Vicko shouted at me,
“Come back to your home! Before it’s too late, little girl! You were chosen to work here, not coincidentally. Like your father, you will be a victim of a conspiracy!”
Vicko’s words were like lightning to me, but the next words were not heard, because the soldiers had muzzled his mouths and covered his eyes with black cloth.
Vicko was escorted away before my observation session was over. My form sheet and psychotest haven’t been filled by Vicko, it were mess on the floor.
Mrs. Rose was standing beside me.
“From the glass I saw Vicko’s face as if he would be angry. His expression was so serious and scary. I’m worried you’re injured. So I ask Lord Jonah to finish your session. Are you okay, Moi?” A pair of eyes Mrs. Rose glared at me, as if to make sure I wasn’t scared.
I nodded. Today was full of events that make it hard for me to think, Vicko’s words really shook me. You couldn’t trust anyone here.
“I’m fine, Mrs. Rose. I think I need to take a break immediately then pursue all my duties before I report to Lord Jonah tomorrow afternoon.”
Mrs. Rose held my arm,
“I ask, because I care about you, Moi. Don’t let Vicko play you. Don’t you be adrift because of his words. He’s a psychiatric master paltering with your soul, Moi. You can share with me. I am your friend. You can trust me.”
When she continued to urge me with her questions, I dodged by saying,
“Sorry, Mrs. Rose. Moi has to go back to my room. Moi is very tired. Moi needs to complete all of Moi’s work tonight. See you tomorrow morning, ok? ”
“Hey, kid. I ask tomorrow afternoon at 05.00 p.m, you present your report in this investigation room.” Lord Jonah’s voice boomed through the speakers in the observation room.
I was silent for a moment. Before meeting with Vicko, Lord Jonah asked for a report only, now asked me for a presentation.
I nodded my head towards the observation room, where Lord Jonah was. There was no point in arguing with someone who had a dominant and authoritative character.
I cleaned my files and left the investigation room. Right now my mind was bored and engulfed in doubt, unable to trust anyone on this island.
I knew Mrs. Rose continued to stare at my back until I closed the door. I realized that by meeting with many of the residents of this island like a puzzle piece that began to fuse.
Arriving at the front door of my room, I was stunned… A scene like a movie cinema was seen in my mind. I saw Mrs. Rose and Lord Jonah were still in the observation room, they seemed to be standing face to face.
That was when I heard the conversation between Mrs Rose and Lord Jonah.
“Vicko must have shaken her by saying something, Rose.” said Lord Jonah.
“She is still young. The Vicko she faced, in the eyes of Moira like a god.” said Mrs. Rose
“Like a god? What does it mean?” Lord Jonah’s voice sounded wondered.
“Well, that… everything that Vicko possessed, in Moira’s eyes was incredible. His fighting ability, biological expertise in making biological poisons, moreover his knowledge in psychology.” explained Mrs. Rose
“Make sure she isn’t manipulated by Vicko, Rose! Vicko can kill us through that kid. That kid can be used against us. Whether she’s entrusted with biological poisons to kill us or told by Vicko to smuggle something.” Lord Jonah said firmly, his face looked annoyed.
“I think we don’t need to be too paranoid, Lord Jonah. You can see by yourself, they talked for a long time. Later, I will try to know what Vicko said to Moira.”
The scene and hearing suddenly stopped.
I was stunned, the voice and scene was seen and heard clearly in my mind. I opened the door of my room and immediately entered.
I was much wondered why I could have new abilities without learning?
Long distance eyeless sightseeing or seeing from a distance without my physical presence, even their conversation was clearly heard.
I ignored first how my abilities could appear.Now I had to focus on how to save my life.
I was reminded, why Mrs. Rose was wants to know everything what I talking about with Vicko. Mrs. Rose was very sure that Vicko had said something to me. She insisted for sharing information with her, which she would convey to the Chimera boss later, Lord Jonah.
Pwuiih!
And I must be strong right now. Mrs. Rose was not a trusted friend.
