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The architecture of the building threw me off my feet a little. The sturdy bricked mansion had that rustic, modern feel towards it. Vines wrapped around the framework whilst even further than that masses of trees and vegetation surrounded it. Windows were placed where it would be most appropriate. And the big grey double doors drew me in more. This was HQ and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't slightly beautiful. Still, I was expecting it to be more high-tech but I guess it seemed proper for this sort of house to be in the countryside. I suspect acres of land hide behind the mansion's big frame.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Isaiah's eyes flashed towards mine. "Makes me remember all my memories of this place again."
"This is where you lived?"
He nodded. "For a majority of my life, yes."
We all were making our way towards the door, I could feel my heart rate quicken, I was being
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Chapter twenty two I've been isolated for a couple of hours which stretched into days. Doctors came, prodding me with needles and an array of different medical treatments which I still didn't think I needed, but despite my extensive protests they chose not to hear a word I said. They were more unmoving than the soldiers, still I couldn't help but think that sympathy would be an admirable trait in doctors. But it all made sense now, it came clearer into perspective, this time right now I didn't have a choice in matters concerning me. The food itself was as plain as the room, standard staple and carbohydrate based diet, repeatedly day after day until not only my will to stay here was dissolving but my appetite too. Waiting was the worst part and I found myself doing it a lot. Waiting for some different type of food, waiting to do what I've been brought here to do, and waiting for Isaiah. I seemed to be doing that par
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We didn't utter a word, just remained looking at each other."I'll give you two some privacy. Alexis," In my peripheral vision I could see his body turning fully to mine yet I couldn't seem to tear my eyes off Isaiah to fully concentrate on him. "Your vitals look good. And we've deliberated you're ready. They'll call you soon, any moment from now. Just don't fall asleep, we need you fully alert. And Alexis, good luck. I'll be in there with you." With that he took his abrupt leaving, gently closing the door shut.It must have escaped my mind when Isaiah even came in. What these agents were capable of doing, shocked me.Again we remained staring at each other. Secretly I was hoping he didn't yet know the outcome and what I had to do, it would break me seeing him broken."I should have known they'd pull something like this. I should have protected you, Alexis. It's all my fault. I'm so sorry." Quickly,
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Chapter twenty three Days turned into weeks. And I found myself repeating the same routine each and every night. All the pain, the screaming, and crying. Still, they didn't find what they wanted just yet. But still, I crowned myself lucky to be alive even if it was just barely. Stumbling upwards, I took a glance at myself in the mirror. The same girl staring back at me, just wasn't me. But a shell of what I once was. My cheeks were hollow, sunken in making my eyes slightly protrude from their sockets. The glint in my eyes were completely faded and that healthy natural glow of my skin disappeared too. Lacing my bony fingers together, it slightly scared me that this was what I was slowly turning into. A ghost. Multiple attempts to try to recover what they needed to, failed and I kept being dragged into more sessions. Failing each time. My appetite withdrawing and the excessive weight loss not only a shock to
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Despite, Isaiah's strong arms, cautiously wrapped around me, I was opportunistic that I could make it to the Box without my need for assistance."I've got it, Isaiah. You don't need to hover." Warily, he took one step away from me, nodding seemingly respecting my decision to walk on my own.One painful step that felt as if shards of glass were digging into my ankle and spreading their pain throughout my entire body.Another step doubled the effect. But I managed to swallowed it down as best as I could.Third step. It was all too much, the pain magnified to light-headiness and I felt myself losing my balance, slowly expecting to make contact with the ground. But before I could Isaiah was by my side in a second, securing his arms around my waist, propping me upright. "Easy, Alexis."With his aid that I needed but didn't want, we made progress, advancing with small steps towards the
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Chapter twenty-fourThe crimson red color cleared and everything zoomed better into focus. I wasn't on a chair and the person I saw before me blanked out wasn't here. My eyes fixed on the ceiling above me. It wasn't glass. The ivory design reflected off, to the point it was sort of twinkling. Little white shapes started dancing around it and I found myself following along. Watching them disappear and reappear, before I lost count how many times it happened.The mattress underneath was soft, curving to accommodate my body shape and the smell of bleach and antiseptic burned the inside of my nostrils.I was in a different room. This wasn't the same white walls I was adjusted too. There wasn't any bulky machine constantly next to me, reading my vitals.No, none of that. Looking to my left, I saw an array of beds, to my right exactly the same thing. All clean and unused, with pearly white pillow but ivory tinted sheets
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I didn't want to sleep, I couldn't even if I tried but it didn't help that my body felt as though thousands of bricks were buried on top of me. I had a small sample of it, so I knew exactly what the feeling would be like. But this one was a lot worst."Mrs Velt requested your council, Alexis. She's holding a meeting with agents and she wants you to be there.""Me? But, I'm not an agent. Why would she request for me? If she needed to see me so much why didn't she just see me herself?""It's of delicate issues. She's banding together her skilled agents to know what to do about our threat, the OA. She's needs your presence because you're the one they're after. Also you had to give detailed accounts of what happened to Veronica, Jordon and Elijah.""Why me?" The thought of having to go through what happened to Elijah especially and in front of people, I just didn't know if I had it in me.
