paranoianovel Chapter 13: Miss Alice, you have to stop running
Chapter 13: Miss Alice, you have to stop running
Chapter 13: Miss Alice, you have to stop runningAlice ran on the treadmill with all her might as it had been set to the fastest pace. It was a surprise how she was keeping up so well and not even breaking a sweat.
Her legs were moving so fast that it also surprised her. She always had a knack for getting away with high speed, but she never expected to be able to run this fast, and she wasn't even feeling it.
She fixed her gaze on the man who was taking notes as she ran. She didn't know what they were trying to gain but she had been running for thirty minutes straight. Didn't this mean she had a crazy amount of stamina?
"So," Alice called out, attracting their attention to herself. "...when do I get off?" She asked.
"It's only been thirty minutes, Miss Alice." The re
Well, she needed her mouth more but at this moment, she needed to save her legs, and to do that, she needed a safe way to get off this machine.
What if she tried something else?
"And let's just say, I ended up falling off this machine, what is the probability that I'll die?" She asked.
"What? What are you planning?" He asked with a frown.
"Oh, just a way to get off so I can eat already. I'm starving, keke." Alice said.
Mark didn't know what she was planning but it looked like it was dangerous. He looked behind. The wall behind her was made of alloy so if she crashed on it, she may bash her head and die.
'I heard S-class awakeneds have thick bodies but what if she's not an S-class as she's always been saying? I may be putting her life on the line.'
There were a lot of things that pointed her out to be an S-class. She did things that only S-class awakeneds could accomplish. Yet... What if it was all a coincidence?
Even if she were an S-class awakened, who was to say that her body was as strong as the others? There was no certainty so he hesitated.
At that moment, Mark started feeling really responsible over Alice. He was assigned to be the professional awakened to take care of her while she was in custody but he took his job halfheartedly.
He just decided she was like every other rogue awakened who became awakened and hid it from the agency for her own benefit, but most times, she just looked like a simple teenager who wanted to eat her fill and not suffer from hunger.
He had only known her for a day and a half, but he had to admit, she was worth protecting.
And at that moment, he didn't want her to die even if it was through her own actions.
"What are you planning, Alice?" Mark asked. "If you've been telling the truth all along about not being an awakened and you hit the wall right now, you'll get smashed." He warned, and to that, she said with a cheeky grin plastered on her face.
"Well, if the wall is that hard, just put a cushion to soften the impact, boss. It's not that hard to think of."