Helix Operatives: Creation

Mystery Tiger

"So... Mind if I ask if you have a name other than Valor?" Asked the tiger.

"It's Tendro, Tendro Aerdon," said Valor after lowering the cloak's hood. "And you are?"

"I don't know... My masters never told me," said the tiger. "The others there said my parents called me Certainia... and their last names before they arrived were Blerken... so I guess I am Certainia Blerken... I guess."

"So... How long have you been a...?" Asked Tendro as he sat her down on the back of one of the trucks.

"A slave? Ever since I was born... for what I remember... I remember a lot though. Ever since I was young I remembered things... I learned things. Things I already knew. Putting the pieces together I just..." said Certainia. She grabbed at her neck, tucking her head in and bracing for something. After a few seconds she looked up, tears in her eyes. Almost surprised too. "T‑There was no shock," said Certainia.

"Is that what the collars do? They shock you every time they press a button or something?" Asked Tendro.

"Y-Yes... When they had friends over they did it. When I took too long to do a task they did it. Every time I even spoke to them for any reason they did it... I-I'm sorry. I'm sorry..." Certainia looked down and away from Tendro, crying again.

"Certainia... Look at me," said Tendro grabbing onto her arm. "Certainia... Ceves... Fuck, Silence and I are not your enemies! We're not your masters, we're not sick and twisted Sinderlos for you to serve. Silence might be a little skull fucked but he's not going to hurt you. We're other Anthros that are your friends and don't want to see you hurt damn it."

"C-Ceves? Is that Silence's name... His real name?" Asked Certainia looking up at Tendro, tears starting to dry in her eyes.

"Y-Yeah... It is. Why, does it ring a bell?" Asked Tendro with a concerned look on his face.

"I heard it in a dream before... From a dragon," said Certainia. "I know dragons aren't real thought but... They told me a male named Ceves will save me."

"Well... They weren't wrong," said Tendro, his eyes looking away and his ears going flat. "Dreams are weird anyways. Here, let's find you a blanket or something." He walked off in search for a blankets Certainia sat at the edge of one of the trucks. Silenced walked out, covered in blood and with a broken machete in his hands. "Valor, you know anything about getting blood stains out of clothes?" Asked Silence as he tried to clean the blood off of himself. "Asking for a friend." He looked around to see only Certainia sitting there, looking down at her feet.

"Um... hi there..." said Silence looking away from her.

"Certainia," said Cerainia. "Tendro went to look for a blanket or something for me..."

"But, why didn't he just use his?" Asked Silence. "Whatever, fuck it."

"So... What did the doctor say?" Asked Certainia.

"Told me the location of the slave camp, guard numbers, passwords for gates and his computer with all of the data, how many slaves, his deepest childhood fears... Apparently I'm really good at being scary as all fuck," said Silence as he took off his mask. "But he did tell me how to use the machine... Oh, and I believe this is your's." Ceves handed her a chain necklace with a single charm on it, a rusted and old butterfly which was in half. The other half was missing.

"T-The necklace... It's the only thing that I have from my parents... They were taken away from me when I was younger and... I don't even know what they look like. The others told me that they took the other half of the butterfly, so I can find them..." said Certainia, holding it up to the dim light as she tried to hold back tears.