After two tiring observations with Leman and Vicko today, I was still pursuing a report to be presented tomorrow to Lord Jonah. I need to calm down in the room.
In the room, I laid my body, the burden of my mind I unraveled slowly. I focused on myself to reflect who I can trust now from the events related to Vicko.
My mind thought about Mrs. Rose, she was so enthusiastic about asking what Vicko said to me during the session this afternoon. She also wondered why I dared to be alone with Vicko.
I had to dare to make a decision after the first Vicko test results showed his personality was normal, not psychopathic.
I thought Vicko manipulating the results of the next test because he had a purpose. Rather than trusting and following Lord Jonah’s advice, better I risked trusting Vicko. Slamming the microphone in front of Vicko was also a strategy for Vicko to trust me.
The risk of death that confronted me, both from Lord Jonah and Vicko, was the same for me, so I risked taking Vicko’s side by destroying the microphone in front of him.
And my awareness arose. I had to meet with many people on this island immediately then filtered the info from them, so that the truth would soon be revealed, why I was here.
Meanwhile my respect for Mrs. Rose had fallen. Yah, my trust in that beautiful woman fell. For me, Mrs. Rose was an accomplice of Lord Jonah, the cruel leader of the Chimera Island.
I had to fight for myself. I walked into the room where Jeff works. I need a lot of references about all the metaphysical abilities of the residents of this island, so that my presentation was logical and in accordance with my knowledge.
***
Jeff was sitting in the monitor room at the front.it seemed he was aware of my arrival. It was proven he wasn’t surprised when I opened the door. Maybe the screen of CCTV showed my figure heading to his room.
“Hmm, what do you need?” said Jeff flatly, while his face still focused with the tablet in his hand.
“I need internet connection, Jeff to complete the task from Lord Jonah. I have a lot of references to upload, I ask for the password.”
“How long do you need? The password has changed systemically, tomorrow at 6 am. This is the security standard here. If you use more than 6 am tomorrow, you must ask for the password again to me. Understand?” Jeff explained while he handed a piece of paper containing the Wi-Fi password.
“OkayJeff, I’ll speed up to finish at this night, good evening.” I replied.
I said it as smooth as possible, considering I needed it in internet access. Jeff didn’t answer me, his face focused back into the tablet. I left him.
I opened my laptop, waiting for it to turn on.
Again, my mind was spinning. Vicko knew my father. Everything Vicko said was astounding and tiring, like playing chess Vicko had thought about 5 steps forward, while I was only a step or two steps forward.
Knock… knock… knock…
Someone knocked on my door.
“Moi, may I come in?” that was Mrs. Rose’s voice
“I want to rest first, Mrs. Rose.” I said without opening the room door key.
“So tired, huh?”
“Yes, Mrs. Rose. I’ll see you in the dining room tonight.”
“Alright,see you later, Moi.” Said Mrs. Rose softly.
I was very relieved, because Mrs. Rose did not insist on entering my room.
Shadows flashed again quickly in my mind, like a movie playing.
Rado said,
“But know, you were in the wrong place and the wrong time.”
Leman said,
“You go to the wrong way. Go home as possible as you can”
Vicko said,
“Little girl, realize it. You are in a big conspiracy! Think about why you got here.”
Why was I here? Of course because I was cumlaude and Chimera through the mediator, Mrs. Rose recruited me. Even my thesis supervisor, Prof. Julian, recommended Chimera to me.
“By signing this contract, you are not only a candidate for the nation’s servant but also a patriot candidate, Moira.” That was what Mrs. Rose said last time.
Then Prof. Julian’s words when calling,
“Yes, she has been here.”
She meant of course me.
Gosh, what the heck. Everything seemed to know me. All fixed on me, my mind became chaotic.
Both Leman and Vicko knew something. They both asked me to leave this place.
Ah…
Vicko…
That person hadn’t answered my question. Was it true that my father here too? Could he was… Had ever visited, kept or… even occupied one of the cells in the chimera?
I brushed aside my negative thoughts, my mind wandered again.
Then Henry said,
“There will be a flood of blood here.”
