The Experiment

 When you are injected with Vampire blood and become their newest experiment. What are you going to do? Nothing absolutely nothing. Why because all their blood is going to do is give you a headache as you are a hybrid Witch/Fairy. You are already special and they can't figure out why you're not going insane with blood lust. 

I was sitting in my cell reading a book their librarian brought around. I sat with my back to the wall and the guard stopped and said, "Why have you been so calm?"

I smirked, "Because I am better than you and your silly little injection can't harm me."

That's when we heard screams like someone was being torn apart. I jumped up and looked out the bars when the smell hit me. The smell of blood.

I grabbed the guard. "Locked down this place the smell is going to incite a riot."

The smell hit his nose and he yelled for more guards. He looked at me and said, "Stand back we are going to electrify the bars."

I jumped back as the bars of my cell gave an oddish yellow glow.  The guards were warning people to stand back or they will get zapped. I heard people drop like flies. Sitting back on my bed and picked up my book and started to read again. A while later the guard I had warned came back by my cell and said, "So Miss Amelia how did you smell that? Or better yet why did you not go insane with blood lust?"

"Well Gus," I said. "I could tell you but what's the fun in that."

Gus leaned in and said, "Amelia you are in danger they are questioning why you are not turning with all the vampire blood they gave you. They want to use you as an experiment. You are the quietest and sweetest girl I don't want them to harm you."

"Wow thanks, Gus I appreciate that but I can assure you I can take care of myself." I said, "I promise I will be careful. Thank you for being so kind."

Gus turned around and tapped the cage with his nightstick and walked away. Later that day he came by and winked before he read me the riot act. When he was leaving he flicked a book at me and said, "Read something educational inmate. You might learn something."

I looked at the book that Gus had thrown at me and I opened to the first page. "Amelia they are going to kill off all of the people they could not turn. When I escort you to the bathroom tonight you are going to make a run for it. You remind me of my beloved wife Grace before she passed. Head north to smiths storage the numbers below are for storage unit 226 when you enter the unit shut the door and you will see everything you need. In the safe, there is more than enough money to get you anywhere. Run because they will never stop hunting you. Also, I left you all the research I could get my hands on about what they are doing here."

I ripped the pages out and stuck them in my pocket. Gus could be killed for tipping me off and I wouldn't let that be on me. I sat and read my book as the day passed. A while later Gus came to my cell and yelled, "Inmate are you ready for your leg stretch and bathroom break?"

Giving a dirty look I said, "Come on old man I have been waiting all afternoon, I feel like I am floating."

Gus gave a smirk and opened my cage. He took my arm and walked me to me through a door and when he got me into the bathroom he said, "Kid you ready?"

I nodded and he said, "Good you're going to have to hit me I unlocked that door at the end. It goes out to a dumpster and a fence line. There are bushes along the fence line stay ducked and move fast it will take you to the tree line. I am going to be passed out until they find me. You have about 10 minutes tops."

Standing back I raised my fist. He nodded and I punch him across the cheek. He took it like a champ and then laid down on the bathroom floor. I took off to the door he left unlocked. I ran to the fence and followed the bushes to the tree line. As I was stepping into the tree line and took off running for even deeper cover I heard a alarm go off from where I was being held. Thankfully I made it through the wood quickly and realized I was close to the storage units. I was literally blocks from my apartment and office. There was nothing at my office I could not live without. As much as I wanted to go to my apartment, I knew there was no way I could go back. Sticking to the shadows I kept my head down and got to the storage unit quite fast. 

I came up to the door and put the code into the unit and the door swung open. Flicking on the lights and had a woah moment. Looking around there was everything that was in this unit. On the dressor I saw a note with my name on it. 

Amelia,

If your reading this you made it. The car title is attached and is yours to do what you need to do with it I already signed it. It has a full tank of gas and just was serviced. I went to your apartment and found your box of passports. I do not want to know why you had all that, but kid disappear for a while. There are womans cloths in this dresser. My wife liked simple things. The foot locker has more than enough cash, take it all. Also there are weapons and MRES in the totes. I will get your apartment cleared out and hide the stuff here. If I cant I have a friend who will and will stash it here starting next week. Stay away for a while this place is paid for 3 years. Just get the hell out of dodge for a while kid. Use the cash and hide. I hope one day I will see you again. Now don't dawdle and move they will look for you soon.

