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Chapter 7 - Retrospective(3)

"Ahah... where am I?" Tina wakes up, her head spinning and aching as if a rod was banged on her. She looked around the room she was kept in the room was clean white there was nothing but white walls covering all four areas it was like an insane asylum. She stands-up wearing a hospital gown, Tina puzzled looks around to find some signs to understand where she was.

Tina: Where am I?//frustrated//

Suddenly a voice echoes through the walls of the room commanding Tina "Tina there is no need for you to panic we are friends trying walking and stretching to see if you feel any pain.

Tina realises that all her wounds were completely cured and not even scares were seen on her skin.

Tina: Where am I and who are you?

Voice: I am Arthur team leader of the special research team and don't worry you are completely safe. Your father is here with us if you want we can let you talk with him.

Tina: I want to speak to my father.

Arthur: OK, just wait for a couple of minutes we will arrange your conversation.

Tina: No I want to talk right this instant.

Arthur: OK!

Tina looks around the room and taps gently on the walls to find some hollow space but was unsuccessful in finding any. After a long wait, a square-shaped door appears on the opposite side of the wall from her bed and four people enter her room wearing EOD suites and by there haywire movements it seemed that they were covering someone from Tina with a scared look which was quite seen through the glass helmet they were wearing.

Then Dr Arthur enters the room with some special piece of equipment and tells Tina to stay calm.

Arthur: This is the last process please be patient just a couple set of test and you will be allowed to leave.//Speaks softly//

Arthur: OK! everything is fine the results are all clear Mr Alan everything is fine please come see your daughter.

A voice sparks out from behind the four people wearing EOD suites "Tian//crying// My daughter How are you feeling"

Tina: DAD!....ahahaha...//crying//

Tina: I am fine dad how much time has it been you look so old.

Arthur: Everything is normal and before you leave, Tina I would like to have a small talk with you.

Tina shakes her head accepting Arthurs invite.

Arthur: Now what I am going to tell you may seem a little absurd but try to follow me. OK!

Tina: SPEAK!

Arthur: So I will try to put this in the most simple way I possibly can so when we found you. You were better said dead because there was no pulse in your body but your father did not believe it and since he had already about some life-saving crystals he used his money to get them

And then he heard about Dr Lannan a Japanese researcher who knew about these mysterious stones more than anyone of us would ever will, so he came here with a small sample which is in you making you move like you were never dead.

Tina: Wait you are telling I have died once and there is a stone in my body which is keeping me alive.

Arthur: Ahahah...absolutely Yes! Look I know that it feels stupid and even I didn't believe in this until I saw it from my own eyes.

Tina: If it's true that means you were performing experiments on me.//rising violently grabs the collar of Arthur//

Arthur: Wait...Wait We had Mr Gabriel confirm before performing the experiment on your body and otherwise you were dead anyway we only gave you a better life.

Tina lifts Arthur to the full length of her hand with only her one hand displaying her enhanced physical abilities.

Arthur: Look you are so strong you can lift a common person without a sweat.

Tina's barges in the room at the worst time when the iron was red hot and so gets engulfed by the storm of anger.

Tina: You let them perform experiments on me?

Gabriel: Wait, my daughter//backing off in fear// it was my last hope in saving you, I didn't want to lose you.

Tina drops Arthur and moves slowly towards her farther lifting the wooden table her father was using to hide behind and splits it apart displaying her power.

Gabriel: Wait girl I am your father it would not be good if you raise your hand on me.

Tina calms down and hugs her father tightly and sits calmly on the chair

Arthur: Mhmhm...//clearing throt//Ok so as I was saying Dr Lannan saved your life and also saved you from the Japanese classified general who would have exploited you if he got to know that you did survive the experiment.

Tina: What do you mean to say it clearly.

Arthur: Huh to put it simply we need your help in saving Dr Lannan from the government.

Gabriel: NO!//shouts//

Arthur staggered by the high pitch voice of Mr Gabriel and drops his face in shame.

Though Tina's father had already denied her helping Dr Lannan but Tina was too kind-hearted and couldn't avoid the request of Mr Arthur.

Gabriel and Tina fly back to France in their private jet but Tina was not very happy about leaving just like that without helping the guy who gave her a second chance in life and stares out the window observing the bad weather made her feel even more guilty which her father realise.

Gabriel: Hey Tina you remember you always wanted to keep a lion as a pet.

Tina: OH yeah you remembered.

Gabriel: How can I forget my daughter's liking.//A trick to cheer Tina up//

Tina looks towards the dark clouds and remembers a saying her grandfather told her and rises from her seat taking out a bag from beneath the chair her father questions her "What are you doing?"

Tina: Do you remember what grandfather used to say.

Gabriel: What?//puzzeled//

Tina: If there is something troubling you when thought of it, just complete it before it stays on your conscious and ghosting you out. So I am just gonna complete some unfinished business so don't worry about me and go back, I will be back very soon.

Tian opens the ejector door and jumps out with the parachute smiling.

Gabriel: What should I do about this girl?//scratching his head//

A lady in a black suit comes close and says "Sir shall we follow lady Tina"

Gabriel: Hmm...follow her look after her, don't let her get too close to getting hurt do you get me to go and also don't let her spot you.

And so the story begins again...