incredibly revolutionary project of research into the psychic condition; and I see that the psychics I sent you have been put to good use, and I'm glad that we're already this close to knowing how to create artificial psychics.
I also received your message about Alkain, and the results of his first session in the Engine, and I heard just how much dark energy he managed to generate, at Tier 1, even! I mean 500%! That's more than almost every other subject at Tier 4! The potential in this kid is unbelievable; he might just be the one we've been looking for.
I talked to Kroe too about the potential profits of the project as well, and the results he forwarded me were incredible. The Movement will be able to turn into a world-wide organization if this keeps up, and you know what that means.
Remember to under no circumstances allow Kroe to hear or read anything about what I just said. He must NOT find out about the Movement's true purpose.
And do tell me when the kid's due for Tier 4, will you? I'd like to see it personally. Thanks, buddy.
Regards,
Sayer Divine
Chessary Corporation Management
My silent creeping into Chessary's database revealed some small details to me, nothing of importance. However, the document above I fell over by accident while walking home. Houston wasn't in his office, and so I nabbed the document, and I saw the sender's name first. Sayer Divine, the founder of the Arcadia Movement, was in a high position of power within Chessary Corporation itself?
It began to make sense; I had already heard about the Arcadia Movement through my line of work before. They were supposedly an organization dedicated to keeping people who were psychics safe, as the discrimination against them was very high. It was all a front of Chessary's? And according to it, Houston and Sayer were planning something big with it. What could it be?
And something was with this 'Alkain' that was detrimental to that. I could see his potential; he almost overloaded the Engine during his first session. What did they want with him? What did they want with this entire project, actually? Why did they want to produce artificial psychics or enhance the abilities of those who already possess psychic powers? Is it for military purposes, is it for the sake of trying to find a cure for the psychic condition, what are they up to?
Also, I uh… I got to see Alkain in action. He was set to duel against one of the other patients in order to test his strength, a young girl. He… he ground her into paste. He was ruthless. She didn't even get one dig into his life points before he pulled out his card, the 'Supernova Dragon', and proceeded to absolutely massacre her. The dragon grabbed her and squashed her against the world so hard there was nothing but a massive smear of blood left where she was before. She didn't even get a chance to scream for help.
Shit… I never thought this project would be going this far. Every horrible atrocity these people are causing just keep piling up. I gotta keep up the façade, otherwise I'll be a potential risk to Chessary, and they don't like potential risks. I don't want to die. But… I have to find a way to stop all this. It might take time, but I have to stop all this. I don't want any more innocent children to die.
I walked by Alkain's cell yesterday too. The kid was screaming his lungs out, yelling things like 'This is all your fault!', and 'It takes a strong man to deny what's right in front of him,' before he went silent and started to cry. That kid is not right in the head, he's hearing voices, talking to people that aren't there. Such a broken mind having that much power can't be a good thing.
So many people dying in there, all because of Kroe's research. I was told to begin with that this was researching a potential renewable source of energy for New Domino's Momentum reactors, through something called 'negative energy'. It didn't make sense to me at the time, but the pay was good, so I signed up because why not?
I swear… I've seen a lot of things here. I don't think half of them are even real. Fostering psychic powers inside young kids and turning them into brutal, ruthless killers… these guys are making human superweapons here. I can feel the anger seething in the air from all these kids, they're so angry and tortured. I wish that I could stop all this, free all the kids and destroy all traces of this research, but the kids are dying like flies. Either they're killed by the Engine tearing them apart and splattering them across the glass sphere, their organs and bones liquefied in a second, or they're killed by Alkain in a duel where they die even slower deaths.
I saw a young kid get cut in half, another get scorched by fire until we could hear his skin crackle like chicken, and a third get eaten and swallowed by a dragon. He's out of his mind. The Dracotherapy is driving him insane, and he's just getting angrier and angrier each time I see him. He scares the crap out of me, even if he's a kid. What is he, eight or nine years old?
He's just so… broken. Whenever he isn't screaming his lungs out in pain or anger, he's in his cell, crying his eyes out and talking to someone who isn't there. He unnerves me to no end, I can't even focus when I have to keep the coding stable whenever he's in the Engine. Kroe's research is going out of hand, I have to find a way to stop it.
Is he even realizing what he's doing here?
