Kryptid

Chapter 2 : rescue

Isabelle pov:

He was not what I thought he was. HQ had said he had mind abilities but i was completely wrong. he had more than that. I got there 2 days ago with Briggs and Michaelson ,my backup agents. When i got here i slipped passed the guards and snuck into the heavily guarded compound. I found the nurse whose job it was to administer the drugs to our target ,alex. When i found her i knocked her, took her outfit and took her role. The first time I saw him I wanted to throw up. He was strapped to a table with cuts on his arms and his chest just left open and bleeding and I (being one with medic abilities) could sense he had enough pain to almost kill someone. I tried to alleviate it like I had so many times before but it was like punching a brick wall. No matter how hard or how much I tried it wouldn't work. Then so I wouldn't be found out I had to inject him with whatever that blue stuff was and it made his pain so much worse. These people were savages torturing him and treating him like this.

Then the second time I saw him he looked me in the eye and begged me to kill him. They had tortured the will to live out of him. I decided then I could start the breakout op sooner. I stabbed the other nurse that always went with me and broke him out. But then I forgot about the cliff and killed us all. At least I thought I had. Right before we hit the ground I saw Alex raise his hands and stop the car from being pancaked. Then the shit they gave him that causes pain when we use our abilities kicked in and he screamed and passed out. I tried once again to stop it but it was to much for me to handle just sensing him made my whole body flare up in pain. "What the fuck!? I thought he could only use mind abilities?" Briggs shouted as we settled down on the ground and I started the two hour drive to HQ. "You and me both but he just saved our lives. And I just tried using my healing ability on him but it didn't work. It's like trying to hit a wall. The poor kid. I barely touched him and I could sense enough pain to bring me to my knees. It's a miracle he's still alive" I replied back to him. "Well we'll take him back to HQ and the doctors there can help him." He said. I got my phone out and dialed the number. "Isabelle do you have him?" Max asked. "Yes but I'll need a medical team waiting when we get there. He's different. He just saved our lives and I can't use my abilities in him. I'll explain more when I get there" I said back into the phone. "Okay I'll have it ready just hurry back and be safe" he said and hung up. "Briggs blow the last charge " I said. He grinned and clicked the last button on his detonator. I heard the faint boom as that horrible "research" facility exploded and smiled.

Alex pov:

After a while after passing out the haze of pain and sleepiness wore off a little bit and I heard voices. I couldn't make out what they were saying. Then I felt myself being lifted out of the car and felt a needle prick my arm instead of the usual pain or hallucinations that followed I felt a warmth spreading through my body taking with it all my pain. From serums. From the cuts. From my hunger and my head. It all went away and lulled me back to sleep.

It felt like I was asleep forever before another nightmare started. I was in the dire landscape again with the creatures from the hallucination this time when they got to me the had Cameron and my parents in their mouths dead. Then they opened their eyes and looked at me and said "it's your fault. We hate you" I woke up gasping for air. I was in a hospital bed in a dimly lit room. Isabelle was standing next to me. I grabbed her hand with my and felt her mind. It was calm and collected and felt happy. Unlike mine filled with fear and sporadic. I heard her gasp but I was already out.

Isabelle pov:

As I pulled up to the main building of HQ I saw the 3 doctors rush out to meet us. I pulled in and they opened the door and picked Alex up. He was still unconscious which worried me. They injected him with something and rushed him to the infirmary. I got out Briggs behind me and we walked into the building. We went straight Max's office to debrief him when we got there I knocked and I heard him say come in. We went in and say in the two chairs in front of his desk. "Alright tell me what happened" he said. So I launched into the story of how I snuck in, assumed my role and broke Alex out. As I was nearing the part where we flew off the cliff he leaned forward eager to hear what happened. "Well we were driving ,and they were chasing us and shooting at us might I add, and I forgot about the cliff and drove straight off it." He gasped, astonished. "But right before we hit the ground Alex raised his hands and stopped the car in mid air. Then the stuff that they give us to control our powers kicked in and knocked him out and we dropped. What's more is that when I first saw him I felt how much pain he had and I tried using my abilities to help him but I couldn't get to him. It was like slamming into a barrier. Whatever they did to him he now can shield himself from me and has the ability to control things with his mind. Even people who train can barely do that." I finished. He sat there for awhile looking grave. " a few days ago we broke into one of their com channels and I kept hearing mention of project kryptid, the super weapon. They kept saying 'he'll' be unstoppable. As in a person not an object" Max said. "Could they being talking about Alex?" I asked. "Maybe but we'll talk about it later. Right now I'm just glad you two made it back safe even if Michaelson didn't. But I never really liked him anyway." He replied. "Ok well I'm gonna sleep for awhile. I haven't slept in two days" I said "alright I'll be here if you need anything" max said. "Alright love you uncle max" I said as I walked out. Briggs and him already had started a conversation before i shut the door behind me. I walked down the hall and into my room locked the door and collapsed on my bed.

