I13DT: Missing Something

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:22 pm

Andrew Burke had been at Muir Island for as long as he could remember. Every day, he had the same routine. He would get up and take his medicine. Then he would get dressed and eat breakfast. If the weather was nice, he would go for a walk afterwards. If not, he would start studying immediately. He was an excellent student.

After lunch, Drew would practice power control. At the end of the day, he was evaluated for progress. After dinner, he would read a book until it was time to go to bed.

He had no reason to believe that today would be any different.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:52 pm

During lunch two orderlies are standing line behind him, gossiping, from the sound of it.

"Can you believe that? Cleared out the whole damn wing. We've been moving patients all morning. It's a pain in the ass."

"Yeah, well, you'd rather be on the second floor right now? We're the ones who get to handle all those extra people. Somehow."

"Fair enough. Least they could do is tell us what's going on though."

"I heard they're moving someone over from the detention center for evaluation."

"Come on, they do that all the time and the worst that happens is there's a shit-load of guards blocking the hallways."

"I dunno. I talked to Anne and she said some of the other guards are kinda freaked out. Spontaneous power manifestation or something, I bet."

"You'd think they knew how to handle that."

"She said they're not sure but that word from on high was to take no chances."

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:03 pm

Drew keeps his head down, pretending not to notice. It was rude to eavesdrop.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:12 pm

"One of the Omegas then."

"Yeah, the one that thinks she's some kinda Greek Goddess or something. Melo-something or other. Melomene?"

"What happened to more straight-forward names, huh? Juggernaut. Bam, you know what he does just from his name."

"Guess all the good ones are taken." the woman chuckles. "Oh! Melpomene, that was it."

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:18 pm

Why does that sound so familiar?

It bothered Drew. He felt like he had forgotten something important.

He stood up and walked towards the door. He felt nervous and he didn't know why.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:24 pm

"No cafeteria food outside the dining hall, dear." the guard at the door tells him, glancing at the food tray in Drew's hands. Apparently security was pretty touchy today.

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:33 pm

Drew nods and puts the tray away, throwing away any leftovers. He wasn't hungry.

He returned to the door for inspection.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:36 pm

After a quick pat-down the guard waves him through. "Go on ahead."

Outside there seems to be a lot of activity going on down the hall. A row of armed security personnel is walking down the corridor towards the elevators.

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:43 pm

Drew walks down the hall, watching where they're going.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:47 pm

They're taking up post next to the elevator while another group is coming down the corridor, escorting what appears to be someone in a hospital bed. One of the guards notices Drew and walks up to him, mumbling to himself. "Thought they were all supposed to be at lunch..."

"Hey, stand back, we're transferring one of the prisoners. You should probably just head back to the dining hall." he says once he reaches him. He's clearly trying to position himself between Drew and the procession of armed guards that's approaching.

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:53 pm

"Yeah. Sure," Drew says. He sounds distracted as he tries to get a good look at who they're moving.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:59 pm

"Hey, come on, don't cause any trouble." the guard says, he's clearly nervous. Meanwhile the escort is passing by them and it's clear that the person on the bed is strapped down, wearing an inhibitor collar and appears to be unconscious. It's hard to tell from this distance but it seems to be a woman with medium-length black hair. It almost seems like the covers are pulled over her face. Or maybe like someone placed a white mask on her. There's a strange air of familiarity about her despite that. Like that song you just can't quite remember how it went.

by **Drew Burke** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:06 pm

Drew frowns and reluctantly starts heading back to the dining hall.

by **Narrator** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:11 pm

Man, I hope they hurry up with their MRI scans upstairs. This whole thing's messed up. the guard's thoughts echo after Drew along with his sense of relief. Meanwhile the other guards along with the woman on the bed disappear into the elevator.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:35 am

There was something wrong. Drew could feel it. The tense guards and the strange woman felt like a promise. They were expected, he didn't know why, but nothing about this seemed strange or surprising at all.

