“Morgan! Wake up. You must eat.”
Jesus he was going to make me big as a house.
Lately, it seemed like the only thing I liked to do was eat, sleep and have sex. I was once again awaken by the sound of Alpha’s voice.
“Mmmm” I grunted. “I’ll eat later. Let me sleep.” I answered without opening my eyes.
I snuggled closer to his chest, absorbing the warmth. His double heart beat pounded in my ear.
Alpha chuckled. “We only have a few more hours, is this how you would like to spend it?”
I could hear the teasing naughtiness in his voice. The more Alpha spoke to me, the less robotic it sounded. When he first spoke, he didn’t have much inflection to his words and he never said more than a few words at a time. Not because he didn’t know how to talk, I think it was because he never had. Now you could even feel the emotion in his words. I didn’t need to feel the heavy weight of his pulsing erection on my stomach to know that he meant to tease me.
My eyes popped open with a smile. I lifted my head to look down at Alpha. He winked at me before planting a quick kiss on my lips.
“I wish I could wake up this way all the time.” I confessed.
He smiled and I loved what smiling did to his face. “Would you not grow weary of seeing me so often?”
“Are you kidding? I would never tire of being with you, Alpha.” I gazed into those silver eyes that had always had the ability to speak to me. “I love you.” Yes, I finally admitted it.
I no longer cared that it made me sound insane, or that he might be incapable or unable to understand what the emotion was. I didn’t even care if he didn’t feel the same way. I just couldn’t hold on to the words any longer. They were like caged birds trapped behind my lips fighting to come out. They needed to be free. I’d never said them before and actually meant them. When Trevor said them after three months of us dating, I thought he was joking. He was nice and I enjoyed spending time with him, but I knew I wasn’t in love with him. I wasn’t even in love with him when he asked me to marry him five months later. I did it because my parents told me I would be a fool and a disappointment if I didn’t. However, I know that I am in love with Alpha. I felt it that first day we made love. I told myself that I was just being sensitive to the first man that has truly showed me attention, but it is more than that. I knew it was.
“Yyyyyyyyou don’t hhhhhave to sssssssay it back. Iiiiiiiiii just.”
Alpha rose up from the bed and I sat up with him. He placed a hand to my cheek and I lifted my downcast eyes to him.
“Is love the word you use when you can’t stop thinking about another person? When the sight or mention of that person makes you smile and calms the rage inside you. Is love the word you use, when not being with that person brings you actual pain? Is it the feeling of floating when their eyes are on you, or when you feel their heart beat or the touch of their skin? Is love the word you use when no matter what happens to you, you will risk everything you have, even your well thought out plans of freedom, for that one person?”
My mouth hung open at his declaration. It seemed he understood the meaning of love better than any human that I knew. Even myself.
“Yes! That’s exactly what love means.”
Alpha smiled at me, those stunning eyes warming. “Then yes, Morgan. I love you, too.”
My lips found his in a kiss that was not sweet or slow. It was hard and rough and full of passion. His hands ran through my wild curly afro, holding me right where he wanted me. I moaned into his mouth and climbed to my knees, my hands on both sides of his face. I straddled Alpha’s lap, my breasts pressed to his chest. One of Alpha’s hand slid down my spine to my lower back to squeeze my ass. He broke our kiss to latch onto one of my puckered nipples. I threw my head back and whimpered as his hot tongue lapped over my sensitive breast. His hands continued to move lower until his fingers found my slippery slit. He growled when he felt the wet heat. He didn’t hesitate before he slipped two fingers inside me. I arched my back at the intrusion. My hips danced on his fingers.
“I need you.”
“You will have me, Morgan.” He removed his drenched fingers from inside my pussy and soon I felt his large cock head at my entrance. He rubbed the head against my slit, running it over my swollen clitoris, before parting my fat lips with it. Slowly, I widened my knees so that I could slip down onto his dick allowing the swollen flesh to stretch me open.
“Yes!” I moaned as I rocked my hips forward and then back.
“Ugh!” Alpha growled as he allowed my nipple to fall from his lips.
His pleasure filled moans sparked me on and I rocked faster, enjoying the little bite of pain from how deep he was. The sound of my moans and slippery center sucking him inside me echoed throughout the room. Alpha placed both of his hands at my side, guiding my hips in the rocking motion. He felt so good, tears slid down my face.
“I love you. I love you so much.” I chanted repeatedly as our bodies rolled together.
Soon I found myself underneath him. I lay on my stomach as his lips tracked slow kisses down my spine. I whimpered in protest when he slipped out of me.
“No. Dddddon’t stop.”
He chuckled from behind me as his tongue swirled around the middle of my lower back. He placed one hand under my right thigh and pushed it up towards my chest. From this position I was open wide for his eyes. He placed a kiss on my ass cheek. I could only imagine what it looked like from that close up. From there he could probably see the stretch marks where the skin had expanded over time to give me the curves I’ve grown accustomed to. However, Alpha treated my backside as if it was the greatest thing he had ever seen. His wet and sweet kisses circled the entire area. And trust me, it was a lot of area to cover. Then he did the last thing I was expecting, he gently bit one cheek. The sting was exciting and painful at the same time. Before I could register the bite he was gently kissing it and licking the area. He did this multiple times in a few different spots. Biting, kissing, and then licking the sting away. By the time he moved lower I was a panting and horny mess.
