I wake early, the light just filtering in - its dawn
The clock on the wall outside my room tells me I have 5 minutes until departure
Perfect timing!
I look at the camera in the corner of the room looking for the familiar little red light that follows my every move
When I don't see it, a sigh of relief escapes me
Three years of good behavior and I'm not being watched - probably has something to do with the fact that there not afraid of me, not like the other PSI kids at least, they don't even bother guarding me, I'm that useless and weak - they just experiment on my freak ass
I throw the covers off and head to the door before I can dwell on the inhuman, barbaric experiments, it is too traumatic to go there now - I'm on a mission
The door is open (surprise surprise!) - there is no privacy in this place but I got used to that ages ago - I had no choice but to
I hold my breath as a nurse passes by and bolt for the door slightly down the hall on the opposite side to my room and slip in finding exactly what I expected - my ticket out of here
I through the scrubs over my skinny body and scrawny dress they provided before shoving my long brown hair into a hair net and cover the majority of my face with a mask
They hardly feed me anything - you'd think being such a rarity I might be important to them, but I'm not - its the opposite actually, I'm not important to anyone
I step out into the corridor - the coast is clear but my heart is pounding so loudly that I'm sure anyone walking by could here it
" Alright, I'm clocking off, time for some well needed sleep" I hear one of the nurses say from around the corner but instead of turning down the corridor that I'm on she continues walking past, in the direction of where I heard the car park was. I scurry after her with my shoulders straight and my head held high
Just look like you belong
It the opposite to what I usually tell myself:
Keep your head down
Don't talk back - no matter what they do to you
And no matter what - don't stand out
Well that last one is hard for a freak like me but it is because of these rules that I know where (roughly) the car park is, where they keep the uniforms, how there will be a deliver occurring any second and why they weren't watching me - I stayed quiet, fearful and gave them no reason to fear me the entire three years I have been here
I'm just a normal kid after all
I know they haven't realised I'm gone yet, even as I'm slipping through the door after the nurse and see the delivery truck because I'm the last person in the universe they would expect to run
I wait as the two guys take reach into the truck to grab some cardboard boxes
" Last few" one said to the other
This is it - my last chance
I run and dive into the truck and hide behind some of the other boxes while the guys carry them to the delivery entrance ( a little further along ... I think)
There is heaps of boxes so I know I'm safe ...for now
I hear footsteps and I start to panic, my head spinning of images of what would happen if I got caught - would I even survive the punishment?
No - they would make sure of that (no matter how rare I am)
The van plunged into darkness and moments latter spurs to life but I don't relax yet ... I still have to get past the gate and when the van slows I know I'm there
They don't stop open the back though, which is strange, the security in this place is tight- and that's an understatement
I hear voices but judging from the tones everything is fine - they still haven't realised I'm gone, something tells me I'll be long gone before they do
These guys must be regulars as the conversation continues longer and seems friendly in a way, like they know each other
The van speeds up and I finally feel my body release the tension it's been holding and take a deep breathe and try to settle into my cramped space - I'm glad I'm not claustrophobic
I, Jade Nelson, just escaped from that hellhole of a camp!
I'm finally free!
Well at least until a skip tracer catches up to me but that won't happen - not this time anyway
I will be careful - there is no way I'm going back there, I'm sick of being a lab rat (not that I had much of a choice in the matter)
At least out here I can protect my secret and it wont be exploited unlike my experience in camp
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A Nobody - Darkest Minds Story
FanfictionJade survived the virus but she is hiding a major secret that no one can no about While on the run she runs into a group of kids who offer a place in their group, she trusts them - some more than she should but not enough to tell them her secret un...
