Project V (Clementine X Male Reader Book 4)

Lazarus

You materialize at the edge of the lounge. Violet has made it, sitting on the couch you were sitting on just an hour ago. Marina sits on a table across from her.

Marina: Welcome back.

Ten minutes until the meeting.

You: Don't ever do that again.

She laughs.

Marina: You enjoyed yourselves, don't lie. You're not wearing the same clothes, which means you took the others off.

Brooklyn: I recall you not wanting to hear it, which is why you sent us off.

Marina: I'm just teasing.

Violet: Eri is staying with us tonight, right?

Brooklyn: Yup.

Violet has warmed up to you over the years, moving on from what happened. Emma and her live together, although you're not sure what they are to each other.

You: Don't keep her up too late.

Violet: No promises.

V: If I may interrupt. Please head to the lower twenty-fifth floor.

Lower means the twenty-fifth floor underground. The regular twenty-fifth floor is up.

Marina claps her hands as she stands up.

Marina: Finally. I feel like I've been waiting forever.

V: I told you three years ago, so that's how long you've been waiting.

Marina: Forever feels more fitting.

V: It has not been-

Marina: V, I'm not serious.

V: Yes, of course.

You chuckle as the four of you leave the lounge.

Marina: Man, I can't wait for her to see the city.

You: You've figured out where she's going to live, correct?

Marina was in charge of that because she actually lives within the simulation. You, obviously, do not.

Marina: With Alice and me.

You: Really?

Marina: Where else is she going to go?

You: I don't know. I thought you might buy her a house.

Marina: No. I doubt V can alter her mind like mine. She'll probably still deal with all the trauma she accumulated, just like the three of you.

V: She would be correct.

Marina: Therefore, I need to be around to keep her from killing someone.

She looks at you.

You: Once. I did that once.

Marina: And now you're considered dead in your world.

She waves her hand as she turns around.

Marina: I'm sure V would do fine covering it up or something, but I'd rather not have to deal with it.

Brooklyn: We had to break this dude out of prison and extract him in a plane that felt like it would fall apart in the sky.

Violet: I nearly killed a guy. It was entirely his fault. Decided he wanted to dress up as a zombie on Halloween and scare people.

Marina: A zombie is a walker in your world, right?