Point-of-View: Adelmira Hartley
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How long have I been here now? I’m fairly sure that it’s been more than a week since Eden kidnapped , at the very least, but I’m not sure how long it’s been since I was brought to this cell. It’s hard to say since this room is underground, I haven’t seen any sunlight since being brought here. The last few days or hours, or however long it’s been, have been a bit more tolerable, after eting X, but it hasn’t changed much...this situation is still dire.
For the last several hours, all I’ve done is regret. Specifically, I’ve been regretting letting my curiosity get the best of , which led to inadvertently touching that ta-Orb, or whatever it’s called. X has been teaching a lot about the world of ta-Humans, and honestly, it’s all rather overwhelming.
If I hadn’t let my curiosity get the better of and just stayed away from that damned orb, I would still be at ho, and...and my mom would still be alive.
I still rember that day clearly...I was at the supermarket with my mom, when a loud crash erupted from sowhere close by. I also saw the hole in the ceiling, and my curiosity and fascination just got the better of .
Unable to resist, I rushed over to where the crash had co from, but naturally, I wasn’t the only one. I was the first to arrive, and the crowd of curious onlookers that arrived imdiately after ended up pushing . I then fell forward and ended up touching the orb.
I couldn’t pull my hand away, even as I felt an intense heat on my hand, and then, the heat suddenly subsided, as the orb disappeared. In the chaos, my mom was able to grab and take back ho before anything else could happen. I rember feeling kinda weird, my body felt like it was changing.
I was a little freaked out but didn’t want to worry my mom, so I decided to keep it to myself until and unless a noticeable change occurs. But maybe I’d have been better off telling her, maybe going to the hospital would have saved us from running into these Eden people.
But, then again, maybe all that would have done was delay the inevitable, nothing more. X ntioned another organization called Harmony, the enemy of Eden...maybe things would have been different if they found instead, but then again...maybe not.
Yeah...the mont I touched that orb, my fate was sealed. A few days later, I rember seeing footage of in that supermarket going viral on social dia. And it wasn’t long after that that those people suddenly appeared inside my house. They broke in through a window, and the first thing they did was kill my mom, saying sothing about leaving no witnesses.
The one that killed her, he simply pointed a finger in her direction, and a second later, she collapsed onto the ground. I rember staring is shock, as I saw the hole in her forehead, blood rapidly pooling around her head.
As the puddle of blood spread out and reached , flowing around my feet, I snapped in a mixture of sorrow and rage, and the next thing I knew, bursts of water were being fired out from . So of those people were taken by surprise and got hit, but my attacks couldn’t do much more than daze them a bit.
It wasn’t long before they restrained and knocked out, before bringing here. I’m supposed to have an unprecedented level of power thanks to that orb, but it was useless against those that actually knew how to properly use their powers.
X told that the ones who kidnapped were classified as ’Category 2’ and below, which classifies ta-Humans that are about average, or at best, a little bit above average. And I didn’t stand a chance against them.
And now they want to teach how to use my powers, but only so that they can use as a tool for their own personal gain, just like how they treat X. I...I don’t want that.
"Hey, good morning, Miraliz!" Suddenly ca X’s voice, snapping out of it.
Every ti she cos to talk to , she activates her nullifying ability. I guess I can’t bla her though, if I take advantage of her and manage to escape, they’ll punish her for it...and if I had the opportunity to escape, I’d probably try to take it.
"Oh, good morning, X. You startled a bit there," I replied with a smile, as she closed the door.
"Sorry, my bad. Hope you don’t mind hanging out here all day again," She responded, as she sat on the chair.
After that first day when she spoke to , she’s been spending most of her ti in my room, only leaving when she goes to sleep or when soone brings food trays for and the other person they captured.
She wasn’t lying, she must really have been lonely all this ti. If she wasn’t doing this, I’d probably have been cowering in fear this whole ti...but thanks to her, I’m able to stay calm now. I need to be careful though, I can’t let myself get used to this...because if that happens, my desire to escape might start to weaken, I can’t ever let myself accept my fate...no, I’ll keep fighting against it.
"I don’t mind at all, having soone to talk to makes this situation a lot more bearable."
