Late at night, the sharp sounds of footsteps echoed across the empty hallways of the laboratory. It was light out and everybody was supposed to be in their rooms leaving only type night duty guards patrolling the whole building. But none of this was enough to stop Selene. Not even bothering to mask her presence, Selene’s walked freely through the dimly lit corridors without fear of being discovered. Soon she reached an intersection where she stopped to look at the labeling in the wall to determine her destination. There was a security camera at the intersection but Selene ignored it knowing that nobody could see her through it. There virus program Selene had gotten through her brother’s connection naturally didn’t only work in the testing area but tbh had already been uploaded into the entire labs local network allowing Selene to take over part of the lab’s security system. Right now, Selene was practically invisible to all security cameras and she possessed the patrol schedule

Selene finished speaking but the three—Hobbs, Fazz, and Jenkins—didn’t say anything immediately. Instead, they exchanged looks with each other while remaining silent. Selene didn’t rush them but simply waited as the silence continued to fester. Eventually, Fazz broke the silence with a question. “Our master… who is he?” This question was not about the plan they were supposed to be discussing nor did it have any relevance to why they were there in the first place, but deep in the eyes of Hobbs and Jenkins, you could see that this question, more than any plans was the most important thing to them right now. And it made sense… Selene could understand. When she had been controlled by Cale, her first moments after that had been filled with this question. Although Cale’s power was infallible and without flaws, there is no way a normal person’s entire being could be directly overridden without leaving some traces. In this case, the traces presented themselves in the form of curiosity to

Selene and the others continued to discuss way into the night. Just like Selene said, nobody came into the cafeteria so they weren’t discovered. Eventually, the four of them were done with their discussion, having reached a consensus about their next course of action regarding the plan.“Alright, that's everything. We will go with this plan for now,” Selene said, rounding up their meeting.“In the morning, as soon as the test starts, I will be attending to the master while you three act as we have discussed. It’s not possible to include you in the test as that would raise suspicion but as long as things go according to plan then there would be no problems.”“This is the end of this discussion, You can make your way back to your rooms on your own. Don’t worry about being seen by the cameras, I’ve already programmed it to ignore you guys from now on so you can move about as freely as you want but be careful not to be spotted by the guards.”“Also, there's one final warning I’ll give you

Krasin stared at Selene, his gaze highly confrontational but the slight twitch of lips at the edge of his mouth showed that Krasin was enjoying himself right now. His pupils were engorged, looking like deep black wells that almost filled the whites of his eyes and seemingly absorbing all light, a sign that Krasin was using his powers in an attempt to intimidate Selene—but it was also possible that he was using it to observe Selene’s distraught face in order to gain pleasure from her discomfort. This was ethically deplorable—using one’s powers to oppress and harm a colleague was frowned upon in any circle especially if it was done with the intent to harm or sabotage another. On any other day, this would’ve worked. After all Selene was an only a normal non awakened with less resistance to awakened powers but this time, it didn’t work. After falling under Cale’s control, and having her psyche rewired, Selene had actually developed a resistance to any other mind-altering powers or subst

Candor was at a loss for words. Speechless and confused, she asked Cale for clarification.“What did you say to me?”Cale answered, “You said that if I didn’t do anything there would be severe consequences, so I simply asked how severe the consequences would be.”Hearing this once again, Candor confirmed that she wasn’t hallucinating which meant that Cale was sef im Italy playing with her.Fumed, Candor said in a high-pitched voice, “Subject zero, I do not know what games you are trying to play right now ow but I advise that you not test my patience and do as you were told. Begin the test!”“…”“Why?” Cale, still not doing anything asked.“Why?” Candor repeated dryly.“Yes,” Cale said again.“Why should I do as you say… just because you said so? Is it because I’m your prisoner and you can do whatever you want to me so I must comply, or is it because of the so-called consequences you mentioned?”“…”Candor’s jaw hung open in disbelief. Once again she didn’t know what to say so she turn