No matter how turned on I was, I wasn’t prepared for what he did next. With one hand on each of my round globes, he spread them apart and then ran his tongue around my forbidden hole.
“Alpha!” I squealed, trying to pull away, but he held me down and continued to feast on my most private area. I buried my face in the pillow. This was one of those taboo things that I didn’t believe people actually did. Trevor definitely never attempted this. Yet Alpha had me moaning into this pillow like a crazy person. The way his tongue intruded into my rosebud, stretching it just a little. Before long, my hand was reaching back behind me and I pressed his head closer. Alpha growled at my demanding move. His tongue slipped out of my ass and slid down to my pussy. He cupped the lips into his mouth and sucked, all the while his tongue danced around my clit. I pushed my ass back, feeding him more of me.
“Yes, Alpha! Oh please don’t stop.”
He pulled away from his task for only a second to reply. “Never.” Before going back to my puckered star. He buried his face between my cheeks. When he inserted his two fingers into my heated center, I came with a soundless scream. My entire body shook as he continued to feast. When the orgasm finally started to wane. Alpha slowly kissed back up my body to my neck. I was too exhausted to lift my head to kiss him back. He covered my entire back as he held his heavy erection and slid it between my sensitive pussy lips. I flinched, but enjoyed the feel of him sliding home.
“I love you, Morgan.” He whispered the words in my ear as he slowly made love to me.
I reached for his hand and clasped it by my head, I planted a kiss on his hand wrapped in mine. He continued to push into me in slow deep strokes. My body was covered in sweat. Alpha picked up his pace, pushing my knee further up, he slid in deeper and I cried out as my second orgasm started to build. I felt it in the tips of my fingers and toes. This was going to be a big one. Alpha’s pace had picked up so much the bed was sliding from the wall and then slamming back against it making a banging sound.
“One more, Morgan. Give me one more.” He demanded in his deep voice.
My body obeyed. I came so hard I nearly buck him off of me. Alpha shoved into me so deep my toes curled up, then his odd cooling semen bathed my walls. He placed a kiss on the back of my neck then slid out of me. He fell to the mattress and pulled my body into his. We lay in silence as we came down from our high.
“If we leave this place, will you still stay with me outside these walls?” The words were not spoken, but just like many times lately, they pop into my head. They appear so loud and clear it’s like someone was speaking them to me, but they aren’t.
I lifted up, leaning on my elbow to look down at him. His eyes were closed and his arm was lying across his face. He looked as if he were asleep, but I doubt he was.
“Did you just….” I didn’t finish my sentence.
Alpha’s finger came up to my lips to silence me. His silver eyes danced with secrecy and mirth. He slowly lowered his hand back down placing it behind his head as he continued to watch me.
He was waiting for me to answer, I didn’t need the mysterious words popping up in my head to know that’s what he wanted.
I placed my hand to his cheek, loving the feel of his short facial hair prickling my palm. He turned his head and placed a kiss in the center of my hand.
“Where ever you are, Alpha, I want to be.”
I prayed for the day that I would be able to leave this place with Alpha. Those dreams of living on a farm with him and our children had started to come more abundantly. I wanted them more than anything. I had no plans of going back to my family. I would send Trevor divorce papers and he could keep the house. I didn’t have any good memories in that place anyway. It was just as much of a prison as this facility. I was done being locked in any more prisons.
He leaned up from his position and placed a soft kiss on my lips.
“Soon.” He simply replied.
For only a moment I allowed his words to fill me with glee. How I wished that he would get us out of here. I didn’t doubt Alpha’s capabilities, I knew that he could do anything he wanted to do. However, I also knew that Dr. Strong still had the upper hand. As long as he had that kill switch, I wasn’t going anywhere. I refused to leave this place without Alpha. I’d waited all my life to find someone to love me the way he did. For someone to look at me and know that I was enough, that I was perfect just the way that I was. I finally had that and I was not going to give him up. No! When I left this hell, I was leaving with Alpha by my side and as long as Ryder Strong had that device, I wasn’t risking it.
I lay back down beside Alpha, cuddling up to his warmth. He wrapped his free arm under me and held me close. We only got a few moments of peace and quiet before the alarm went off.
Alpha leaped up from his position. I’d never heard this alarm before, not even during the common weekly drills. I could hear the sound of shuffling feet outside the door.
“What’s going on?”
Alpha turned to me and quickly demanded. “Get dressed.” He was on his feet pulling his black army fatigues up his muscled thighs. I stood to my feet on wobbly over worked legs. I barely got into my blue jumpsuit before the room door flew open.
Dr. Strong walked into the room surrounded by ten guards. The guards were dressed in their usual green fatigues, but they were wearing black Kevlar vest and big heavy guns.
