We spent around 20 minutes trying to actually get all the glass shards of the floor to put them in a bag, Faraday said multiple time that she wanted to help, if she did we could have ended that in exactly 10 seconds.
Alan however told her that she shouldn't even get close to the shards as he feared that Faraday might hurt herself licking them.
Wich to be honest actually sounds like it would happen.
-Aah~ *sigh* we're finally done.
As Alan says that, he stands up from the floor, stopping a moment to crack his back, a really audible crack comes from his back, the sound makes me think again about Madeline, how she sacrificed herself to most likely just give us enough time to come up with an excuse as to why Faraday broke containment.
I sit on the floor with my hand helping me rest my back a little more, just looking at the door in expectation.
Even without looking at her, I know Faraday is looking at me, most likely with the intention to jump to me and hug me again, but now that Alan is here, she knows she needs to get a hold of herself before getting punished.
She could by any means hug me before my brain even process that information and go back to her seat and nobody would notice.
I wonder if she is doing that right now.
I look at her, to try and notice if I see any amount of movement, like that blurry mess I saw when I watched the video of what happened to my prosthetic arm.
I stare, perhaps too much, to the point she gets flustered and fidgety, she looks to the other side of the room.
This kind of reaction would amuse me in other instances, however right now, there is nothing, I actually think that her reaction is an overreaction and she shouldn't be doing that.
-M-m-miss Cecile... Could you please don't do that?...
-So what?.
-L-looking at me like that.
-I'm just looking to see if you move, there is nothing strange about it.
-Y-yeah but i-its making me feel weird.
-...
-Come on girl, stop teasing Faraday, she can barely get a hold of herself now that you're here. I don't want to go and grab a mop...
I would have found that extremely funny in any other occasion.
I give up on my test since the only movement I notice is Faraday's hands trembling.
As I try to stand up, a sudden heavy sound comes from the door to the control room, it sounded like someone threw a giant rock at it, it even made the floor vibrate a little, enough to make me fall to the ground.
I hit my butt with the floor.
It hurts.
Everyone get on high alert inside the room, Faraday is scared, Alan steps right in front of her and covers her with his arm. I back up a little from the door since I was the closest one.
After that sound, I hear little thumps on the other side, as if someone is trying to get up from the ground but it's falling constantly.
After a couple tries, whatever is on the other side stops making the sound.
*Knock knock knock* someone or something knocks on the door, the sound startles me, as well as Alan and Faraday.
I turn around and signal them that we need to shut up, a finger on my lip and a "shhhh" that only sounded in my mind but never actually left my mouth.
*Knock knock knock*.
Once again, whatever is outside, it knows where's here, most likely because it heard us before, or it's detecting us via smell or heat.
I try to back up as slowly as humanly possible.
*Knock knock* - Hey come on guys I know you're there!, just let me in, my beer is getting hot...
Madeline.
-Why don't you put the code for the door?. You should know it.
-Oh Cecile is that you?... Well actually, Alan, who I suppose is there with you, forgot about the little detail that he never told me the code to open this door, so I actually don't know it.
now, can I please get my drink? I think I really need it.
-Is that true?.
I ask Alan, since I still don't feel confident about what is outside.
-O-oh... Yeah I forgot to tell her ha...ha..ha
His nervous laught didn't really help the situation.
I open the door from my end, as it slowly opens I notice a metallic taste in my mouth, the smell aswell is recognizable for any person, but strikes a nerve to someone who has worked in medicine like I have.
Blood.
As Madeline enters the room rushing towards her bottle, I remain still as stone as my eyes wiggle, I can't believe what I'm seeing, the entirety of the outside walls of the door are covered in blood, I take a couple of steps out to see the outside of the door, it is just as the walls, the floor and even the ceiling, every single inch covered in fresh human blood, I can clearly see it falling from the top just as if it is rain sliding in a window.
I turn to the inside of the room to try and get a confirmation that what I am seeing isn't another hallucination, the face of shock in Alan and the fear in Faraday's face confirms that this is not a dream once again.
Meanwhile, Madeline is kissing the bottle of liquor she brought with her inside, then drinking it almost fully in one go.
-*Gulp, Gulp Gulp- Aaaaah~- dayum that really hit the spot, fufu, I might need another one of these.
She says while taking the last sip of the bottle. She then looks at us, without even showing any kind of surprise, only acting like it once she remembers something.
-Oh, right, don't worry I'll clean that up for you guys, just chill out in here, also make sure that my drink is also chill hehe, add a couple of ice cubes if it is necessary!.
She says as she goes back outside closing the door, acting just like if she spilled some juice on the floor.
I feel uneasy... Just as much as everyone, however I think I'm the only one that could have the will to go outside.
I put the passcode on the door and leave the room, I leave the room open so Faraday and Alan can listen.
What I see is Madeline moping the floor while whistling a tune that I can recognize behind her poorly done whistles.
She looks at me and doesn't stop, but a smile is on her face now.
-Oh, hey, what's up?.
She says with an oddly sincere smile.
-I think I am the one who needs to know what is up.
What happened?
-Oh you mean what happened here?. Nothing really, Gustave just threw me after she was done haha.
-She... Threw you?.
-Yeah, this is my blood... I'm pretty sure that if this gets in your mouth you'll get drunk tho, so please keep it closed, I don't know if you drink or not, in fact, do you?.
-I... Haven't tried to drink alcohol before, but returning to the more important stuff, what do you mean this is your blood?, are you okay?.
A stupid thing to say but at the same time, her clothes are not filled with blood, apart from the shoes that are touching the blood right now, but her coat, her hair... Her skin... Nothing has any sign of damage not blood, there isn't even bruises on sight.
-Well yeah, she does this all the time when she is mad at me, she takes me to a room, breaks every bone in my body, unimaginable pain, yada yada yada all that stuff.
Sorry if I made some noise before, it's quite hard to be quiet when your hitting a metallic object at 3000 km/hr.
-How are you alive?.
-To be honest I expected a different reaction but we'll...
I guess you didn't know about me right?, my name is Madeline, it's a pleasure to meet you, and this, is what I can do.
She says as she pulls a knife out of her pocket and cuts her throat right before my eyes, blood spills and flows endlessly, yet she remains calm and secure, she stumbles for a moment but gets as straight as before in no time, a light comes out of the cut, barely noticeable, dim, but that golden brightness seals the cut perfectly, not even leaving a scar.
-Tadda!!.
I can't die even if I want to yaaaaaaaaay...
And I do...
Anyway, you didn't even react to that huh?.
Weir, I expected to see a little surprise at least, you know, like Faraday over there right now.
-I am... Having some trouble with my emotions at the moment, I apologize for not meeting your standards, Madeline.
-Let me guess, it all started before reuniting with this folks right?.
-Yes.
-Oh well, this again, you'll come with me, I'll invite you a drink in the best bar in town... Well the town of a planet I know, this is space and the only bar in space sucks ass.
She grabs me by the shoulder and makes me walk the hall with her, a portal appears in front of us and leads to a street with beautiful lights, all during night time.
-Oh by the way I apologize, I made even more of a mess. I'll call the clean up crew from the bar so don't worry about cleaning up, on the mean time just relax in the chamber you guys, we'll come back in like half an hour.
Bye bye!.
She says with a smile.
We cross the portal and it shuts down.