“Oh my God Ajax, what do we do?” Elena asked eyes wide in fear and shock.Ajax too had no idea what to do. They were supposed to clean the blood on the walls and floors.The tap was also broken.The knock resumed again, this time with more pressure.“Open the God damn door Ajax!”The very familiar voice spoke from the door. It was Raphael.Sighs of relief filled the restroom.“It’s just Raphael.” Elena murmured and walked forward to open the door.Ajax grabbed her back. “No you can’t. He does not know about the system thingy. He would freak out!” Ajax whispered hurriedly.The knock began frantically again. “Come on Ajax and Elena. Are you two doing some crazy shitty couple things? Don’t defile that toilet and please open the door.”Ajax swiped a stare at Elena. He could see the red tinge on her cheeks. He then realized how much she had changed.She had changed from being the blushing, cute, sweet Elena to a strong one. He could not tell whether he loved it or loathed it. Either ways,

“What exactly is in the lab that you guard so much?” Ajax mumbled, mouth filled with food. Lately he had been more hungry than usual. Whenever he ate he could not stop himself from eating fast and too much. It had to be because of the extra strength he had been using from system.“Why do you even want to know?” Nicholas replied.The two of them were having dinner at a restaurant. Apparently, Ajax was supposed to keep him distracted and stall him until he receives the signal to bring him into the lab.“I think I deserve to know.” Ajax said throwing Nicholas a frown. Bits of the burger fell from his mouth and he smiled embarrassingly. He picked up the serviette and wiped him mouth clean.Nicholas stared at him for a while before resting back on the chair, his eyes scrutinizing Ajax.“Why are you having dinner with me?” Nicholas asked again.“I had a fight with Raphael. I am avoiding him.” Ajax lied straight up, reaching for a smoothie.“And….” Nicholas further inquired.“I needed to cal

Elena grabbed his hands and pulled him to the security men that stood like robots. They looked unusually calm and stood in one place not moving a muscle.“It’s like enchantment. Like compulsion. Making someone do whatever you will.” Elena explained as she peered into their eyes.She walked over to one of the men, placing her hands on his shoulders, she whispered. “Blink.”The man blinked immediately. She turned to Ajax who looked at her with confusion evident in his eyes. “I don’t understand. Any body would blink if you ask them to.”Elena rolled her eyes and decided to try something again. She looked into his eyes again and whispered. “Stop breathing. Hold your breath until I tell you to release it.”Right before Ajax’s eyes, the man inhaled sharply. Ajax looked at Elena quizzically. “I still do-”“Shh…” Elena hushed him. “calm down and watch.”Ajax watched as the man’s eyes widened in fear as he struggled to breath but his body was not complying. He turned red as sweat trickled

Elena had never entered the lab.The whole lab was out of electricity, but somehow it did not affect the lab. She was awed by the technology she saw.It was like something out of a sci-fi movie.She saw a device suspended in the air and blue ring of light around it. She wondered what science was behind it.For some reason she wished she hadn’t picked the medical aspect. Maybe, just maybe she would have focused more on physics and mechanics.She lifted her hands to feel it when Ajax’s voice stopped her.“Don’t touch anything.” He was walking towards them. “If you do, Nicholas would find out someone was in here.”“And if we don’t leave right now, Nicholas will find out we were here. In fact he would catch us here red handed.” Raphael exclaimed in frustration.“What is he talking about?” Ajax asked turning to Elena.“We have to go. Nicholas is on his way here.”“Shit!” Ajax cursed. “I don’t know what to take that he would not find out.” He paused as a black object caught his eyes.“Now t

“Hey man. Have you checked out that stuff you grabbed from your parents labs yet?” Raphael asked changing the topic.The air became tense as two pairs of eyes were fixed on him.He sighed. “Yeah I have.”***After the ‘night of horror’, Ajax had never really had the chance to check out the object he snatched from his parents labs.One faithful hot afternoon, he had returned to his dorm to see a note from Raph, telling him that he would not be around till evening as he had gone out with his girl.Ajax thanked his stars and quickly fished out the object from the hiding spot.It was a microphone thingy. He didn’t know the name, but he knew what it was.Whenever scientist were carrying out experiments, they usually used it to record their experiments.He pressed the play button and the sound of his mother’s voice coming from it made his heart swell and tighten at the same time.It was a bittersweet feeling. It was a new feeling he could not quite describe.“Preliminary report. Device 7001