ME...Chapter 3

Chapter 31

April looked up from the mess of wires, and pocketed the tiny multi-tool gadget.2

"Alright, I'm done already!" she called to the one way mirror. 3

The glass unfogged for a moment, to reveal a man in a white coat with a clipboard. He consulted his papers, then nodded to a person out of view of the temporarily visible window. The person unlocked the deadbolt on the outside, walked into the room, and set the next contraption down on the table for April to mess with. Then, turning on his heels, he walked out, shut and locked the door, and the mirror fogged over.4

April stared dumbstruck at it for a minute. Then she exploded in rage.5

"A toaster?! A TOASTER?! Gosh dangit, I told you people already that I can't fix a toaster! 'Everything but the toaster', I said, do you not remember?!"6

By now, she was out of her chair, breathing hard. 7

The speaker in the corner crackled, "-are you saying that the great 'Tech' can hack into the countries best comps, break through the Pentagon's smokescreens, but can't fix a toaster? Pathetic...." came the ridiculing voice.8

April was practically spitting with rage, and was about to start cussing out the whitecoats when-9

-bzzzzZZZZZT!10

The time buzzer went off, and she slumped back into her chair. Allowing Them to unbind her foot from where it was attached to the chair leg by lock and key, she let them lead her from the room. As she passed by an ajdoining hallway, sounds of footseps and dragging/shuffling drifted to her ears. She paused to listen for a moment, and was practically stepped on by one of the atendants. 11

"Keep moving, 'Tech'..." 12

She gave him a dirty look, and confinued on her way. Presently, as they turned the corner, they met up with the owners of the footsteps. A young man with icy blue eyes, followed by  a whitecoat dragging/leading a girl.13

The girl was gagged, her arms were held forcefully behind her back, and April could see why. The man holding her had a bloody finger, red scratch marks up and down his arms, and a nail mark from above his eye down to the edge of his other cheek. The girl looked up, and for a moment, Aprils green eyes locked with her gray ones.14

There was rebelion in the girls eyes, and pure fury and rage. But behind all that, there was an intense fear. A look of almost quiet despair passed through the two girls, before they were forced on their ways. 15

April's thoughts were downcast. Yet another ME was taken, ansd there was little hope for her to return.16

As the girls were parted, April turned her head slightly sideways to look at her again. The girl craned her neck to look back at her one more time. April put as much emotion in her eyes to send the girl a message before they were both forced around the corners.17

Run.18

Get out of here as fast as you can. 19