Chapter 89: Is She Death?

*Flashback*

Loki's POV

I once again have my usual dreams and once again I see that woman, she's a strange figure, I don't think I know anyone with that appearance and I'm pretty sure I have the capability to envision such a person.

Leilah's her name...but I wish she would just go away. Interacting with people doesn't do me any favors, it's just slightly extending my will to live by having someone else to converse with, even if it's a dream.

At some point, I'd just wish that my will to live was much weaker, as much as I want to die...not only will they not provide me the opportunity...I'm scared of death more than anything. Where will I go...? Since I don't believe, will heaven not exist for me, not even hell?

I've read that some people who experienced seeing a light shining on them or seeing angels, but those were the people who were religious, as for those who wasn't...they saw nothing or pitch black darkness.

Will I see and experience nothing as well since I don't believe in a god? I'm scared of killing myself and yet, I want to die in order to not feel all this pain, I can't even sleep with my own volition since they use sleeping gas to regulate me.

They forbid me from doing certain exercises that gets me stronger and making it harder for me to resist. All my attempts to escape have mostly been futile. They even have actors pretending to help me only to send me back when I'm asleep.

The last time, it was trusting the police when I asked for help, but unlike the others, I detected lies in their words, yet when I saw the opportunity to escape, I didn't, I followed them and they turned me in, they couldn't even just finish me, they just had to keep me alive.

This woman is really annoying, she's talkative and always try to get me to tell about myself when I couldn't be bothered and wanting to enjoy my only good time while it lasted, yet, she just kept pestering me. This is the 3rd time I met her and I don't know why she's here.

Is she death, is she a spirit? I do not know, she's clearly something that only exist in my dreams and yet not.

I woke up today and as per usual, I showered, put on the clothes set to me and ate my breakfast, I refused it at first, but it would just result in them strapping me down and injecting nutrient directly into me, a more painful experience, so I can't even die of starvation or dehydration.

It's the only time where I'm allowed to take off my mask, but not without 4 armed guards in the room.

Then a bell rang with several more arm guards coming into my room for some of the usual weekly suppressive drug injection. It's to keep my power in check and for suppressing it enough just for me to use it if they require a certain level or demonstration of it.

Of course, they don't know that I've developed a certain immunity to it and they would require a much higher level of dosage for it to work, of course, I made sure to not let them know as I need any opportunity and strength whenever I escape again.

I have my daily exercise when they go away, push ups, sit ups, some dance moves and that's about it. It won't be long till they start the daily experiment, and my daily painful experience will start once again with no regards for me at all as I'm treated as just an object.

*Present day at Perseus' original world*

Keith has aged since those days at the facility, he's one of the ones who have gotten away with no punishment and is using his degree to do a proper job. At least, that's how people perceive it.

Unlike the others, he did not try to stay away from similar projects since getting caught this time means that there are no ways of him getting away from it. It's not like he regrets it, he has recently gotten married to a fellow scientist he met working on their new project.

"How is the super today?" Keith asked one of his subordinate

"Well, I can say for certain that we are the closest to accomplishing one of the goals, sir." the scientist replied "We are close to be able to determine the origin of the supers."

"Well my last project died after all, we were close to being able to copy one of the abilities he possessed."

"I've heard, you took the lead and got the closest to do it despite being one of the newest member."

"Well it's sad that an apocalypse class died, but too late, we can't go after him since the government are watching him at every angle. This time, we're doing this for a private company instead of a government funded project with a fake private company as its face."

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Perseus POV

Damn, I can't buy this zoo even if I tried, this has been decades of business that generated millions every month, I was just hoping to be like Bruce Wayne and just buy the whole place, though it's to release every animal to the wild after they're ready to go back instead of keeping them locked up or release them when they're not ready.

We leave for the day when it's late, it's going to take a while for me to fly both me and Vince back home. Magic sure is convenient, I can travel everywhere super fast and it's normal, it just takes effort, which I hate.

We got back home in time for dinner since my parents said they wanted to wait for Vincent, it's kinda clear that they're showing certain favoritism and...I'm not jealous at all, this must be how Leilah feels.

But it's not like I care that much, this guy has probably been through a lot, my parents told me in secret that it took a very long time for him to be like this and it'll be a while for him to return to normal, I wish for a bit more of bonding time at a better place, but it can wait, I need to infiltrate an event again after all.