Dusk

Chapter 13

I sit there in the chair and the man walks over to me to unlock the locks on me. He doesn't make eye contact. "Do you know who I am?" I ask him. He stays quiet then he breaks his silence and says "There's not a soul here that doesn't know Clark Parker." Rudely at that. "Don't call me that. My name is Parker, that's it. I didn't change my first name all the way because my mother liked it." I snap back. "Why don't you like that name?" "Because it connects me to him. I want nothing to do with him." The man remains silent. He cuffs my hands and has me stand. He places the blindfold back on my face and walks me back to the my room. Before he locks me up, he hands me something. A small key. And I whispers "Be careful and don't get caught." I hear him leave and lock the door.

Why did he give me this? What did he mean by "be careful and don't get caught." I can't leave with the amount of guards that are here. I'd be dead the second I left.

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I wait in here for hours before I hear anything. Someone starts unlocking the door. One man walks in. He walks behind me and I hold the key tight. "It's ok it's just me." The man says "And you are?" " I can't explain everything right now." "Then when?" "Soon. Something unexpected came up that they want you to do."

He grabs my arm and starts taking me down the hallway. "Where are we going?" I ask, "don't talk." "Why no" He stops me and says "I said Don't Talk." I don't say anything after that. I'm not too sure if I trust him yet. We walk into another room and he takes the cuffs off and the blindfold. I stand in a white room. A simulation room. He walks to me and injects something into my neck and I look over at him but he starts walking away to a door. I start walking towards him and I hear "Don't move." I stop and I don't move. He shuts the door behind him and I hear him say through a speaker. "I injected you with a adrenaline venom. It's gonna hurt like hell. So stay strong and move on. I start to feel my veins become hot. They start to burn. I fall to the ground onto my knees. I grab my head and scream! Then all at once it's over. The pains gone. I reopen my eyes and I see I'm on the island with Carter beside me, overlooking his entire army. "This is a simulation of what you are soon to do. The more you do it the easier it gets." I look down and I see a gun in my hand. My arm starts raising and I point it at Carters head. I can't stop. My finger on the trigger and he looks to me and is shocked that i would betray him. I try to stop but I can't and in that moment, I pull the trigger and I shoot him in between his eyes. His entire army charges at me. I look at them all. I'm in control of what I do. I pull the gun up and I start shooting. There's to many to just shoot. I look down and on my suit is the electro staff. I grab it and run towards them. I start hitting them all. All of them falling to the ground. Some trying to shoot me but I'm too quick with the adrenaline venom in me. I feel in control of everything I do. I regret every person I hit but for some reason I don't want to stop. I keep going as if there's no end and at the edge of my peripheral vision I see Neon and Bruce. I'm not sure where Drake is though. I stop and start charging at Neon, this time not in control. I almost hit him when he stops me and throws me to the ground. There's no emotion on his face. He runs over to me and tries to slam his fists into my chest, but I roll to the side before he does and he leaves an indent into the ground. I swing my staff around and slam the end onto his back, he gets slammed to the ground. The electricity not phasing him. He gets up and my arm raises with the gun in it. I point it straight at his head and I pause before I shoot. I pull the trigger and a tear falls as fast as him. I run to the middle of them all and I press the button on the staff that controls the power of the electricity and I slam it to the ground and it sends a wave of electricity. Shocking everyone there. They all fall at once. I breathe hard as I stand there. I look around and no one else is there. Everyone lies on the ground. "Why am I still here? There all dead. Like you wanted." "Not all of them." He replies. I look behind me and I see the last person. It's Brea.... she's holding a gun towards me. I look at her and I say "I'm not doing it. I won't hurt her." He remains silent. I start walking towards her. I can't control myself. I get closer and closer until we're feet away. I pull out my gun and point it at her. "NO! DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS! NO! I WON'T!" then i hear it. A gun fire... its mine.... I see her fall to the ground. I shot her in her stomach. I run over to her and hold her in my arms. She's gone. She's. Gone... she starts disappearing. As does the rest of the room. The simulation is over.