We are the Monsters

ikram quietly wat

one last time and leaves the room without a word. Leaving her alone again - just a

bright light coming in from behind the curtain.

strength to support her weight. And when her body f

talking hurts. Swallowing hurts and breathing hurts. An

mind. Working hard on not crying out in pain a

presence known is an irritating scratching at the back of her mind. If you want

r.

could. Mal ro

d nothing feels broken. They pause for

est effort. She hasn't moved more than a couple of

suddenly begins to move on its own. It will be fun

it's covered in stabs. Every vein in her body feels lit up in flames, whi

edly. The warm light you've been dre

embered, she thinks. Feeling her co

thing metallic hitting a solid surface. Then her body h

lightning.

ouch her fac

warm. Bur

head sings with a chuckle. But you can

hecked after getting her back to the room and she had barely been breathing

cted to her arm by a tube. It wou

be one whole day for her to

se Mal managed to pick his interest enough to have him want to get to know more

n done to Malva between pickup and delivery, it had not been just some sedatives. In fact, it had been

, still looking at the girl's bruised ne

ks impassive. Vikram walks over to where Jimenez is standing and st

enez asks, shaking his head a little.

our plan?" Vikram fixes the man with pure disgust. "Is this the type of monstro

lence. Looking like he hasn't the slig

" Jimenez asks, fu

n the event - the doctor himself refuses to even think about it or give it a name - but finds none. V didn't examine Malva's condition that far, but one

ment, and then he looks around wit

make the other man curious, he thinks as he observes his research partner. No. Cur

s reasons, bluntly. "I might not have had much contact with her while she was in the hospital, but I remember her hostility cl

ressed. The word feels strange on his lips. It almost tickles.

uch is so, so clear. But she a

othing was even happening while internally bleeding. No matter h

he had been there, which isn't possible. So there

he word he'd choos

ve you been found out? Did you mention anything somewhere she could have heard you? It could be a re

xiety as he thinks of an answer. He mumbles

. It wasn't me." He states. "And no, I never mentioned anything. None of the nurses or residents that have been assisting us would have known that

ay anything, so

ke her as a patient after he dropped her; there had been too many attempts and at least four other doctors had already declined... They called her the mindreader. Obviously, I didn't believe it w

at the doctor

actually reads people's mind

you?" Louis gestures widely towards Mal's sleeping form. "I had never even seen her face to face u

He looks at Mal's face for a moment and then at the visible br

et into her head when she knew what you were planning before you even had a full plan. She manipulated almost every single one of those who tried

silence for a long moment, befor

very inte

to find out how her mind works, then we definitely can work on any mind." Jimenez smirks. He points at the girl behind him and contin

e only thing Vikram has to

uis goes back to his spot by the room's entrance. "Look, as soon as I knew she had faked her own death to escape the

lly give him some kind of compliment. But that doesn't happen, and the two st

ning or making a shocked face while mentally cursing him - it's what he usually does. "I do believe Malva will indeed be a good addition to the C

ady stained with blood again, and makes a mental note to test her blood

ly could - with the equipment he had on hand - before her blood levels got almost critical. For a moment Vikram

e had never worked on a living human before. Vikr

You think they'll just come into a stra

g on Malva's bandages again. "Tell them you have a job opportunity for them. I