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Chapter twenty five"Both of you sit down! I will not allow you to disgrace my leadership. Neither will I allow your incompetence to!" Mrs Velt's voice boomed silencing both Adrian and Isaiah, their eyes snapped from each other to her and then back to me. "Sit down, or get out!" The command was just, stern, and left no room for argument, reluctantly they did what they were required to. Mrs Velt had ultimate authority and despite their new distaste for each other, they still respected her order and ranking. Isaiah took the next available seat to me, flashing me a look of regret. "Good, we can now begin-"Taking a long deep breath, I interjected in aching to release my thoughts that I had cramped inside. "Adrian, Isaiah your friendship shouldn't be ruined because of me and Zee," Despite everyone being seated, she stood upright shooting daggers to Isaiah and back again to Mrs Velt. "Please, sit down." I pleaded with her, her chocolate orbs flic
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"We escaped. Then Adrian came into the picture, providing us with the aid we knew would be hard to get, despite knowing the risks we thought it would be best to bring him too. My stupidity almost costs us, everything. Deciding it would be best to complete the task alone, taking it upon myself I snuck out and subsequently landed myself in trouble, if I didn't have any intervention I would have died. Elijah and Isaiah saved me. And Elijah saved me once again, giving us ample time to escape the military, who would have ended our lives, if they got the chance. His life, for ours." I couldn't take it any longer. The pain and the memories subdued me. Until I felt my cheeks wet with moisture. Knowing better than to let anyone see me break, quickly I steeled myself, preventing my emotions from getting the better of me and choosing to ignore the worried look Isaiah was constantly giving me. "That's it. That's all there is to the story." "Thank you for your honest testi
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I looked at Elijah, then at Isaiah, the only thing that I could do was to look at all my friends with the utmost confusion that I could muster. What in the hell were they actually talking about? "What do you mean? Do not tell me that all of you concocted some other ridiculous plan about how you are going to save me? It is not going to work, there is no way that you guys could have come up with a plan in less than forty eight hours."I felt Isaiah's hand on mine first, as he looked at me, with the same amount of determination that he always has when it is regarding my life and well being. "But Alexis, what if we can, what if we can save you. Would you accept our help? Would you take that risk, for us, for me? Would you?" I looked at him, as in really looked at him, and I knew it, I just knew it deep down within me that he was not lying, he really was not. They have come up with a plan that is going to save me, I myself was not intent of dying, so if there was a way back,
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He smiled, the stretch on his face pulled him in to a wide and bright smile. It was weird actually, I never really thought that I would have made a good wife, but I was more than willing to try for Isaiah, he was everything that I wanted and more. There was nothing that he could not say to me that I would not do for him, nothing. But I knew that I had to do this, not just for only him, but for me too. I had to do it, because if I did not, I am not entirely sure what hope our future had, and that fact was more scary than anything. "I love you, Isaiah. I really do."Although, I saw that hint of sadness crown his features, I could see in clear as day in his eyes that he loved me too, he loved me more than anything. And if there was something I was thankful for, it was most definitely that. He loved me, he loved at me as if I was this rare treasure, this rare jewel that he never thought in his life that he could gain a hold of, but here I was. In front of him, in his arms. Slowly
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Before Miss Smith- Anna could say anything else, Isaiah quickly interjected himself, "No! This is not happening, I will not even let anyone entertain the idea." His hand grabbed mine and he squeezed it, hard, I turned to face him. His eyes said everything that I knew he was keeping locked in his heart. I knew that he could not break his composure, but I also knew that it was killing him that I would even think of something like this. For him, it was like I was leaving him, almost like a betrayal. But for me, it was more like a gift from me to him, it was a chance of a better life for him. "Alexis, why are you even thinking about doing this? Have we not been happy? Why would you want to throw it all away when we can find another way around this. It is not fair, please do not do this to me."I looked at him, as in really looked at him, and all I could gift him was a small smile. He would never understand, even if I told him, he would think that I was just doing it to fabricate
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She was silent for a while, but I knew that she heard me loud and clear, I could see the gears turning behind her eyes, and I saw all she wanted to know and to tell me, without her even needing to move her lips. There was fear and apprehension, but eventually, she nodded. "If that is what you want and that is what you wish for then, so be it."Isaiah was the first one to make a quick protest, "Are you actually kidding me right now. No." Abruptly he turned to me, "No, Alexis, no. You can not do this you are bringing yourself up for slaughter, and no one at all she be even saying something like that."Zee's hands rest on me, and I turned my attention towards her, "Alexis, Isaiah is right, this is nothing more than an execution on your part. You do not have to sacrifice yourself for us to live. That is not necessary, and it will never, ever be necessary." My eyes then met Elijah, sitting directly opposite me, and he just shook his head. Simple and slow. Side to side. Ther