2 days after the extraction op Alex still wasn't awake so I decided to check on him in the infirmary.i threw off my bed covers which were almost suffocating me and pulled on pants and sweater and set off. first I stopped by Max's office to let him know I was going there. He surprised me by saying that Alex had a friend here at HQ and when I asked who he replied with "Cameron" . wow. Cameron was one of the best agents even though he had been here only a month. I asked where he was and found out he was in a mission and that he'd be back in about three hours, so I left and went to the infirmary. When I got there it took me 5 minutes just to find his room. When I opened the door he was still asleep but he had a pained expression and was muttering and shaking. I could sense he had a nightmare. I moved closer to the bed. Suddenly he woke up and grabbed my hand with his bandaged arm. i felt his mind brush against mine, it felt like a rushing current of water going over my head, and i gasped from the strange and alien sensation. I had been told what it felt like but it still surprised me to be touched by someone else's mind. I could sense his fear and pain but soon after he had my hand he relaxed and fell back asleep the pain going away along with the fear. Now that I saw him asleep he looked so peaceful. When he was awake you could see he was straining to hide the pain but now he finally looked relaxed. Not wanting to disturb him I pulled up a chair careful not to let go of his hand even though he had a tight grip on it like it was the only thing keeping him alive. And I sat down waiting for him to wake up.

Alex pov:

After I woke up and grabbed Isabelle's hand and fell back asleep I had no more nightmares. In fact I had the first good dream i've had in years. When I woke back up I felt so weak. Every inch of me was sore and the cuts on my arms and chest stung. I was in a small room I saw after looking around. Then I saw Isabelle sitting next to the bed my fingers intertwined with hers. She was just looking at me with bright blue eyes. I pulled my hand back. "I-i'm sorry" I said my throat dry. "No, no it's fine. I came here to see if you were awake and when I walked in you were having a nightmare and then you woke up grabbed my hand and fell back asleep. That was 2 hours ago" she said. "Where am-" I started to ask but she cut me off by saying "don't worry I'll tell you but first do you want some food or water water?" She asked. I nodded. She started leaving but I grabbed her arm and said " but don't bring a doctor please" I was to scared of doctors from my experience at that awful place. She nodded and left. It was a few minutes before she came back with food and water. She had a tray with some pasta and a small glass. She handed me the tray and I started wolfing it down. Within a minute I had eaten all of the food and chugged the water. "Don't forget to breathe" she chuckled as she watched me. "I haven't eaten any real food in almost a month" I said back to her. "I'm sorry but the doctor wants to see you" Isabelle said. I froze. " don't worry he just wants to talk and I'll be right here the whole time" she said as she saw my face. Before I could say anything the door opened and a man in a lab coat appeared. "Hello, my name is doctor Garrix." He said as he walked over. I started shaking. Already I was scared. "You're pathetic" said the same dark voice in my head. "So how are you feeling?" The doctor asked. "Weak. And sore" I replied hoping he wouldn't notice the fear in my voice.the thought of a doctor being near me filled me with dread but this wasn't just a thought. There actually was one not but 3 feet away, i was paralyzed with fear. "And the cuts on your arms and chest? Are they bothering you too bad?" He asked. I shook my head not trusting my voice. "Good good. Well I think your going to be just fine. Just a couple of days of bed rest and you can leave. Oh and be sure to eat you look starved." He said as he walked out. "Are you ok?" Isabelle asked. She sounded worried. "Y-yes" I lied. I was still shaking. "Alright well I have to go I'll be back tomorrow and I'll answer any questions you have." I nodded. She opened the door and her expression turned to that of surprise, then turned back to me "you have a visitor" she said and shut the door. A moment later. Someone walked in the door. That someone was cameron.