“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
“Hello Raphael.” The eerie voice said in the darkness.The sparks of the light was enough to shine on this strangers face. The person looked unfamiliar but yet familiar.“Umm… do I know you?” Raphael mumbled as he looked around finding an escape route, because this person was blocking the only way out.“No you don’t. But you must have heard of me.” The person said advancing slowly and menacingly towards Raphael.“Look man. I know you caught me spoiling and cutting off the electricity.” Raphael started as he raised his hands up in form of surrender. “You can take me to Nicholas. I just knew I would fuck this up.”“What?” The person said with a quizzical raised eyebrow.Raphael shot him a look. “Wait, you are not going to report me?” Raphael smiled at him. “Thank you.” He said and stepped forward to leave but this person blocked his way.The person was a man and he looked buff.“Not so fast Ralphy…..” the person drawled.***Nicholas, Ajax and Elena sat together, drinking- more like, th
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
Raphael had been sitting in silence for a while. No one else had come to check on the reason behind the power failure. Not even Ajax and Elena came to check on him to know why he hadn’t returned as planned. The stranger was oddly silent. He could not even hear his breathing, but he could feel his presence which made it all the more creepy.It was not long, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching.“C’mon man! Pick up your phone.” He heard the person grit in annoyance. The voice was so familiar. He did not have to think too hard to know that it was Nicholas.Nicholas had the light of his phone on which he used to light the hallway as he walked. He was dialing Ajax’s line because he was yet to see him.***Nicholas had been seated in the hall of the party for a while awaiting Ajax’s return. Everyone had turned on the torchlight of their phones to make the hall bright.The hall was filled with chatter as some chatted with each other while drinking. Slowly, they began to leave one a
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
“Elena!” Raphael yelled shaking her awake. She was lifeless.Ajax. That was the first person on his mind. He quickly rummaged in his pocket searching for his phone but he couldn’t find it.His eyes went back to Elena. Seeing her in such state reminded him of his dad and it made his heart break.“Ele.. na…” his voice broke. He noticed a light blink through her pockets.He frantically rummaged through it. It was her phone. She had just received a text from a certain knight that had a lot of love and cute face emojis attached to it.It wouldn’t take a genius to know that it was Ajax. He tapped on the message but it asked for Face ID instead.His eyes flickered to her. He rushed to her side and with his fingers, he lifted her eyes to show her eyeballs and immediately it unlocked.“Where are you?” The text said. It was definitely Ajax so he called back, using the FaceTime audio.The other person at the end of the line answered at the first ring. “Elena…” the voice said.Raphael recognized
“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
“Wow…” Ajax mumbled under his breath. “What exactly did they run here?” Ajax asked, his gaze shifting to Nicholas.Nicholas shrugged. “Find out and see. Check it out yourself.”Ajax nodded and walked in. A very familiar object that sat under a table caught his eyes. It was the ball he used to play with when he was younger. A smile graced his lips. He felt a warmth spread through his chest.A wrapper of his favorite candy too was there. He wondered how long it had been there.“My team and I found out about this place and their fraudulent activities few months after they had begun.” Nicholas said.“How come this went on for months and even you, Nicholas with a shrewd eyes didn’t find out.” Ajax asked.“Well…. All I can say is that your parents are really good at their game.” Nicholas said with a shrug. Ajax watched Ada his lips tilted upwards in a teasing smile. “You think I have a shrewd eyesight… aw”Ajax rolled his eyes at him.“You can visit whenever you want. I think you would lo