Sia tried to stay calm, zoning out the grunts, heartbeats, and heavy breathing. She browsed through the names one by one and finally found Ron. Thankfully he worked under Mr. Ben. Else it would have been more challenging to figure it out.
She sent him an SOS message, and within moments the door opened. Sia was so relieved to see him that she ran and jumped right into his arms.
Ron secured the door properly and then started walking.
“Ron, please take me to Bennison’s Palace. I am feeling so drained. I
“This is one of my old projects, Jay…. Ummm…. I guess before I went to the island. I created mutants by modifying the clones with traits of animals while in the construction stage. I was naïve back then. When I realized that these creatures could be very dangerous if they fall into the wrong hands, I sneaked them here and forged papers indicating that they all died due to a lung failure.”Jay let out a sigh of relief and said, “God knows what Mr. Ben would have done with them.”
Sia stretched her arms, then twiddled her toes, stretching her legs as much as possible. A yawn escaped her mouth as she threw off her covers. She brushed her teeth and washed her face. Then, for a few minutes, she stood there looking at herself. She couldn’t believe how far she had come in the journey of her life, from being an introvert who tried hard to get lost in the background to a confident girl who embraced her looks and identity. She was proud of the decisions she had taken, even though they didn’t turn out as she had expected. Her lips stretched in a wide smile when she realized she could meet Ron again.
Jay didn’t notice Sia’s hand move to her CID. The next moment Jay was bent over his knees, screaming with pain. He broke out in cold sweat, and his body shook like a leaf. Sia knew that this would last for only a few moments. So she quickly pushed him on the chair and tapped the ‘bind’ icon.Before Jay could understand what had hit him, he was effectively bound to the chair. Sia sauntered to her chair and sat down slowly. Then she said with a sweet smile, “Game Over!”
At some point, Sia felt sorry for Jay and set freed him from bondage. After a long time, they finally managed to wrap up their chatting session and got down to discussing the issue at hand.Sia decided to mediate the discussion so that they didn’t waste more time. “First, we will all present our motives. I hope everyone has turned off the live streaming icon from the settings of the CID.”“Of Course!” Yorick replied.
“Ummm….why does Mr. Ben have to return? I am already missing you.” Ron whispered into her neck as he ran his nose across her collar bone. Sia giggled at the tickling sensation and said, “Why don’t you ask him permission to stay at Bennison's Palace?”“I don’t know what gave you the idea that he is so approachable,” Ron said, rolling his eyes. “I don’t think he is that bad. Weird, I can agree, but he is very sweet and caring, especially when he do
“Hey, Sia, do you remember Cuppy-cake?”“Oh, yeah, I do remember her but only a bit.” “You know the only time I remember myself laughing in my childhood was when I played hide and seek with Cuppy cake at your house. I am glad your father let you play rather than making you get into that boring playtime.” Jay said with a faraway look in his eyes.“Guess, I was lucky.”
When Sia woke up, her back and hands felt numb. She stretched her arms but they came in contact with a hard surface rather than the soft mattress. Sia sat up with a start and looked around in panic. She was not in her bedroom. She looked around to see white walls. There was nothing else. She had been lying on the floor. She wondered how she reached here. She looked around frantically for an opening to get out. She felt the hard wall, the floor but there was nothing, no buttons, no levers, nothing. For some reas
Sia drew in a deep breath. It was now or never. If the glass cabin was sent back she would definitely be in trouble but if she chose to use the glassway that had suddenly appeared before her she might be in trouble. It was wiser to choose ‘might be in trouble’ over ‘definitely in trouble.’ So, she placed her trembling hand just as the display screen showed Two…One…A green light was cast on her palm from the machine as it scanned it. Soon the words ‘DNA VERIFIED!’ flashed on the screen and the robot told in a mechanical voice, “Welcome home, madam. Please follow me.”