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I was in Isaiah's room wrapped in his embrace, enjoying his warmth when Zee stormed in. Her eyes fueled with fury and there was a hint of something scared between them. My mind started racing rapidly, and the first thing that I could think of was Evan. I mean, Isaiah was okay, I was in his arms, and Zee would not the one to barge in like that for no good reason, especially with the expression she had on her face, right now.Instantly, I forced myself out of Isaiah's embrace, and looked at her straight in the eyes. I do not know what I was searching for, possibly any bad news about Evan, that could only be communicated through the eyes, before she told me out right. But I could not find anything, I mean the clear explanation was that she was trained to be able to effectively conceal her emotions, and she did it well. "What? What is it, Zee. Please tell me, tell me now.""Alexis, you have to come quickly. Miss Smith needs to see you. Now."My bre
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"You can never keep your hands off what is someone else." I do not think there has ever been a time, and I mean there has never been a time, ever in my life that I have ever seen Isaiah look this angry, and he has had his fair bout of outbursts in his lifetime, it was almost painful to see him like, all because of me. I did not know what to do, even placing my hands on his chest to calm him down, was beginning to scare the living hell out of me, I did not know what to do. So, I did nothing, and just stood there. But, I still was acting as a barrier between Isaiah and Elijah.I turned over to Elijah, who did not look the slightest bit upset with me, he just gave me a small smile, when I mouth a quick sorry and in return, he gave me another small nod. He was not angry, but I knew that he should have been. I mean, I would, because yes, I said it so I could clear my conscience, but it did not mean that I did not just fracture and damage the relationship that they shared as
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There it was, the word vomit that was creeping up inside my throat, gear to escape, I knew that telling him the truth, and the end of things, would prove much greater than lying to him, just as I knew that the truth always had a nasty habit of leaking out, and against my better judgment, I knew against everything that I did, that the truth would eventually come out, whether I truly liked it or not. And I knew that deep down, there was nothing that scared me more than that. Nothing at all, so I took the deep dive, and I opened up emotionally, mentally and physically. I could tell that the heart was becoming very evident on my face because he looked at me, Isaiah looked at me, as if there was something deeper that he had to know. Both of his arms wrapped around my own, "Alexis." His voice dropped, the tone considerably lower than before, "What is the matter? Tell me, what is wrong?"I looked down, I could not bear anything in him to look him straight in his eyes, he lifted my h
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"Congrats, Alexis." I am so proud of you, Zee quickly engulfed me in a tight and quick hug, I almost felt as though I was suffocating, but if that was not enough to tell me how proud of me that she was, I really did not know what would. Right now, they decided conveniently, to hold an after party, as a sort of celebration for me, and the apparent hope that they now had, not as though I could be able to do everything by myself. It was not just solely and wholly me. It was not, and I do not think that it will ever be that. I had the help of Miss Smith, and everything surrounding that, without her, I do not think that I would have been able to reach this stage as I have done now. So, I have to give all my thanks and appreciation to her, and only her in my honest opinion. But they all insisted, and I would feel as though I was being ungrateful if I did not accept it. There was no teachers present, there was only agents, and soldiers, and Evan. Zee did the courtesy of collecting him from
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I walked up further to the front of the stage, and I could feel the paper that I was currently holding in my hand shake, as in it was not the type of shake that would be easy to hide, it was clear and evident and very. very out there and it was that bad that I knew that I was struggling to keep myself still. I took a deep breath in and out, and then in again, thinking that would prove something, and hopefully that would calm me down. But to no avail, I felt myself trying to swallow down the upcoming bile that was raising steadily and rapidly in my throat. Come on, Alexis, come on you can do this. My eyes found Isaiaih's again as he gave me a small, encouraging smile, his blue eyes lightening up and he gave me a thumbs up. I smiled appreciably, and nodded, releasing the breath that I currently took in. I can do this. I know that I can.I looked down at the paper in front of me, and it was as if the words on the page started blurring and moving around everywhere. I was st
