lost love

chapter 81

-march 24th 1986-

-reader's pov-

heavy breaths heaved in and out of el's lungs as she stared up at the man she hated most in the world.

"I know," brenner began, stalking down a set of metal steps, "you're frightened of me. perhaps, in our time apart, you may have even grown to hate me. but all I've ever wanted to do is to help you." what fucking lies, "and right now, I think you very much need my help." el's grasp on my hand was so tight I began to fret that my blood circulation might cut off.

"your gifts have been stolen," brenner was almost on the ground level and el began to hide around my back slightly, "I believe I know why and I believe I know how to get them back."

I took a protective stand over el, brenner was now closing in on the both of us, "let us work together again, you and I." his gaze then finally faltered from el and his eyes flickered to me for a short second. please don't tell me owens was referring to brenner when he said that someone would be very intrigued by me.

brenner pulled his eyes from me and returned his stare back to el, his eyes gleaming with nothing but pure evil, "daughter." he rested his arm on el's shoulder, "and papa."

el pulled a disgusted face at brenner before breaking out into a sprint. she dragged me along behind until I caught up with her pace and we both pelted through the underground corridor. an alarm began to call out and scientists twisted their heads to look. our feet pattered quickly but just as we were about to reach the elevator, a small army of guards blocked our way. the both of us skidded to a stop, our trainers squeaking against the floor.

"why don't you go back inside?" one of the guards teased, "play nice with the doctor, hm?"

"ehh, we'd rather not, thanks." I shot them a fake smile before twitching my head slightly. every single last one of the guards dropped to the floor, lifeless, wait. did I kill them? I didn't mean to-

"WATCH OUT!" el's shrill voice screamed, I spun my head to the side to find two other guards about to grab ahold of me. I thrusted my arm out in the matter of a second and the two men were sent flinging backwards into the wall, they crashed into it with a loud thump.

"NO!" el's voice yelled again, I turned on my heels to be met with the treacherous sight of el being injected in the neck with some sort of anaesthetic.

"EL!" I called out, quickly kneeling to her side, consciousness was leaving her eyes, "NO!" a hand then shoved me backwards slightly, this hand belonging to brenner as he held a limp el in his arms.

"GET OFF HER, YOU BITCH! IM GONNA FU-" I began to shout but was cut short by a cold needle piercing through the flesh in my neck. I had been injected, just like el. my eyelids suddenly grew very heavy and everything went all blurry and dizzy. the world around me began to spin at a million miles per hour before everything shut off and turned pitch-black.

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a strong vision finally returned to me, I leapt up from the freezing cold floor that I lay upon before looking around. I instantly knew that I'd been out for a while. the environment that I stood in had a creepy feel to it, everything was in a dull and bland colour. a desk and two chairs were placed in the room with me, along with a security camera in the corner, I noticed this very quickly and it was pointing right at me. I realised I was still underground, in this base, just this time I was alone.. wait, where's el?

"EL! EL! WHERE ARE YOU?" I shouted but my useless words only echoed, I was alone.

my angered eyes then focused on the security camera, "WHERE IS SHE?" I spat the words out whilst giving the camera the middle finger.

"calm down, thirteen." brenner's voice spoke through a speaker, "I'm not entering until you stop acting like a child."

I huffed in annoyance, I didn't want to follow brenner's orders but I also wanted answers. so, I just patiently stood there, continuing to look around the room until a door I hadn't noticed opened. brenner stalked through it and began to approach me.

"where is she?" I snapped at him.

"eleven is fine." he explained, "she's currently undergoing a process in which her powers should return to her. you wouldn't understand, but she is safe."

I stared up at him, my eyebrows furrowing, "let me out of this room."

"no," he shook his head before taking one of the seats in the room, "when eleven is in the tank, you are to remain in here and not intervene. because I know that you will get in the way. plus, you just killed ten of my men and I would appreciate it if you didn't kill anymore."

"so what? I'm just supposed to sit around in here and wait until you release el?" I questioned, "this is ridiculous! what on earth? you- you literally killed my parents!? and I'm now supposed to trust you and follow your orders?!"

"thirteen, come on now." brenner eased, "don't get mad, I have answers."

"okay then, answer me." I snarled, "why did you kill my parents?"

he sighed whilst rubbing the bridge of his nose, "because I had to. when you were born I got to the hospital too late. I watched your parents speed away, they knew I was after you. so I sent my men to find you, and that's what they did. but when they reached the car, you were gone. nowhere to be seen, I then ordered them to shoot your parents dead so they couldn't spread any rumours."

"YOU ARE A SELFISH-" I began to get extremely angry again but brenner held a wrinkled finger to my lips, silencing me as if I was a little kid.

"shh. do not get mad, I had to do that, thirteen." he spoke, trying to sound as soft as possible before handing a folder to me.

the front read, 'missing subject: 013.' cautiously, I peeled the first page open, it didn't read much at all.

'[N/A] s/n

subject 013

parents:

y/m/n and y/d/n s/n

013's parents shot dead after taking the newborn. 013 not found and is presumed dead.

[SUBJECT 013 HAS BEEN REPLACED]'

I then closed the folder, confusion clouding my brain, "and- that's all it is?"

"that's all it is." brenner confirmed, "it's a miracle you're still alive and another miracle is the astonishing act you performed at the roller rink. now tell me, thirteen, what was going on up here," he tapped my forehead, "when you had your hand over the girl's face."

I hesitated slightly before replying, "my eyesight suddenly turned.. red.
a-and my hand, it was like a monster's hand. all shrivelled and covered in a gross sort of flesh.. it was weird. I lost control of myself, I lost control of my powers, I- I almost killed her."

brenner nodded along with my story, "interesting.. well, we'll catch up with this later. but for now-" the loud alarm from earlier began to screech out again and brenner and I jumped out of our seats before racing to the door in a panic. what were these people doing to poor el??