The next day, I was brought to Eveline's office again and she asked me all kinds of questions about my ability. I was still as clueless on this as her so the useful information I had was barely usable in the long term.
Questions like 'What is this creature you have inside of you' or 'How did you get this power' still weren't solved. What I did is that I recounted the whole incident while omitting some parts such as the weird notifications.
I was still not that trusting towards Eveline no matter how much she sugar-coated her words and made me believe that my life is still not fully over. No human could trust someone very quickly or he will be nothing but an idiot or that person is a hot girl.
Anyways, this phase of the experiments ended quickly, no torturing, no violence, nothing....just a normal conversation that would end up with an answer that would be followed by the next question...In such cases, I should've been beaten up or at least experienced some type of pain that will drive me to spit out everything I know. But, Eveline seemed to believe in me which was even weirder.
'Did we meet before?' I could only think of this possibility. Eveline looked to be in her mid-20s so the difference between us is no less than 10 years. When could've I met such a drop-dead gorgeous girl and forgotten about her?
With that In mind, the next phase of the experiments started basically the same day. This phase was more on the practical side as they would see the changes that happened to my body, my physical capabilities, attempts to summon this power, and many more.
Days passed with me going through all kinds of bizarre tasks given by Eveline and her crew. Some of them were annoying, some were easy and some were painful but not overly exhausting.
I wasn't happy or anything like that, but I had the privilege of passing some days away from the mess I created so I can calm down and think properly about what and what should not be done in the future.
The first thing I thought of is of course the new powers I got. I was confident that it will come back since it said that it will go into sleep mode. These powers could potentially become a blessing after being my curse.
Not to mention that I hated these powers to the core and I had an urge against the one who destroyed my life but I also could use them at least to change some things.
As I passed these days not knowing anything about the outside world, drastic events were taking place outside.
The unfortunate event became the talk of every person on earth, everyone wanted to know what happened to the creature that became the nightmare of many people.
This huge attention that was met with a lack of news resulted in many big protests in all major cities calling for the government to speak But the truth. The idea of sleeping peacefully while a black creature was out there still killing people was simply not acceptable.
The government was put in a tough spot, they couldn't calm the people down and they also couldn't tell them about the creature since they also didn't know anything. These big shots could only wait eagerly for Eveline to give them something they could spoon-feed to the raging crowd.
Eveline was of course well aware of the situation and the pressure she was put under was inhuman, to say the least. The results of her experiments could potentially mean the start of a revolution or the cooling down of a potential one and she will be the guinea pig that will suffer most of the consequences.
Yet, with all of that in mind, she didn't show anything that gave off the horrible pressure she was facing. She just kept on teasing me while taking me into consideration in all of her actions. We grew a bond between us, something like a loving big sister and her little brother. I found myself enjoying talking with her unconsciously.
I was unaware of that and days became weeks and then months...Soon enough...the change started.
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"How much time passed with me here?" One day while sitting alone, I thought with a neutral face. I grew accustomed to this style of life and I became capable of passing hours without doing much.
I had no one to talk to except for Eveline when she came to take me for the tests.
Suddenly, the door opened and the silhouette of Eveline welcomed my sight. She was in her usual lab clothes and jeans that stuck tightly to her beautiful legs.
"Hmm, Is it already the time for tests?" I asked as I stood up with a sigh of exhaustion. I didn't particularly like these experiments nor did I hate them, I just thought of them as school assignments that I had to do.
"No. I'm here for something else." Her tone of voice was weird almost.....cold?
I perceived this changement quickly and I squinted my eyes trying to discern the anomaly.
"What's wrong?"
I walked closer to Eveline but she kept looking at the ground not facing me.
"...ry" She muttered.
I couldn't hear her words very clearly. "What did you say?"
When I was a few inches away from her, she spoke again, "I'm sorry."
*Thrust*
"Wh-" I couldn't comprehend what happened except for a slight pain in my neck accompanied by strong nausea that made me stumble on my feet.
"W-What did.....you....do" I couldn't complete my sentence before a strong urge to fall asleep assaulted my brain.
"I'm really sorry, Elijah"
The last thing I heard was Eveline's voice which sounded sad and remorseful. Even to the last moment, I couldn't see her eyes. But I did observe sparkly drops of water falling from her face...She was crying.
Finally, I succumbed to my sleep and closed my eyes slowly while keeping the silhouette of the woman in my gaze.
I was betrayed, or so I thought. it couldn't be called betrayal when I had no real relationship with Eveline, even though we opened up slightly to each other, we couldn't be called friends or even acquaintances. We had a deal that was extended to a period, the moment the deal was over so was our connection.
I could go on and on about some nonsensical bullshit about 'friendships' and whatever, but this was the real state of things. No one is loyal to anyone, we could betray each other when given a good opportunity and a good reason to do so.
The moment she injected that weird liquid into the needle inside of me, I understood one key factor in life. Everyone will live for themselves and die for themselves no matter how heroic they show themselves to be. All of that bravado was just a way for them to satisfy their souls and ego.
But, these beliefs and ideals, as much as they sound beautiful, could be shattered into a million pieces in a moment. That moment could be one grasp away from anyone.
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