162 – Inside

Cody stood near the place where he had first met Gwen. However, he couldn’t see the house. There was a giant black box with blue glowing lines covering the place with such massive size. Several smaller boxes seemed to slide along the lines that formed like a series of electronic circuits.

Cody touched the surface of the box, and he could feel the signal of someone inside it getting stronger. Gwen’s signal had been detected just yesterday.

“Are you mad at me, Gwen?” Cody mumbled. “For what I did to you? For everything that happened? If that’s what made you like this, I’m sorry.”

There was no answer. Cody only heard the soft mechanical creaking of the box that looked like an alien building.

“How do you feel now, Gwen? Did Zeno force you to do this? If you don’t like it, I’ll try to save you. You don’t have to follow his orders.”

Gwen still didn’t answer, and Cody’s eyes shed tears.

“I didn’t want it to end like this, Gwen. I don’t care who you are. To me, you are Gwen Belluci, my best f