Half-Life Vr: Ai Self - Aware But If a Female Had Joined the Science Team

Chapter 8 - Benrey Has Feelings [Rewritten]

I'm on the shipping crates again, but this time, everything was darker then what it was before.

"Hello?"

I said, into the darkness.

A figure came out of the darkness, holding a gun.

I stood up, took mine out, and pointed it at the figure.

"Don't come closer. Stay back!"

I yelled, hoping it would do just that.

The figure brightened and it was the assassin who killed my mom.

"Who are you and why did you kill an innocent scientist"

I ask pointing my glock at the assassin.

"My identity is not your concern"

The assassin says, shooting a bullet, but I jump out of the way and shoot at her back.

"Why? Are you afraid of spilling out who you really are?"

I say with a smug look, ducking from a bullet.

"No, it's just that you don't need to know who I am!"

She says, pulling the trigger to my head.

I wake up and scream.

"AAAAAAAUUUGGGGHHH!"

I swiftly sat up from Bubby's lap and my eyes went wide.

Everyone looks at me with a confused face.

Bubby strokes my hair from behind me.

"Are you okay, Gabrielle?"

I look behind me and nod.

"Yeah, I just had a bad dream. That's all"

I said, laying back down on Bubbys lap.

Bubby looks down at me and meets my eyes. I smile at him and he smiles back.

"It's quite alright, Gabrielle! Bad dreams can leave anyone frightened!"

Dr. Coomer says, standing up to stretch.

"Yeah. You can thank Benrey for that. He must've clocked you hard"

Gordon says as he glares at Benrey from afar.

Benrey went back to sitting on a crate, his head in his hands, and his knees to his chest.

I get up from Bubbys lap, and walk over to Gordon.

"Just this once can I go discuss what happened with Benrey? I promise not to mention you to him"

Gordon reluctantly nods.

I walk over to Benrey, somehow guilt following me.

Why do I feel like its my fault? I feel bad for Benrey, but how do I say this to the group?

Instead of tapping him on the shoulder, I walked around the box to in front of him.

"Hey Benrey"

Benrey looks up at me without moving a single body muscle, then back down. He then turns around, his back facing me.

I put a hand on his shoulder, and he flinched.

"Benrey, I'm not mad at you. I understand that I wasn't who you thought it was"

He turned back around and quietly said,

"Sorry"

I sat next to him on the crate and put a hand on his back.

"Don't be sad, I'm alright. Look!"

He looks at me as I give him a big smile, blood staining under my nose and my shirt.

He takes off his tie and wipes the blood off of my face and tries to wipe the blood from my shirt.

"It's honestly okay, Benrey"

I say sort of blushing.

He pulls the tie away and ties it back to his neck.

"Thanks"

I say to him and he smiles at me.

"Welcome"

He says quietly.

I get off of the crate and say,

"Hug?"

He looks up at me and gets off of the crate.

He pulls me into a hug and buries his face into my shoulder, his helmet resting against my head.

As he hugs me tighter, he says,

"Your so warm"

I blush a bright pink.

I rest my chin on his shoulder.

I let go, but Benrey doesn't.

"Noooooo! Don't leave! Your so warm!"

Benrey whines in my ear.

"But Benrey, we have to go back to the group!"

I say, blush smothering my face.

He lifts his head up but doesn't let go. I can feel the eyes of the four other men staring at us from the resting area.

"I don't wanna!"

Benrey complains like a little kid not wanting to go to bed.

"Benrey! Let go! Now!"

I say as I can see Gordon walking up to us in the distance.

"Fine. Meanie"

Benrey says as Gordon walks up to us.

"Benrey let's go. Your making her uncomfortable. I'm too tired to yell at you. Let's get moving. We've been here for way too long."

Gordon finishes his sentence as he walks away.