Free me (a shatter me fanfiction)

The guest

I wake up about seven o'clock with the sun streaming through the window in the roof. Grace and Aaron are still sleeping. I get out of the bed and squeeze round the side of the cot and nearly fall into the bathroom and go in the shower. When I come out wearing a towel Aaron is staring at me. "Hello sweetheart" he says "hi" I say as I walk over and give him a brief kiss on the lips. "How long have you been awake?" I ask "not long" he says in return. I walk over to the small wardrobe and take out a pale pink dress and underwear and walkover to the bed. I sit down next to Aaron and reach over to the desk and pull out a baby grow for Grace. "Can you get Grace dressed and changed while I dress myself?" I ask as I sit back on the bed. "Of course but I'd rather help you" he says and he pulls me down onto the bed and I give a little squeal and now I'm lying underneath is half naked body. "That can be arranged" I say through a smile and he gently kisses me.
After finally getting dressed. Aaron and I walk to the dining room with Grace in my arms who is smiling up at me. When we walk into the hall everyone stares at us and my smile suddenly falls. I see Kenji looking round the room and the staring eyes of all my friends. He walks over to us and looks at everyone. "They're not that pretty guys. Stop staring at them" he says and everyone turns back to their tables. "Why were they staring?" I ask Kenji "apparently everyone knows that you locked someone in a cell" Kenji says "they thought that stopped when the reestablishment was reestablished" he says as he walks with us to our tables. "We will speak to him today and hopefully will be able to get him out of the cell" I say "I'll go get our breakfast. Do you want anything Kenji?" Aaron asks "coffee please" he says and Aaron walks off to join the end of the queue. "What if he doesn't speak?" Kenji asks. "I'm sure we can persuade him" I say motioning at my hands. "I see but that might make everybody stare more so you might want to start looking prettier because people will notice you more" Kenji says "I don't care what people think of me, I care about my daughter." I say. "Did Sara and Sonya fix his wrists yesterday?" I ask "yeah he was still asleep when they left so if he didn't know about them before then he won't know how his wrists are better" Kenji says "good. We don't want to make them a target as well" I say.
We reach the cell door in the basement of base. Grace is with my parents so it's only Kenji, Aaron and myself. Aaron unlocks the door and pushes it open. The man inside looks terrified. He is in a corner of the room, sitting on the floor with his legs up at his chest. He looks like what I imagine I looked like in one of my 264 days locked in an asylum. My heart went out to him a little but then I remember what he nearly did to my child yesterday and I only feel anger. We all stand staring at him for a minute. I decide to take a gentle approach towards him. I sit cross legged across from him. He lifts his head a bit and for the first time I can see his face clearly. He can't be older than twenty four. "Hi" I say he just looks sternly at me. "I'm Juliette but you already know that and you might already know about Aaron as well" I say motioning towards him. "But I don't know if you know him. That's Kenji. If he tells a joke try to laugh he will get mad" I say as I point at Kenji. The man gives a small smile but doesn't say anything. "Excuse me but I am hilarious" Kenji says. "Of course" I say. Kenji and Aaron sit down together slightly behind me. "What's your name?" I ask "Jacob, Jacob Marshall." He says "I recognise that name" Aaron says. "You would." Jacob says. "You locked me up and watched me for nearly two years with your stupid cameras" he spits. "You were in the asylum?" I ask "yes" he says quietly "So was I. Is that why you looked so scared about being locked up again?" I ask. Jacob just nods slowly "how can you be so in love with the man who locked you up? I can barely stand to be in the same room as him" he says "it wasn't Aaron's choice to put anyone in there that's why when his father was killed and the reestablishment was taken down we destroyed the asylum and everyone was free again. I don't think people really deserved to be in there but the people back then were scared of change and difference so they put all the "different" people in one place to contain them" I say. "I understand that but he never did anything to get us out before you came along. The only person he managed to get set free was you" Jacob says "I know I didn't try hard enough but I was terrified of my father back then. I would have killed him if I could have handled it when he locked the first person up in that infernal place but I couldn't but I did try many times but only when I met Juliette did I finally have the strength she just beat me to it" Aaron says. I hold onto his hand and squeeze it and give him a weak smile. "Many people don't have choices in the actions they make that's why even if they did something terrible before you retaliate you must know all the facts" I say "I understand being terrified of your dad. My dad was horrible to me after my mum died and he had to handle my "gift" by himself" Jacob says "what gift do you have?" I ask "I know how to control it so don't be scared but..." He moves to the side a bit and on the wall behind where he was sitting was a hand shaped burn print. "I can burn things with my hands. Even my mind I've learnt how to project" he says "at least you've learnt how to use it" I say still staring at the wall. i look back at Jacob who now looks embarrassed. "It's a little crowded in here, shall we go somewhere else?" I ask as I stand up and put my hand out to Jacob. He squirms away from me. "I won't hurt you" I say. He slowly gives me his hand and I pull him up.