Cassandra Morris - Narration - Science Fiction

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Even when I was a child seeing Boogie men in the basement, she had known perfectly well. I was seeing ghosts. My mother knew it. That's why she'd insisted. We move. I fingered my necklace. Was this more than a silly talisman to convince me I was safe? That my mother really think it would protect me? Is that why Aunt Lauren had insisted I wear De Lisle House? Simon said Necromancy was hereditary. If both my mother and my aunt had known about the ghosts, it must run in their blood. Did my father know? Was that why he stayed away from me? Because I was a freak? I thought about my mother about the accident. The hidden run driver had never been found has really been an accident. Or had someone killed? No. I squeezed the thought from my brain as I clutched the pillow tighter. I couldn't let my mind start running away like that or I'll go crazy Crazy. Aunt Lauren knew I wasn't crazy, and she let me think. I waas shipped me off to a group home. A group home filled with other supernatural kids without Lawrence said we were special. She'd included Ray so she must really be one of those half demons. What about Tory? What was she did her mother? No. If her mother worked for them, she must know. And if she did and blamed Tory for not getting better, what kind of parent would do that? But hadn't my aunt done the same thing? Only she's sweetened it with smiles and hugs. And maybe that was worse. Right now, it felt worse. Was Lyle House where they sent us when things went wrong, put us there and medicated us and tried to tell us we had a mental illness. But why wouldn't the truth be easier? Why not tell us when we were young and prepare us and teach us how to control it? From what Simon said, That's the way it was supposed to work. You told your kids and you trained them how to use and hide their powers before they lost control. What was Lyle House? I remembered what Simon said about his dad. He worked for this research company, supernatural doctors and scientists trying to make things easier for other supernatural. Then I heard the ghost of the witch buried in the basement. Sam Lyle promised us an easier life. That's what we all want, isn't it? Power without price? You see, little girl, all scientific advancement requires experimentation, and experimentation requires subjects. And that's what Michael and I were lab rats sacrificed to the vision of a madman. I leapt up heart setting so hard I couldn't breathe, Lauren said. We were special, all of us. Ray and Simon and Tory and me, but not Derek. I expect that brute to be handled the way he should have been handled years ago. Put down like a rabid dog. I had to find Derek. Before they did. I turned around seeing my surroundings, a double bed with big pillows and a thick comforter. Carpet on the floor, a desk, an armchair. Ah, private bathroom through 1/2 open door like a fancy hotel room. Across the room was a door painted white. It looked like any interior door, but when I walked over and put my hands against it, it was cold steel, a six steel door with no window, not even a people and no door knob. Wherever I waas, it wasn't a fake group home where I had the run of the house and yard had chores, classes and field trips. I was in this room and I wasn't getting out. I backed up to the bed. I was trapped. I'd never escape. Never. Oh, that's great. You've been awake five minutes taking a quick look around and given up. Why don't you just lie back and wait for them to come and strap you to a table? What did that? Which say something about being prodded with electrical wires until she bit off her tongue. I let out a whimper. And what about Derrick? He got you out of Lyle house, and now you aren't even going to try to warn him. Just let them catch him. Kill him. Derek wouldn't get caught. He was too smart for that. He got out of Lyle House. We got you out of Lyle house. He didn't plan to go. That was a total fluke. Remember when Dr Davidoff tried to call him back? He almost went. What happens if they do that again? Maybe he'll have had second thoughts. Decide. He really is better off locked away. Not as long as he has to protect Simon. Ah, Simon. Derek will never turn in. Simon But what about distracting them so Simon can escape like he did for you And Ray? If he thinks turning himself in will let Simon escape, he'll do it. You know he will. I had to warn him. But to warn him I had to get out of here. This time I couldn't just sit back and let someone else make the plans. I had to do it myself. Maybe I was locked in here for now, but I'd be let out eventually. It wasn't exactly a high risk prisoner. They take me out for exercise to eat, to experiment on me. I tried not to think about the last point, Waas. I'd get out and when I did and needed to be ready to escape. First, though, I had to get a good look around and plan