“What’s going on?” I asked from my normal position behind Alpha’s back.
Whenever we were together, he always made sure he was standing between myself and any other male, especially Dr. Strong.
“We’re under attack.”
“By Who?”
“The government. They’ve become restless in their wait and have decided to take over project X. We have to take shelter, now.” Dr. Strong came towards us but Alpha gave one of his warning growls that had Dr. Strong stopping in his tracks.
“I don’t have time for this, Alpha. I must take Morgan and secure her before it’s too late.”
Again, Strong tried to come towards us. Usually in times like this, in order to keep the tension down, I’d go with Dr. Strong. If I didn’t, Dr. Strong would find a way to punish Alpha. I could handle the starving and cold, but I couldn’t stand not being able to see Alpha every day. I headed towards Dr. Strong.
Alpha’s arm shot out in front of me cutting me off. I stopped immediately and looked up to him. He wasn’t looking at me, he’s watching Dr. Strong.
“Alpha, what are you doing?” I whispered towards him. “He’ll try to keep me from you.”
Alpha paid me no mind.
“Come, Morgan!” Dr. Strong demanded.
I did notice that look in Dr. Strong’s eyes. Typically that look of madness was nothing more than a twinkle or glimmer. If you blinked you would miss that psychotic gleam in his eyes. However, now there was no hiding that deranged look. I believe Alpha must had noticed it too. He had yet to let me pass.
Suddenly, Dr. Strong started to laugh. It was the hysterical cackle of a madman. I wrapped my arms around Alpha’s biceps. My heart rate kicked up. I had a very bad feeling. I’d always known Dr. Strong was insane. I’d known since the first time I saw him on that terminal, but I was now convinced that it wasn’t just madness I was seeing. There was something else here, something unnatural.
“You always did think you were clever, Alpha.” Strong said as his laughter finally subsided. “You thought you were in control. When all this time, I was just using you.”
Alpha’s head turned to the side slightly as if he was studying more than just Strong’s words. I saw it too. There was something off about the way Dr. Strong was behaving.
“I needed them to think that my project was working. They thought I was making super soldiers, but the world doesn’t need soldiers, they need scientist. Men that are intelligent beyond belief. Ones that can solve wars with their brainstorming and problem solving skills, not some brainless beast whose only skill is to fight and shoot. You aren’t special, Alpha. You aren’t the future of war. I am.”
Oh, my god! It was worse than I thought. Dr. Strong’s common sense had completely left the building and we were left with a lunatic.
“I will hold him off. You must run. Find Beta.” The words appeared in my head again.
This time I knew it was Alpha communicating with me. I clutched his bicep harder. I was not leaving him. I didn’t care what happened to me, I’d rather leave my life here in this place with him than to go back to the real world alone.
“I’m not leaving you.” I said the words out loud as I gripped his arm harder.
He still didn’t take his eyes off of Dr. Strong. Meanwhile, Dr. Strong watched me.
“You will go.” The words appeared again. “You must keep our son safe. He grows inside you.”
I gasped as I released my hold on his arm and placed them over my belly.
I’m pregnant? I’m pregnant by Alpha! The tears well up in my eyes, all those things that I wrote off as common were actually signs of pregnancy. I thought that the idea of having a baby in this place would upset me, but nothing will take away the joy of having Alpha’s child. Now I was even more determined to get out of here. I don’t want to leave Alpha, but I had to think of our child. Our child!
“Take the girl.” Dr. Strong announced.
Alpha blocked me with his body as the guards approached. The first guard got too close and Alpha quickly grabbed him by his vest, placed his hands on his head and snapped his neck dropping him to the floor. The first gun went off and I immediately knew something was different. It wasn’t the sound of the regular tranquilizer guns. Also, only one gun went off, usually it took a few shots to take him down. Alpha staggered and placed his hand over his chest.
“Alpha?” I called his name.
Before he could turn to face me, another gun went off, dropping Alpha to his knees.
A scream ripped from my lips. I quickly made my way to stand in front of him. Two bloody spots were in his chest, one only slightly higher than the other one. I ended up on my knees clutching his head to my chest.
“You hhhhhhhhhave to get up.”
Tears were pouring down my face. His silver eyes were still just as intense as the first day I saw him. Only this time, I saw more in them, I saw the love he had for me. How could I ever think he didn’t know what love was when it was always in those silver eyes. It had been there all along.
“Yyyyyyyyou can’t go. Yyyyyyyyyou can’t lllllllleave me.”
He placed a hand on my cheek. “I love……” The gun went off again and the bullet hit him in the middle of his forehead. Alpha’s hand dropped away, his head fell back and his eyes closed. I screamed. I let out all of my hurt and pain in that one scream. My body shook from the impact of my sobs.
“Take him down to his isolation cell. We will dispose of the body in the morning.” Dr. Strong grabbed my arm and yanked me off the ground.
I fought against his hold, but it felt impossible to break as he drug me out of the room. The last sight I saw of Alpha, was one of the guards kicking his lifeless body.
