I hesitated to even follow along with Williams with that 'experiment' he was talking about, as I knew that I definitely couldn't trust him or whatever he had in his mind. I took one step forward outside the door, as I could already see that Jason was already outside in what appeared as a futuristic hallway.

"Move," replied Williams after I took the step outside. After a few seconds, I took my right leg outside the door. It was a strange feeling to really stand up after I woke up in that room, as for the first time ever I felt genuine pain in my legs. I returned to slowly walk along with Jason and Williams down the hallway, where I spotted various people with black tactical uniforms standing still in some places as if they were spying on us.

"These are our Tactical Guards here in C-9," whispered Jackson to me as we walked past one. "think of them as our protectors. If let's say, a psychopathic Subject wreaks havoc in the facility these guys will contain the Subject in a flash. You can always tell by their Energy Spear."

"Energy Spears?" I asked Jackson with curiosity.

Before I could focus on Jackson's reply, I suddenly felt a strong headache that pierced through my mind. I fell down to my knees as the surroundings around me began to rapidly blur. I heard Jackson shout something at me, but I couldn't even hear what he was shouting. My vision began to shift rapidly as if I was experiencing a flashback.

Then I saw something.

Two armored Tactical Guards stood across a table as a tall opposing man sat in a black chair away from the guards. His face was obscured by shadows and he began to speak.

"How's it going with my little Prototype?" the man asked the two guards in a sinister tone.

"It is going well, Sir. Just like you had ordered us." replied the guard to the right.

The man smirked as he continued. "And how will his body react after the 24-hour process?"

"Stable, Sir." answered the guard on the right. "He will never remember what we did to him in Sector A-2."

"I hope no one here at Neosis will screw the plan up, and not even our scientists. If so-"

The man took down his left arm and slowly pulled out of what appeared to be a sleek futuristic pistol. He then aimed at the guard on the left, as his right hand was on the trigger.

"- then they all will be... dead."

A loud gunshot rang out in the entire room, as a bullet flew toward the guard, and landed in their chest while blood began to splatter on the nearby wall. The guard fell to his knees and onto the floor. He was already dead. The guard on the right was horrified after seeing his partner being killed in such a brutal manner.

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After a minute of silence between the two, the other guard spoke up. "N-no Sir, we will ensure that the plan will run as perfectly as it will be."

The man began to smirk in an unsettling manner. "Then get to your duty."

The guard turned around, but before he could walk away, the man talked to him one last time.

"By the way, before you leave, please take the dead man up. I hate to even look at a dead corpse."

The guard nodded and turned toward where his partner lay dead on the floor. He could see that blood was flowing out of the chest, as he began to pick the corpse up and walked away.

"Idiot." murmured the man, as it was the final word I could hear.

My vision returned as Jason began to shake in my clothes, as he didn't know what happened to me. I yanked back in shock, as Williams caught my body from falling down the floor, as he helped me get into a proper stance.

"You're alive Nero. Me and Williams thought that you were suddenly sick. Is everything alright?" asked Jason as he turned towards me.

"Yes... It's just nothing." I replied back, even though I was disturbed about what I saw.

He just killed a man

I returned to walk down the hallway alongside Jackson and Williams, where I looked out of a huge glass window, where a futuristic megacity was outside with towering glass skyscrapers, and a few hovercrafts flew past the window. My eyes darted toward various neon-colored advertisement billboards, but one intrigued my mind. On a building to the left was a billboard with a picture of a grey hovercraft, and down below stood some text.

"Evoke Evolution. Kaini Industries."

"Kaini Industries..." I said slowly as to grasp the name.

"Kaini is the leading corporation of hovercrafts here at Xen where our facility is located," answered Jackson to me, as he also stood at the window. I was confused about what 'Xen' even was, but I thought that it was this city I was in. But how did I even end up in the city? I couldn't even remember anything at least what I saw between the mysterious man and the two guards.

"I'm not in the United States?" I answered back.

"The United States?" replied Jackson, as if he hadn't even heard of the country.

"The United States is a relic from the past. Now move." chimed Williams at both me and Jackson. I sighed as I continued to walk to whatever this place had in store for me. There was something strange with it all as if nobody dared to tell me the truth. But I needed to press on.

At least I felt that way.