maybe when the time is right - ms. venable

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-"Who is it?"-Wilhemina asks.

-"Ms. Venable, the Cooperative has arrived."-Ms. Mead says before the still closed doors.

-"I'll be there in a minute. Gather everyone in the library, please."

-"Will do."-Ms. Mead replies and walks away after.

-"Wilhemina?"-I call her name in confusion.

-"Get dressed. We'll continue some other time."-I nod and before I get a chance to fully get my dress on, I feel Wilhemina place kisses over my scars and wounds. My cheeks flush to the realization Wilhemina loves me and my body no matter of how much I changed. She kisses my cheek and connects her gaze with mine;

-"Don't ever be ashamed of the scars life has left you with. Look at me, I know it wasn't easy. Next time I'll be there to share the hard feelings with, okay darling? I love you."-she said before planting a kiss on my forehead. I get dressed and she waits for me.

After walking through the empty corridors, I sit on the couch before the small table in the library, and Wilhemina stays standing beside Ms. Mead on the other side of the room;

-"(Y/n), did I just see you walk in here with Ms. Venable?"-Elizabeth asks cheerfully.

-"Maybe..."-I answer with a bright smile.

-"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! It's back to how it was! I'm so happy for you!"
-"I'm so happy as well! We still have to talk our way through everything but I think it'll eventually be back to how it was."

-"Oh, that's nice. Did you finally get a chance to fuck her again-"-Elizabeth begins jokingly but I hit her leg slightly with mine.

-"Liz! Oh my god..."-I say with a smile. Wilhemina overheard us and she smiles at me and Elizabeth.

Suddenly, other people go quiet and so do we. The head of the cooperative was there. Wilhemina instantly gets her emotionless expression back on.

-"My name is Langdon and I represent the Cooperative. I won't sugarcoat the situation. Humanity is on the brink of failure. My arrival here was crucial to the survival of civilized life on earth. The three other compounds in Syracuse, New York, Beckley, West Virginia, and San Angelo, Texas have been overrun and destroyed."-Ms. Venable and Mead look at each other quite shocked, as they didn't have this information before. Langdon continues;

-"We've had no contact from the six international outposts, but we are assuming that they, too, have been eliminated."

-"What happened to the people inside?"-one of the purples asks.

-"Massacred."-Langdon replies, then continues;-"The same fate that will befall almost all of you."

-"Almost all?"-Mallory says in confusion.

-"In the knowledge that this very moment might occur, we built a failsafe- The Sanctuary."-Langdon says and Coco adds in an annoyed tone;

-"The Sanctuary?"

-"The Sanctuary is unique. It has certain security measures that will prevent overrun. All that matters is that The Sanctuary will survive, so the people populating it will survive, so humanity will survive."

-"Who are the people populating it?"-a purple asks.

-"That's why I'm here. I've been sent to determine if any of you are worthy and fit to join us."-Langdon answers and everybody starts murmuring in between them.

-"The Cooperative has developed a particular and rigorous questioning technique we like to call 'Cooperating'. I will then use the information gained to determine if you belong."

-"What is this? The hunger games? This is bullshit."-Coco starts to complain;-"I paid my way in here and that is the only cooperating I plan on doing."

-"You don't have to sit for questioning."

-"What happens if we choose not to?"

-"Then you stay here and die."

-"I volunteer to go first."-Gallant says after raising his hand.

-"Will you excuse me, I first have to ask who is the young lady sitting beside Ms. Elizabeth?"

-"You know my name?"-Elizabeth asks in confusion and you give her the look you'd always give when she says something dumb or random.

-"I'm (y/n). (Y/n) (y/l/n)."

-"I haven't seen your file."

-"I- I don't think I have one."

-"How odd?"-Langdon says almost sarcastically and Ms. Venable is quick to defend me;

-"She arrived later due to disasters on the way here, so, there were some problems with her file. It was lost."

-"Do you have your biography?"

-"No..."

-"Awh... How sad. I'm afraid you won't be able to take the test then."

-"What!? No you can't do that to her!"-Elizabeth yells.

-"This is purely inhuman Mr. Langdon! A stupid file will cost her her life!"-Ms. Venable complains.

-"Ms. Venable right? How come you worry so much for a random purple such as Ms. (y/l/n)?"

-"That's surely not to your concern. Well, if you aren't allowing her to take the test, I won't either."-the whole room basically gasped and I felt like I could punch Wilhemina right in the face for being that stupid. She's wasting her opportunity because of me.

-Langdon walks closer to Ms. Venable and says, while holding intense eye contact;-"Hm, how bad. I was onto you."

-"Have a good evening Mr. Langdon."-Wilhemina said before leaving the room.

Everybody looked speechless. I didn't say anything either. I look down at the floor and I feel Elizabeth hold my hand, trying to make me feel better. I suddenly feel her hand letting go. Coco screamed and I flinched and looked up.

Elizabeth had a knife pierced through her head, and above her, barely recognizable how diseased he looked, Michael, covered in tumors and sores...

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