He had to find out who it was. Drew ducked out of sight and shifted into one of the guards. Then, after checking to make sure the coast was clear, he made his way towards the elevator.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:49 am

One guard is left standing outside the elevator. When he sees Drew approach he looks a little confused and very annoyed. "Weren't you supposed to go up with the rest?"

Damnit Hank, you're gonna get your ass fired for this shit one of these days. How hard is it to go an hour without a bloody smoke, mate.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:52 am

"Yeah, sorry. Just stepped out for a quick sec," Drew says. "No big, 'eh? Just needed to settle the nerves."

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:55 am

"Bloody hell..." he mumbles. "Get your ass up there already!" he says, calling down the elevator again.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:03 am

"Right. Thanks," Drew says. He gets into the elevator and waits for the doors to close. Once inside, he shifts into the form of one of the nurses.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:17 pm

Upstairs the floor was empty. After a couple moments the group of guards that escorted the woman step out of the room with the MRI machine. One of them stay at the door, the other are heading to the nurses' station.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:20 pm

Drew walks towards the MRI room, trying to look like he has every reason to go in.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:29 pm

"You the anesthesia nurse?" the guard growls at him.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:36 pm

"Yep!" Drew says cheerfully. "Sorry for the wait. I got held up with security. You guys are crazy paranoid today."

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:41 pm

"Better safe then sorry. Why do you think you're here? Just make sure she doesn't wake up."

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:53 pm

"No problem," Drew says, walking past the guard and into the room.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:01 pm

Inside is the MRI control room and behind a big window and through another door is the prisoner. She's been transferred to the stretcher that slides into the machine and hooked up to an IV of, presumably, anesthetics. The woman is breathing shallowly and from here Drew can tell that it's indeed a mask of some sort that has been placed on her face.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:41 pm

Drew's eyes widen at the sight of the mask. He takes a deep breath, trying to steady himself.

I need to see her. I need to wake her up.

Drew walks to the door, trying to look as calm and natural as possible. Just a nurse, checking on an IV.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:47 pm

The room is empty except for him and the woman and no one bursts through the door to stop him. As he gets closer to the woman Drew would notice that something is strange about the mask. It's impossible to tell what material it's made of and it almost looks like it's nostrils are flaring ever so slightly with every shallow breath the woman takes.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:50 pm

Drew reaches out tentatively to touch the mask.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:54 pm

It feels strangely warm to the touch.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:56 pm

"Who are you?" Drew asks quietly.

by **Narrator** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:05 pm

There's no direct response but the woman stirs at the sound of Drew's voice. It seems the sedation is slowly wearing off.

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:16 pm

Drew looks over his shoulder for a moment, making sure no one is watching. Then he starts removing the IV.

It's okay. I'm only getting her name. If I can find out her name, everything will be alright.

by **Melpomene** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:23 pm

It feels like it's taking forever when in reality it's probably a minute at most, but eventually the woman's eyes flutter open. She shakily tries to get up when her eyes settle on Drew, then dart around the room quickly before settling back on him.

"Who are you?"

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:38 pm

"Andrew," Drew says, backing away. "Andrew Burke."

"Who are you? Why do I know you?"

by **Melpomene** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:46 pm

"Drew? What a pleasant surprise." she says, reaching out to cup his chin and turn his head so she can look at him in profile. "What did they do to you..."

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:41 pm

Drew jerks backwards, "Who are you?"

by **Melpomene** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:43 pm

"I am Melpomene. Don't you recognize my voice at all?"

by **Drew Burke** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:47 pm

"Yes. I do. But, I don't." Drew clutches his head. "I can't remember."

Drew's eyes widen. "Those....they did something? Didn't they? They did something to my head."

by **Melpomene** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:48 pm

Mel slowly shakes her head. "Those hypocrites. They must have ripped it all right out of your head, you poor thing..."

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