Project V (Clementine X Male Reader Book 4)

V

You're in that familiar void. That world between yours in the simulation... It's really just you being unconscious. But it feels different this time; you can move, look around, feel the cool atmosphere.

You can't see anything around. Just darkness. Although when you look down, you can see yourself. Even here, in the absence of light, you're visible. You hold your right hand out in front of you and start walking forward, not sure where you're going to go.

President: Y/N! So glad to see you.

You jerk around to look at her. She's standing a few feet away, close enough that you could close the distance in a few seconds and choke the life out of her. You try. You move your legs, but you don't move. At least not towards her. You're definitely moving. You can feel the air hitting and passing over your skin.

President: You can't get to me.

You stop and stand still.

You: What is this?

You throw your arms up to the sides.

You: Where's Brooklyn?

President: Safe outside.

You: You didn't answer my first question.

Your voices echo in here.

President: Not sure. The absence of anything, maybe.

You: So,

You put your hands in your pockets.

You: what do you want?

President: I'm not happy with how that turned out.

You: Yeah?

President: Alice was a surprise, I was not expecting that, but you cheated.

You: I didn't do anything.

President: Hm, that is the problem. You didn't do anything. Neither did your people. Your exit was minutes away, still unopened, and yet it appeared next to you. You weren't going to beat Herakles, he killed your daughter and Alice, and it was just a matter of time before he killed you and Brooklyn. So, I'm wondering how you did it.

You: Again, I didn't do anything.

She holds her chin, lightly scratching at her cheek.

You: What about Herakles?

President: Brain fried as soon as Alice ripped him in two.

Unknown: Leave.

A voice comes from nowhere and everywhere, all at the same time, booming and stern. You get the feeling it's not talking to you.

President: And who are you? There shouldn't be anyone else in here?

Unknown: I. Said. LEAVE!

The ground shakes, even with no ground to shake below you.

President: You're on your own.

She looks at you, waves, and then blinks out of reality.

Alice: Now that she's gone.

She appears where the president was just standing, dusting off her clothes. Her voice is back to normal from when you saw her last. Was she the one talking just now?

You: Alice?

Alice: Hm? Oh, no, I'm not Alice.

You: What?

She smiles.

Alice: I am... Hm... How do I explain this best?

You: What did you do to Marina?