Feral → newt, tmr

Bonus Chapter 6

Chapter 6 ━━ The Cell Mate

━━━━━━━━☆★☆━━━━━━━━

It is a smooth ride, but it seems to last forever. And so much time to think about things and they finally stop. When the berg lands on the ground, the ramp opens, silence enveloping Vera's world. The only thing she hears is the rush of pumping blood inside her head. She closes her eyes and tries to slow her breathing. She's back to the beginning. She hates Teresa the most. Her hatred towards the girl is more than what she has stocked for Janson and Ava altogether. 

The soldiers begin to unload the teenagers once Ava, Teresa and & Janson find their way out. 

A loud click sound and the place is instantly flooded with bright white light. 

Vera throws her hands up and squeezes her  eyes shut, then, shielding herself, squints to see what is going on. A huge spotlight mounted on a tripod is pointed directly at them. She can just make out the silhouettes of two figures on either side of it. Scanning
the rest, she sees that there are at least a dozen other soldiers, all holding various types of weapons. 

The large doors open and the soldiers guide them in. The place is clean and new. It's clearly made to face any possible Crank attack. 

Vera is barely able to keep her feet under herself. She keeps quiet as she is led down a set of stairs along with other kids and then down a long hallway. They stop, and she hears the swipe of a key card, the click of a lock, then the creak of a door opening. 

Before Vera walks with the other kids through the door, a guard grabs her arm and drags her to another direction before she's pushed into a room like a rag doll. Then all she knows is she's being embraced by none other than Ava Paige. 

"I'm so happy to see you again." 

Vera immediately steps back and the woman's face falls. "I'm sorry? Am I supposed to know you? My memories are wiped by some organization called WICKED." 

Ava slightly glares at her as disappointment fills in her face at the girl's behavior. "Don't act like a spoiled child, Vera. As your mother—" 

"My mother died long ago the moment my sister was killed by her experiments. I am no child of you." Vera cuts her off, with a challenging glare. "And I am not joining your kids killing cult again. I'm done." 

Ava sighs. "Fine. There's no need to join me with the work. Let's just go back home." 

Vera scoffs. "What home are you talking about? You destroyed my family when you took me away from my home." 

"That wasn't your home nor were they your family. Whether you like it or not, you belong with me, Vera. You're my daughter." Ava replies with her authoritative tone. 

"I'd rather die than play daughter and mother with you." Vera states, pointing at her mother. "And I'm a prisoner here just like the other subjects. I'd like to be treated as one as well." 

"I'll talk to you again when you change your mind, Vera." Ava sighs once again, pushes a button on her desk and the previous guard walks in. "Take her to her cell." 

The guard nods and escorts Vera to her new cell. He then pushes her in before closing the cell door. 

"Ver?" 

Vera looks at the source of the voice to see Minho sitting by himself on one of the beds. She looks at him sharply. "Don’t call me that." 

"Huh?" He asks, obviously startled, maybe even hurt. "Why?"