Darkness

“Will, glad you weren’t killed, or put back in a coma, or whatever.” Justin’s voice was smug. I awoke in the basement, recognizing symbols etched on the wall, the same symbols at Corey's house and the Gateway lab. My legs and torso were strapped to a wooden chair. My head throbbed, I reached up to check for blood. It had dried.

“Where’s Monika?” I asked.

“Don’t worry about her. Leave that to me.” Justin said.

“Corbin? You guys set me up."

“We need you, Will. It’s your lucky day!” I didn’t respond. “You see, Corbin did make Project Gateway come alive, but it needs someone special, a distinguished operator. That’s where you come in, and your girlfriend.”

“Yeah, what’s your motivation?”

“It’s simple, Will. You’re going to make us rich. There are people, well, I don’t know if I’d really call them people, that will, let’s just say, sell their souls to get what we have. They don’t talk much, in fact, they don’t talk at all. They speak through their eyes."