Chapter 271 Alex trapped in a box (2/2)

Alex was about to panic again but was still able to calm himself due to Kyle's breathing technique. After calming down Alex decided that what happened was nothing more than a dream. There was no point in deluding himself that was reality. In the first place Alex was sure that even his grandfather would have a difficult time capturing Lyner and dad, that easily. He needed to remain calm and wait for a chance, since no matter the situation there should be a chance.

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It has been quite some time now, and Alex had no more water left. It was at this point he had seen numerous daydreams, or hallucinations of people coming to his rescue. Sometimes it was the whole Mercenary Club with Matthew and Arhtur Glory, sometimes it was Lyner by himself, sometimes it would be Michel and Lilitth, sometimes it was Rachel and Evangeline, most of the times it would be either Lyner or Carlo or simply both of them. There was even a time he hallucinated that Oliver was able to take over the whole Shadow Mercenaries. Yet the weirdest one was the time his own biological mom came to his rescue, claiming that she never died, and was only in a comatose state. It was only now that she woken up and saw Alex in trouble and came to his rescue.

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Alex at this point didn't even know if he was alive or dead, he even started to think that this was some kind of hell. He was already nearing a state of insanity, or it could be that he was already insane. Still he liked talking to the fake Rachel, seeing her even as a hallucination gave him the motivation he needed to stay alive.

Yet today it was different, Alex was still trying his best to survive, but unlike in the beginning he wasn't sure anymore what his grandfather wanted from him. So while he was talking to the fake Rachel in his hallucinations, he started to apologize.

”Sorry Rachel, I'm not sure if I could make it or not anymore. I wanted to tell you face to face what I truly felt about you, but if this is the end, I guess I'll settle with this hallucination of you. Rachel I don't know when it started, or how it happened, but I Alexander Samarita am in love with you.”

As Alex said this he smiled or he thinks he did. Still it didn't matter since he felt happy that he was able to say that. His sense of reality was now all over the place. He licked his extremely dry lips, as he continued to smile like a fool.

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As Alex sat perfectly still feeling that last bits of his energy fading, he then was blinded by a flash of light. It was like his eyes had directly looked at a flash bang. He was disoriented for a few more minutes, before he could finally regain focus in his eyes. As he regained focus, he could now see the walls of room again. Nothing has changed only that the light was finally turned on.

He then heard the door opening, and came in his most hated enemy. The only living biological relative he had, his grandfather. Alex wanted to attack and escape but his body was not responding. Richter who was now looking at his malnourished grandson clapped his hands.

”That was an amazing feat Dalvir, or should I call you Alex?... I guess Alex works, since you're more familiar with that name now. Well anyway I congratulate you Alex. You actually survived for a month and a half, with nothing but a little bottle of water. That's the longest time anyone lasted in the room of isolation, which we use to train our agents mentality and ability to survive with nothing but one bottle of water. As expected of my grandson you beat the record by a huge margin. For you information the last record was twenty days.”

As Richter was happily explaining this, Alex continued to glare at his grandfather, unable to do anything else.

”Do not glare at me like that. I know what you're thinking, what have you done, how can I get back in top shape after this? Don't worry using the technology of the Shadow Mercenaries, I'll be able to bring you back into shape, after just one day. So all you need to do is close your eyes and rest. Once you open them you'll be back to how you were before we started this test, well physically anyway, mentally that's another thing. When you get back to tip top shape, we'll proceed to the next test.”

Once he was done saying what he needed to say, Richter wore a gas mask, after doing that the whole room was once again filled by sleeping gas. This was a weaker version of sleeping gas, than the one use at the beginning but because of Alex's extremely weakened state it still worked.

Alex couldn't help but slowly close his eyes, as he continued to glare at his grandfather right until he lost consciousness.