“ Natasha?” He repeated staring at her unsurely.“Raphy baby” she slurred blinking at him seductively, her lashes fanning her cheeks.It had been a long while since Raphael set his eyes on Natasha. She had gone AWOL after their split and seeing her here at the party was… crazy.It was good to see her though, but there was something about her that had changed and he could not quite figure it out.“Hey Natasha.” He greeted as he pulled her up to stand properly.“I miiiiissssedd yurrrr!” She slurred staring at him.Yup. This mama was wasted. Beyond wasted.“Give me that. Can I have that?” Raphael said grabbing the bottle from her hands rather not-gently.“Naaaaahhh!” Natasha whined and tried to take it from him but she missed her step and almost fell, but he caught her just in time.“Come with me.” Raphael said holding and supporting her. His eyes scanned the room to look for Elena, but she was no where to be found. He did not know how to handle this. This was supposed to be Elena’s thin
Hey!” Adam whispered , wincing and stretching his hands forward to calm Caroline downThe two of them were still in her room. “You are screaming. You will attract people.”“Oh come on.” Caroline said. Elena could imagine her rolling her eyes and waving her hands dismissively. “Elena is taking her time watching Ajax who is drunk as hell!” Caroline continue. “That was a good idea though. Getting Ajax drunk. Raphael is also still under your compulsion in the guests room. Besides, the party is loud. They definitely can’t hear a thing from up here. Those kids are outside keeping an eye out for us. What could happen?” The girl Caroline mumbled, explaining her line of reasoning.Had Elena heard enough? Should she go in? She was getting new information and she knew she needed more.They had the guts to compel Raphael. And it was Adam that did it, that meant that Adam had a system. She felt like she knew all of these but she could not remember how and when and why.Of course he had a system. S
Raphael was sat on the bed while Natasha sat on the floor beside him, a knife to her wrist. Blood stains splattered everywhere on the floor and Elena saw red. Blinded with rage she marched towards them.“Wait! Stop!” Raphael screamed at Elena as she marched to them. She stopped abruptly staring at him with a raised eyebrow.“Natasha has been compelled. She just keeps saying that she has to keep me in and distracted and if I try to leave, she will have to cut herself till she bleeds out.” Raphael explained.Elena walked to Natasha who was crying profusely as she held the knife to her wrist. “I don’t want to do this Elena.” Natasha cried. “But I can’t stop myself.”Elena nodded at her tried to take the knife away from her gently, but Natasha’s grip on it was strong.“Oh.” Elena breathed as she understood that Natasha could not also bring herself to drop the knife.Elena looked up sighing before turning to her. “I’m sorry but I have to-” she threw a
Raphael and Ajax had begun their job back at Grey’s labs. Every day they went to work. Most nights, they spent it there.Nicholas who had no idea that they had resumed was beyond shocked when he met them in their lab.He was just taking a walk down the hallways to the elevator when he heard sounds of voices coming from down the opposite side of the hallways. He stilled in surprise and perplexity and slowly approached the direction of the voice wondering which of his workers had the guts to venture into Mr and Mrs Ronald’s lab.He was beyond surprised to see Ajax and Raphael sitting on the floor with papers and documents scattered all over the table and floor.“What the hell!” Nicholas exclaimed in surprise.Raphael and Ajax’s eyes snapped up to him immediately. The dark circles under their eyes were evidences that they had been working and not slept.“Were you not given two weeks break Ajax?” Nicholas started mustering every strictness in him.“No Nick. It was just one. I Apologize
“I’m sorry Greg.” Adam stated. “ We tried our best but we could not get it back.”Caroline and Adam stood before him with their heads bowing in respect.They dared not to raise it up or look into his eyes. From their train of sight, all they could see was his billion dollar shoe and expensive clothing from his thoracic region below.“What?” Gregory answered.“We searched everywhere.” Caroline said her voice visibly quivering. “But-”“Adam.” Greg’s voice thundered cutting her off. “Take her to the dungeons. She needs to feel what it is like to anger me and not fulfill tasks. I have been too lenient with you Caroline.”Caroline gasped as horror flashed across her face. She fell to her knees, her hands grabbing his shoes, crying. “Please. Please. Give me more time. I promise I would get it back.” Her blonde hair was all over the place as she pleaded desperately for her life to be spared.She knew what it meant to face his wrath and she was not sure she was ready for it.“It’s too late.”
It was not long after Elena jammed the door and climbed up the stairs to her room, did she hear a sound at the door.She began stomping down the stairs ready to punch Caroline’s face. She was just a few steps to the door when it opened.Okay. That’s crazy. Every door in the house could only be opened by a key card. How did she get the key card to open the door?Raphael and Ajax stumbled in looking tired as ever. Although they came in with what seemed to be take outs and some groceries.Every anger she was feeling the past few seconds dissipated as she went to pull the two of them into a hug, sighing in relief.She grabbed the groceries from them and set them on the center table. On a second thought, she walked to door and opened it looking from left to right trying to see if Caroline was gone. She sighted her sitting on the sidewalks opposite the house.Caroline gestured with her two hands together as though pleading but Elena threw her the middle finger and banged the door.***It wa
Silence filled the room as everyone’s eyes were now fixed on Elena.“No… No I don’t.” Elena mumbled in a low whisper.Caroline took in a deep breath and sat back, relaxing into the couch.Ajax, Elena and Raphael’s attention turned to Caroline as they expected a word or two from her. When she was not saying anything, Ajax spoke up. “So what did you mean by she stole the photo from you? How? When? Explain please! Put us out of our misery.” Ajax said softly.It took Elena everything in her to not scoff at Caroline’s reaction to him.“Well. After Elena spoke with Adam or whatever. I don’t really know. All I know is that Adam brought her to spend the night at my place in our quarters and when she left that morning, she left with the photo. Her memories were wiped after then.” Caroline said.“I’m not understanding. Nothing is adding up.” Raphael said rubbing his forehead.“Elena.” Caroline called turning to her, “come on. Help me out here. Tell them everything you remember about Adam an
Memories started coming in. First it came in like flashes. Little scenes at the restaurant. Some scenes of her walking in a strange area. Scenes of her watching sick people. She could not really make out or understand what she was remembering. Suddenly they came in with full force and her head began to hurt and bang badly as she was not given any form of warning before the memories imploded in her head.Her hands clutched her head as she winced and cried out in pain, slowly dropping to the floor. Ajax and Raphael were at her sides in an instant holding her.“It hurts because she forced it in by herself. Assuming Adam made her remember by himself. It would not have hurt this much.” Caroline statedAjax and Raphael began whispering words of comfort because that was all they could offer at that moment.After a while, Elena stood up rubbing her forehead in relief. The person was gone instantly. “Woah! That was crazy.” She said chuckling. “ I can’t believe I forgot all that.” She mum