Cold Hearted

Cold Hearted (page seven)

We continue to push the door close and finally manage to shut it. edson put his back against the door and slid down, sitting on the ground. he sighed heavily. everyone was shaking from the cold. "i-i'm sorry edson. its my fault." i weakly say, my voice cracking from the cold. he looked up at me with a tired but relived look on his face. he glared at me slightly but brushed it off and looked back down at the floor. "don't worry about it miles. its not your fault completely." i was surprised by his answer and slightly smiled, still feeling a ton of guilt. maybe if i was more careful? i don't understand. damien isn't like our other subjects. he's so much more.. strange. but besides that i remember to lock the door and quickly shuffle over to the lock. edson looked at me confused by the sudden movement. i lock the door and sigh in relief. safe. one of my co-workers, Ann was furious. tears running down her face as he pinned me to a wall. holding me by the shirt. the room started to thaw out i noticed, not really paying attention to what she was yelling at me about. "TENORR!" she screamed. i look at her confused. "MY SON DIED BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU YOU YOU!!"i couldn't bring myself to tell her i didn't care. but still decided to at least act sincere. "im, so sorry ann.." i sat there waiting for her to shut up already. ann is one of those people that likes to gossip and laugh about other peoples misfortunes but hates when anything happens to her. i don't know why i should even take her yelling at me like this but i don't want to get another strike. she eventually pushes me away and starts crying. i fix my once white lab coat as i glare at her. edson looked puzzled at the conflict as he stood up. the medic's ran in and started tending to the wounds of people that are still alive. edson had minor injury's which was good. im glad he's okay. but then i realize my wife was still in the room. damn it! how could i forget about her! i rush to the room as fast as i possibly could, knowing i had countless wounds. i see medic bags at the door she was in. thank god theyre helping her. i slowly come to a stop as i see them take her out of the room in a rush. she was heavily injured by the ice. i sigh, feeling a knot in my stomach. this is all my fault. edson approached behind me and puts his hand on my shoulder slightly smiling. i look at him as i fix my glasses; they had started to slip off my face. "thank you." he said in a soft tone. my face slightly lit up, as i felt my heart beat rapidly once more. "thank you.? what for?" my voice was trembling, almost cracking as i let out a nervous chuckle. he smiled and wiped some of the frost off his face. "thank you for trying miles. i understand how hard it is to make the right choices, but i know that you'll get it eventually." my body shaking from the pain i start to feel light headed, but thankfully edson picked me up and brought me to some medics waiting outside the scene. 

i started to think about the kid i saw. he was so small, but do i know him? he seemed familiar though i do not remember working on him. did edson make another experiment without me? i got a glance at his name tag. joey was his name. i wonder where he was now. feeling guilt of letting him out, i inform some of my co-workers and they look concerned or as if he has tried to do this before, but one person stood out to me. frank. it seemed he had a good connection with joey  by the way he reacted. he furrowed his brows and scrunched up his nose in anger, groaning. "is everything okay frank? did you have something to do with joey?" he looked at me, still furious but answered in a stern tone. "yeah.. him and i had private lessons after hours, and now he's gone!" very puzzled on what he meant by "private lessons" i asked him out of sheer curiosity. he looked at me and gave me a nasty glare. "what's it to you?!"he raised his voice at me. not expecting that i stare at him, thinking. what does he mean? i sigh and change my expression to more of a tired look. "nevermind frank. im not in the mood to deal with this." the medics bandage me up as i look at the floor closing my eyes.