"Why are you so harsh to big brother?", Candice asks with an annoyed look on her face.
"Why? Since he never thought about us before he do those things that will get us into trouble", I said while reading a book without looking at her.
"But still!!!", she said while slamming the table which made me look at her coldly. "You should try to convince him than knocking him out like that!!!", she added as she pouts at me acting all cute when I just roll my eyes at her.
"Stop harassing Ezekiel, Candice! You weren't there, to begin with...", Sherlly said as she pushed her away while looking at her coldly which made her walk away.
I just look at them as I sigh in disbelief and went back to read the book again.
"She totally acts so weirdly when it comes to Jackson. It's like she got a thing for him when he doesn't even care about us", Sherlly said as I turn the page of the book I'm reading.
"I really don't mind her ranting at me about what I did to Jackson. It doesn't bother me at all since she's way too obvious that she likes him", I said as I heard her coughing which made me look at her in confusion.
"What did you just say?! Does she like him?! What kind of like?! Like a brother complex?!", she said while shouting since she can't believe what I just said.
"It's more than that, Sherlly", I said as I went back to my reading while taking some notes out of it. "She's not like you who got a brother complex at me, even if we're the same age."
"I-it's different!!!" She said while banging the table which made me stop writing as I look annoyed at her. "I just like how you act so mature and composed while facing that idiot Jackson", she said while blushing and looking away, avoiding my gaze.
"I'm okay with it since you're not annoying like Candice who kept on following Jackson wherever he goes", I said that made her smile at me as I continue what I'm doing.
I don't really mind her having a brother complex with me, she doesn't even show any signs of liking me more than that. As long as she won't disturb me while I'm busy reading a book or doing something.
"All children need to go to their daily physical examination!!!", one of the staff shouted as I clean up the table and put my things away.
"I hate this part of the day...", Sherlly said as she unwillingly stands up in her seat. "It's annoying to hear them yapping their mouth with the exact same questions every day!!!", she added as Alexa slaps her back which made her jolt in surprise.
"Straighten up, Sherlly! We don't have any other choices than to do what they wanted us to do", Alexa said as I pats Sherlly's head.
"You heard her, Sherlly. It's not like they will lock us up inside their office with them all day", I said as our caretakers took us to the examination rooms with different doctors that were monitoring us.
*the one of the doctors' office...
"Ahh... If it isn't C-001 who knocks down the most problematic child of all", Dr. Harrison said as he gestures at me to take a seat.
"You know I hate his guts, especially when he went into his maniac mode. He should be grateful that's the only thing I did to him. I really want to snap his neck though", I said while smiling at the doctor as she laughs hysterically hearing me saying such things.
"You're still an 8-year-old kid, C-001. But the way you're speaking and thinking is much like a mature person instead of a child", she said while checking my heartbeat with her stethoscope as I breathes in and out deeply.
"Why would I act like a kid in this hell hole, doctor? I never know what the outside world looks like either", I said as I heard her coughing indicating she was not comfortable hearing me talking like that.
Out of all doctors in this rotten place, she's the only doctor who never gets scared about us. She always shows us that we can trust her and lets us talk like this as she listens to us closely.
"C-000's current state is something we can't say he is like the rest of us, since he had a chaotic attitude which made Dr. Collins pays more attention to him instead", she said as I roll my eyes disagreeing with her as she laughs it off.
"If that's true, why the hell did he keep on telling me to be the leader of the group?! For what?! Making that maniac attack me when I'm not even interested in it?!", I said as I tried to calm down while she hands me a glass of water.
"He kept on telling us that it's for some research when C-000 is most likely what we've been trying to find", She said that made me want to do something about it but I can't and I don't know how either.
"Mrs. Lawrence kept on saying that we're more special than the normal kids our age", I said as I sigh deeply as I look at Dr. Harrison. "But what the hell does a normal kid looks like?! No one wants to tell us about it, let alone approach us!", I said as I heard her laugh hysterically again.
"Hahahaha let's continue our examination before Dr. Collins starts to check on us if we're doing the examination or not", she said as she wave her hand meaning she's want me to turn around.
"It's annoying to keep your guard up and do better than anyone else when there's a maniac keeping an eye on your every move", I said as I sigh deeply and breathed in and out deeply.
"It's unavoidable since you hate it when you watch the other kids getting into trouble because of that uncontrollable kid. You've always been mistaken when you only thought of working together instead of attacking one another", she said that made me scoff by what she said which I can't deny of it.
"We all are experiments ever since we were born. I thought sticking together until we can manage to fight back and use what we learned against those who look down on us", I said as she hits my head and made me look at her pissed off.
"That is why don't act recklessly and plan out everything for perfect timing", she said making it sound like a piece of advice than some of her usual unpredictable quotations. "You're a smart kid, C-001...", she said while smiling at me like she totally believes in me.
She's so weird that she doesn't act like the other doctors or researchers in this hell hole. But she rather acts like a concerned person instead, just like how mom worries about us every day.
"We're all done! Nothing's wrong with you, plus you're perfectly sane and insane at the same time", she said that ticks me off for some reason.
"Whatever! You're weird than the other doctors and researchers!!!", I said standing up as I opened the door roughly.
"Oh, Ezekiel... How I wished to tell you everything about the truth, my boy...", she said as she pushed the door closed after she pushed me out of the room.
I just sat down on the floor looking at the door to her office dumbfounded by what she just said before she pushed me out.
'Did she mean something behind her words?', I thought as Mrs. Lawrence helped me to get up and lead me back to my room.
But later that day, I heard she quit her job here after the daily examination ended. Quitting your job here means not seeing the light ever again.
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