The moment we walked out into the hallway, the sound hit us. Even over the sound of the alarm blaring, we could hear the sound of the other super soldiers. They were doing a new kind of grunting chant. It wasn’t the same as the one they did for three weeks straight. This one was more like the sound I heard in the Cafeteria that day they brought me in to calm Alpha down. Only this one was a little longer drawn out sound. I wasn’t sure, but a part of me felt as if this chant was for mourning their fallen leader.
“I told you, Morgan, I always had a backup plan. Special made bullets. They are expensive to make, but worth every damn penny. In the morning, we will put one of those bullets in every single one of those creatures’ skull.” He continued to drag me through the hallways.
When we finally got to his private quarters, the first thing I noticed was how trashed his office was. Everything that was usually on his desk was now lying on the floor. The desk itself was even flipped over onto the floor. Broken glass bottles littered the ground. They looked like empty medicine vials. A few needles were tossed on to the pile. A smear of blood was on the wall near the door. I looked down to the floor beneath the smear and a scream leapt out of my mouth. Asim was lying on the ground, a pool of blood surrounded his head.
“Don’t worry! I took care of him for you. He tried to take you away from me, Morgan. I did it all for you.” Dr. Strong lifted his hand up in front of me, his palm faced out towards me. Those deranged eyes stared patiently back at me. I had no idea what he wanted until those crazed eyes glanced down at his hand then back to me. He wanted me to place my palm to his the same way I used to do with Alpha. He had lost his fucking mind. Even the thought of doing that with him made me want to vomit. Finally he gave up on waiting, grabbed my hand and placed it to his. He smiled at me like we were sharing a moment before he clutched his fingers to mine and walked me pass the destroyed office and into his sitting room. My heart was beating so fast I felt faint. Alpha was dead, and I was now locked in a room with a psychopath. I had to find a way out of here. There was nothing good that could come from this. I didn’t know what Dr. Strong had planned for me, but I knew that I wouldn’t like it.
“Have a seat, Morgan.”
He pushed me down onto the sofa. I remember him sleeping on this sofa when I was forced to stay in his bedroom. From my view on the couch I realized that he could see me the entire time. That feeling of being watched wasn’t just a feeling. It makes me nauseous to know that while I was lying in bed asleep, he was watching me.
He walked over to the wet bar on the other side of the room. My eyes scanned the area for anything I could use as a weapon. Then I spotted it, on top of the television stand was a ceramic figurine of a faceless man playing a saxophone. It looked just heavy enough to knock someone out.
“Here you go.” Dr. Strong’s voice appeared in front of me.
He held two wine glasses with dark red liquid inside.
“I thought we should celebrate our first night together.”
My eyes widened at his words. What the hell does he mean our first night together? Did he honestly think I was going to be intimate with him? He just killed the love of my life, and not to mention there is a possible dead body in the other room.
I take the glass only because I was too shocked and confused to think straight.
“I know you are married,” Dr. Strong went on to say as he sat down beside me. That madness was dancing in his brown eyes as he watched me. “But don’t worry, I plan on taking care of him as soon as possible. Right along with the bastard in your belly. My offspring will be of greater value than Alpha’s.”
I fought to not vomit all over myself. He was not taking my child away from me. This baby was all that remained of Alpha and I would never let him go. The tears started to fill my eyes again when I thought of Alpha. How could a love as strong as ours be wiped out so easily? Our love grew despite these horrible conditions, like a rose in cracked cement. We deserved forever. There was no way my life could be this damn awful. To finally find true love just to have it ripped from me.
“Don’t cry, my love. I will always take care of you. To our future.” He lifted his wine glass to mine and clinked it before taking a sip. I placed my glass on the coffee table in front of me. I was not up for celebrating and I was definitely not drinking anything he gave me.
“Wwwwwwhen will you get rrrrrrid of my bbbbbbbaby.” I needed to know how much time I had to get out of here.
“You don’t stutter when you talk to me.” His eyebrows furrowed in anger.
I didn’t even know how to respond to that. However, I did know that Dr. Strong was on a thin line of sane and chaos. I had to be smart about not triggering him. I would have to pull out all the lessons I’d learned while dealing with Trevor and my parents. I settled my nerves and pulled a smile from the depths of me.
“Iiiiiii’m just nervous.”
His smile returned and he ran a hand over my cheek. I dug my nails into the palm of my hand to remind myself not to flinch.
“I know. And I will take care of the bastard first thing in the morning. Then you and I will disappear. In about a year we will come back out from hiding where I will showcase my new project.”
“What’s the nnnnnnnnew project?”
He smiled and it wasn’t a kind smile, it’s more deranged than I’d ever seen.
“Me.” He simply said. “And our children.”
Oh, My God! I was going to be sick.
“They thought that the new formula was too strong for humans, but it isn’t. I just had to dilute the alien DNA a little, and cut down on some of the other key compounds. Then I had to take weaker doses over a longer length of time. Now I am the greatest subject created. And our children will be just like me.”
