The Changed

Chapter 3- Tess

After they took Ed away, they tossed me back inside my cell but this time with a T.V. screen showing me everything that was happening inside the infirmary. I was still in shock about what happened in the waiting room. Ed's golden shield and how he saved my life. I was pretty sure that Frost wouldn't have me killed. I mean, why go to so much trouble to have me brought here? But Edward's shield had made me wonder, how had the SRT affected me?

I watched while they injected Edward with strange liquids that gave him scary visions and made him thrash in his sleep. I could hear his screams of terror as he battled with whatever fear he was facing. His heart rate was spiking well over one hundred and fifty beats per minutes in his panic. The doctors and nurses studied his reactions intently, noting them all down.

I was screaming at the T.V. for them to stop. One of Edward's darkest secrets is that he suffers with violent nightmares, ever since mum and dad died. He never actually told me what they were about but I knew they were bad. Edward spent so much time worrying about me, I'd often have to remind him to look after himself. But now they were putting him through nightmare after nightmare and he couldn't wake up, he couldn't make them stop. The world may be at war, but Edward was at war with himself. Now they were torturing him with it.

They finally stopped the tests and let Ed rest. His chest moved up and down rapidly as he tried to suck in oxygen from the tube under his nose. I relaxed slightly and focused on listening to the chatter of the nurses and doctors, trying to pick up anything that might give me a clue to what they plan to to with us. I heard various mumbles about how strong the results of the tests were but nothing really substantial...until Ed woke up.

When Ed fluttered his eyes open, I sobbed with relief. I was starting to doubt if he would ever wake up. I listened carefully to his and Dr. Brand's conversation. When the Dr. Brand mentioned our parents, it came as a complete shock to me and it looked like it was a shock to Edward too. He immediately started to question him but they wheeled him out of the room quickly before he could press for an answer.

I started slamming my hands on the walls again shouting: "What about my parents?!" They couldn't just say that and not tell us how our parents were involved in this. Once again I threw a massive temper tantrum (I know, mature of me but I just couldn't take it anymore.) I needed to get my emotions out. Too much had happened today, my brain couldn't take it all in.

After about an hour of screaming and crying and trying to tear the place down I collapsed on the padded floor. I wanted to see my brother and I wanted to get out of here. I heard the door slide open but this time I didn't move, I didn't want to see any of their faces, especially Chancellor Frost's. Unfortunately he was what I got.

"Come on now, Tess. Its time for dinner," he said in a friendly voice but I knew it was fake.

"Are you sure you didn't put poison in my food?" I asked. "Because you certainly looked eager to kill me earlier."

"I am very sorry about that, but I did what I had to do to unlock your brother's powers," he said gently.

"Yeah and you almost killed him," I snorted.

"That was a mistake on my part. I didn't realise how much power young Edward would release," he said. "I'm afraid it overwhelmed him."

"And what about my parents then?" I sprung on him. "What do you have to do with them?" Frost froze looking slightly cautious.

"What do you mean?" he said slowly.

"Oh come on. I heard that guy, Dr. Brand say something about them. You can't just pretend that they weren't involved in this," I said.

"Even if your parents were involved, I wouldn't tell you why. Now come with me if you want to see your brother."

"Fine," I sighed, I figured the best way to get some answers was by talking to Ed. I got up just as two guards came in and grabbed my arms to 'escort' me. One of them was the blonde haired one who hand pulled the gun out on me earlier and was the one who told me I would be okay, such a lie. "Is this really necessary?" I asked Frost.