Today Henry was going to sneak into the secret cabin. It was going to be a long day of waiting for me. We decided to follow proper protocol and started avoiding each other. He acted like he was keeping a watch on me, while simultaneously keeping a watch on the pawns of the institute.
It was almost night time and the black sedan was on its way to pick up Henry. I wished I had the sense of telekinesis. I could've known everything Henry was about to envision. I wouldn't have missed the tiny details. Henry was not smart enough to notice the little things. He was determined to find his Anna but he had been here for years and had still not gotten his hands on anything that lead to her. I secretly wished the men were being taken instead of the women. I just knew for sure that they would've found us way sooner. Their species is of an intelligent kind. That is probably why everyone is always after their lives. The opportunities they aren't given is not because they aren't capable, it is because they might be better and we as men fear the envy that might enrage us when that happens. Every human has a particular strength, everyone has some field they excel at, but a woman has it all.
That night was spent in anxiety. Henry never returned. What if he was made? What if they caught him red handed in the secret cabin and couldn't let him leave after what he had seen? What if Henry never even made it to the lair? I had heard of encounters. They would act like they want to take the culprit where he is supposed to go but midway, they would change route and go to a secluded region.
They would knock out the culprit and tie him to a tree where they would then proceed to kill him. Sometimes, they let the culprit watch himself die. They would ask him to slowly step out of the car. Before he got a chance to run, they would shoot at him. They would mercilessly empty their revolvers, as if it were a video game. I feared Henry's safety. The pawns in the game master's plan were conniving and deceitful. Their eyes were as sharp as that of an eagle. I worried if they had found out about the plans Henry and I were concocting. If I were to lose Henry too, I would be all alone. I could never follow Henry's footsteps and join the game master because they could never trust me. I would never be given the chance to save my family and friends. I would never get to avenge Henry.
The fear of loneliness was crowding my mind. When I reached the class, I heard there was a new teacher amongst us. Everyone was talking about him. They said he was a student here but his excellence allowed him to teach extra classes and earn some money. I jumped with surprise when I saw him. It felt as if I had seen a ghost. My eyes grew wider as he walked into the classroom. I had fell so deep into the pit of my imagination that I had convinced myself that Henry was dead. Seeing him stand in front of me as a professor shook me to my core. The devil in my mind believed that Henry had finally switched sides. It told me that Henry had found piles of gold and cash in the cabin that he valued above his friends. It told me that I was all alone in this fight and the only friend I had left was now working against me. It showed me the devilish nature hidden behind Henry's smile. It made me hear the bout of confidence that a millionaire's voice had over the scared little puppy he used to be. It showed me Henry's true colors that were veiled behind my love for my friends and family. The angel in my mind was fighting relentlessly against the devil. It was sure that Henry was true. The angel knew Henry would never betray his friends. It was sure Henry was being forced into something. It was sure Henry had a reason he was standing hand in hand with the other pawns. The fight between the devil and the angel made my mind boggle with confusion. Was Henry still on my side? What had he seen in the secret cabin? Why wasn't he back at the hostel? Were we still pretending to be rude to each other or were we actually enemies now?
The million questions surrounding me and the increasing noise in the classroom was driving me crazy. "Silence everyone. You all know me well. I am Henry, your senior and now your professor. I don't tolerate noise or nuisance. The thing I despise most are crybabies", he said, looking right at me. If this was another play of words kind of situation, Henry really chose a bad time. I was about to stand up and leave when Arnold interrupted, "sir, your wish is my command. I will happily throw out this stupid boy for you. Thank you for the pizza last night. Congratulations on your promotion chief." Chief? Is that what had happened? While I was worried sick about him, he was out having pizza with egoistic replacements? His promotion to 'chief', whatever that meant in their morse code, was the reason he had betrayed me. My mind was certain that the Henry I knew, was lost forever.
I walked back and forth across my room, trying to figure out what I was going to do. I heard a knock at my window. "How did you get here? I live on the second floor. Did you climb up the drain pipe? Are you here to kill me?" I screamed at Henry. "I can't believe you still don't trust me, Neil. This is still a part of our plan and yes, I climbed the drain pipe. My room has been switched into the professor quarters. Apparently, I have been promoted to chief. I don't know what that means yet but I think I might be in a lot of trouble. I fear I have been made and all of this is being done to slowly torture me into thinking that I am winning. I have to tell you what I saw in the secret cabin. It is going to blow your mind."