Chapter 50: Don't Hate Your Ability
Perseus POV
As I slept for the night, I dreamt of a certain interaction of when I was still young and still stuck in the project. I was in the room of the apocalypse class project: Lucifer, he never told me his actual name and only told me to refer to him by the nickname they gave. I'm one of the only ones who don't remember his own family nor name, there were a lot of people who was captured and brought here since young, most died, some lived till adulthood and is stuck in here for a long time.
I was amongst the youngest if not the youngest amongst the ones to be rescued from this project. Lucifer is one of the people in here that those stupid scientists or whatever they call themselves interact with, though I can only speak using text to speech on the tablet or write things out for Lucifer to read.
He is an acquaintance at best, but I know my interaction is being watched and I'm not talking about the guards, it seems that they're always letting us meet for some purpose that I haven't overheard.
"Well, how are you doing, Loki? I heard the board or whatever considered putting you in the black level." Lucifer greeted "It would have been great, you'll be the third youngest black class if that was the case, the other 2 evolved to an extinction class."
I then typed my reply and showed it to him, I can tell, whatever I'm typing, what I erased, it's all shown to those guys behind that stupidly thick one way mirror.
I can lucid dream and not live through this, but...I'll just let it play out.
'I don't want to die, you idiot.'
"Hah, that's funny.' he then let out a laugh "There are only 5 extinction class in the world, 3 is killed, the 2 is working for em and so they're not in any records. f course, they're abilities are much more simple and easier to handle, and they're mainly used to only contain us."
'You don't even know their abilities.'
"Of course, I don't, but I've escaped and killed enough to know that they were working for em, and since none of the guards are doing anything, don't worry about being put to sleep like last time, your head must have hurt, huh?"
'No thanks to you.'
"Well one thing's for sure, you're smart. You'll probably be one of the ones who'll get out of here and let this whole shit be known, you've already managed to escape several times, but next time run to another country, a not so rich country, our bidders got every station locked down."
'Back to the extinction class, I'm interested.'
"Well, one extinction class, one of his ability is simply cancelling all ours out, but that's on I know." he said as he looked up "You're probably curious on why they let you see me, I know why, but I'm not gonna say, I hate being held down again, already gave up escaping and resigned my fate here. My bidder is asking for them to quicken their pace."
'Who's your bidder?'
"The UK, same as you." he answered "They paid billions, and now we're worth trillions combined, if only we were born normal...None of this would ever have to happen to us, Loki...let's just waste their time by talking."
'I can't even actually talk, besides, don't act like we're friends by being sentimental.'
"Of course, we're not friends." he chuckled "We're only just subjects who happened to be in the same circumstances, under the same bidder. Smart kid, I wouldn't be able to use those kind of words, but anyway, I heard you can create and control illusions, must be fun and magical."
'The moment I do, I'll get shot, so I won't."
"I ain't asking you too, just curious, you can tell whenever I lie just by instinct, a useful ability, stupid that you didn't trust your own gut when you reported to those stupid corrupt cops, don't hate your ability, it's all ya got now. That's probably one of the only times I'd say you weren't smart."
I don't even know why I'm having this dream, really weird to remember this interaction with Lucifer, a guy whose one of the more highly priced and secured project.
"I heard you can dance right, must be nice to be able to move, I'm restrained, you just can't talk." he joked "You do ballet, right? Isn't that a bit girl?"
'There are male dancers too, besides, I got nothing to do, I can't really jack up since the weights they gave me are 5kg at best, and even then it's limited.'
"Of course, they don't want us escaping, well exercise before they put you in like me, I can barely move, I only play football at most, with no goal keepers."
*****
3rd Person POV
"Leilah?! Why is she with him and in his house?!" Maple exclaimed "How...? How did he even find her? No one have ever seen her in centuries and yet there she is...sleeping with him on his bed. This guy is just unbelievable. She's not on the northern continent, we've checked there many times, how could he have found her, and...have the power of 2 roses, one of which is the strongest one...he's going to be more power than the heroes at this rate."
She thought about contacting the other 3 gods and tell them who've she found but...at the same time, either they wouldn't believe that she saw their older sister or they'll intrude on her territory.
*****
Perseus POV
I woke up in the morning and look at the clock, it seems that I slept past my usual time to wake up for my usual daily training. Must be because I'm tired and me sleeping longer due to the cold.
I heard a knock on the door and saw Mom Rylee poked her head in.
"Perseus, breakfast is...isn't that Leilah?" she asked
"Hmm, yeah."
"You 2, you're not secretly dating are you?"
"No."
"Then why is her arms wrapped around you?"
"She has a bad habit of sleepwalking and it seems she snuck on the wrong bed, I just woke up, mom."
She doesn't believe me, does she?