She's An Animal

Two

Edith:

The beeping sound of the heart monitor is annoying the hell out of me. This isn't the first time I wake up after passing out like this. Silver poisoning is no joke. However, this is the first time I wake up after a massive screw up like what happened. I can't help but feel like I'm in deep s**t.

"That's because you are in deep s**t," I forget she's a mind a reader. I opened my eyes to see mother adjusting my I.V.

"Did he die?" I asked.

"Jeffery should be the least of your concerns but no. He didn't die,"

"What do you mean the least of my concerns?" she let out a heavy sigh before coming over to me shaking her head. She scanned my body with her eyes before she directly looked at me.

"The head vampiress has flagged you compromised. You are to recover here and once you're ready you have to leave the base for six months," I sighed sitting up.

"Just the six months?" she smiled catching the relief in my voice.

"Yeah, she wanted to give you the two years but I convinced her not to. Just like I convinced her not to kill you,"

"She killed Isaac?" a small part of me felt a slight pang. Side effects of the enhancement wearing off. She looked away.

"Yes. It was you or him. He told us it was his fault. You two almost failed,"

"He didn't lie. He failed to clear the east side of the building. Then he gave away our location by attempting to take lead,"

"You shouldn't have let him back out. You should have killed him inside E. We could have flagged him, rogue,"

"He's been my beta since we were both put on the field. I just thought he was having an off day," she sighed as I pulled the white sheets off my body and began to removed the needles and wires on my body.

I'm not one to play sick very long. With the enhancement, my recovery is hastened to nearly a good night's sleep or being sedated for a couple days. Once they let me get up there is no getting back in that bed. She knows how I am now and didn't fight me on it.

Once I got on my feet she turned back to me. In her hands, a small pack and I know exactly what's in it. Small doses of enhancement. Enough to keep me stable without going on a killing spree.

"Edith, I need you to be careful. Head towards Washington and Oregon. Those packs aren't under our influence. We surveyed but they weren't flagged dangerous. You have made enemies and I don't want them to catch you out there alone," I nodded taking the black pouch from her.

"What am I supposed to do?" I asked without looking up at her.

"Lay low. I'll see what I can do to bring back in. We're short a team now so it probably won't be too hard,"

The automatic door slid open and I started to make my way to my room. As I walked by others they gave me sympathetic glances. Sam is nowhere to be seen. She's going to have a fit if she's not already having one. This is officially the first time we're going to be apart from one another.

I looked around my room everything is neatly organized just the way I like to keep it. I took three white v necks, three black ones, three gray ones, and three blue ones off the shelves. Six pairs of grey combat pants and my black combat boots followed. I set them down on my bed and went to get my issued duffle bag. I was packing everything in when I felt her come in, more like smelled her come in.

"If I were in your position I wouldn't bother returning. Once you've been flagged that's what you're known for, dog," I would have growled at her maybe even killed the b***h but she just so happened to be my superior and no amount of ranking would ever change that unless I killed her but then I'd have to face mother's wrath and as someone who's been on the receiving end of that stick, I rather not.

"Is that what you care about? What we're known for? I'm not here for the reputation I can give less f***s about what any of you leeches think of me. I'm just waiting for you to make the list," she hissed at me.

"Who do you think will replace you, dog? Perhaps your eager to please sister," this time, I didn't hold back the growl. It echoed in my small room. She backed away from me as I placed my undergarments in the duffle bag and zipped up the bag strapping it over my shoulders and grabbing my backpack.

"I can easily kill you, fangs. Don't forget that I hold back out of respect for mother. She wouldn't like it if I killed you but I doubt she would hold it against me for too long. I can take what she'll throw at me before she puts me back on the field. Remember that,"

The whooshing sound of her flit was the only thing left in the room. I have to leave and I really don't want to. The small amounts of enhancement might not be enough to keep me at bay. There are so many things wrong with this. These f*****g rules are stupid.

I need to get out of here before Sam sees me. I put on myRay-bans and exited the dorms. There's no sign of her anywhere. The last thing I want is for an awkward goodbye or her making one of her infamous scenes. Mother caught my eye when I got to the exit. She gave me a simple nod before she turned away.

It's not sunny out today. The sky is clouded and there's a heavy feeling all around. This is not a good thing. I don't know if I'll be able to maintain the stability of what I've become and neither do they. I can hurt a lot of people. I've done it before. I've done it under their supervision. This isn't freedom. This can only end two ways. One, I'll be completely fine. Two, I'm going to lose control. They're going to have no other choice but to put me down.

Once I was off base and on the street I walked towards the people getting lost within the crowds of Chicago. My first priority is transportation. I need to get as far away from here as I can. I need to get somewhere secluded. Somewhere I can just lay low and sit this death sentence out with minimal casualties.