Double Fantasy

Love Interest

I walked down the hallway and opened every door hoping I saw a familiar face but they were all empty. I crept down the steps and into the kitchen. I saw Michael standing there, having a deep conversation with Monique when they saw me.

"Hey! I thought you were taking a nap?" She asked. I shook my head.

"This place isn't safe...we gotta get out of here. Where's Erik?" I asked. They looked at me confused.

"He said he was going to look for you...keep you company," Michael said. My eyes widened. My gut was boiling in fear.

"We need to find Erik right now!" I whispered when I saw a few guards passing by. We tried acting normal while looking through each room. We found Greer in the dining room looking over a few papers. I looked at Monique and Michael and pushed them in another room.

"What was that for?!" Monique asked. I shushed her.

"Let me explain. I don't trust her. I don't know if that's the female voice I heard but they're planning something. I overheard a woman and a man saying that they're gonna put some type of sleeping chemical in our food at dinner and then they're gonna inject the serum in you guys. I don't know if they got to Erik sooner but this isn't the life I want for him or any of you guys," I informed.

"How do you all of a sudden know what's best for him?" Michael asked.

"Because the serum is in me. You think it's some walk in the park with these powers? It's a learning process to control every shit. I am literally here trying my hardest not to kill you where you stand. I'm programmed and somehow I don't even know how I controlled it...but I did. I'm a weapon for the US government. I have an off and on switch. You really think this is a life any one of you ever want? To be controlled and locked up in some fancy ass house and can't go anywhere?! No!...I won't allow it to happen to none of you."

They looked at me for a second and then nodded. We continued searching but Erik was no where to be found.

"You said you heard a man and a woman talking right?" Michael asked. I nodded. "There's only men in the kitchen and everywhere has male guards. Greer was in the dining room the entire time looking through documents. The only man and woman I saw together went into a secured room. The only way in, is with a combination code by the door  ," He said. I nodded. He guided us to the door. A keypad came up. I entered the code I remembered Marcus used to punch in. That didn't work. "Fuck...what are we gonna do now," Michael asked. I shrugged.

"Hey! What are y'all doing there? Y'all are not suppose to be by that door," Greer said walking towards us. "What's going on?" She asked. I looked at Michael and he nodded.

"I know when someone's lying. I receive some type of energy when it's done. Are you plotting to weaponize them with the serum?" I asked. She looked at me confused.

"What?! Why would I even do that?" She asked.

I sighed in relief when I didn't feel the tingle on my skin. "Have you seen Erik? I over heard a man and a woman plotting to put a sleeping potion on our food and then they're gonna inject you guys with the serum. They're trying to build an army." Greers eyes widened.

"He went upstairs to check on you...he never came back," she said. I pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Can you get us in here?" I asked gesturing the keypad. She shook her head. I sighed.

"I'm sure as hell he's in there but I don't want to cause a scene in kicking down the door," I said.

"Wait I think I remember!" Michael said pushing his way to the keypad. It worked.

"Geez why didn't you remember sooner," Monique joked. Once it was opened , we walked through the metal hallway and opened the other door. We snuck in and hid behind the machines. The room was big. The only area illuminated was at the surgical area. I saw Erik asleep on the operating table. They didn't look like they started as yet, cause they were just starting to hook up monitors to him. I looked up and saw the man and woman I heard talking earlier. I recognized the woman. It was Carol.