It all started to make sense now. He told me that first day I met Alpha, that when they originally started this project, they gave the synthetic serum to soldiers. He told me that the introduction of the gene into the bloodstream killed most of the soldiers and that the others grew so insane they had to kill them. Dr. Strong hadn’t found a way to perfect the formula, he just found a way to delay the symptoms. I was just guessing when I first said he was crazy, but he truly was insane.
I stood to my feet, “Dr. Strong….”
“Call me, Ryder.”
I paused for a moment. “Ryder,” I said with a practiced smile. “I want us to be together too.” I lied easily as I made my way over to the TV stand.
“I know you do. I’ve known you wanted me from the first day you showed up here looking for me.”
Like hell I did. Did he forget that I was kidnapped and brought here against my will? Had he truly lost that much connection with reality that he thought I was here of my own freewill?
“Yes! You are right.” Another lie.
Reasoning with him was out of the question.
“Now we can finally be together.” Dr. Strong stood to his feet and walked over to me.
In one fluid motion, I took the figurine off the stand and swung it at his head. It connected with a soft thud. Ryder cried out and I took no time running pass him towards the exit. I made it only a few steps to the front door before he was on me. He knocked me to the ground then rolled me over to my back. He smacked me so hard across the face my lip split open and blood flowed down my throat. A gash had opened up on the side of Dr. Strong’s head. Right before my eyes, the gash closed. I wanted to cry as I fought and squirmed against his tight hold around my neck.
“Why do you always like me to chase you?” He forced his lips onto mine licking the blood from my wound and prying my mouth open to run his tongue along mine. I bit his tongue and he pulled back abruptly. That psychotic smile plastered over his face.
“You are so impatient.” He said, then he ripped the front of my blue jumpsuit open exposing my bare breasts.
I fought harder trying to get him off of me. He yanked and pulled at my clothing, nearly getting them off of me. I screamed for help. I didn’t care who came, as long as someone stopped him from raping me. Somehow, I found myself flipped back over on my stomach. Again I fought to get away from him as he tried to pull my suit down to my ankles. My nails dug into the hard wood floor breaking off and splitting in half. I fought with everything in me. Dr. Strong grabbed me by the ankles and pulled me back down to him. He flipped me back over and climbed between my legs. I knew that he couldn’t save me, but I still called the only name that I wanted.
“ALPHA!” I screamed his name at the top of my lungs.
Of course this pissed Dr. Strong off, he reared back and punched me so hard the back of my head slammed down onto the floor. Stars burst before my eyes.
Then I heard it. As loud as if he was in the same room as me, I heard the unmistakable sound of Alpha’s roar. It was so loud it shook the walls around us.
“Alpha.” His name was a whisper on my swollen and bloody lips.
“I’m coming for you.” The words appeared in my head.
I started crying. I couldn’t control the tears of happiness and relief.
“No! This can’t be.” Dr. Strong said standing to his feet. “He’s dead. I know he’s dead.”
At that exact moment, the grunting from the other soldiers started up again. This time it was different from the one earlier. This one was short choppy sounds that grew louder and louder. Then came the loud noise that sounded like an explosion. The walls shook again and this time, even some of the pictures fell to the ground. Dr. Strong rushed to the walkie-talkie tossed to the floor in his office.
“Donavan, come in Donavan. What’s going on?” Static silence, then a man’s voice broke in.
“This isn’t Donavan, sir. We can’t find your lead guard, but its total chaos here, Doctor. The subjects have broken out of their holding cells. We’re trying to call in back up, but most of the communication devices are down. The tranquilizers aren’t working and neither are their obsessions.”
“Use the special bullets. Take them all down. Start with Alpha.” Strong demanded.
“Oh God! They’re here, sir. They’re here!” Gunshots go off in the background followed by a blood curdling yell. Then silence. Dr. Strong threw the walkie-talkie into the wall shattering it into tiny pieces. He rushed over to me and I crabbed crawl away. He grabbed my legs and yanked me back towards him. I grabbed frantically at anything I could find. A simple silver letter opener was lying just out of my reach. I scrambled to grab it as Dr. Strong continued to pry my legs apart. When I finally wrapped my hand around the small weapon, I wasted no time stabbing it into his shoulder. Television and movies made stabbing someone look easy. It was not. It requires a lot of energy and strength to get a dull letter opener into someone’s shoulder, both in which I lacked at the moment. It didn’t even go fully in before Dr. Strong was yanking the letter opener back out.
He looks down at the wound and then back up to me. “That didn’t even hurt.”
Then he’s knocked out cold lying beside me. I looked up to find a bloody faced Asim standing over Dr. Strong. He was holding the jazz man figurine that I had earlier in his hand. He’s breathing heavy, his dark brown eyes stare at Dr. Strong’s unmoving body.
“Yeah, but I bet that hurt like a sonofbitch.” Asim stated.
He tossed the figurine to the floor and then reached his hand out to me. I hesitantly took it. Not quite sure I could trust him either.
“Get dressed, Morgan.” He demanded once he helped me to my feet. “He’s too hyped up on that serum. That blow to the head won’t keep him down forever.”
