Athena

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I am in extreme pain; they did give me painkillers, and sedatives. The doctor had said he wasn't going to enjoy this anymore than I was but man I think he was lying. They just started the procedure and I'm already in tons of pain. "Don't worry Athena, you only have 6 more hours," the doctor said, "you're doing great." He started to chuckle loudly. It was at that moment that I just wanted to kill him.

I open my eyes; I'm lying on the ground. I feel cold, like someone stuffed me into a meat locker. I groan from the pain as I sit up. I don't remember how I got here, well where ever "here" is. I still have the handcuffs on. The light on them still glowing blue. I try to gather my thoughts, but I lose it. I curl up into a ball and start crying. I cry until the tears wouldn't come anymore. I miss my mom and dad; I miss my little sister Naomi. Naomi. Wherever she is I hope she is safe and doesn't have to endure the things I'm currently enduring.

A couple hours later some lights on the floor turn on, like Tron style. There were long strips of whitish bluish light. A few seconds after the lights turned on the doorframe turned green as someone started walking in. They shut the door and the light turned back to the whitish blue color. I'm not sure who this man is, I can't even see him. The lights just aren't bright enough; all I could see was just a black silhouette of a man. "Hello Athena, my name is Lucas," The mysterious man said. I froze for a second, "Uh, hello? Who are you, and what do you want with me?" I asked. "I am here to make a deal with you Athena. I am here to offer something of value for you personally. Well more accurately your brain. I know you think we already went through the surgical procedure but we never got the actual chance. A military team came and held us all at gunpoint. I only got away because I am like you. Well I can't time travel but I can teleport," he said. As if to prove his point he suddenly vanished and reappeared in a chair across from where I was lying. "What kind of deal?" I asked tentatively. He just got up quietly and started pacing the perimeter of the room. "Simple," he replied, "Work for us or we'll kill you." He then walked out of the room before I had a chance to formulate a response. "We'll talk later when you have made you decision," he called over his shoulder.

Thirty min later a guard walked in with a plate of food. He set down the plate and said, "Eat." I looked up at him. "I would if it weren't for these stupid handcuffs." He looked at me and grumbled, as if he is burdened by my comment. He grabs out a card and waved it past the handcuffs, like one of those card scanners you see on buildings, and the handcuffs fell to the ground. The blue light turned off. I picked up the fork he handed me and started eating. He knelt down, like a catcher on a baseball field, and watched me eat. He seemed angry, but then again so did that jerk Lucas. "Are you going to kill me? Poison me; get rid of me once and for all, like all the others want?" I asked. "I wish I could," he answered. With that I teleported out of the building then jumped to a different time. (REVISED)

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