Chapter 24
Scarlett's Pov
"Now, what did you do with their bodies?" I heard my daughter say.
I never really took the time to think about those events.
Forgetting about the whole situation helps my conscience somewhat.
The guilt started to rush to my mind.
'This is why I don't drink,' I thought.
It always did bring unwanted emotions out of me.
'Try and keep calm Scarlett ' I thought to myself, taking a deep breath.
"What do you want to know?" I said to them not to take my eyes off them.
"We all know you and your little organization kidnapped a bunch of innocent people.
Now tell us what happened. If you're so innocent and honest with us you shouldn't be afraid to tell us" Devyn said with anger in her voice.
I'm somewhat offended. It hurt, of course, it did.
I raised her.
I mean she isn't wrong about the kidnapping victims but it still hurts.
"I did for you four's sake. It wasn't an option for me.
If I didn't accept I wouldn't be here, and we wouldn't want that. Would we?" I said with a smirk on my face.
"Just tell us!" My daughter yelled at me, the others slightly nodded in agreement.
Her anger was obviously increasing. I sense that her powers would be triggered if I didn't just stop cutting around corners and tell her.
I wouldn't want to die now of all times.
I let out a sigh refilling my glass with water and went closer to the four and Time.
Flashback- 4 years ago
Scarlett's Pov
"Ms. Dexter, we need you in the lab" I heard my name being called by the chief scientist, Rue Thorn.
"Should I bring my husband? He's nearby. I can call him if you want" I said to her with a perky undertone.
Dear God, why did I even say such a thing?
I don't want to call that bastard.
"No need. Head office has only selected a few staff to be a part of this". She said slowly walking off.
A breath of relief escaped my lips as I followed the elegant woman.
As we got to the lab I noticed two people strapped onto what looked like two hospital beds.
They were unconscious on top of that.
I tried to hide the look of disgust on my face and the feeling of empathy in my heart.
" Why are two people tied to a bed," I asked, genuinely concerned.
"The head has asked to conduct experiments on them to see if powers can be transferable," Mrs.Thorn said to me with a stoic tone.
A memory came to my mind.
One that I don't necessarily like to recall. I remembered at that moment that Time said this was the start of a series of Kidnappings.
What I didn't know was what it had to do with the prophecy I've been told about.
I cleared my throat preparing to speak.
"But Mrs.Thorn, this isn't my line of work. It is known around here that I work with the people who are suspicious of this world's history" I said faking a nervous laugh.
" I can assure you, Mrs.Dexter, this is no mistake. These subjects here are suspicious of our leaders.
It would only make sense if we use them for experiments before we dispose of them of course." She said with a smile.
I wasn't normally intimidated by others but this woman seemed like a sociopath.
"May I ask who gave these orders? I don't know if I can continue whatever this is right here without knowing" I said, also planting a smile on my face.
But of course, it wasn't genuine.
"I'm not supposed to be telling you, but you're a senior here, like me.
I've been told these are orders from Pandora herself" She said in an excited tone.
My breath hitched at hearing her name.
The old foe ordering us to do this, huh?
As the experiments started, they continued to give me chills.
The kidnapped victims died one by one. For most, they died as soon as Rue Thorn was done with them, but for the lucky, they died in 1-2 days.
Pandora and Nirnasha started coming to these experiments.
Pandora being the one to collect the powers. Which of course made her more powerful.
I sat back to watch, collecting data on the subjects. I gave whatever I found on them to Nirnasha.
I later found out that he took this information to go to the victim's homes, erasing the memory of them from their loved one's minds.
The news outlets didn't care about the victims because the family was now delusional since such a big part of their lives was gone.
The dead bodies began to be too much for the organization to keep, so the rich, being Pandora, bought an island to bury the bodies.
I felt guilty.
Even if I didn't have a choice in this situation it still managed to bother me.
I lost weeks of sleep. I even tried going to Time to ask for help.
He simply said, " You have to sacrifice for the greater good".
That only annoyed me.
The only reasonable thing to do in my mind was trying to forget about anything that had to do with these innocent people.
I eventually got the access pass to tell that bastard husband of mine.
He had been nagging me about what I had been doing.
He ran his mouth a lot. I had an idea that Devyn heard what was said. It surprised me however that she kept it to herself.
It was maybe fear that kept her from talking.
Ginny had no idea what I was talking about when I tried dropping hints about the situation.
I knew she wasn't lying as she didn't seem nervous, more like a little standoffish.
Now that leaves me here.
End of Flashback
"There I explained," I said simply.
I saw them staring at me astonished at my words.
I felt an elbow nudge my shoulder.
I looked over to see Time giving me a "really" kinda look.
"What did I do?" I complained to him.
"You could have said it in a better tone," Time said to me.
I slightly rolled my eyes at the shorter man.
"Get going now, you all have training tomorrow"