Your Friend,

Gus

I started tearing up and no one in my life has ever been so kind. I knew Gus was taking a huge leap with what he was doing. I hoped one day I would be able to thank him for the kindness he gave me. Sighing I thought that he could possibly be caught for what he did and I hope they don't try to experiment on him because he would have let a prisoner go.  Getting to work I grabbed all the money he told me to grab as well as grabbing my passports and saw the MRE's. Thinking about it I grabbed an empty box that was sitting on the nearby dresser and threw all the MRE's in just incase I had to lay low and not get food via takeout for a few days. Then I went into the dresser and started going through the clothes. His wife was my size and I grabbed everything I could to keep me going and threw everything into the car. Moving the toes around I opened ones that had hand guns and bullets. Went into a second tote and grabbed the shotgun and shells.

After loading everything up I saw a notebook and wrote, 'You were not kidding talk with you soon.'

Pulling a hoodie on I pulled up the hood and covered my head. I opened the small door first and made sure there was no one in front of the door to pull the car out. I unlocked the main garage door and pulled the car out of the unit. After pulling out the car I turned and made sure both doors were locked. Closing my eyes I said a prayer and left the building and decided the best thing for me to do was to head to Canada for a few weeks and lay low in the wild north. 

Heading to Canada was uneventful and thankfully no one came after me. I worried about Gus but there was nothing I could do until some time had passed and I was able to head home. After I made it through immigration and drove into the city I realized I needed a plan and a place to stay. I remembered my Grams had always told me that you could tell a witch or a fairy establishment by the door being painted purple. I drove to a small town buried in a valley. Hungry and tired I saw a tea shop with fairy bottles and a beautiful purple door.

I walked up the steps and through the door quietly and heard, "Well it looks like you need some comfort and food. I see you knew what to look for."

Looking over the counter I saw a woman and said, "Yes ma'am I am exhausted and hungry. Could you tell me of safe lodgings for a woman who is traveling on her own?"

"Well my dear you may be traveling alone but I see you are more than capable of handling things. I can handle the food for you here and if you drive down this main road you will see Smithville Street. There is a cabin park that rents out to our kind that is safe for people who are in flux." She said.

I put out my hand and said, "I am Amelia."

Taking my hand she said, "Hello Amelia I am Collete"

"Thank you Collete I appreciate you," I said. "So I am starving and exhausted so what do you recommend to go as I will head to those cabins."

Smiling she said, "Well how about a soup, sandwich and desert. Are you allergic to anything?"

My stomach took that moment to growl and we both laughed. "Collete I am a easy customer I was raised to enjoy everything and I do not have any allergies. Could you add 4 of those amazing croissants and a loaf of the vegetable bread. Also Oh my you sell honey butter I will take a large one of those as well plus a soup salad and desert that you can choose and make that soup the largest you can."

I paid for my order and while I was waiting Collete handed me two cups. One for coffee and one for a fountain drink. I may like it here a bit to much as it was exactly what I needed. She came back a few minutes later with a huge bag and said, "Okay Amelia this is everything you requested with a few surprises thrown in. I also called Billie she is the owner of the cabins. She said meet her at Cabin 12. Its kinda tucked back so no one will bother you."

"Collete you are my fairy godmother today," I said taking the bag. "How can i repay you for your help?"

"Well Amelia once you settle in come back and see me and we will talk about why you ran all the way to the remotest part of Canada," She said. Quietly she whispered, "Child you are safe here but I need to know what your running from."

Nodding I said, "That is a deal you will not believe what happened."

She nodded as a large group in workers clothing came in. Standing up she said, "See you soon dear."

I headed to the Cabins and found Billie the owner. She was a kind sweet older woman who was also part fairy and when I pulled up she walked up to me and hugged me hard as she said, "My sweet child I could sense you a mile away what did they do to you."

