Cyrus Noble Chapter 23

I don't know what happened. I feel........cold. Was I dead? Am I in some kind of spirit realm? A spirit, waiting to be judged? Do experiments go to heaven? I tried to move, I found that my muscles are sore and stiff. I just stood in this strange position and receded into my own thoughts. After a while I could hear something. Panic. A scream. I felt the vibrations of an impact, but nothing else. I struggled against whatever force was holding me down. The invisible weight that kept me from looking around. Not that I could see anything anyway. It was dark. Now I'm freezing. I struggled to hear something. If I listened hard enough, I could hear a muffled sob. For the longest time that's all I heard. Over the next hour or so, my sight got brighter, then it got darker, back and forth again, teasing me with sight. Then I could feel something warm. It was beating down on my head. My body was fighting against this mysterious force to go towards this warmth. I could feel this thing around me; disappearing, melting away. Wait.......Melting? I'm encased in ice! How did that happen? As more of my body was freed from the ice, I went limp. I was drained, I could barely breath. They threw me into a dark room. I heard a shout and a scuffle of feet. I felt a warm and gentle hand on my face and I struggled to force my eyes open. I saw Jazz, and I smiled. "Hey." Jazz smiled too, "Hey." We stared at each other for a minute. Viktor snapped us out of it. "I'm sorry, do you two need to be alone or something?" We both stood up, blushing. I stretched out and said, "What happened?" Magnet answered for me. "We all just woke up in the back of a truck. We found you in that block of ice, and we thought that they somehow...." He drifted off. None of them wanted to say it. I said, "OK. So once again, we have been kidnapped, ripped out of where ever we were staying at, and we have no idea where we are. Am I right?" Everyone nodded. I grinned. "Nothing we can't handle." The door slid open to reveal someone dressed as a knight. No. I'm serious. I mean legit knight. Armor, shield, sword in its sheath at his side and everything. He spoke through his helmet, "Doctor Ching will see you in his office now. You will behave or you will suffer the consequences." I glared at him. "Or what?" I retorted, "You'll perform a series of training courses, mind games, testing serums and painful pills on us? Or, better yet, shove us into an arena and try to kill us with snake-wolf-hybrids!" The Dork Knight ignored my near out lash. He stepped aside and I could see big bodily men in suits. They lead us down several hallways, and put us in a storage elevator. Unfortunately, it fit both us and the guards. They lead us down more and more hallways, and into a office. It was big enough to hold seats for all of us. and then some. The desk in the center was occupied by Ching. After a minute or two of silence, and the guards and Doctor watching us, the door opened. A man in entirely black clothes came in. He had his hood up and his hands in his leather pockets. I glared at him. He shook it off. I could swear I could see his breath. It wasn't cold in here at all. Doctor Ching acted like an over-excited child. "Ah! Zero! Thank you so much for bringing back my beloved children!" Huh? The man replied, "It wasn't a problem. The equipment you provided helped a lot." I interviened, "What? What are guys talking about?" Ching shot a glare at me, then hid it. Zero looked at me and removed his hood. His skin (including his hands), were blue. His hair was black, and his eyes are purely white. He then responded, "The name is Zero. I'm a special kind of bounty hunter. I look for run aways such as yourself and return them to their parents. Whatever it is you guys dissagreed on, I'm sure it can be worked out. Right?" He looked to Dr. Ching, who nodded. "I have already scheduled a family class for us. Thank you again for bringing back my little adopted family." He pulled out an envelope from his coat pocket and handed it to Zero. "Here is the money I promised. Now take care, Mr. Zero." As he left, Dr. Ching ran-off into a lecture; faked no doubt. Something about our "mother". I wasn't paying attention. I thought towards Sara. Bud. I know this goes against my "stay hidden" idea, but I need you to contact that Bounty Hunter. Tell him the truth. Tell him what they are really going to do. He may be our only hope of getting out of this. Out of the side of my eye, I saw Sara nod, and then close her eyes in concentration. I could only sit there and hope that he will listen to that random voice in his head.