That’s all I needed to know. I’m not a fan of Asim’s either, but I definitely wasn’t staying around for Dr. Strong to wake back up.
I quickly fixed the blue jumpsuit to the best of my ability, and then followed Asim out into the hallway. It was total chaos. Guards in their green fatigues, doctors, and staff all ran around like headless chickens. For the most part they seemed to ignore Asim and I.
“Let’s go.” Asim said. “We have to find Donavan. He has a plane that can get us out of here.”
I pulled away from Asim. He turned to me with his brows furrowed.
“I’m not leaving him. I’m not leaving Alpha.”
“Don’t be dumb, Morgan.”
I was already shaking my head. “I’m not leaving.”
“Listen to me. I asked you once before, if you would choose Alpha or your baby. You told me you would choose your child. You’re pregnant Morgan. You even said Alpha would want you to side with the baby. Look around you, this ship is sinking. I’m pretty sure someone has already notified the higher ups of what’s going on. In about one hour tops, the people that are in control is going to swarm this place. And the most valuable thing here, isn’t Alpha or the research. It is your child. They will lock you away and you will never see the light of day again. This is your only chance to escape. You have to go, Morgan.”
I didn’t want to leave him. God knows I wanted my happily ever after with him, but Asim was right. Even Alpha told me earlier today that I needed to keep our son safe. I was going to escape this prison today, but I would be leaving my heart behind.
“Ok.” I said to Asim.
We both turned and ran through the halls.
We only got about two floors up before the lights went out. Everyone stopped. The backup generator came on and the halls were flooded with red lights.
“Keep moving.” Asim shouted.
He steered me into a small room that looked like a utility closet. He closed the door behind us. For a second I started to panic thinking he tricked me and now he had me locked behind this horrible closet with him. He pulled a white pillow case from behind some bags and grabbed something out of it.
“Put these on.” He said, handing me folded up clothing and a pair of plain cloth tennis shoes. I quickly tossed off the damaged blue jumpsuit. In the stack of clothes, was a tank top, gray t-shirt with ARMY written in bold letters across the front, along with a pair of black leggings. The clothes seemed pieced together, but it didn’t matter. I just wanted to get out of this damn jumpsuit. Once I was fully dressed, I noticed that Asim had changed clothes too. He was in a plain white t-shirt and blue jeans. He also had a back pack on his back and a gun at his waist.
Two knocks on the other side of the door had me jumping.
“Relax,” Asim said. “It’s just Donavan.” The moment Asim opened the door, Donavan rushed into the closet, wrapped Asim in his arms and kissed him.
Did not see that coming.
I averted my eyes from their love.
“Are you ok?” Donavan asked Asim.
“He tried to kill me, but I’m fine. We have to get to that plane.”
Donavan sighed in relief. I noticed that he’d changed clothes too. He had on a shirt like mine, a Kevlar vest, and blue jeans.
“It’s complete chaos out there. You were right, the obsessions have no real control over the soldiers. They were just strategically placed decoys to throw us off.”
Donavan peeked out the door, checking to make sure the coast was clear. He gave us the head nod to follow him. Donavan led the way, with me following and Asim bringing up the rear.
“They aren’t decoys.” Asim stated. “They are messages. Each obsession represents something else. I believe they were instructions for their escape. Why do you think so many of them were green, and why do think I made us change clothes first?”
Donavan stopped us again to peek around the corner, he aimed his gun and shot it before leading us on.
“Damn, Alpha was playing us all along.” Donavan admitted.
We passed a guard lying on the ground. I realized that’s who Donavan must have shot.
“We aren’t that far from the hangar.” Donavan announced.
Just then, Dr. Strong appeared out of nowhere and knocked Asim into the wall causing him to collide with a thud. Donavan fired off a round that Dr. Strong dodged and then pounced on Donavan. He took the gun from his hand and fired a shot at Donavan, causing him to crash to the ground gripping his left shoulder.
“I won’t kill you, Donavan. Only because I need you to fly us out of here.”
Dr. Strong turned to me. “They keep trying to separate us, Baby! We must stay together for our child.” He grabbed me by the arm and forced a kiss on my lips. I pulled against his hold refusing to open my mouth. I brought my knee up and shoved it into his balls. He howled in pain and I took off running.
I heard him coming after me. I didn’t know exactly where I was going, I just needed to get away from him. The red backup lights made it hard to see, but I could hear the sound of engines and gun shots coming from a hallway up ahead. The sounds alone led me to believe that there was an exit. If only I could get outside, out to the commotion, maybe I would be able to find someone that would lead me to Alpha.
I never made it. Dr. Strong yanked me back so hard I fell to the ground. His hand was in my curls and he’s pulling me across the floor.
“Why do you make it so hard for me to love you, Morgan?”
I screamed as he continued to drag me down the hall and away from my freedom. I fought and tried to pull away from his grip on my hair.
“STRONG!!” The booming voice appeared from nowhere and had my heart pounding for a new reason.