Henry heard something with his telepathic abilities. Horror by horror as if it were arranged increasingly peaked when I arrived on this island.
“Alas! Why should I be here? Perhaps… is it true that I was chosen from the beginning to enter this Chimera, whether I’m cumlaude or not? If so, why?”
My head was throbbing. I forced my brain to think.
The shadow of a triangle with three pictures of different animals in each corner flashed. A mysterious Chimera logo.
“What does all this have to do with my dream that is so real? Do I… actually have the ability to predict through dreams?” I shook my head, dismissing my own magical thinking.
“Ah… that’s impossible or is there someone who can manipulate my brain?”
I stupefied. I remembered Henry. He… he… was able to teleport with me, but it was impossible he sent that dream, because our vibrations had been not same and hadn’t know each other at that time.
Vicko said,
“My advice is to leave this island, before you are killed, Little Girl!” hearing again with the intonation of Vicko’s words.
This was too crazy. I was chosen from the beginning. My mind indicted myself.
“Captain Gepardi? Hhmm… I know him, Little Girl.” Vicko’s words echoed again.
“There is a common thread in this conspiracy, but what?” I forced my head to think.
Everything revolved confusing.
“Moi… Moira… yahoooi…” Henry called me in his telepathic voice in my head.
“Don’t bother me now, Hen. Please, I need to finish the task of Lord Jonah tonight.” I asked.
“Don’t force you to think too hard, take a rest.” pleaded Henry.
“Can you be quiet first, please? Don’t bother me yet, Henry!” I snapped.
“Oh, sorry… sorry, ok.” Henry’s voice disappeared from my head.
I just had yelled at Henry harshly whereas that man was advising me to rest well.
Ah, next time I would apologize to him. Right now I really wanted to be alone. The task of Lord Jonah was really hard, now he was asking me for a presentation tomorrow afternoon. Huuft…
Mrs. Rose’s words whirled in my mind,
“You’ve been chosen. There’s no turning back. We can get through this together.”
The words of Lord Jonah who intimidated my family echoed again and hurt my heart,
“You, your mother who is a tutored teacher, and your skinny little brother, little Bill, will be fought by Vicko.”
Both Mrs. Rose and Lord Jonah had known my whole family well. They studied me, my father and my family from the beginning, even the terrible threat was also directed at my family.
Oh… I was shaken up.
“Why didn’t I realize that from the beginning, and now… I’m in the middle of this deadly conspiracy. That means my family is at stake too. My mother is at risk of not having pensionary fund if my father is declared desertion. Father’s good name will be damaged, and my little brother will quit college because the scholarship is stopped.”
“It might even be worse than that. I have to go on. There is no word to back and right now there isn’t a person I can trust. I will show that I’m Moira Gepardi is a strong and independent girl.”
After motivating myself, I forced my body to work that night. Internet access on the island of Chimera was very good. I just realized that how big the data was very fast I opened and downloaded, it turned out that military internet access was great.
But there was an astound thing, every time I didn’t move my mouse or keyboard, in a pause of a few minutes, the display of my laptop returned to the beginning, where I had to open with a password again.
I was worried that what I had accessed was spied upon by Jeff.
Ah, if this was related to my work why should I be afraid?
I also shopped for my needs on the online site and addressed it to my mother’s house, so that later it can be brought by Lord Jonah in 6 days. Then I asked my father’s handkerchief to be brought to me.
Father’s handkerchief…
Yah, I hope Angel Curly or Risty. Who know they can find out where father was. Was he still alive? Or had…
I reasoned to my mother that father’s handkerchief to strengthen me here, besides treating my longing for father also raised my mentally because I was a soldier’s daughter.
I emailed my mama about my condition in good condition and healthy and happy so that she would not be sad, if she knew that her daughter was treated harshly every day.
Oh mama…
How much I wanted to go home, if I could escape from this terrible island.
Not felt my tears began to fall.
I missed mother, missed William my little brother, missed home…
I wiped my tears. I began to focus on evaluating what I got from observations about special people in Chimera. I began to resume my work.
