Chapter 10 A Decade And Half Of Torture

"This mark? That's none of your business as far as I am concerned. Remember Nathan, you're the one under my control now, refrain from asking me meaningless questions or I'll take matters into my hands." Bianca replied, pulled down her sleeves then walked away, leaving Nathan who still stood frozen behind.

Falling out of his stupor Nathan hurried behind her, struggling to call out the words stuck in his throat.

"A trademark, that means everyone in that facility has it right? And they are the only ones who have it?"

"In a way, yes. But I wouldn't really suggest you go there, it's not really nice over there for a normal human like you." Bianca said, glancing round the mansion in confusion.

"Show the way to a room, I'm feeling sleepy." She said in a sluggish voice that Nathan failed to register.

"Which family does that facility belong to? Who takes charge of it? Who owns the control and power over it?"

Bianca turned towards him with a cold look on her face, her very presence gave off a cold and chilling atmosphere but this time Nathan didn't back down, he couldn't afford to.

"Why are you so curious about it? Because of your mother? Do you really care about her so much?"

"Yes." Nathan replied without hesitation then continued "I swear by my name that I will do everything within my power to repay you this favour if you can help me in taking my revenge. You might not know but to me, my mother was my everything, she took care of me even when my father didn't take me in, comforted me and provided everything, she even died trying to protect me! And you know what's even more infuriating? The killer is out there, living his own peaceful life but my mother's already gone."

"How could I possibly live another year in peace knowing my mother's killer is still out there??"

Bianca's eyes slowly relaxed, she walked over to the sofa then sat down "I think I can understand, or relate a little with your current predicament and suffering but I have to assure you of the fact that I want and desire revenge even more than you but there's nothing I can do to change the current situation. Currently there's nothing we can do even if we actually knew the location of the base."

Nathan's eyebrows creased together, a huge frown appeared on his face "You mean you don't know where the base is? The ones who sent you out?"

Bianca nodded then replied "I only know the checkpoint where we move out from, everything after that is beyond my understanding, the number of times I've left the base can be counted on a single hand and I pray I don't have to go back there. I also wish to get back at them but I can't do anything about it and I have to bear the mark forever."

"Then why? Why do you refuse to take action? Why are you willing to stay in their shadows and live like a rat for the rest of your life?" Nathan asked with gritted teeth.

"Because I've lived with them for over a decade, and because I've lived there for over a decade I know of everything they can do and are capable of, I know what exactly goes on beyond the closed doors of that facility." Bianca said, her mind wandering towards the events that transpired throughout the past decade and a half.

"Ever since I gained consciousness, ever since I could think and walk, listen and understand things I was already in that facility."

"I grew up there, trained with the older soldiers and was brought up by random people I barely recognize till now, I was passed from hand to hand till I was age six then everything changed."

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"Bianca, how are you feeling today?" Lucien asked with a smile, lightly patting the young girl with white hair and dark red eyes who refused to respond.

Young Bianca had a chubby face with puffed out cheeks and innocent eyes. She seemed curious about everything going on around her but was also scared of the man standing before her.

"Bianca, can you hear me?" He asked once again, making the little girl shrink her neck back.

"Yes uncle, I can hear you." She replied in a shaky voice.

"Good girl, so how are you feeling today?"

"A little dizzy and tired, lots of headaches also, I just feel very tired." She replied in a low voice which made Lucien's face light up.

"That's great then!"

"G-Great?"

"Yes! These symptoms show that you're definitely ready for the next step of the transmission process." Lucien replied with a grin that made Bianca shrink back in fear.

"Another one? Uncle please no, I don't want another one of those needles, they are scary! Uncle please!" She screamed out, her face filled with fear and horror just recalling what happened the last time she had to go through the so-called transmission process.

Lucien ignored her rants and walked towards the desk placed before him, pulled out a few sheets of paper then scribbled a few things on it "It's not the same as last time dear, you don't have to be so scared, I naturally want the best for you Bianca, uncle wishes the best for you."

Lucien's words somehow made her calm down a little, she slowly cleaned the tears away with her hands then asked "So no more needles and injections?"

"Oh dear, don't worry we're done with that, just a few more processes and you'll be in a fully conditioned shape, Alaric! Take her to the second transmission chamber then inject the V12 solution into it, increase the pressure to 975 mmHg, the temperature to one hundred and seventy nine degree Celsius {179°C}, then place her under radar for the next sixty minutes, let's see how this goes." Followed by his words a burly man with rippling muscles walked into the room then pulled onto Bianca's hands and yanked her away from the ground.

"Uncle, where am I going?"

"You'll know, oh by the way. Add an extra degree to the temperature, that makes it exactly one hundred and eighty {180°C} degree Celsius."

"Understood." Alaric replied with a nod then left the room where Lucien still had a mad look plastered across his face.

"Or should I increase the pressure also? Nahh, let's work with this for now, hehe."