Hey guys!!
Guess who's HACKED!!
this is revib3 and I was just given permission to write a chapter here and I thought it'd be fun to fool around with it a bit!
( frankly I ain't never understood this book) and I hope to make this chapter as exciting as I hope!
anyways let's see where the chapter takes us!
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(Aiden's POV)
I woke up at god knows what unhumbling hour it could have been. There wasn't a way for me to tell time in here. Besides hoping. That's all they ever did here, especially Blake. He only hoped he could do the things people think he might. That he might escape.
Everyone had this weird vibe about them. Obviously something was going on that I didn't have answers to. I got from out of the sheets as fast as I could and looked for Migi.
" Migi! " I yelled but not answer. Must be at a test or something. Do they have an age limit for those?
Not even Blake was here. I was now in a room full of males that I have never seen or payed attention to. The vibe here wasn't right.
" where are the doctors? " I asked outloud, not really expecting an answer.
Silence.
Everyone then began to turn towards me. There was about 15-20 people giving me angry snarls and stares. I had no idea what was going on. It was too quiet and it was too empty.
I walked around everyone, looking for an observer. Not a single person standing watch.
" hey, do you know what's going on? " a voice kicks up behind me. It was husky but young.
I turn around to see a muscular guy, about my hight and my age. His dirty blond hair was a bit messy and his eyes a shade of pink.
" Not a clue. You just wake up? " I signal to his hair.
" yeah, actually. " he chuckled and scratched the back of his neck.
" All these people staring, not moving... Why? " I question.
" Haven't a clue man. "
He went up to one of the people standing like statues and attempted to poke an old man, about his happy 50's. The man caught his finger and bent it away from the guys body.
He cried in pain and tried to punch the guy off him but to no luck, even with a young man with muscles like his, he couldn't stop a scrawny looking old man from nearly breaking his finger.
" he's hard as a rock! " the guy yelled at me. I had to do something. I acted as soon as possible and grabbed a tray from the lunch area. No one seemed to mind. I planned to use this to free the guy and his hand. It was successful in injuring the man. He literally passed out as soon as the metal tray left his face. Everyone watching in silence as the thud of his body hit the floor.
" oh... Oh my god! Is-- is he...?" I froze. My stuttering returned and I became frantic.
" No. I punched him harder then that and he didn't go down. Must be a test. "
" Wait. We both are in the same test? "
"Apparently. " was simply all he said.
I looked around. That's why everything felt a bit off.
" The door. " he said sharply.
"what? " I furrowed my brows confused.
" I'm guessing it's like capture the flag. We reach the door and we pass the test. " he nods over to the furthest corner, it took me awhile to piece together the outline of the door.
" hey, it's worth a shot. Name's Aiden. "
" Ali. But that's all I can remember. " his voice became softer at the end of his sentence then with what he started with in the beginning.
" it's normal, you'll get your memory back soon enough. But do you remember how to punch? " I held up a fist in mimic.
" Yeah, duh. " He gave me a look as if I was the weird one here.
" Then that's all we need right now. " I held up my hands, ready to fight my way out of this.
" Alright then. Let the games begin! " Ali said before he began to tear through the crowd. He was taking down at least three people at a time. This guy was a beast. I thought.
I had to deal with a couple of people who followed me from the lunch area. It was only until after the first two or so when I realized that these people aren't even people. Their drones. I realized that because I had ripped a cut in the side of a 30 year olds face and seen that it's just a bot.
I looked around, knowing that bots have to have some kind of controller. Right?
Exactly. And so I tore up all the beds, looking for something like a control panel. Nothing. There has to be something to shut these things off!
And then I remember that Migi wasn't in here. Not Blake.
" Ali hold them off! " I yelled.
"doing the best I can right now little guy! " I glanced over to see him struggling with a bot that looks about 9 years old.
" if you die cause of a 9 year old toy I'm gonna laugh! " I joked.
Time to check the top bunk.
Under Migi's pillow was something hard. A plate. I tried beating it open but didn't work.
" Aiden you might wanna rush that cause the more I shut down the more show up! " the overflow of drones had reached where I was and it had turned into a hoard of people shaking the bunk.
The shaking plus my combined beating finally popped the cover off the panel and I revealed a computer with commands..
" Break it! " Ali yelled, it was strenuous on his voice now.
I stuck the computer and in an instant they all dropped like flies.
I took a moment to breath and slowly go off the bunk.
" Come on. " I tapped Ali on the shoulder as he was catching his breath, hands on his knees.
We walk over to the door and I gently press my hand against it. It slid inwards and off to the side before it reveals Dr. Mia in her usual, powered white clothes.
" congrats you two. " she claps twice and cuts short.
" On what? Not dying cause your psycho terminators didn't get to us?? " Ali sounded a bit worked up.
" your lucky we can't send you to rehabilitation! " she snapped.
" wait, why not? " I grew curious.
" because the last girl that was being Reset had disoriented the system and we had to run some tests to recalibrate it. That's why you Aiden, a mental subject and you Ali, a physical subject had been placed together. Just in case we needed to take you two to rehab. " her cold words scared me a bit at the end. That if we did this test any differently, we would have to be 'reset' apparently...
'' Woah..." slipped off our tongues at the same time.
" You two have been observed by Dr. Luka and our other subjects. You can now proceed to wait with them all in the Chamber. "
" Thank you." I said, half sarcastically.
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In the 'Chamber' or whatever she called it before I instantly saw Neimi and had to speak with her.
" What's up with this shit dude? " I got tired of not getting answers.
" It was cause that psycho bitch, Cameron messed up the servers with our classes in them. Now we have to retest. " agitation in her voice was clear. She must have hated that girl and from what I experienced I'm surprised I didn't find an excuse to.
"how long do we have to wait in here? " I grew bored of waiting and got figity.
" I don't know, the medical subject I went to test with had messed up a procedure. Their cleaning up her, uh... Mistake. "
I cleared my throat. It seems like the more talk about these failed tests the more I feel like I'll become a 'mistake' too.
" Attention everyone! " the loud speaker announced. It's recognizable voice was Dr. Mia announcing the names of all the subjects in our class and what they didn't deserve to either Restart, or stay in their subject.
" Ali Mercado, excellent work fending off all those drones. Your subject status is sustained and your class remains rank C3. "
He sighed relief and hugged a friend of his.
" Neimi, nice use of the leaves from the tree to bandage your wounds. Although your Response to Resource can be your downfall. Your status... Sustained, barely. Your rank however has changed to rank B1. Congratulations. "
My heart was thumping in my ears now that I knew my name hadn't been called yet.
" Aiden Hills," here I go, " the way you payed close attention to your surroundings was astonishing, also the way you took out those drones was very impressive, your body doesn't fit your class however. Your status..."