Chapter 18: Asharika's true identity 1
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Asharika eyes enlargen, and she feels her heart in bliss. As an arc is formed in the corner of her lips. “Jenievib.”
The ghost pouts then float in front of her. “booooring. You should have at least show some fear. Tsk.” Asharika smiles at her, then chuckles, making Jenievib pouts once again. “Laugh, laugh. You are so not cute.”
“I miss you.”
Jenievib looks at her in surprise. “M-miss? Heh, Y-you miss this Jenievib. Of course, you will miss me.”
“Yes, I miss you.”
Jenievib stops in his cheekiness then turn her head away. “I-I already know. Hmph.” She whispers.
Asharika looks at her in amazement, then changes the topic. “What are you doing here?”
“Huh? Oh, obviously it is because the agency told me.”
“Agency--- brrr. Cold!” Asharika looks at the water that flows back to normal and looks at Jenievib whose face turns to a normal girl face, laughing at her. She can’t help but roll her eyes at her. “Really Jenievib.”
“hahaha, Your face is so epic. Hihihi” she giggles.
Asharika shakes her head in helplessness and continues to finish bathing. “So what the agency told you.” She asks while washing her body with soap and water.
“Hmm, They said that you should be careful. He already knows your existence.”
Asharika turns silent then exhales. “What else?”
“They are now searching for no.75.”
Asharika clenches her fist. “I see, I understand.”
“What’s with you?” Jenievib asks, then takes the bathrobe, and gave it to Asharika.
“Huh?”
“You been pouting and all, did something happened?”
Asharika becomes quiet, then walks out and puts her head in a hairdryer machine, it is an egg shape metallic look, you need to put your head and hair inside and it will instantly dry, after that, she walks toward her cabinet furrowed. “This attire is so, ugh.”
“pft- hahaha, it is so like you. Boring.” Jenievib laughs getting a sarcastic smile from Asharika.
“That Timeus really has no taste on clothes.” She cringes as she takes the white big shirt and jogging pants. “I look like a hanger of clothes in this! Aist.”
“And you think you got a good taste on clothes.”
“Well compare to that Timeus, I do.”
“Which is?”
“At least I know how to choose what fits with me.”
“Then Timeus fits for you,” teases Jenievib.
“Oh please.” Asharika sighs after putting on the clothes, “Why did that humex do such?” Her heart once more felt the pain. “This… is too much…”
“Ah you mean No. 3?”
Asharika looks at the floating Jenievib with intriguing eyes. “No.3”
“Yeah, No. 3 is a human gun.”
“Where did you get that info?”
“In your real brain.”
“Real brain?”
“Remember the time we first set foot in the agency, When you are already about to die, they took out your brain along with others, but you are still alive after.”
Asharika turns silent.
Yes, she is not a human, she is not a normal being. She was once rescued along with other humex and brought to the agency at that time. Her original brain was taken out, thinking she will die but she still breathe after, the agency then put another brain in her, and that is the brain of the real Asharika Gonzaga. And she…
She has no real name at all…
She only knew that she is with the dead bodies when she woke up that time, and Jenievib and Rot were there.
“… and then they discover that you have some memories of us, humex… but Eugene says that the memories they had only seen so far is about 10 or 20 percent, and your brain is still taking time to regenerate on its own,” Jenievib adds.
“Regenerate?”
“Yeah, that is what Eugene says.”
“Then do you remember who are them?”
“I-I only remember 1- 10, Rot is 1, no.2 has an X-ray vision, no. 3 is the gunman, no. 4 is slasher…” Jenievib says the last name in a whisper.
Asharika smile playfully in Jenievib direction. “Ayie… You remember Danrick?” then winks. She is talking about no. 4, Danrick.
“N-No, w-who will want to remember him… I just miss him a bit…” Jenievib says the last sentence in a soft and longing sound, making Asharika giggles. “W-What are you laughing at?”
“Nothing,” Asharika says playing innocent making Jenievib pout.
“Hmph! I won’t tell you about the others anymore.”
Asharika chuckles and she peers at her friend, “Okay okay, I won’t tease you anymore.”
“Good!” Jenievib says ah her hand is on her waist. “No. 5 human bomb, the one in America before, No. 6 is tech virus, we still finding where that humex is, no. 7 is information, Eugene says that there is a big possibility that he is with that mad scientist, No.8 is gooey, the one whom Timeus has captured and killed in Quezon.”
Asharika feels down, remembering the helpless situation of No.8 during that time, making her sighs.
“Ahh, well, we know that they see us like a monster.”
“I know but…”
Jenievib brow furrow. “Asharika, you i***t! Stop acting like a chicken! hmph! so what if they see us as a monster for now, someday they will look at us as a human. That’s why we will do our best so that we will become a normal human again!” Jenievib says in conviction. “So stop acting a cry-baby and all, It’s annoying. Hmph.”
Asharika can’t but smiles.
Yes, that is the reason why she keeps on moving forward. She is not supposed to act weak and crying like a baby.
“Thank you!”
“T-thank you? H-Heh, of course, this Jenievib is amazing after all.”
“Yes, you are amazing.”
"O-Of course I am."
Asharika lips arc up but then remembers that she is under observation. Her heart started to worry, what if they discover her friend and...
She exhales, she doesn't want to know what will happen after, "Ah, Jenievib... You should leave."
"Why?"
"They might discover that I am talking with you."
"Sheesh you worry too much, They won't. Remember that I can make myself invisible."
"Still..."
Jenievib pouts at Asharika. Then she looks at her in excitement.
Asharika heart skips a beat, she got a bad feeling about this. "What are you planning to do?"
"I remember last time I enter you, I remember some of my past. Maybe I can remember more once I..." then Jenievib grins.
"Jenievib, they told you not to."
"But they are not here, it just a bit Ash, please."
"No." She feels worried about her friend, what if disobeying will do her harm than good.
"Please... I wanna remember more about my past."
"But... The agency says that the power I have is still unidentified." Asharika says, remembering that the only idea she knows about her identity is that she can't be distinguished as a humex, making her seem like a complete human.
They had no idea why it is so.
"Please, just a bit..."
Asharika looks at her friend whose making a puppy eye. She never sees her acts before... Maybe just a little bit... "Just a bit okay."
"Yehey!!!" then Jenievib enters her body, giving shivers to her.
It felt weird, it was as if she is moving but her physical body is not.
"Ash..."
Asharika brow knit, the voice of her friend sounds like breaking down. "What is it?"
"Ash..."
Asharika then feels that she is crying, but when she wipes her face, there are no tears.
Then her eyes widen as she hears her next words.
- Writer