At that moment i became undone and started to cry. She took a tissue out of her pocket and dried my face, "Do you feel a bit better now. How about this lets get you unloaded and you can tell me all about it while I ate."

Nodding I said, "Oh my that would be great."

Billie helped me move all my belongings into the cabin and then we sat at the dining table. I put the food on the table and offered some of the offerings to Billie. She gladly accepted a danish from the box i opened. As I ate some of the soup I told her about being abducted, what happened in the jail and Gus putting himself in danger and my escape. I told her about the storage locker and everything Gus left there for me.

She smiled and said, "Gus seems to be your guardian angel."

I nodded and said, "I hope he did not get in trouble we staged the escape very well."

"Well I have  cousin that lives near there do you have the information for the storage locker still?" She asked.

I pulled the information out of my bag and she said took out her phone, "Pete my darling cousin I need a sneaky favor."

Listening to the one side of the conversation I guess Billie and Pete were friends as well as cousins. After a few minutes of banter she got serious and said, "Pete love I have a matter of some urgency, but it can also be dangerous and people are experimenting on supes and normal's alike. A friend of mine was helped to escape from one of the guys there and she is worried that he was disciplined in her escape."

I saw her listen some more then as she rolled her eyes she said, "Pete I am not asking you to go to  the facility she was kept at. The gentleman had my friend go to a private storage facility and had a bug out kit and car ready for her. If I give you info can you check it and provide the burner phone number he can call to let us know?"

I saw a big smile and she said, "Your a rock star Pete I will send you a pic of the details. Love you and give the family a hug and kiss for me."

Billie looked at me and said, "Now we wait!"

"Billie thank you so much for your kindness," I said as I fought back a yawn.

"You poor thing your exhausted," She said. "Now let old Mrs Billie take care of you. Finish eating while I put the food in the fridge and then you are going to sleep till you wake up. My phone number is on the fridge ad when you wake up you call me and I will give you a tour of the area."

I finished my plate and went to wash it. Once I was done Billie said, "You sleep well and I will see you today or tomorrow."

I watched Billie leave and locked the door behind her. I grabbed my bag of toiletries and went to take a shower. Once I showered I dropped into bed and fell right to sleep. I had a dreamless sleep and woke up around 1am in the morning and looked out the window and saw the view to the town and valley below and felt a peace I had not had in a long time. My stomach started to growl and I went and got some food out of the fridge to eat. I am glad Collete had suggested to get more than I needed and ate watching the view. When I was done eating I looked at my phone and saw I had a text from Billie that read, 'No news yet sleep well.' I laid back down and fell asleep till I woke up the following morning.

When I woke up the following morning and I saw the clock read 7am and I walked into the kitchen and saw my box of pastries. I pulled out a Strawberry Danish and started a pot of coffee. Sitting at the table I took my first sip when I had a knock at the door. Getting up I went to the door and when I opened it Billie was standing there with a grin on her face. She took my hand and said, "I just heard back from Pete."

"Should I be sitting down," I asked.

"Yes but its good news," She said. "Sweet girl you look exhausted still."

"I feel like I am," I said. "But please what is the news."

"Pete waited for a while," She said. "But his patience was rewarded as Gus showed up after 1 this morning. He is fine and he was not disciplined. Pete said gus is trying to get out of the job but that is not easy as another man tried to quit and he was found dead a few days later. He has Petes number and will call Pete if he needs an out. He told Pete he will want to empty the unit first along with his house before he can run due to memories with his wife. We came up with a plan Gus is going to start donating little things to charities. He is going to make a big thing with Pete to sell him things. Pete is going to buy the things he wants and we are going to have it checked for bugs or tracking devices and then Pete is going to meet up with a friend who will transport it up here. Gus may not stay here as he has considered having us purchase him an RV or pull behind."

Amelia- Main Character  a hybrid Witch/Fairy

Guard- Gus

Collete- Tea shop owner Fairy

Billie- Rental cabin owner part fay  Pete-Billies cousin