Unleashed by Jessica Brody

Author:Jessica Brody
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780374379797
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

7: Rebel

Once I arrive back on the Diotech compound, the cube drive is immediately sent to the memory labs for analyzing. I have to lie down for half the day to regain my strength. I wonder if I’ll ever get used to the sensation of traveling through time.

I wonder if anyone does.

For the next few days, there is nothing to do but wait. Wait for news of Dr. Alixter’s condition. Wait for the Memory Coders to sort through the girl’s traitorous past. Wait for my mind to stop feedcasting her face to me on a twenty-four-hour loop. She’s all I can think about. Her eyes. Her face covered in grime. The way my body sang when I touched her.

I fear for my own weakness. I fear for my sanity. Perhaps I was not ready for this mission after all. Dr. Alixter is right. The girl is dangerous. I don’t know how she managed to make me feel so much in such a short period of time. Maybe she really is a witch as the townspeople of London accused her. Maybe she’s been given genetic enhancements that I wasn’t given. That I don’t even know about. Freakish abilities to manipulate the energy around her, turning normal oxygen molecules into black holes until you feel like you’re falling into nothingness while you’re still standing.

But most of all, I still fear that they will send me back to her.

Less than a week ago, I wanted to save her. I argued for the right to save her. Now, I don’t know. If I save her, what will that do to me?

I spend a lot of time in my simulation chamber, but I run through all the games in less than a day. I need another update to make the challenges harder. But for that, I must wait some more.

I haven’t seen Director Raze since I returned and he took the drive from me. I imagine he’s in the memory labs with the Coders, figuring out what the girl knows and how it can help us.

For the first time in my entire existence I feel trapped in this lab. I want to move. Run. Explore. I want more information. I need to figure out what happened to me in that prison cell. Could I possibly find it on an upload? I know they’ll give me any upload I request but what would I ask for? Brain manipulation? Witchcraft? The secret powers of beautiful women? None of those seem to be accurate and it doesn’t take me long to realize that I don’t even know what I’m dealing with. I can’t label it. And if I can’t label it, I can’t fix it.

I send multiple pings to Director Raze through my Lenses, asking for an update on anything, but he only replies half of the time, letting me know that there’s nothing yet to report but I’ll be briefed once there is.

Finally, I send a ping requesting to visit Dr. Alixter in the Health Center. I don’t know if he’s stable enough to talk to me or if he’s even coherent, but I must see him.

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