“Alpha.” The happy tears fell from my eyes the moment I heard his voice.
Dr. Strong stopped walking. He lifted me by my hair to my feet and held me at his side.
“You are too late, Alpha.”
For the first time since I held his lifeless body in my arms, I could breathe again. There he was, in the flesh. Just as tall and strikingly beautiful, but more importantly—he’s alive.
The vision of him was blurry behind my tears, but I smiled when I saw him. The only remaining detail of him being shot three times was the blood smear on his forehead.
“Let her go.” Alpha demanded.
He’s standing at the end of the hallway we were leaving. He was wearing a black shirt and the same black fatigue bottoms he wore earlier today. His arms were resting at his sides. On the outside, Alpha seemed calm, but only if you paid close attention could you tell that he was far from calm.
Dr. Strong laughed. “You don’t scare me, creature. You’re a science experiment that I created. I AM YOUR MAKER.” He screamed the last part almost rendering me deaf in my left ear.
Alpha only smirked at him. “I am my own maker. You never did understand that.”
Dr. Strong growled at Alpha’s rebuttal. He went into his pocket and fished out that dreaded remote—the one he called the Boss. He aimed the little square remote towards Alpha.
“No!” I screamed as I fought to pry the remote from his hands. He still had one strong grip in my curly hair, but I reached both hands out in front of me trying to grab it. My tugging loosens his grip on my hair and I sank my teeth into the hand holding the remote. Dr. Strong shouted, but shook me loose causing me to slam into the wall. The air was knocked out of me, but other than that I was unharmed.
“Now, you will see I am the Alpha.” Dr. Strong shouted.
The exact moment he pushed the button I screamed in agony. Not again. I couldn’t lose him again. We both watched Alpha, waiting for him to fall to the ground.
Nothing happened.
Alpha started to chuckle.
Dr. Strong looked down at the remote again and pressed the button a few more times. Still nothing happened.
“Are you done?” Alpha taunted with a smirk. “That microchip has been dead since the day you implanted it. Just like the one inside Morgan.”
That shock I felt my first time with Alpha, must have been him destroying the device Dr. Foster placed in my uterus.
Dr. Strong looked up, his anger turned his face bright red. He tossed the remote to the floor shattering it.
“I don’t need a device to defeat you. This is why you will always be the lesser of the species. This,” Dr. Strong tapped a finger against his head. “…..is what makes me the better soldier. Only animals and fools show up to a fight without a weapon.” Dr. Strong smirked. “NOW!” he shouted, and guns went off all around us. Guards surrounded Alpha as they continued to load bullets into him. They surrounded him until they block my view of him. I’d screamed so much and so loud my throat was sore and no more sound would come out.
Dr. Strong grabbed me off the floor, again I fought him, but I’m still no match for his strength. He pulled me to my feet dodging my swinging hands.
“Come, Love. We must hurry.” He started to pull me back down the hall towards where we came from.
We found Asim and Donavan back where we left them. Asim was helping Donavan to his feet. A shrewd looking tourniquet was tied around Donavan’s shoulder.
“Step away, Asim, I only need Donavan.” Dr. Strong demanded with a gun pointed at Asim.
Asim’s eyes widened when he looked to us. Donavan stepped in between Asim and Dr. Strong.
“Ryder, listen to me. Don’t do this.” Donavan tried to plea.
Dr. Strong fired the gun and the bullet hit the ground right at Donavan’s feet. Donavan jumped and I screamed.
“I said let’s go.”
“We’re going!” Donavan stated lifting his good hand. “But Asim is coming with us.” Asim grabbed Donavan’s other hand.
I watched as Dr. Strong’s eyes landed on their clutched hands.
Dr. Strong started to laugh. “Well I’ll be. Didn’t know you two were an item. In that case, Asim can come. If you try anything foolish, Donavan, I’ll put a bullet in Asim’s head. Now let’s go.”
Asim and Donavan started to walk while Dr. Strong and I followed behind them. It took us forever to finally find the small plane. Mostly because I fought the entire way. Eventually, Dr. Strong lifted me over his shoulder and carried me.
“Donavan, get this thing going. Asim, you make sure she’s ready to take off."
Donavan climbed up into the cockpit to start the motor. Asim went around the back of the plane to move the heavy blocks from under the wheels. Soon the engine started and the front propeller turned. This was it. This was my last chance to break away. I’m not getting on that plane with this psycho. No matter what happened to me. I knew that if I got on that plane with Dr. Strong, I’d be lost forever.
“I’m going to put you down now, Morgan. You don’t have to be scared anymore. Soon we will be away from this place.” Dr. Strong stands me to my feet.
He clutched my face between his hands. The cold metal of the gun still clutched in his right hand. He grabbed my face bringing me in for another kiss. His lips smashed into mine making me cry out as he reopened the old wound. He forced his tongue down my throat while I beat at his chest to let me go.
Then my wishes were answered as Dr. Strong was ripped away from me. The impact so sudden I nearly crashed to the floor. Arms wrapped around me, placing me back to my feet.
