True Colors

Part II

Sebastian

I get up from the couch and look at my surroundings. How did I get back home? For a moment, I didn't recognized anything until I saw S-137 and S-1 come into the room.

"So how was it?" S-1 asked me. I see both of them had changed into their pajamas.

"What are you talking about?"I laughed because I didn't understand what she meant.

She looked down at S-137, "S-137 go to your capsule with the rest."

"Why? I want to know what S-3 has to say," he whined.

S-1 rolled her eyes. "Go."

"Fine!"

I laughed when I saw him stomp away from here. S-1 turned to me-she's the oldest out of everyone. "Now tell me."

"I went to a club and met a person." I explained to her.

"Was the person a girl?" She teased.

I crossed my arms. "Yes."

S-1 reached for my hair. It was annoying and funny because I'm much taller than she is. "Hey, not the hair or face."

S-1 gave me a mini death stare. I was going to continue, but was cut off by Mr. Krane.

"S-3 how was it? Did you find the girl?" He asks me.

I nod my head. "I'm sure I did." I took a long pause to remember what I was going to ask him. "By the way, when I left her house I couldn't control my movements. I heard your voice too. Is that bad?"

He shook his head, "not at all. You're perfectly normal. I suggested you two go to your capsules we have a few trips to do tomorrow."

"Got it..." S-1 and I went walking to the room. It wasn't a room, it was more like a large warehouse.

I'm starting to feel uneasy. Mr. Krane has been acting really strange. I completed the mission he had ordered me to do, but he wants more. Is he really power hungry?

What if everything here is a façade? That would be interesting.

"S-3?"

I flinch when my sister snaps her fingers in my face. She looks at me with a questioning look.

"What?" I speak out.

She asks, "what were you thinking?"

I nervously scratch the back of my neck. "Nothing you need to know. You heard anyway, we have a long day tomorrow."

I open the door that leads to the capsules. There are rows and rows of capsules; Starting from 1 and ending at 137. They were stacked on one another like trophies in a display case. Steel walls surround us, keeping us safe from outside intruders. Oh how I loved to be here.

I see most of my siblings were already sleeping. They seem peaceful.

I walk to my capsule that's in the very first row. The door slides to the bottom letting me walk inside.

The capsule replaces my clothes with pajamas. The lights in the room suddenly fade. I found it strange that some of my siblings were awake when I came home. Yet again, sometimes Mr. Krane sends us out on late night missions.

The shuffling noises die down by the second. The room gets darker like night at its peak. And the darkness I see means I've fallen asleep.

—O—

Drip, pop, ding.

I shift around in capsule to be in a comfortable position.

Drip, pop, ding.