Chapter 51

And wait was what they did. They drew their chairs closer to her bedside and sat watching over her. The rest came after three hours. The head doctor had to force the three of them out, threatening to increase their rest time from three to five. GMN-4 wanted to punch the old man in the face and carry him out of there if he wasn't important.

When Dr. Andrew was fully rested 3 and 7 joined them in the lab while 9 worked on the files and flash drives 3 had brought from the mission. GMN-9 was bother line aggressive and he only cracked and checked the content of one drive. There were two more to go.

GMN-4 was reluctant to leave her bedside and had to be forced to take a rest once in a while. Dr. Andrew never came back. It was like he was avoiding her but Williams was always there. He was getting better.

It's been a week and two days and everyone was starting to panic. She hadn't woken up. Sometimes it was like she was struggling, her brows would furrow and her forehead would wrinkle and then she would slump back into oblivion.

Her healing process has doubled its rate and she was completely healed. Her body systems were functioning properly and even better except for her unusual brain activity, so why has she not woken up? The chemicals in her body had been absorbed by the cells and there was no reaction, maybe her antibodies fought them. No one had the answer, not even Dr. Andrew, and he was the expert. They were all getting agitated trying to keep the faith but the problem was, Dr. Andrew, commented that there was a possibility that her perfect condition would cause havoc to her body if she doesn't regain consciousness soon. GMN-4 appeared to be going crazy the head doctor wanted to ban him from coming there.

"why hasn't she woken up?" GMN-4 asked for the umpteenth time. Is not like he wasn't aware that he had over-asked the question but he had not gotten any meaningful answer.

"give her time. She'll wake up when she's ready" the head doctor told him like the other times.

That morning GMN-9 look pensive when he came in.

"I can't put this off any longer. There's something you guys need to see" GMN-9 said. He was trying very hard to regulate his breathing and he had just been sitting down.

"can't it wait?" GMN-7 asked. GMN-9 closed his eyes and took a deep breath. They never saw him like that. He had been acting strange all week and they didn't know why. They had asked but he brushed them off. They assumed that the events had gotten to him more than they expected, he actually looked up to 1 maybe even idolized her but looking at him now, there was something else.

"what is it?" GMN-6 asked

"nothing. It can wait" he said trying to rein in his temper. They all starred at him

"whatever it is, it seems very serious," GMN-3 said

"you all go see what it is. I'll let you know if she wakes up. There's nothing to do here except wait and we've got that covered, so go," the head doctor said. After a while, they agreed. They stood up and left.

GMN-9 took them to the common room and closed the door. He was acting all edgy and angry like a caged beast. It was so unusual.

"what is it?" GMN-4 asked. This suspense wasn't what he needed. GMN-9 just gave a sad smile and plug the flash drive.

They all stared at the screen as pictures flashed by. If they had any doubt before, it was resolved. They were her parents. There were lots of pictures to prove that. Why would she organize a photo album? It was like she wanted them to see it. There were no happy moments captured in the photos even when she was holding awards and trophies. There were pictures of a younger girl trying to look happy but her eyes betrayed her. Pictures of her when she was older with fake smiles, progressing to pictures with no smiles. The transition was visible through the pictures and in the pictures, the pressure emanating from the woman behind seem to be building. Sometimes her hand placed on the younger girl's shoulder seemed like claws, digging in and creating unhealable wounds.

They watched the pictures observing the change. The latter picture showed a girl who had reached the end but tried to keep it hidden. Her face was a mask, unpenetrable and unreadable. It was as if she was choosing her expressions in the latter pictures. Sometimes she smiled, other times she stood just stood there. At other times she seemed distracted or nonchalant and some other purposely taunting someone.

"big smiles hide a lot of pain. And I actually thought she was living the life" GMN-5 murmured the last part sarcastically to herself. If the others heard her, they didn't show or react.

"The next drive contains documents, most of which are medical files and I really can't understand most of them," GMN-9 said while inserting the other drive. He displayed the documents on the screen.

"stop!" GMN-3 called when 9 wanted to just scroll through. He enlarged the document in question.

