Pandora's Box

Chapter 13

Jennifer’s Point of View

The blaring alarm did not stop immediately and I sure feels so scared right now, I don’t what this means but I hope that this is something not that bad.

Now that my sister is out of my sight, and I don’t know where she really is, that’s why I am so concerned right now.

I want to know where my sister is.

“Calm down,” Dr. Sarah said to us, as she grab her phone from her pocket, and left us here alone. But the calming part is that we are of the Crimson coded terra former’s enclosure.

That’s the best part of it.

I honestly don’t want to stay here that much, because with the alarms blaring that loud, my adorement towards the creatures became fear.

It’s obviously that I still care for my life.

There is nothing that can outweight that but only one. The life of my dear sister, and even we don’t get agree on things that much, I just can’t deny that my love for her outweighs my love for myself.

I still clearly remember inside my mind, how I bother my parents for me to have a little sister, and that feeling of joy when I first saw her in this world.

There is that...

Her smile. She turned out to be so beautiful that all boys in the campus had desired on, at least once.

I just can’t imagine, if something happens to her.

Dr. Sarah is gone now.

“Something is happening here guys, and it feels so scary,” I heard Jose talking to his camera for his content. That is some illegat stuff he is capturing because I am sure that the country will like to keep events like this, a secret from the rest of the world.

I pulled Alexander’s sleeves, which help me to get his attention.

“Is there something bothering you?” he asked me.

Isn’t it obvious?

Then I saw him turn his around in each corner.

“Where is your sister, and Leon?” he asked me.

“Exactly,” I exclaimed.

“Don’t te-“

“They are not here with us,” I told him anyways.

“Where could have they gone through?” he asked me.

“I don’t know,” I told him nervously.

“Should I tell my sister?” he asked me.

“That’s what must you do,” I told him the obvious action when something went wrong. Tell it to the authority.

Honestly I will feel extremely down if Dr. Sarah decides to cancel the tour because of my sister’s action, but I don’t care if it means for my assurance on her safety.

He pulled out his phone and then he dialled something to it. I guess he is trying to call his sister’s number.

He put it on his ear, and there.

“Sis,” he said on the phone. “Wait, wai-“

That looks bad.

He looks at me with that concerned look on his eyes.

“What happened?” I asked him.

“She can’t help us right now,” he told me.

“What?!” I thought telling her will instantly solve my problem.

My anxiety grew bigger, feeding on the doubt inside my mind.

“She is dealing with that problem right now...” he said with awkwardness in his voice.

“Then what shall we do? I just can’t let my sister there in the middle of nowhere while this...” I looked at the red lights and pointed at it. “Alarm or what you call it, is raging on like that,” I told him and I can feel a tear in my eyes forming.

I am so scared right now.

He then wipe the tear on my eye, and I felt some comfort on his warm touch. I looked at his eyes.

“Don’t worry we will find your sister,” he told me.

“Will your sister be angry with us?” I asked him. He avoided my gaze when I asked him that question.

“I don’t know but I am sure that she will understand,” he told me. I hope so...

He then started to walk through the hallways, and since I am the one finding my sister, I quickly trailed behind him.

Then I heard Jose, running towards us.

“Why are you following us?” I asked him.

“What, leaving me there alone with that monster? No thanks,” he said.

He has a point, then I will let him tag along. This is not what I imagined before I reach this place. I thought this enclosure of theirs are very secured, and it seems not like it.

We exited the hallway, through the same the door that we came through earlier.

We are back to this big place, filled with doors that leads to the terra former’s enclosure, and here the red lights are prevalent and that loud sound of emergency is playing.

“Where is she?” I asked him.

I looked at the place and there are so many people here.

“Yow,” Jose called to us and we looked at him.

“I think I saw something inside there that says do not cross, it might be the place and her boyfried have gone through, since she said something lewd to me, like getting a room since they are flirting non-stop ISTG!” he said while pointing back at the door behind him. (ISTG means I swear to god)

WHAT?!

