Chapter Three: The Test Subjects
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Two shitty police officers rode with me. I touched the chains with my fingertips and I was certain that I could break them if I wanted to, but it would only exhaust me. I couldn't believe that the policemen were there. My mind was occupied of myself when they had caught me. Clever bastards.
"You guys will regret this later," I mumbled to myself.
The bulky policeman raised an eyebrow at me and just shrugged. The person who was driving the police car seemed to be scared, though. He kept on glancing at the rear mirror.
"Is he really a zombie?" One of them asked.
I whipped my head to the side to get a better view of the policeman. "Who knows. All I really know is that this kid is a threat to the society. He kept eating people. Good thing he-"
"Human flesh is actually good…" I cut him off by saying that. Fortunately, they stopped talking.
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I was guided into a huge shitty building. After each short turn, I had to wait for the door to be unlocked. "Are we there yet?" I asked the man who was in charge of me. He was a tall man and he wore a plain blue uniform that didn’t suit him well.
“Yeah. Shut your mouth, kid. You’ve been asking me that since you got here.”
And then, finally. He pushed me inside the cell. “Enjoy.” He said before leaving me.
The cell was dark and stinky, like someone had forgotten to flush his or her toilet. I sighed and sat on a bed near the bars. I couldn’t really see anything except the bed.
The cell was really small and I think it contained two beds, including the bed I was sitting on. I looked down at my own bed and noticed that it was stained in red stains. Despite the filthy sheet, I lied down. I closed my eyes but then…
“Hey.”
My eyes automatically shot open. Upon opening them, my eyes widen in surprise. A familiar brunette was looking at me; his cat-eyes glinting.
It was Areon with his… new hairstyle.
“Long time no see, Cade.”
“You…”
“Yeah. Hello to you too. I’m glad you still remember me.” His voice sounded strange, like he was not Areon at all.
"You bet. After all, you abandoned me."
I wonder what happened to him.
“You can talk straight now!” he said, grinning.
I never imagined that we would meet in prison. I thought Areon was already dead. As in, slain. I mean, let’s face it. After being pushed by Zach on that house, Areon had caught me. We escaped but after a minute, he was gone.
“Where were you?”
He looked down at me and decided to take a seat on the edge of the bed. He stared at the concrete wall and began to speak.
“Zach…”
“I know. I was there when he was killed.”
“Really? You do really think that he was dead, don’t you? Let me ask you something. Don’t you think it was kind of weird?”
“Define weird for me.”
“Shut up and listen. After you got pushed, have you seen Zach collapse?”
“No. But I’ve seen those armored guys firing weird metal things at us.”
“Those were called bullets, dumbass. Sigh. Would you believe me if I say that Zach is still alive?”
“No. He was killed by those weird—“
“Bullets.”
“-bullets.”
“He’s still alive and kicking, Cade. Stop plowing the fake death inside your brain.”
The moment he said that, my heart stopped abruptly. He was kidding, right? “No way, no freaking way! I saw everything! Those bullets shot him! Those five—“
“Those five men were working with Zach!”
I was utterly humiliated. “Those five men were working with Zach? How so?” My curiosity kicked in.
I saw the whole thing, damn it. Those men in black suits shot Zach and they almost got me.
After a few seconds, I let my mind took over. I need answers… Badly. The bed moaned when I let my face fell onto the pillow.
“For four years, I was out there asking every person I knew. And luckily, I met someone who knew about Zach’s existence and that was when I got myself in deep trouble. I got framed and I was sent here in this filthy place. Glad they didn’t kill me.”
“Who is he, really?” I flipped over.
“A former member of the most powerful organization in this crappy city. I learned that he was a genius. He created many things like that nuclear weapon we saw back in his old basement. I bet he already eradicated that place. Everything in that room made sense. And you know what’s the hard part?”
“What?”
“We were his fucking test subjects.”
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