“Alpha,” I whispered his name in relief.
I buried my face in his bloody chest. He held me tightly as I continued to cry and cling to him. Alpha placed his finger under my chin and lifted my head to look at him. He used his free hand to wipe away the blood on my lip. He frowned down at the offensive wound. Then, gently, he dipped his head and his lips touched mine. His kiss soft and delicate, being mindful of my busted lip. His tongue brushed over my injury and immediately the aching stopped. He pulled away and those silver eyes looked down at me with love.
“Are you alright?” he asked.
I didn’t get a chance to answer before Dr. Strong interrupted.
“Get away from her. Get away from my Morgan.”
Alpha and I both turned to Dr. Strong.
“Your time is done, Strong.”
Dr. Strong laughed. “You think I am the only person you have to worry about? Right now a fully equipped army is on their way to take as many of you bastards down as they can. And the ones that survive, they will lock you down so tight you will never get out. They know everything about you. You will never be free. You don’t deserve freedom. You are monsters. All of you.” Dr. Strong shouted all the while being surrounded by Beta, Gamma, Sigma and Omega. “I created you in a lab. I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING! They,” He pointed his finger at nothing. “They will take it all away from you. Especially her.” His eyes fell on me.
Alpha turned towards me, his eyes told me more than his words.
That last statement got to him. The look in Alpha’s eyes told me that this was his biggest fear. Me and his child getting captured again. Dr. Strong was a nutcase, but we were used to his insanity. We had no idea what would happen to us if we were captured again. And I had no plans of my child suffering the things that I did.
“You have to go.” The words appeared in my head.
“NO!” I answered him out loud.
I didn’t give a shit if it was the best thing to do, I wasn’t leaving without him. Not when he was right here with me.
He grabbed my face between his hands. “I love you. And nothing but death will keep me away from you. Both of you. You must trust me. I have to finish here first.”
I didn’t want him to finish here. I wanted us to escape this place and never look back. I wanted my dreams to be reality. I wanted a farm in the middle of nowhere with a house full of kids. But I knew I couldn’t have my way. There were more important things than my happiness.
Alpha’s silver eyes stared into mine, he’s fighting for me to understand. Tears fell down my face.
“Yyyyyyyyyou will come for us? You ppppppppromise?”
A smile slipped over his face. “Always!” The word appeared in my head again.
Alpha placed his lips to mine and kissed me so deep I lost my breath. I wrapped my arms around his neck and Alpha held me tight to his chest. When he finally let me go, he placed a hand over my belly for only a second, and then he turned me towards the open door of the plane. Asim grabbed my hand to help me in. My heart felt heavy and my feet felt as if they were stuck in mud.
“Nooooo!” Dr. Strong shouted. “If I can’t have you, no one can.”
Everything happened so fast that I didn’t have time to react. Dr. Strong aimed his gun at me, the moment it went off Alpha had his arm with the gun in it raised above his head. He then bent it backwards, the sound of the bone breaking cracked through the air. Dr. Strong screamed and fell to his knees, his bone was sticking out of the bend of his elbow.
“Get on the plane, Morgan!” Alpha demanded out loud.
“I love you!”
He looked over his shoulder at me and nodded his head. I allowed Asim to help me onto the small plane. He settled me into my seat making sure I’m secure before buckling himself in.
“Let’s get the hell out of here, Donavan.”
The plane started to pull forward. My eyes stayed glued to the man I loved. Alpha stood over Dr. Strong’s body on the ground. He snarled down at him, before lifting his boot and bringing it down on Dr. Strong’s head. I turned away from the smattering of brain matter across the ground.
That was the end of Dr. Strong. The man that put me through over five months of hell behind these walls was finally gone. As the small plane taxied down the runway, I stared out the window watching Alpha. He watched me as I went further and further away from him. A loud commotion had me looking towards the front of the plane.
“They’re here. We have to get out of here. Hold on!” Donavan shouted.
Suddenly loud pinging sounds hit the side of the airplane.
“Are they shooting at us?” I asked over the loud noise.
I heard the loud grunts of Alpha and the other super soldiers rushing the tarmac. The new military swarmed the plane trying to get us to stop. One of the men held a large gun up on his shoulder and aimed it at the plane.
“Get down!” Asim shouted. But there was no need. In one leap, Alpha had the man by the head and easily twisted it off the soldier’s shoulder.
“Hold on!” Donavan warned.
The plane went up at a stomach turning angle. My head was forced back into the headset. The pinging continued to hit the side of the plane.
Finally we leveled out. Donavan’s cheers of joy were shouted from the cockpit. For only a second I let the excitement fill me, then I remembered a major part of me was still left at that hellhole. I clutched my belly.
“He will come for us. I know he will.” I whispered to my baby.
A booming sound came only moments before the orange fire ball. I looked down out the window and the entire compound is in a cloud of smoke and fire.
“Alpha!” I cried out and slam my fist against the window.
Asim left his seat to wrap his arms around me. I cried uncontrollably into his chest as the plane continued on.