The ALICE Program (Big Hero 6 Fanfic) (Book 2) 《COMPLETED ✔️》

11| Not Alone

Not Alone

"Onlanzapine, huh?" Tadashi noticed the pill bottle on Evie's desk. "What are you, bipolar?"

Evie shook her head slowly, pointing to the temple of her head to get the point across. Tadashi quickly realised, nodding in understanding.

"You have psychotic episodes if you don't take them. I know how you feel; I have to take them too to handle the voices. It never gets any better, does it? Sorry to sound harsh, but it's just the way it is."

"You're right, it doesn't. Taking them isn't all that good either, they leave a bad after taste. That's probably because I don't take them with water."

"Never take your pills without water; i've heard it's dangerous to do that. How do you do it? These things are pretty big."

"I just swallow them, no big deal." Evie shrugged, putting the pills back in her bag. "I'm really sorry about lashing out, she just...she made me lose control. I couldn't take hearing her voice any longer, i'm so sorry."

"Hey, hey, it's okay, I get it." Tadashi reassured her with his usual smile, helping her to gather some of her belongings that had fallen in the process of her sudden outburst. "Rough day, huh?"

"You could say that," Evie replied quietly, ashamed by what she had done, her tone of voice going quiet as timidity decided it was time to set in. "what about you? You ran out of class this morning, I got really concerned for you. Where you okay? You didn't look too happy back there."

"I wasn't." was the only thing Tadashi could answer with, he didn't like diving into the subject of his own mental state; he liked to keep to his own. His mind was a place he hated, it was dark and unwelcoming, it wasn't a place for newcomers. It wasn't a place for anyone if he was honest. "I've been going through a lot lately; it's not something I like to talk about. I hope you understand."

"I do, don't worry. I don't like prying into other people business; it's not my place to do that. So you have to take these pills like me, huh? Well, at least i'm not alone on that. I hate taking them; she still finds her ways to bother me."

'She? What does she mean by that? Does she...no, that's not possible, is it? Is it possible she has what I have?'

"She?"

"Oh, i'm sorry; I should probably be a little more specific."

"I think what ding-bat's trying to say is that she constantly sees and hears me. Hello, handsome."

Wave appeared behind Evie, giving Tadashi quite the fright.

"Oh, hello. What do we have here? Who's this beauty, Tadashi?"

"I dunno! Shut up a second, Sunny!"

"Sunny? Who's Sunny?"

"That, little lady, would be me." Sunny said as appeared in his phantom-like form, tipping his fedora hat and winking at Wave in a seductive fashion. "Sunny Elemente, pleasure to meet you."

"Wave Mirage, the pleasure's all mine, handsome."

As Wave and Sunny shook hands, Tadashi and Evie felt like cringing at their actions. How could they be so casual about the situation? Was it because they could sense the darkness they had within themselves?

"S-so you can see her?" Evie hesitated in her words as she asked in a whisper.

"A-and you can see him?" Tadashi replied in an identical manner. How was it possible?

'I can't believe it...i'm not alone.'

'I can't believe it...i'm not alone.'

"I thought I was alone for so long, I didn't know anyone else had the same...condition I had. It's nice to know that there's someone I can relate to here, I didn't think i'd ever find that." Evie said, a weight she had carried on her heart for so many years was finally being lifted from just one moment she shared with someone she hardly even knew anything about.

"Me neither, Evie. Me neither." Tadashi let a warm smile curl on his lips; a fluttering feeling in his heart came as a total shock to him. He hadn't felt that way in such a long time, what was it that was making him feel the way he was feeling?

"I just, I kind of keep myself isolated because of what I have, I feel like nobody will care and won't bother to help me and to be honest, I think i'm used to the fact that i'm always going to be alone. It sucks, huh? Knowing you'll always be alone?"

"Well maybe being alone is for the best, then that way, nobody can hurt you and you can't hurt anybody else." Evie said, it was like she was trying to avoid even saying such a thing, but it was too late, it had already left her lips.

"I guess you're right," Tadashi said, his tone bittersweet. Truth be told, he knew he was never going to feel happy again, not even the numerous amounts of counselling helped him over the recent years, it was just a way to get himself up and out of the house he supposed, a way to prevent himself from putting another rope around his neck.

He'd already tried that before, but he remembered just as he was about to kick the stool from under him, he stopped himself to remember the good things he still had in life.

Aspen, Zach, Ted, Danika, Abigail and Morley...and even Natalie before her disappearance and heartbreaking death. All within the space of five little years, things had changed so much, and he wasn't even sure what he considered to be normal anymore.

He had come to the conclusion that there was no way to define being 'normal', no one was normal to be precise on the matter. On the odd occasion, he'd laugh at how stupid he was for not realising it sooner. The world was a dark place, built from the greed and cruelty its inhabitants had. Why couldn't he see that? Maybe he would have been better off knowing what reality was really like, he had tried so hard to create a perfect world for him to see and now, it just seemed to be a worthless attempt in sugar-coating what was meant to be.

How stupid he was.

"I guess uhhh...umm...wow. I'm sorry, this is all just so surreal to me. First a new mutant comes to town and the next; I discover they're just like me. How long have you had your condition, if you don't mind me asking?"

"I've had it for nearly three years now, gosh, it doesn't seem that long ago when nearly every single mutant was in fear of one man, was it? You know the T.E.P stories, don't you?"

Of course he did.

"Yeah, yeah I know about that." Tadashi hesitated, it was still a hard subject for him to talk about. I uhh...I was one of the many victims who happened to be a part of that awful project. I'll never forgive anyone there for the stuff that they did to me and so many other people, what did we ever do to deserve that?"

"To be honest, I don't know. I really don't know. But hey, I guess it's not gonna be so bad knowing you weren't alone during the project. Yeah...I was one of its victims too, they did all kinds of stuff to me that i'd rather not talk about...stuff that's just so horrible that I can't even bear to say it out loud. I hope you understand."

"Yeah, I understand, of course I understand. Oh, i'm so sorry that happened to you, Evie, I had no idea. Listen to me, okay? No matter what anyone says, we're all safe now, no one will ever come after mutants ever again, because now we can actually fight back for what we believe in rather than let some criminal drag us down. You're safe now, the school has a lot of safety regulations put into place, nobody will harm you. If you ever have any problems, don't hesitate in coming to talk to me."

Evie smiled a light glow on her cheeks.

"Thank you."

"No problem. Like I said before, we mutants stick together no matter what."

Evie felt better knowing at least someone was on her side. Who knows? Maybe her new life wouldn't be as bad as she first thought? Maybe she could finally search for something better rather than staying in a rut?

Everything would be okay as far as she was concerned.

"Hey, ding-bat! I'm leaving you alone for a while to hang out with Sunny. Don't wait up for me."

Everything except that.