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Chapter 2- The morning after

The masked man figured it was late, but she couldn't sleep in her dirty unkept hospital gown. He looked around his humble room till he saw his wardrobe. He walked over to it and grabbed an old hoodie he got when he first joined the task force, he also pulled out a pair of shorts he wears for training.

"Here...the bathroom is over there, go change."

She grasped the clothes and walked over to the small bathroom in the corner of the room. She closed the door and was in awe in the room she was in. As gross as it sounds she didn't have a bathroom, she had a bucket. She scanned the room, looking at her reflection in the mirror that stretched at one side to the counter to the other.

She then looked at the toilet and tilted her head at it. She pressed down on the cold metal handle and saw the water spiral down the pipe. She was startled at the sound at first but kept doing it.

"Hey! What the hell are you doing in there?!"

The masked man shouted from the other room. His loud voice startled her so she stopped. She quickly put on the price of clothing like she was being ordered, afraid that any punishment would be fallowed if she didn't do as he asked. When she was finished, she stepped out of the bathroom, the carpet contrasting with the tiles.

She then took a seat on the small bed and looked up at the masked masculine figure, waiting for further instructions.

"You look tired...it's been a long day..why don't you sleep on the bed and I'll be on the floor of you need something".

She looked at how nice the bed was, in reality it was a mediocre bed. The bed wasn't even the size of a queen, yet she felt like royalty just sitting on it. She crawled over to the head of the bed and pealed back the thick comforter. She put her feet in,then consumed her body in the warmth of the blanket.

She set her head on the cold cloud like pillow and let out a very needed relaxed sigh. Her eyes instantly felt heavy and her body sank into the mattress like a lump of rocks. While she was falling asleep she heard the masked military man make his bed on the floor. After a minute or two the room was still, the only thing that could be heard was the ticking of the clock and a brief sound of the AC.

The next morning the military man woke up on his own. No sounds of an irritating alarm, no nothing. He liked that he didn't have to go on missions, but he didn't like babysitting.The sun bled through the blinds and the room was still. He decided to get up and go to the cafeteria to fetch both of them some breakfast.

While he was gone Test subject 411 woke up, her eyes adjusted to the dimly lit room and she sat up. The comforter up to her waist and her eyes mesmerized by the golden light by the window. She's never seen a sunset before. She swung her feet to the edge of the bed till they made contact with the rough carpet.

Her delicate hands pushed back the cloth curtains and peaked out the window. Her eyes widened as her gaze met with the honey sky. Her pupils turning into a golden pool. She was so distracted that she didn't even hear the masked man call out for her.

"Hello! Hey!"

She snapped out of her trance and swiftly moved her neck to meet his gaze. He had two trays of food in each hand, he then sat them down on the little table he had. She walked over to the chair and pulled it back, setting her bum on the cold wooden chair. She took a gander at the utensils provided, a fork and knife. She gave them a confused glance and began using the fork like a shovel.

She was eating so quickly and swiftly like she would breathe air. The masked man was concerned she'd choke on her eggs and gently pressed her arm down.

"Woah there missy, you'll choke if you eat like that."

  He sat back in his chair and demonstrated how to use the utensils. She mimicked his action and soon she started eating like a civilized human. The military man watched her intensely and began questioning her.

"What's your name?"

"Test subject 411"

   He furrowed his brow, what kind of a name was that?

"No seriously what's your name."

"Test subject 411"

   She was serious. The skull masked man was in shock, seriously that lab was so inhumane that they couldn't give her a decent name.

"Well..I guess I'll introduce myself, since I'll be watching you for a while. My name is Ghost."

  She acknowledged him and continued eating her plain cafeteria food, but Ghost had more questions for her.

"How long were you in that lab?"

"Since birth."

  The more she spoke the more shocked Ghost had become, not only that, he was getting more pissed as well. He decided in order to control his temper he'd come up with different things to talk about.

"You enjoying your time here?"

  She smiled at him for the first time and nodded her head before taking the last bite of her food. Ghost was glad he could give her some sanctuary other than that awful place.

"Well I think it's best if you take a shower, I'll find some other clothes for you to wear. I'm sure you don't want to wear something that's been catching dust in my wardrobe."

Ghost lead her to his bathroom once more, giving her essentials she didn't know what to do with.

"Just eh...holler if you need anything."

  Then with that he closed the door and she was left with the shower. Ghost had already put the water on, he didn't want to confuse her, since he figured she'd never watched herself before. She stripped from her clothes and entered the shoe box shower. The water felt like a warm hug from heaven.

  She let out a deep sigh, she felt like ever since she stepped foot in this facility she has been treated like royally. While she was taking her shower Ghost was off in the uniforms department, trying to find something for her to wear that wasn't too much like their uniforms.

  By the time he returned she was in the main room. But he didn't know she was completely nude. He walked in and his eyes grew wide and he immediately covered them.

"Hey! What the fuck?! Why aren't you in the bathroom?!"

   She gave him a confused look and his sudden flustered outburst startled her. Ghost realized she might've not had any privacy growing up. He mustered up the courage to open his eyes and try to keep himself from looking down.

"Okay..just..go back in the bathroom...I'll give you your new clothes...and just change in there.."

  He handed her the new clothes he found, which was just a white shirt and sweatpants. She took them, still giving him a confused look with a hint of fear and walked into the bathroom. Once she was in the bathroom Ghost let out a big sigh.

"Good on you for not looking."

Ghost said to himself.