Geez, then we have to go back.

I was about to grab the door knob when another hand grabbed mine and I am sure that this is not my companion, because it wears some sort of red gloves.

I looked on who grabbed my hand and I was greeted by a man, wearing some sort of hazmat suit.

“You are not allowed to enter there,” a deep male voice came out from that suit, and I am not sure at first because the suit was big enough to hide the biological features that will make it easier for their distinction.

“But si-“ Alexander grabbed my hand, and he shook his head.

I don’t what that means but I did not struggle.

“Follow me, to a evacuation site,” he added.

“Evacuation site?” I asked.

“Yes,” he replied to me cheaply.

“Is it really necesarry to go to an evacuation site?” I asked again.

“There has been a containment breach,” he said that made my eyes widened. “For your safety follow me to an evacuation site, to ensure you lives,” he said and he is not holding his words back, when it comes to death.

“Containment breach!?” Jose exclaimed.

“Just follow me,” the man did not bother to pay attention to Jose and he just started walking, and we followed him.

“Why did you stop me?” I whispered towards Alexander.

“You, and the rest including my sister will be put in too much trouble, if you said about it to him” he answered my question, and he is not joking because the tone of his voice is dead serious.

“But my sister,” I whispered back to him again.

“I am sure that she is on an evacuation site now,” he assured me, and there is a high chance of possibility that she is really on an evacuation site, before I do.

He has a point and it is highly possible, so I am tryin to calm myself down, because I feel like that I am hyperventilating because of that.

"Don't worry, your sister will be safe," he told me and I hope so that mys sister is really safe from the dangers that lurks around in this situation.

"But I can't be that sure, unless if I see that she is really safe when we reach the evacuation site and she is really safe,” I told him. "i just can't believe that something like that is something true,” I added and then I looked back at him extremely worried.

“I know and I understand how you feel right now so take it cool right now,” Alexander told me.

I can’t believe that you are saying those words to me Alex, I am a bit disappointed but be thankful that I am a understanding person so I know why are you saying that words to me right now.

“But I just can’t calm myself down, if I know that my sister is out there in some sort of danger, so please,” I told him.

“Don’t worry miss, we got the vanguards to take care of this thing,” we heard the man in a hazmat suit said to us, but that is not enough for me.

“My sister is missing, can’t you understand that?!”

“We know that you are worried, but remember that this is a high security area, so probably your security encountered one by one, and don’t be worried because we promise you that we got all of this under control,” he told me.

“You better be sure,” I told him and I know that I am a bit disrespectful towards him right now but I am scared and I don’t know what to do.

Who can blame me?

I know my sister is tough.

But I am not there to protect here.

We walked for a couple of moments, while Alexander is trying to console me by tapping my back. For some reason he thinks that this will be effective especially that I can’t stop myself from crying.

I feel sorry that he has to deal with this side of me. But I am thankful that he has been there as my friend.

I know that you are trying to be ther by my side in times of this great depression of mine.

“Don’t worry, she will be fine,” he whispered to my ear. I know he is trying reassure me, but with thoughts like that running inside my mind. I just can’t help it but to think if my sister is really fine out there.

I know that I prioritized my own interest over her safety and trust me, that I regret that decision big time. From the moment that I noticed, I should have told them.

The power of greed, it has taken over me, and I hate myself for being that weak to greed.

We reached a big bunker door, and there are no other ways to go through, by simply putting it as a dead end. So I assume that this is the evacuation area, that they are talking about. Oh please, I don’t want any troubles.

The guy in the hazmat suit, talked to the radio there, and a few moments after it opened just like what happened when we are entering the premises of this country.

It’s hazy at first but as the gap on the door became wider, I noticed that there are so many people here. Mostly researchers that cannot fend for themselves.

I gotta say, for a situation that they claim they can handle easily, these are too many people that they are protecting and that did not help me to feel better.