74 On The Run (1/2)
I immediately pushed the body off of me and crawled away. While I was trying to get away, a couple of flashlights illuminated the corridors. The beams were not directed at us, but it was certain they were looking for us.
”Where are you? I think I found the door to the corridor. We still have time to run before they arrive.” Idil whispered. With the help of the beams dissipating from the flashlights, we could see our surroundings again.
”Wait, we are not going.” the old man said. ”Change of plans.”
”What!?” I said.
”If that girl on the speaker is right... We need to inform the scientists that The Community is still here, no matter the outcome. This is more important than our escape.” he said. ”If she is right, defeating The Community shall be our common goal.”
”I am telling the truth!” Cansu yelled. ”Tell them, teacher, tell them that I'm not lying!”
”But what will happen once The Community is defeated? They are not the only evil here! What do you think will happen to us once The Community is gotten rid of?” Idil said.
”I agree.” I said. ”We can not directly confront the scientists. It is a dead end, it would guarantee our imprisonment.”
”Trust me, I will get you out of here. I promised that didn't I?” the old man said. ”But you have to listen to me!”
”You never promis-” I was about to answer.
”He did promise that.” Idil interrupted. ”Well, not to you, but to me.”
”What the hell is going on here? Did you make some kind of deal?” I asked, and turned to the old man. ”And I still don't know who you are and what you are really doing here!”
”Hit the floor!” Cansu suddenly yelled. I immediately held Idil and pushed her down. We laid flat on the ground. A beam of light passed above us, without revealing our position. But the old man was not fast enough to react.
*bang*
A gunshot was heard in the distance. I heard a bullet flying past overhead.
”Oh no.” The words escaped my mouth as the bullet struck the old man in between his eyes. Like it was not enough to see him die once before, I watched him drop dead to the ground once again. He didn't make any sound as his body fell back
”There goes our ticket back to the normal world above...” Idil said. We began silently crawling away from the surgery room, into the darker part of the corridor.
”What is so special about him?” I asked. ”I can swear that I saw him die once before. He really is a weird part of this whole thing.”
”It was probably his clone that you saw dying earlier.” Idil said.
”A clone!?”
”Shush!” Idil closed my mouth with her hand. We saw two armed man with flashlights entering the surgery room. We had gotten out of the room just in time.
I pushed her hand away from my mouth as we got on our feet and ran into a passage on our right.
”Tell me about him.” I said Idil. ”Please, that man is a key element-”
”Alright, alright...” she said. ”He was a scientist working on that 'experiment' thing... before he had secretly defected.”
”How many clones of him are there?” I asked. ”Can they clone humans in here!? How many people are cloned?”