Mel
"Heart rate is stable, blood pressure is under control. Everthing I can think to check is normal again, and yet she's still in the coma. If you hadn't pushed her body past it's point then this wouldn't have happened." I heard someone say sternly.
"Oh you can't really believe it's so black and white, can you?" replied the other voice.
That was Zarina . . . I can't believe I'm back here. How did she get me? Does she have the others? This can't possibly be happening. I'm dreaming and any minute now I'll open my eyes and I'll see Jamie. Everything will be okay, I just need to stay calm.
"Do you at least have any ideas on how to bring her back? This is your fault and you should fix it." The voice, that I didn't recognize, said.
"Shock her again." Zarina said.
"What? You can't actually be serious!"
"I'm completely serious. She's responsive to electricity, it could be that she just overloaded. You can't just look at her as an organism, look at her like she's a battery because she basically is. Now do it!"
"You've officially lost it Joan, this is unethical. I took an oath to save lives and all we're doing right now is taking hers away. I joined you in your studies because I thought you were trying to advance our knowledge in humans and diseases, but I can't let you do this anymore."
" You don't have the guts to stop me, Stephen."
"Maybe not when we first started this, but I've seen too much to let this go anymore. This is all wro- " A gunshot stopped him midsentence and left a ringing in my ears.
"I always thought you were too weak for this type of work. Sorry Stephen."
Her tone of voice hasn't changed, but she does sound more determined than she did before. I never thought that she would outright kill one of her own people before but this Zarina terrifies me. When Dr. Zarina would get something in her head she would be very determined and nothing would stop her, but she used to always draw the line at death. I remember she would hold funerals for experiments if something went wrong during a testing. The idea that not even that would stop her now, even her own people, is what truly has me filled with fear.
I could hear her fiddling with things and the clacking of her shoes was daunting. I could hear every button she pushed and knob that she twisted, until she paused and stopped touching her equipment. Thats when I heard a buzzing sound building up and getting louder and then ahhhh. A shock coursed through my body. I should be used to this feeling but the pain and pure energy flowing through my body will always feel new to me each time. Panic built inside me as I felt like I was back in my cage, tied down, being jabbed with cattle prods over and over. I let this happen when I was a child, but not again. I'm stronger and I'm not some meek little kid who just cries anymore.
I focused on where the shocks were coming from, and my temples burned more than the rest of my body. The pain raging through my head made it more difficult to focus on anything from the pain, but I had to escape and find Jamie, and her alone is enough to focus me for anything. I gathered enough strength to focus all the energy and electricity at my temples. With the next pulse of energy directed at me I released all of my power at once.
I could hear a crackling sound like some wires that were ripped. Slowly I felt energy return to my body and I mustered the strength to open my eyes. I sat up looking around, the room was dark but I could make out light fixtures and broken equipment, and two bodies on the ground.
"Ugh Melinda Anne, you've grown stronger." Zarina grunted out as she struggled to sit up.
"I'm not a weak kid anymore. I won't simply lay there and take it like I used to. I'm going to always fight back against you." I stood up and brought some energy to my fingers seeing the crackling of my power dance along my fingertips. I pointed at the floor right next to Zarina and shot the energy near her head.
"Ahhh" she cowered like a little bitch. "That's very rude Melinda. Don't you think you should play nice?"
"I dont listen to you anymore!" I screamed at her letting my anger get the best of me.
" I wouldn't be so sure about that. Muranidae." She snickered when I dropped all emotion from my face.
"Sleeper agent Moray activated. Seek first objective from Dr. Zarina." My monotonous voice rang out.
"Great! Get over here and help me up." She said as she adjusted herself and crunched glass with her boots.
"Yes Doctor."
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Bloodline
Science Fiction"Hold her down! She's crashing!" My senses are dull and I can't move. I know I'm trying to scream but my voice won't work. Mel and her group of friends who have abilities after being experimented on. They escape but years later when Mel has been tak...
