The older man and I walked side by side. I could not tell what I was feeling at the moment, but the urge to shut my mouth weighed undeniably on me. And so I did! I did not dare say a word!We reached the elevator door, and Calvin swiftly moved to get the cart inside the lift. I can clearly see the well-built physique of the bodyguard did not show any difficulties pushing the cart from where we saw the older man in the hallway earlier. I noticed something strange!The cart did not look new. And it was loaded with so many things for cleaning tools, but it wasn’t making any sound! In my understanding, it shouldn’t be as quiet as how it was while we headed to the elevator!‘Come to think of it. The whole place is so quiet!’ But the silence did not continue. Because the man spoke in a very familiar way. I am not sure how to accurately interpret or describe it, but he sounded so familiar!But then again, I might just be mistaking things. I rubbed the thoughts off me. “Thank you so much
I turned around to hide my furious face from everyone around me. I leaned my forehead on the wall. I need to think. I also needed to calm down because my anger was getting the better of me. I might rush into making decisions or saying anything that might bite my ass later. “I would like to advise you not to rely on medical technology alone if you want to save your friend. The poison he was ingested with won't kill him because when he almost died before, he was helped by someone with a celestial ability in return for something he is asked to do….”“What celestial…. What?!” I could not help cutting his words. I turned around to look at the man right into his eyes. His voice sounded like someone I had spoken to earlier. Someone like the old man in the hallway with a cleaner’s cart! The one who disappeared, but I had no one to testify my claim, so I had to consider the possibility of me being mistaken! How come he is here? I mean, how? From which direction did he get here? He went up
“And the reason why you had to forget a lot of your memories in the past is because they might trigger and awaken the darkness within you. It cannot be denied that doing evil seems to be easier for humans while doing good is so challenging, but this effect on you is doubled to what the ordinary humans get to experience,” the man said. “They are only buried in your thoughts. Lost in the goodness that you were taught as you grew up, but it will not be as challenging to recall them as how you had to go through to forget them. Once you lose the light to guide you in this life, it will be easy for the darkness to swallow you wholly. To top it all, these evil thoughts and the urges to indulge in them are quite compelling most of the time.”‘Very tempting….!’‘Then what do I do?’ I wanted to ask, but no words made it out voiced. I could feel the great impact of his words on me. It felt like my subconscious mind agreed with each and every word he said. And although I did not have accurate sp
“I see,” the doctor said. “So, is there anything else I can help you with?” he asked with his face directly eyeing me. I must have stared blankly at him, thinking, because I saw him frown. I thoughtlessly glanced at Gabriel to see if he had anything to say while I was trying to think. And I knew I had to wrap up my mind quickly. I sure had a lot of questions, but I was caught off guard being asked so suddenly. I just had an unbelievable conversation with someone who told me so many things that I was still having a hard time digesting. But the most that bothered me right now was the obvious expression of the man asking me the question. Because the man doesn’t look so friendly at all. Gladly, before I annoyed and made him wait for too long, I came up to a question. “Do we have a rough estimation on when we could get the results?” “I hate to disappoint you, but there’s no specific date or time I can give you about that. We might get the results within a few hours, but it might also
Just like you mentioned yourself, we use rats and do not really bother if they live or die in the process, that is because aside from the fact that they can reproduce rapidly, their small size, ease of maintenance, short life cycle, and abundant genetic resources. But most of all is because it is due to their anatomical, physiological, and genetic similarity to humans. And aside from being the a major source of food for many predators and scavengers, including hawks, fox, bobcats, and even wolves are not even useful in the ecosystem so they become useful to the medical studies, but may I remind you that this case with Marco is different-”“Precisely!” I blurted. “Absolutely different!” I added readily.I did not care if he wasn’t done speaking, I butted in when I felt the need to do so.“I totally agree with you. Marco is human and a friend of mine, as well, so of course I am going to deal with him like every human being should be treated by a medical practitioner, that I am. So, if y
Gab’s POvI noticed Skye was confused, but I do not have any idea why she seemed off so suddenly. Ever since Matt Shannon, the doctor friend Marco and I would usually ask for help about matters involving laboratories, came to tell us what we came for. She was leaning her forehead on the wall when Matt arrived but I assumed she was listening in silence. But Matt seemed to have something to speak with her, as he kept staring at Skye’s back. I surmised the doctor was waiting for the lady to turn around. I dared to tap her shoulder lightly to get her attention and asked her if there was anything she wanted to ask Matt. ‘Cold!’I did not even let my hand land on her shoulder that much, I merely tapped her, but I almost jumped at the icy-cold sensation I felt. Goosebumps crept all over my body, but I tried to ignore it. She had been leaning her forehead on the wall ever since I told her about the failure to get any results from the test of poison that made Marco unconscious, until now.
I gave Matt a thumbs up sign and waved my hand to tell him he was good to go with us. “I will be right outside. I still have to prepare a few things to bring with me,” Matt answered. I grabbed one of our men, Malik, who was the closest to where I was and told him to take Matt where we were going. “Make sure you aren’t being tailed. Understood?”Malik nodded affirmatively, confirming he got my orders loud and clear. “Tell Matt I will go ahead of him, and take Skye to Marco as soon as possible. Ask him if he has everything he will ever need, because once he gets there, it might not be easy to step out considering we have to keep the place secure and under the radar,” I added while we walked not far from Skye’s distance heading to the vehicle waiting for us. I did not want to let Skye off my sight, so I told Malik to walk with me as I gave him more instructions on what to do or tell Matt. Malik did not say anything until I reached the passenger side’s door and he opened for me to ge
“I haven’t been able to swing by the firing range for a few days since Marco got busy, but I am positive my aim won’t fail me….” Skye said as she pointed the barrel of her pistol in a certain direction. There must have been something she could take as a target practice out of the window because not long after aiming, she moved back to position herself, and soon enough, a swiss sound of her gun fired was heard. “Nice shot!” I heard Gerson say with a suppressed but excited voice. Gerson was the bodyguard seated on the rear backseats. His spot was next to the window in the direction where Skye pointed the firearm. The place did not have pedestrians nearby. It was next to a lake with trees on the side of the road. If there were anything Skye would aim to take her shot, it could have been a wild animal if she aimed for something alive and moving. But if she chose something that would stay still, there would have been a lot of things to point the end of her pistol and shoot without harm