This Life is Mine

6

TWs: Mind manipulation, guns/shooting, and taken captive(or kidnapping). Stay safe :)

"What's happening?" Tord asked, rushing into the Main Control room. He saw Pat at the head computer, typing out commands. Clay stood behind him, eyeing the flashing red dots on the map.

"We don't know for sure, but it looks like an outbreak is happening." Pau spoke, gesturing to the map, "Those red dots indicate the places where it's happening."

"What is the outbreak?" Tord questioned, looking at the computer.

Pau shrugged, "We're trying to figure that out. It turns out that many of our hidden cameras have been damaged, so it might take a while to get a clear feed."

"This is frustrating..." Pat grunted, "It'll take hours to find one that isn't damaged."

"You haven't checked Greenwich yet," Clay spoke, noticing that the area on the map wasn't flashing red.

"Right." Pat nodded, tapping a few buttons. The computer monitor flashed before showing a live image of Greenwich. Pat leaned back in his seat, "Finally!"

Everyone gathered around the big screen, looking at the feed.

"It looks... normal," Pau said, crossing his arms.

"Wait, what's happening to the camera?" Tord questioned, noticing the fuzzy motions and quality deteriorating. There was a motion blur as they saw a few people exiting their homes, their movements looking off.

"They're moving like robots," Pat observed.

The quality seemed to get worse as the feed went staticky. With a strange noise, the camera went offline.

'What was that beeping noise?' Tord asked himself.

Clay noticed that the Greenwich area was flashing red on the map, "Huh, something must've happened."

"No kidding, what the fuck was that?" Pau frowned.

"Tord!" There was a yell down the hall as everyone turned just in time to see Matt slam the door open, a worried look on his face.

"Woah- what is it, Matt?" Tord looked at his friend, frowning.

"It's Katya- she's acting weird." The ginger tilted his head a bit, "I only left for a moment to get a drink, and Katya was still on her computer, and when I came back, her demeanor was... cold."

"What was on her monitor?" The leader asked.

"I don't know, probably statistics or something... but it did look weird when I returned." Matt muttered, "Every screen was swirling."

"What?" Pat raised an eyebrow.

"Her computer screens. They were swirling." Matt shrugged, "Black and white... it was hard to look at."

"Where is she now?" Tord questioned.

"In her office- I told her to stay there."

"You left Tom with her?"

"Oh, no- I felt weird being in the same room as her, so I moved Tom to our room."

Tord nodded, "Let's go then."

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Tord, Matt, and Pau entered the room; the shorter took notice of the cracks on the monitors, "Matt- is this your doing?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah... I don't know what got into me." Matt nodded, smiling awkwardly. The Norsk quirked an eyebrow yet said nothing as he peered over at the ponytailed blonde in the corner of the room.