Planet of the Stars

Chapter 22: Blackout 3

A door was in front of me. I opened it, and stepped through into a different memory. I was back with Timothy and Amara. Timothy gently lowered the ship onto the Big Brother base. I felt my heart drop to my stomach.

I had a stone faced facade though. I only had the outside look strong. On the inside I was screaming. We had a Big Brother ship we were using, and we had stolen Big Brother Uniforms. We walked out, and I led the way into the base.

This wasn't the base I was held in, but most Big Brother bases were laid out in a similar way. I entered the base and had Timothy and Amara peel away from me. I could've used their help, but I didn't want either of them near me. I made my way towards the place that held information. I entered that, then headed over to a computer.

I sat down, and woke the screen. A log in screen blinked on. I entered the log in information that Timothy and Amara found. It worked. I searched the database for my records.

I found the folder titled Test Subject 0. I clicked it, then all the data on me they gathered was in front of me. I deleted it, then emptied the trash. After that I clicked on the camera's. I saw Amara and Timothy making their way towards the main database.

They looked like normal Big Brother soldiers, but I was keeping my eye on them. I watched as they entered the mainframe. When they entered and the door closed I logged out, then got up, and left the room. I made my way to the mainframe, then entered the room. In the room I took off my helmet, and then looked around for Timothy and Amara.

I found them, then headed towards them.

"Have you found it yet?" I ask.

"Why are you here? You're putting us in a very compromising position." Amara demanded.

"Because you put me in a compromising position on that mission. I want to leave and I need to be unknown to live in peace. I'll owe you one." I hiss.

Amara glared at me, then turned a knob. I watched as the handle on the machine spun, and I waited.

"What's the name we're looking for?" Timothy asks.

"Patient Zero." I say.

Timothy nods, then types that in. I watch the handle move, then stop. Timothy grabbed what it was stopped at, and pulled out the hard drive. He lowered the hard drive into the bin, then took it out. He handed it to me.

"Okay. We have to go." I say.

Timothy and Amara nodded, then started heading out. I attached the disk to me, then followed them out. We left the door, and we were stopped by soldiers waiting outside the door. I cussed. Timothy and Amara had blasters on them, so they started firing. I looked around, then hid behind a box. I looked around for a way out. I found one it was a hallway that led to the shipping area.

"Timothy, Amara! That way!" I yell.

Amara and Timothy nod. I vault over a box, and run towards the hallway. Amara and Timothy follow me. I lead the way towards the hallway. In the hallway I close the door behind us, and then follow the hallway to the shipping dock.

"I knew we were going to get caught." Amara hissed.

"Timothy and you had helmets on. You're fine. They only saw my face." I hiss.

"This is all your fault." Amara demanded.

"You should've not made that deal! Anyway this is the last you'll be with me. After you drop me off I'm gone." I say shoving past Amara and Timothy to the front.

I heard Amara scoff, but that was it. We found the platform and made a run for the ship. On the ship Timothy and Amara ran to the cockpit, and got us out of here. I was left in the storage area, and I unbuckled the hard drive from my belt. I sat down, and looked at it for a little bit.

This hard drive had all the research on me. I was going to destroy it later. I waited as we touched down when we touched down I got up then got off the ship. There were no good byes. The second I left they took off.

I grabbed the hard drive and threw it on the ground. I grabbed my blaster, and fired it at the hard drive a ton of times. When I stopped holes obliterated it all over. I threw it in the fire after that, and watched it burn. I sat by the fire waiting for it to go down.

When it did I stomped out the fire. I headed the way I knew. They had dropped me off on the planet they took me from. I found what I was looking for. The place I used to live was still here.

Including Wren's items. I felt sorrow overcome me as my eyes landed on Wren's items. I sat on his bed, then fell asleep. I woke up and looked around. I had been gone about a year, so everything was dusty.

I sighed, then started cleaning everything up. I went through the day without eating. I went to bed without food. I woke up the next day and went to go find food. When I found it I headed back to my house to cook it, and eat it.

When that was done I headed back to a place where I could rummage for machine parts, then clean and choose the ones I knew would get me some food, then headed towards the store to trade for food. It wasn't surprising to see that people were shocked I was back, but they didn't say anything. I saw the horizon waver and there was something different behind it. I headed towards it, but then a voice that seemed to be coming from everywhere spoke.

"Skye, please I need you to wake up." The voice said.

It was Efren's voice. The scene behind the waver changed. The first one had been when I first met Wren. Now it was when I first met Efren, Helaina, and Lars along with Loki and Dagur. I headed towards it.

"Skye! Come on please get up." The voice says again.

I clenched my head. It was hurting like crazy now. It hurt so bad I let out a tiny sob.

"Skye, I need you to get out of your head. Can you do that for me please?" Efren asks.

I could hear the desperation in his voice. He was scared. I looked over at the waver once more, then forced myself to realize this wasn't my present. I felt my hand move.