Cassandra gasped as her eyes snapped open. Nic, relieved that she was awake, asked if she could stand, but when her eyes met his, she froze.
"No!" she shouted, pushing him away as she ran for it through the corridor, "Get away from me!"
"Cass!" Nic called after her, "Cassie, wait!" Nic tried chasing after Cass, but she refused to pay attention to his calls. Sprinting around a corner, Cass was no where to be found. Nic, who was confused about the encounter, decided to turn arround and see if she possibly had turned down a corridor sooner. As he turned around, there standing was a man. But this was no ordinary man, it was a man with long limbs, a smaller torso, and had a black leather suit on, with a black motorcycle helmet with a tinted visor which could not be seen through. "Harvessssst" the man in the motorcycle gear told Nic with a breathy deep tone. Nic started shaking more than before, "What have you done with Cass!? Give me an answer NOW," he threathened while pushing the man. "Harvessssst," the leathery man replied while putting a grip on Nics shoulder harder than any human form could have produced and rasping, "Har-Harvesssst huma-ns." Nic tried to flinch out of the mans grasp, but it gripped with more strength than before. Nic was stuck and he knew it.
Nic started to succumb to the power of the Robotic Alien Entity figure. Lastly Nic willed himself free and the grip of the RAE was broken. Maybe it was from the transfusion, he thought, but I am really stronger than this RAE... Nic slammed the RAE against the wall of the corridor and escapes. Nic thought "Harvesting Humans?" The RAE are harvesting humans...I've gotta find Cassandra... Nic makes his way back to the surface and sees... Cassandra standing there, looking at him, tearful and frightened.
"Cass," Nic said softly, raising his hand to her,"Cass, it's me."
"No," Cassandra shook her head, "No, how can you expect me to believe that, after how you shot me?"
Nic, shocked at these words, thought back, back to that steel room, just him and Jake, how he had attempted to shoot him, only to hear a scream and Cassandra lying there shot, with D'Ren dead next to her; the horror of what he had done hit him. Shocked, Nic tries to pull himself inwards, mentally orient himself. Corporate cyber security; recent server vulnerabilities; odd secruity logs; desert combat enhancements; gene therapies; defense contracts; Derek and recombination... That's it! Cassandra's latest batch of t-cells! The green frogs carrying Cassandra's 304th batch of t-cells had survived past 4 days of simulated uv-exposure. On Friday, the three coworkers had driven to Death Valley for real-world testing. If the engineered immune cells resisted sun damage, they'd get the next round of funding. As Cassandra was standing there something happened. She fell to ground, blood pouring out of her head. Nic shot over to her grabbing her in his arms.
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Subject 305-b
Science FictionNic has no idea where he is and why he is there. When he learns about the project and the roll he played, he escaped. Now he plans to avenge the one he loved by killing Jake, the person who is responsible for all of this. With the help of his new fr...
