You Don't Belong Here

Chapter Fifty Four

"You mean to tell us that they took you with them?" Brielle nodded once as Goldstein shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Rinaldi...you know what this means." She nodded again. "Once I enter this report-..."

"I'm aware of the protocol." Her tone was flat and emotionless, her grey eyes distant as she stared at the wall. "Let's just get it over with."

The man let out a sigh before pulling a cigarette from behind his ear and lit it with a small silver lighter and rose to his feet. "Come on then." She followed him out of the room and through the facility until they arrived at the directors office.

Goldstein made quick work of the remaining nicotine and through the butt to the side before pushing the door open and gesturing for Brielle to enter first.

A tall blonde man with deep brown eyes and a chiseled jawline looked up at the two visitors, a hint of confusion blending with his irritated expression. "Explain, Goldstein."

The soldier made sure to lock the door before turning to face his superior with his hands folded behind his back. "Mister Keizer, it has come to my attention that Doctor Rinaldi was not in hiding following the destruction of the Brooks Foundation." The man pushed the stack of papers he'd been reviewing to the side before leaning back in his large office chair. "She was in the custody of the predators."

Keizer's eyes widened slightly and hue turned his focus to the woman. "Is this true, doctor?"

"Yes sir."

"How did this happen?"

Brielle thought long and hard before she answered the tricky question. "They were impressed by my skills as a soldier, and they thought my scientific knowledge could be useful to their people."

"'Their people'..." he repeated slowly. "Doctor tell me...what was your involvement in the destruction of the Brooks Foundation?"

"I had no involvement in its destruction, sir."

"But you did take part in the predators escape, correct?" She said nothing. "What experiments did they run on you?"

"None, sir."

Keizer scoffed as he folded his hands in his lap. "So why did they make the other woman suffer through such atrocities but not you?"

Dhadtoudi has spent most of her life with the Yau-...the predators. I can only imagine the changes that were made to her body were of her own volition."

"Why?"

Brielle shifted her feet slightly as the man stared her down. "The larger of the two males that are currently housed in your facility is her mate. The adjustment was likely made to allow her body to conceive and lessen the chances of a miscarriage."

Keizer's interest was peaked now. "You mean to say that the abnormality in her reproductive system could be due to a crossbreed hellspawn growing inside her?" Shit, I said too much. "Doctor Rinaldi, I regret to inform you that your prolonged exposure to, and cohabitation with the predator species, you must be taken in as a ward of this facility. Effective immediately you will no longer be referred to as Doctor Brielle Rinaldi, but instead as subject 0004 in the predator research project." Her heart sank. "Goldstein, take her and place her with the others. She is not to receive any special treatment, is that clear?"

"Yes sir." Goldstein opened the door of the office once more and Brielle shuffled out of the office. As they walked down the corridor, Goldstein spoke up once again. "Do you want me to get a female to dress you out?"

"No." Goldstein nodded and they continued the rest of the trip in silence."