Aberrant

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

I didn’t look back as I ran home. I’m there in less than two minutes. A record time. Barely out of breath, I open my front door as quietly as I can. It isn’t that late but I don’t want to wake up a potentially sleeping Jaclyn.

But when I walked in the lights were on. I go into the living room where Jaclyn is seated with two other men. They’re bulky looking with business-looking black suits. I swallow hard as I feel the uneasy vibe I’m getting from everyone in the room.

Jaclyn looks stiff and weary. She glances briefly at me and then looks back down at the coffee cup she’s clutching in her hands. “Cassidy, have a seat, baby.” She instructs quietly.

This cannot be good.

I take a quick seat on the love seat, wanting to be as far as way from the two men sitting on the couch.

“Good evening, Cassidy. I’m Detective Roberts and this is my partner Detective Greene.” The bald man spoke first and then gestured to the other man. “We work for the Federal Bureau of Investigations; Special Projects and Experiments Department, to be exact.”

I swallow hard again; feeling fear building up inside, deep down in my gut.

“We’re here regarding the case of bus crash that took place November 3rd. Do you remember that day, Miss Price?” Roberts asks. I bite my lip and nod. Roberts smiles slightly and continues. “So you know that I know you’re a special girl, Cassidy?”

My eyes widen and I shake my head quickly. “No, no, no! I’m not special, I’m as normal as they get.” I rush out. The bald man sighs and Jaclyn looks like she’s about to cry.

“Look, we’ve all seen the videos. We’ve all seen you lift that bus and save those kids. We know about your kind.” The other man, Greene, speaks this time with more sternness than Roberts.

I chew on my lip, knowing there’s no way of lying my way out of this one. But how would the FBI know about Aberrants?

Almost like he sensed my distressed, Roberts starts to speak. “We’re not going to hurt you, Miss Price. We just need to cooperate with us for a few questions and experiments.”

“I’m not going to be your be a part of your ‘experiments’! I’m not going to be dissected and prodded at. I don’t care who you are or who you’re working for!” I yell, I almost stand up but I grip my self-restraint.

“If you are not willing to cooperate than we’re going to have to take extreme measures, Miss Price.” Greene threatens. The tone in his voice almost makes me want to shrink into the love seat.

A little voice in the back of my head tells me to kill them. Then I won’t have to deal with any of this. But the rational part tells me that doing that would just cause a lot more problems. When did I start to get these dark thoughts?

“Cassidy, please.” Jaclyn says, almost begging.

I sigh and run my fingers through my hair. “Okay, how long will these tests take?” I ask. Whatever they wanted to do to me wouldn’t take more than an hour or two, right? I can handle that.

“It depends on all that takes place and how much you cooperate. But my guess is at least a few months.” Roberts informs me. My eyes almost jump out from my face. I lose the ability to speak for a moment.

“A month!?”

“Yes, that’s why we need to leave tonight.”

“Leave? Where are we going? Can’t we do the tests here?” I ask with wide eyes. I don’t want to leave Plomiting. Yeah, Plomiting isn’t the best town out there. And everyone here didn’t even know I existed until a month ago. But I grew up here and all my friends are here. Well the two and a half I have (if we’re including Quinton). Actually one and a half since I never want to Xander’s face again.