Olivia checked me and turns out I'm well. Now she never got chance to check that chip that was placed in my head the moment I was born to suppress my power, whatever it is. That is what they do, that is what they have been doing for a century now, suppress our abilities to keep us under control. And no humans didn't come up with this brilliant idea of chip nor did they create this, they wanted to but their limited use of brain limits them. An aberrant came up with this idea, to control others like him and a group of some so call elite aberrants created these chips that are forced upon us, that are present there in our brain without our consent. If you join law enforcements they allow you to use a small fraction of your powers so that you could control others like you and of course humans. If you don't then enjoy your life knowing there's a chip in your mind that if by chance gets damaged could kill you in hours and considering medical facilities your chances of survival are less than one percent. See no pressure!
Anyways, so Olivia didn't get the chance to check my chip due to some problem in tester, especially designed to check if your chip is fine and working. But since CAT didn't detect any problem and my senses are still working fine 'of course if we ignore the fact that for a moment I was able to sense others' emotions. Not that I told this to Olivia' we guessed all is well. Besides even if it is not what can anyone here do?
"WOW!" I heard West squeal pulling me back to our current moment. We decided to take a walk, since we didn't get the chance to explore this ship in starting. Ash told us to visit dinning area, he said we might love the view from here.
"This looks so amazing and, and wonderful" West exclaimed. 'I've to say sometimes she really acts lame beautiful, wonderful? This is just a big room filled with tables and chairs. Wall, floor and ceiling made up what looks like high grade steal. With a huge window made up of maybe polycarbonate, I mean I'm not an expect in all this but that's what it can be. This looks like a nice, clean and decent place but using words like beautiful and wonderful? Nah'
"Hey come on what are you doing there!
look at this" West called me, standing near that huge window. "Yeah coming"
Space is a dark blanket, contrasting with blacks and yellows, and the occasional white, which is shaped as a circle and sometimes a crescent, there are not many stars. But this is exactly how I remember it. Down there it was not easy to remember how night sky looked and at some point I almost forgot. I had no pencil or pen or paper or anything for that matter to draw my memories, so that I wouldn't forget them.
I put one of my hand on the glass or polycarbonate or 'ughh whatever material this is'
"I can't believe this is actually really" West and I said at the same time with the difference she said it out loud and I just murmured. But she heard me anyways and smiled looking at me. "Ever thought that one day you would be in a space ship?" she asked me, her eyes glistening. Those happy tears.
"Nope. At some point I stopped dreaming and thinking about freedom, about decent life. And now" I put my another hand on the surface "this still looks like a dream."
"And I'm afraid that I'm gonna wake up back in those chambers" West said.
"I hope not" I chuckled softly.
We stood there in silence, admiring dark and endless space. 'let's see what fortune has in store for us'
"Wow!" someone exclaimed behind us, we turned around to find a boy of our age. He was skinny and had curly black hairs falling over his eyes, his brown skin looked dull and almost as dead as his black eyes. He was born in that hell hole his skin is screaming that and I could bet my two meals on it. He has a look of amazement as he stepped in between me and West 'yeah he is so damn amazed that he don't care if he is stepping in our personal space' I took a step to my right and West followed the suit smiling at the boy.
"So this is the space?" he asked to no one in particular.
"No-"
"Yes, beautiful isn't it? West asked pressing her hand against my mouth to shut me. 'Sometimes I forget that she is an aberrant too, her speed is just as fast as me and others like us, didn't even see her coming'
"Like it? bro it is absolutely amazing, I could stand here all day and admire this" he said in awe.
"Well you wouldn't know if it is day or night" I stated obvious in bored tone.
"Really!" West looked at me folding her arms and tapping her one foot on steel floor.
"You are funny, I like you!" boy said chuckling and now finally looking at us. "What's your name?"
"Talia" West replied for me.
"And yours?"
"West"
"West Talia it's a pleasure to meet you two. I am River by the way" he said grinning like an idiot from ear to ear and extending a hand towards West, which she took excitedly 'am I ever going to understand what's it with my twin getting over excited over every small thing? probably never!'
"So your parents literally named you River, that's weird isn't it having a name which means water body!" I said shaking his hand and even though I didn't look at my twin I could practically hear her gritting her teeth.
"No this is the name that I gave to myself. I don't know who my father is or was and my mother, she got pregnant at the age of sixteen, so she didn't survive"
'And now I feel kind of guilty for asking' "Oh my god, I am so sorry River and....Talia is sorry too" West said elbowing me "Ow! Yeah I am sorry" I said to River smiling a guilty smile.
"Everyone who has been examined of course, is requested to go to dinning area. You all need some real food, otherwise you might face some side effects of this long chemically induced sleep. I repeat everyone who has been examined go to dinning area" Cora's voice blared through coms, her voice was so clear and high pitched, that I won't be surprised if my ears are bleeding "Fuck you Cora" pressing both my hands on my ears, I yelled and I wish she heard it.
"What happened?" West asked, voice laced with confusion "Good question" River added.
"Isn't it clear" I looked at them both with mix of anger and confusion but they mirrored only my confusion "her voice it was way to high pitched to bear. And you are fine with it?" I asked my twin. "No it was okay, like normal...." she replied creasing her brows "yeah it was fine" River added, again.
I looked at them, opened my mouth but then shut it. 'I swear if something is wrong with my chip and I am dying.....ughh fuck you universe in advance just in case I don't get chance to say at last moments' "You know what I really need something to eat and then I need to get off this ship as soon as possible" I told them and walked to vending machine 'if I am going to die, this piece of metal won't be the place where I take my last breaths'