"hell no!" GMN-3 said starring wide eyes at the screen

"that's…that's…they…they used…"GMN-6 stammered staring at the screen. GMN-3 collected the remote from 9 and scrolled through the documents himself and then stilled. His body vibrated with anger.

"they f*cking used us as lab rats for their research!!!" GMN-3 roared.

"explain lab rat please," GMN-7 said

"This is a genetic mutation and reconfiguration. It's not even supposed to be possible and if I'm right, we were the first test subjects. They were trying…to change us. It alters the original genetic composition…"GMN-3 explained

"you mean they turned us into this!?" GMN-7 said like his brain was unwilling to accept this piece of information.

"I didn't even understand more than half of what was written and there's this" GMN-9 said collecting the remote from 3.

"Oh, shit!!!" GMN-2 said immediately the document was displayed.

Okay, what was with all the swearing?

"They didn't just adjust our memory they wiped it clean," GMN-2 said. The anger in the room began to reach unattainable heights.

"so that's what that's for?" GMN-9 asked rhetorically and then gave a scoff "well it might interest you to know that GMN-1 has three of these carried out on different days."

"What!!!??? were they trying to kill her? It's hard enough to survive this first trial let alone three times!" GMN-2 roared. GMN-9 gave a mocking scoff and said

"very probable, very probable. That's not even the interesting part. We all passed the medical fitness exam. No disease, no ailment just unfortunate highly intelligent kids that were sacrificed" GMN-9 said showing documents with human profiles. "altogether there were thirty children used for the experiment and only nine survived and it was recorded as a high success rate. Very high if I'm being precise" GMN-9 said flipping through the documents until he came to one. "3 This is yours" was a very detailed profile with his name, gender, date of birth, place of birth, parents' names, occupation, achievements, and results of extensive monitoring. There looked to be parts of the documents missing.

GMN-9 kept showing them until he came to GMN-1's profile. Her was the longest. Her achievements were many.

"Turns out crazy Williams wasn't lying," GMN-9 said. The resentment in his voice was cutting

"Who did this!?" GMN-4 was ready to burn the whole world just to get that person.

"Who would do this to innocent children who committed no crime!?" GMN-6 shouted

"why?" GMN-5 asked bitterly

"you could ask them," GMN-9 said bringing up a document that showed the research had been commissioned by the order of thirty. "or better still you could ask them," GMN-9 said bringing up another document. One look at the document had everyone speechless. It read 'doctors in charge Dr. Anabella Stone, Dr. Andrew Stone, and Dr. Adriana Georges. Administrative officer Deccan Johnson'. the entire room erupted in chaos. GMN-1's parents were responsible and so was Doc! Even Deccan had a hand in this. It seemed like their bodies couldn't contain their anger, they went berserk and crushed whatever was closer to them sending things crashing. The only calm person there was GMN-9. He just stood there watching them. GMN-4 made to leave.

"where are you going? You're going to miss the grand finale" GMN-3 said putting the last drive.

Wait! There was more!?

GMN-9 played the video. It showed the day of the modification, to be precise the procedure being carried out on GMN-1. they had never heard her scream like that ever. The anesthetic they had used at first wasn't strong. They could hear the screams of others probably in other rooms. They almost carried out the procedure while she was still awake. She had gone under after screaming she'd kill them all and had woken up in the middle of the procedure. She nearly died on their table because of the pain. GMN-9 couldn't keep his cool again.

"how can someone do that to their child!!!??? their flesh and blood!!!???" GMN-9 screamed. At the end of the video were the words 'I finally broke her. I finally saw those helpless and defeated tears'. He played the video Dr. Annabelle took when they stormed her lab. The woman was bloody wicked!!! heartless!!!

GMN-4 roared like a wounded animal seeking vengeance. This was too much. He was going to kill them all!!! starting from the bastard that said he is her father.

"Stone!!!" GMN-4 roared and dashed out of the room as the emergency lights and alarm blasted on in a torrent. He was too far gone to be saved. The anger was a haze clouding their vision demanding blood, demanding justice, demanding vengeance. Bright red eyes sought to destroy, to consume but the words that blasted through the loudspeakers were like a bucket of iced water, having them abandoning everything and rushing out.

"Code yellow! Code yellow! Patient 2306 code yellow!"

"She's awake and she's gone!"