Five's Fate

Losing What's Already Been Lost

I feel a draining sensation. John took my legicies again. I expected as much but I already miss them. Their a part of me and not having them doesn't seem fair. Yet I also understand. If I had my legicies they would stick me in a padded cell and that really wouldn't be any fun. But there's no way they would leave me with my legicies around hard surfaces without being watched.

If they did I might actually have a chance of escape. But I honestly wouldn't. I have told myself again and again that even if given the chance I wouldn't run. I wouldn't fight mh way out. I'll fight against being chained up and tortured. But if they left me in the cell with my legicies I'd stay there.

John approaches me. I stand up against the wall and take a breath. "That's was fine" He saids in way, not referencing the new guard but my behavior. "Thanks for doing that" He adds. I smile "did I really have a choice?" Jokenly raising my hands so he could see the cuffs arouded them. "Can you take these off? Or loosen them at least?" I ask.

He looks at me suspiciously. "Can't loosen them." He answers "Only tighten them" He saids with an evil smile. "Please don't." I say.

"They hurt bad enough already." He laughs at my pain and I look at him ridiculously.

Across the room Six leaves and Marina comes over to me. She grabs my hands and observes them closely. She pulls at the cuffs around my wrists and even tightens them further. I can't help but let out a wheeze of pain. "Please" I murmer out. Wishes she would stop pulling at my arms. She let's go of my hands and I fall back and sit on the floor. Clutching my wrists towards me. "Fine." She saids angerly. I make quick when contact confused. "But you do anything and I swear you won't have to worry about feeling pain again." She tells me. I catch on. She's talking about my handcuffs.

John must have been talking to her telepathically. "Yes." I say firmly. Squeezing out the whimpering and pain out of my voice. "I promise." I add she nodds to John. He turns around and leaves.

While I'm distracted Marina pulls out a clipping tool and slides it between my hands and snips of the thick plastic zip ties holding them together.

I look up at her and say "Thank you." Gratefully. I rub my wrists and look at them. There bruised and blue and torn up looking. But blood flow through them again and it feels a bit better.

I'm tired honestly. Marina walks to yhe door keeping an eye on me,

"Come on" She demands in a friendly tone. I get up and follow her still massaging my hands and wrists.

I walk through the door way and she follows right behind me instructing me to turn left. I think that it was the opposite way back to my cell but I didn't question. I hate being locked in my cell so I don't want to rush us getting anywhere. Even so, I have so many questions.

While walking I keep my hands by my sides in plain veiw. Just to save Marina from having to instruct me to do so. I glance over at her and observe her behavior. I know two sides of Marina. One that's who she really is. Happy and friendly to most poeple. Then there's how she is to me. Angry and upset. I don't blame her. I Essex up but I wish she wouldn't be so hard on me. Then again, why did she let me out of the zip ties? Was she starting to mold her true self into how she treats me. I know I'll always be a prisoner but maybe they will at least let me not be in pain. I want to know a lot that doesn't make sense but I don't really know how to ask.

"You can talk you know." Marina saids when she catches me Looking curiously at her. "WHY?" I ask directly. "WHY did you let me out of them now?"

"Because I realized they were to tight. Plus the kids are off to lunch and so their not around and you didn't kill any of them today. That answer your question?" She answers aggressively. I nodd and look at the hallway.

"Are you taking me back to my cell?" I ask. With more fear in my voice then I would like. "Later" Marina saids without eye contact.

"Where are we going?" I ask nervously.

"No where important" She tells me. "You can shut up now" I zip my mouth shut. But I feel sick inside.

I walk with Marina around and trough hallways. Occasionally she mutter something or even ask me a question. Like "Nine told me he gave you a physics textbook?"

I respond. "More like threw it at me in the middle of the night. But yes..." unsure of were it's headed.

"Get through it yet?" She asks.

"No. Working on it though." She grins a bit. "Human scientist are going crazy trying to figure out the science of our legicies. Best luck to them I say." With a smile. I at smile a the idea of a bunch of idiot scientist dying to explain the superpowers of the aliens from another planet.

We come to what appears as a kitchen. It's all really high tech and clean. Marina opens the fridge and tosses me an apple. "Eat it." And the way she said it she wasn't asking. I bite the apple. She gets one for herself and closes the fridge and instructs me to follow. I do so rather unsure of why I have to walk all over the campus with her when at the end of it I'll be locked in my cell again any way.

As we walk and finish eating she tells me to just toss the core into one of the trash can. I approach one and she walks forward. I linger at the can looking into it. Milk containers, broken items and dead batteries. I stand there a mineut and I feel a gust of telekinesis push me forward. Marina is loooking back at me.

"I was just looking" I say in defense. As I walk to catch up.

"I know" she saids and walks behind me. As i past her I see her discard of an icicle from her hand. I close my eyes and keep walking forward.

We stop only once more. It's at a closet in the middle of nowhere. She opens it hauls out a bag and throws it at me. I stumble and catch it.

"Whats this for?" I ask.

"Shut up and come on." She tells me and we pick up the pace a bit. I strain myself to keep up but my muscles are sore.

Marina forces me to walk in front of her. I hold and tug at parts of the bag she gave me. It feels empty and looks like a small duffle bag. I ignore it and just keep walking with Marina hot on my trail.

She leads me back to my cell where the doors are still open. "Put your stuff in it by tomorrow" She Saids speaking of the Bag. As she leaves the room locking both doors behind her.

The room is as I left it. Bed made and tidied. I'm tired and I'm pretty sure I have a couple hours until my light goes off. I take a close r look at the bag as I unfold it. Big surprise it seems all cloth. I smirk to myself and almost feel like crying. I collect the items around the room and fold and pack them nearly into the bag. I only have a few sets of closes and the physics book so it isn't very full. I fold over the flaps and head to bed.

I feel comfortable for no real reason. I think about the day. About I followed John through the hallways carefully avoiding windows. Met some of the new gaurd and was allowed to walk around without my hands being painfully restrained. It had been just yesterday the government intended on torturing me and interacting me for crazy reasons.

I eventually fall asleep cuddled into the blankets before the lights even go off.