A few hours later my door was knocked.
Knock… knock…
I opened my door I saw Mrs. Rose stood with a tray of dinner.
“Hi, Moi. It’s late at night, I brought your dinner ration before the kitchen is empty and there is no food in the kitchen.” Said Mrs. Rose sweetly.
“Oh, is it troublesome, Mrs. Rose? Sorry, Moi just entered the data and processed Moi’s presentation about the gifted ones who are here.” I said while receiving a tray of food.
I walked and put the tray on my wardrobe. Mrs. Rose came into my room and sat on the edge of my bed.
“Do you still have a lot of work, Moi?” Rose looked into my laptop which was still on.
“Yes, Mrs. Rose still has a lot, and it’s very hard for me. Once practice that I faced is complex. I will continue it.” I answered then I sat down to continue my work on the laptop.
We were in the room together. Mrs. Rose did not speak after that. I was serious about my laptop, Mrs. Rose sat with her feet shaking occasionally.
About half an hour later Mrs. Rose stood up.
“Okay, I’ll leave Moi. Have a nice job and don’t forget to eat so that it doesn’t hurt and get dizzy. Good night.” She said while closing the door of my room slowly.
“Good evening Mrs. Rose, thank you for being accompanied.” I said while looking at the door.
After midnight I just ate my dinner, after that I came out with my tray to return to the kitchen.
After returning the tray, I walked to the middle room, to Angel’s room.
When I opened the room I saw Angel sitting down, her position curled up with a gonzo doll, her eyes blank looking at the floor.
“Angel, why are you sitting down again…? It’s cold. Let’s wake up… Moi accompany you on the bed.” I say, lifting Angel’s body.
Angel shuffled, slowly I guided her to sit on the bed, we sat side by side on the edge of his bed.
When I sat with Angel, that girl asked,
“Between Mrs. Rose and Moi, are you having a problem?”
“What? Between us?Uhm… yah… just a little different opinion, Angel.” I said carefully to choose my words.
“Your relationship is not as warm as usual.” said Angel slowly, her eyes fixed on the wall.
I thought, indeed interacting with the gifted one was better open and honest as it is, because Angel cold look into the past. I felt she had seen what happened.
“When Moi held Angel, that incident… crossed Angel’s mind.” Angel continued as if she knew my surprise.
I closed my eyes. Angel’s feelings were very sensitive.
“If Angel wants, you can use Angel’s ability and then touch my hand or any part of my body. Moi is tired of explaining everything to you, Angel.”
“Angel is also tired Moi. Tired of crossing the bridge of the past which is sometimes present suddenly and master Angel’s mentality.” she said softly.
I looked back at her, smiling.
“Forgive Moi, Angel, for having burdened you. Angel knows that Moi is always sincere to you. Moi is in a lot of work now. Moi is really tired of dealing with it. Angel, your burden has been heavy. Don’t add up with thinking about Moi and Mrs. Rose. Maybe tomorrow we will have been joked again. Isn’t the problem making us respect each other and be more careful in our attitude? Now, Angel takes a rest, ok.” I said softly.
“Yes… Angel understands, everyone needs privacy. And all humans also have the right to choose with whom he will be friends and believe. Angel decides to believe in Moi. Angel wants to share info with you.”
I put my arm around Angel’s shoulder,
“Info? What information, Angel? Moi deserves to be trusted.”
Angel looked down. The gonzo doll was hugged by her tighter. Her legs crossed tightly. It seen there was a burden in her.
“After Lord Jonah returns from the capital, it is next week, and then in the morning there will be another duel.”
I stunned, it was so easy to Lord Jonah to get fighters to fight until death. This week…
“Angel knew this when soldier Rupert delivered my meal today, accidentally Angel touched his hand. Angel could see Rupert also present at Lord Jonah’s meeting. The meeting discussed the duel.There were two fighters who had been prepared, this week. They are against Vicko and Leman.”
I felt my body bristling.
Two fighters…
This week…
That meant more floods of human blood would repeat again. Suddenly I felt my body limp without bones.