Project XZ3

Chapter 9

"What's wrong?" Beth asks.

"That voice... I knew that voice..." I say.

"Which one?"

"The first one I heard... she was the one that was in my dream. It's real"

"What is?"

"My dream" Beth and the others look at me gobsmacked.

"The blonde woman?"

"Yes... long blonde straight hair"

"Wow... this is all so weird" there is a pause.

"What did she mean by you were the only success?" Emily asks.

"I have no idea... I know as much as you do... but... why is this happening?" I ask.

"I don't know Sky" Beth says and holds my hand

"When can we leave?"

"Soon... we just have to wait again"

"Okay then" I lie down, stare at the ceiling and find myself going into a deep sleep.

Different thoughts swim around my brain. Who am I? What am I? Why am I here? Why are these people doing what they call 'tests' on me? I don't understand anything. I'm just... here... for a purpose? I have no idea. These people tell me nothing.

The door opens again. I snap my neck up, the blonde woman. She is with someone else. A woman with long black hair, a pretty face, also wearing a white coat and has green eyes. They come to me, and kneel down in front of me.

"I don't believe it... it looks so normal" the other woman says and feels my face.

"I know, it's magnificent... it's a shame about the other project. We were so close... it was just the eyes, and it talks. Just a shame this one won't talk. I don't know why" the blonde woman says.

"Hmm, 4 years later and we finally get a successful one"

"And it won't talk"

"It'll take time Laura, they all do... it will one day" there is a pause, and I look to the ground.

"Do we really need to keep it locked up in here?"

"Yes. You know we do. If the boss found out we had her out she'd kill us"

"Alright don't lecture me" Laura. I know her name now. I will never forget. They both get up and leave, locking the door behind them.

I sit up and find myself staring at Beth in the face.

"What's wrong?" she asks.

"Laura. She's called Laura" I say rubbing the back of my neck remembering all the details of the dream.

"Who is?"

"The blonde woman. That other woman was there to... the one that was with her, she didn't say her name. These people... they made us with... tests..."

"What?" Beth and the others look so very confused.

"These people... it sounds like they made us with tests.... and for some reason I seem to be the only successful one... there must be a reason for all of this" I look around the room at the others and then set my eyes on Billy. "Billy...." he just looks like a normal little boy. There's nothing wrong with him.

"Yes?" he asks.

"Your normal... you're just a normal little boy" I rub my head and sit against the wall. Beth takes my hand and I look up at her. Beth. "They talked about you"

"What?" Beth asks.

"They talked about you. They said... it was a shame about another project... the only thing that was wrong was them was the eyes"

"Oh"

"Erm... oh I don't remember anything else"

"These dreams must mean something"

"Yeah... they must. Things are starting to make sense now though... hmm" I sit back, and start to think about my dreams.