Selena

33 | Rekindle

SELENA MONTGOMERY

I wake up in a large bed that I immediately recognize as Adam's. I feel woozy as I gain consciousness. I was obviously found on that room, sedated, and brought here.

Looking around the room, my eyes stop on a dark silhouette of someone sitting the the corner of the room.

My eyes can't focus on the person enough and my body feels too weak to move towards the figure.

"Who's there?" I ask into the dark room.

"Finally! How are you feeling?" I recognize the aggravating voice instantly. "You were out for a while girl."

Rossi.

He approaches the bed and sits next to me, helping me sit up. "Found you snooping around." He continues, Rossi's voice making me wince. "Don't worry about the dead guard or anything. I got rid of the body before Adam could find out. He would be pretty pissed if he did."

I looked down in shame and Rossi hands me some pills and a glass of water.

Where did those come from?

"It'll help with the wooziness," he says not waiting for me to respond. I take the pills and a sip of the water before he keeps talking.

I swear he never shuts up.

"You're lucky I'm always in your side" He laughs to himself "I will keep this ship of you and Adam afloat. As captain of the ship, I command you to stop trying to jump overboard."

"Can you just shut up?" I roll my eyes at him and he holds his hand over his heart looking fake hurt.

"So... would you like to dine-in tonight or go out. And by go out, I mean to the dining room."

"Where's Adam?" I see Rossi stiffen a little bit before responding.

"Business. He'll be back later tonight. In the meantime, you'll have to put up with me and Felicity."

Felicity?! I feel like I haven't seen her in forever.

Sensing my excitement, Rossi smiles. "Dine in it is. Let's make it a movie night too! I'll go grab a good one." He says leaving the room.

Why am I kind if excited to see Felicity? I feel some sort of connection to her in a way. She's been through so much, but she still sees the goodness in the world.

I guess I kind of want to be like her.

I flinch as the door is suddenly opened. The light filters in and I see Felicity entering the room.

"Hey Selena, how are you?" She says making her way towards the bed.

"As good as I can be." I respond trying to make my voice sound friendly than it naturally is.

The fact that she now has prosthetics as arms doesn't go past me.

The silence is deafening as she sits on the bed and I study her new arms. They move almost as naturally as normal arms do.

Felicity finally breaks the silence "Do you like them?" She doesn't wait for for me to respond and continues her explanation. "They are just a prototype from the IT department in Alderam's company. The arms responds to signals sent from my brain or something like that." She wiggles each of the fingers.