"Yeah, I’ve been here for most of my life and I still haven’t really gotten used to it...constant boredom in between risking my life is a pretty volatile combination," She sighed in reply.
"Wait, exactly how long have you been here, anyway?" I asked her.
"Since I was around twelve, I think...well, technically, from the ages twelve to seventeen, I was a lab rat for so Eden psychopath. The higher ups in Eden found out about his experints, which dabbled into forbidden research, and executed him. They were going to execute too, but decided that my power was too useful to waste. After that, they trained like they wanted to kill , till I was twenty-two. Since then, I’ve been carrying out any missions assigned to , just to stay alive. Oh, and I know I don’t look it, but I’m actually around twenty-seven, more or less. My age and birthday were pretty much the only things I didn’t forget after my days as a lab rat," She explained, the look in her eyes darkening slightly.
"So, then, all the scars on your body...are those from back then?" I inquired in horror...she really went through all that?
In comparison, I’ve had it really easy.
"Oh, yeah, pretty unsightly, huh?" She replied with a bitter smile.
"No, that’s-...," I began to deny.
"Sorry, sorry, didn’t an to bring the mood down, my bad. Why don’t we talk about sothing else?" She suggested, forcing a smile on her face.
Guess she doesn’t want to talk about it anymore...which is more than understandable...
"Sure, okay, uh...oh, do you have any dreams or ambitions for your future, X?" I asked her.
"Hm? No, not really. All I really know is that I don’t want to die, but then, that probably goes for most people, so I don’t think it actually counts," She laughed with a wry smile, before asking , "What about you?"
"W-well, uh...I don’t have any realistic dreams, more like fantasies, to be honest. I an, they’re not impossible, just super unrealistic," I replied sheepishly.
"Oh, I don’t mind, in fact, I’m intrigued. What’s this unrealistic dream of yours?" She inquired curiously.
"Um...to have my own island with a harem of hot guys," I muttered, as my felt my face heating up with embarrassnt.
She was silent for a mont, as she stared at with a look of surprise, and then letting out a stifled snort before bursting out into laughter.
"Wow, that’s aweso! Heh, that’d be a real dream co true, mind saving a spot on the island?" She replied with a grin.
I’ve been laughed at a lot before, thanks to my na, but this was different...this didn’t feel like the cruel, spiteful laughs I was used to. Is that what it ans to be laughed with than to be laughed at? I never understood what that ant, but I think I do now...
"Sure, I don’t see why not. It’ll probably be boring if all I had was mindless, gorgeous man at around and no one that I can actually talk to," I responded jokingly.
"You’re pretty frisky for a fourteen year old, aren’t you?" She grinned teasingly.
"Well, I an, it’s always seen as cool if guys get a ton of girls, but it’s the opposite if a girl gets a ton of guys, I just don’t understand that," I shrugged in response.
"Yeah, good point. Slutty girls are seen as negative while slutty guys are lauded and called ’Chads’ or dumb crap like that."
"I know, right? And who cos up with those labels, anyway? It’s so cringy. Oh, except Karens, that label is hilarious," I replied with a laugh.
Never thought I’d say this after being kidnapped, but...this is nice. I’ve never had any close friends, I was always bullied because of my na. I got along with guys better than I did with girls, but I soon realized that was only because they were attracted to ...and then bullied when I turned them down, since I wasn’t really interested all that in guys my own age.
And of course, that only led to more animosity towards from the girls. Not all of them, there were so that were sort of friendly to , but since I got so much negative attention, they kept a distance from ...they wouldn’t really talk to besides saying good morning and stuff like that. So to have a pointless, aningless conversation like this...to , it’s really nice.
Suddenly, I heard a slight buzz, before X reached into her pocket and took out a phone. Oh, she must have gotten a notification, guess that’s what I heard.
"Give a sec...," She muttered, as she tapped on the screen, before a frown appeared on her face.
"Um...is everything alright?" I inquired warily.
"Well, uh...sorry to be the one who has to tell you this, kid, but it looks like, tonight, you’ll have a Condition placed on you," She replied grimly, my heart sinking as she t my gaze...
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