Ch. 4 A Terrible Video -by Astrid

Chapter 4

A Terrible Video

I was terrified but I still sent out a message to ask about Helena’s situation. Brian repeated with a video. The video was taken by Brian from his sight when he was monitoring Helena. In the video, I saw her wearing a white uniform and a pair of yellow gloves. On her back, there was a yellow mark. She stayed with other girls wearing the same clothes with the same marks on their backs. They were in a narrow corridor with glass walls. She was led to a glass door by a person dressing up like a soldier. The person pushed her into the room. In the room, there was a large screen and some robots. There were large physical equipment at the back of this room. A person wearing a long white coat and a mask that covered half of her face.

Sit down, my dear.

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Don’t be afraid, Helena. By the way, I am Dr. Susi, nice to meet you!

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Now please look at the screen, I’ll show you a video in a minute.

Then, the screen played a video about different powers we got from the app. The video sorted them into different kinds.

I heard a weak and shaking voice : “ That’s all?”

Yeah. Do you want to know more about your special power?

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Yes, of course you do. Accept all the experiments and trainings you should have, then you will be a successful app user.

OK.

That’s a good girl.

Then a door in the back wall opened. The woman put a bracelet around Helena’s wrist and told her to go through the door. My sight moved forward as she moved into the room. There was nothing in the second room. The door shut behind her but the woman didn’t follow. Suddenly, a ray of light appeared form her bracelet. It then became a screen. The woman talked to Helena through the screen.

Through your former test, I can see that you are yellow. That means you are not useless, at least. My duty is to teach you how to fight. You should use your power to fight against your enemies. Your power is Photographing. This means you can take a photo of your enemy and you can control them. But there is a time limit. The more people you control, the less time you can control them. You can also take a photo of someplace and you can go back to that place at anytime anywhere. Now, use your power to fight with another child. You should kill him if you win. If you lose, you will be killed. OK?

The door at the end of this room was opened. A boy walked in. He looked frightened and stopped in front of the door. He looked like he wanted to escape, but the door at his side shut. There was a voice that shouted : “ Start, now!” The two person stared at each other for a second, but the Helena’s bracelet shouted : “ Go! Kill him!” She then dashed forward toward the boy. She reached out her fists to attack the boy. But the boy reached out his right leg and kicked her away. She flew across the room, showing an shocked expression. He looked shocked too. The boy stopped for a while but went toward Helena. He hit her hard on her head from the left, and she was knocked down. She raised her hands and held his left leg. She pulled hard and he slipped. Helena got up and stepped on the boy’s stomach. The boy looked hurt and grab her arms and throw her onto the floor. He crawled on the floor but stood up a minute later. He walked to her and slapped on her face. He then stepped on her stomach and hit her head hard. He continued to hit her. Helena lied on the floor but couldn’t do anything. Then, the bracelet shouted : “ Use your power! Quick!” Helena reached out for her phone, and took a photo of the boy just when he reached out his fist to hit her head. She stood up, with her legs shaking. She reached her arms and grab his neck. Her arms were shaking, but she kept pinching his neck. After about a minute, the boy fell down. Helena fell over, too. I saw the woman came in with some men. The men put the boy into a large black sack and dragged him out of the room. The woman helped Helena get up.

Congratulations! You win! You can go back to your room and rest now. Don’t be surprised if you find half of the girls in your group disappear. Tomorrow 7:00 a.m., there will be a lesson about fighting at close quarters. Do come. And tomorrow this time, you will have another fight. Next time will be much harder.

Oh. Ma’am, what should I do for the rest of today.

Well, just rest. Tomorrow, the lesson will end at 11:00 and our training will begin at 13:00 and end at 15:00. From 15:00 to 17:00 is the game time. You can practice fighting with your groupmates. But make sure there will be no injury. From 19:00 to 21:00 there will be a lesson that teach you about your power. You will have lessons with girls who have similar power to you. Here is your time table.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
7:00~ 11:00	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson
11:00~ 13:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13:00~ 15:00	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test	Test
15:00~ 17:00	Game	Game	Game	Game	Game	Game	Game
17:00~ 19:00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
19:00~ 21:00	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson	Lesson
21:00~	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free

Uh, thank you Ma’am.

Any questions?

No.

OK, Bye!

Bye.

The video was over. I felt terrible. It was so hard for students like Helena to get used to those terrible classes, trainings and games. I wanted to puke after I saw how they fought. I sent a message to Brian.

/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

(*ﾟДﾟ*) 

Terrible! I’m about to puke!

Uh, As, R U OK?

Yeah.......Can I send it to Athena, Alan and Emma?

Sure. Go on.

Hope they won’t feel like to puke!

彡(-_-;)彡

I sent them to my friends immediately. I couldn’t sleep anymore, so I got up. It was only 20:00 and the night was not dark at all with a full moon. I reached my phone, got dressed and went out.

( to be continued )

Astrid