AS SOON AS I PUT two and two together, everything seemed to happen so fast. Multiple people filled the room, removing the latches from my wrists and ankles to free me from the chair. None of them went to release Sydney but I remembered hearing her scream out my name. The fear in her voice was loud and clear but there was nothing I could do. What was I supposed to do? Amira calmly stepped to the side and the woman who brought her to us held her hand, squeezing it tightly.
"Harry!" Sydney continued to scream. "Where are you taking him?" No one responded. "Hey, hey! I'm talking to you!"
"No need to worry about that," Dr. Stanley said. "You only need to worry about yourself, Mrs. Walker."
"What does that mean?" I cut in, trying to get the men off me. "What are you about to do?"
Dr. Stanley never responded. The smile on his face only widened and he raised his left hand, moving it from side to side in a waving motion. Sydney pulled at her wrists as if the latches would suddenly come free without the key. I was lifted off the floor, two men carrying me by my arms and two carrying me by my legs. I screamed and I shouted for them to put me down but none of them listened. None of them understood.
We entered the hallway and Sydney's yells were drowned out once the door closed behind us. I threw my body around as much as I could in hopes that they would drop me and I could make a run for it but these men were stronger than they looked. Eventually, I gave up and allowed them to carry me wherever the hell they were taking me. My eyes looked up at the lights on the ceiling and I tried to focus on how bright this place was rather than me not being with Sydney or Amira.
"We're on the move," one of the men spoke. "Subject 213 is en route."
Subject 213.
My name was Lucas but I had grown to prefer Harry. Slowly, I closed my eyes and focused on how fast my heart was beating. At this point, I had no idea who I truly was. I was never an assassin and I never killed anyone. I was never assigned to take Sydney down and the people I thought were my friends never existed. How was I supposed to move on from that? I felt as if someone grabbed my brain and shook it a good hundred times before shoving it back into my skull.
Life was overrated.
Like...honestly.
It truly was.
Another door was opened and they carried me inside, tossing me on a high bed with white sheets and white pillows. I sat up and immediately rose to my feet, ready to fight my way out of here. One of the men shook his head at me and reached for his waist, a gun waiting patiently in his belt.
"I wouldn't try that if I were you," he snarled. "We have strict orders to put you down if you disobey. You may have survived the experiment but don't come back a fool."
I held my hands out in front of me as an act of defense as I sat back down on the bed and I pulled my knees up to my chest, rocking back and forth slightly. What was the point of bringing me here?
"Lucas Walker," a woman's voice stood out and I looked up to see her stepping inside of the room. "My, my, my, welcome back to the land of the living."
"I wasn't dead." I frowned.
"No, of course not," she grinned. "But you were out for so long that I thought you and your friend wouldn't make it through the entire experiment."
"My friend?"
"Gwen, I believe her name is."
"Oh, you mean my wife."
Her smile widened, "Of course, my apologies."
"What am I doing in here?"
"You just need to be caught up on your shots," she shrugged her shoulders. "I wasn't allowed to give you the required medication your body needs during the procedure because...well...it would have tampered with the results." She walked across the room and I saw multiple syringes waiting to be filled with medicine. "This won't take long at all. I heard you were reunited with your little one. How was that?"
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Candles
Fanfiction[C O M P L E T E D ✓] They were curious. They both had their own share of secrets. He was a man living in the present. She was a woman living in the past. He was a candle, ready to see everything she was keeping in the dark. And she was the w...
