said as she went back inside.
Mikal followed and stood by her side as she faced the doctor again.
“Do you know who he is or what lab he came from?” Two asked, surprising both men.
Dr. Mussberger stared at Mikal—he wanted to know where the dark creature came from as well. The doctor shook his head slowly, his eyes never leaving Mikal.
“I have no idea where he came from. But if you take me back to my home, I have equipment—” he said before Mikal’s hearty chuckle cut him off.
Mikal stared hard at the doctor.
“You’re not going home, and you’re never touching me,” Mikal said, his voice leaving no doubt that the doctor would die first.
Alpha Two looked between the doctor and the stranger as she sifted their energy, looking for any sign that they knew one another or knew of each other. She had no doubt that Mikal could hide the truth from her, but Two knew the doctor couldn’t, and the excitement and curiosity in his energy when he looked at Mikal was genuine.
As curious as she was about where Mikal had come from, Two knew she didn’t have the time to find out. She had to know what they were planning for her when she went in to free her sisters.
“What trap do they have planned for me?” she asked.
Dr. Mussberger shook his head.
“I really don’t know. Security handles that—” he began.
Mikal interrupted him again.
“You’re lying. You know something about what they’re planning. You can remain alive and useful, or you can be dead, and we’ll find someone else to talk,” he said as he clenched his fists by his sides.
Mikal didn’t feel the least bit guilty about blatantly frightening the man into speaking. From what he’d heard so far, the man had spent untold years torturing Mikal’s people— including the female—and he felt no remorse about doing whatever it took to free the others.
Dr. Mussberger trembled as he looked at Mikal. He no longer had any doubts that the creature had spoken the truth when he’d said that he was free born. He had no idea how that was possible, but he wanted to find out more than anything else in the world.
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know. Just please, tell me where you came from. Did you come from another planet? Are there more of you among us? How did your skin become that color? Does your body—the doctor asked, studying Mikal curiously before Two grabbed him by the throat and shook him.
When Two knew she had the doctor’s attention, she stopped shaking him and stared at him with cold eyes—the same way he’d always looked at her while he humiliated her with his exams and tests.
“I will begin dissecting you the same way you did my father, if you don’t start talking now,” she growled in his face.
“He wasn’t your father . . . At least, we don’t believe he was. More like a brother . . . maybe. We used different DNA sources for you and him. After his failure, we no longer used that particular strand again,” Dr. Mussberger said.
“He didn’t fail!” Two roared at him as she throttled him again.
Mikal sighed and gently pulled her away from the doctor.
“Do not give him the satisfaction,” Mikal whispered in her ear as he stood in front of her, facing the doctor, so she could pull herself together.
When Mikal could feel her calming down, he stepped around her and faced the doctor.
“I believe I’m done with you intentionally stalling and pushing her buttons. One more time and it won’t be her strangling you. Now what is this trap being set for her?” Mikal asked, trying to get back on topic.
Mikal didn’t believe they had much time to get to her sisters before the females were transferred or killed. The problem was that the doctor had spent many years controlling and torturing Alpha Two, and she was so emotional that she wasn’t concentrating on the urgency of the task. Mikal had no doubt that the doctor was doing it on purpose, hoping for a rescue.
When long seconds passed and the doctor still stared
Mikal followed and stood by her side as she faced the doctor again.
“Do you know who he is or what lab he came from?” Two asked, surprising both men.
Dr. Mussberger stared at Mikal—he wanted to know where the dark creature came from as well. The doctor shook his head slowly, his eyes never leaving Mikal.
“I have no idea where he came from. But if you take me back to my home, I have equipment—” he said before Mikal’s hearty chuckle cut him off.
Mikal stared hard at the doctor.
“You’re not going home, and you’re never touching me,” Mikal said, his voice leaving no doubt that the doctor would die first.
Alpha Two looked between the doctor and the stranger as she sifted their energy, looking for any sign that they knew one another or knew of each other. She had no doubt that Mikal could hide the truth from her, but Two knew the doctor couldn’t, and the excitement and curiosity in his energy when he looked at Mikal was genuine.
As curious as she was about where Mikal had come from, Two knew she didn’t have the time to find out. She had to know what they were planning for her when she went in to free her sisters.
“What trap do they have planned for me?” she asked.
Dr. Mussberger shook his head.
“I really don’t know. Security handles that—” he began.
Mikal interrupted him again.
“You’re lying. You know something about what they’re planning. You can remain alive and useful, or you can be dead, and we’ll find someone else to talk,” he said as he clenched his fists by his sides.
Mikal didn’t feel the least bit guilty about blatantly frightening the man into speaking. From what he’d heard so far, the man had spent untold years torturing Mikal’s people— including the female—and he felt no remorse about doing whatever it took to free the others.
Dr. Mussberger trembled as he looked at Mikal. He no longer had any doubts that the creature had spoken the truth when he’d said that he was free born. He had no idea how that was possible, but he wanted to find out more than anything else in the world.
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know. Just please, tell me where you came from. Did you come from another planet? Are there more of you among us? How did your skin become that color? Does your body—the doctor asked, studying Mikal curiously before Two grabbed him by the throat and shook him.
When Two knew she had the doctor’s attention, she stopped shaking him and stared at him with cold eyes—the same way he’d always looked at her while he humiliated her with his exams and tests.
“I will begin dissecting you the same way you did my father, if you don’t start talking now,” she growled in his face.
“He wasn’t your father . . . At least, we don’t believe he was. More like a brother . . . maybe. We used different DNA sources for you and him. After his failure, we no longer used that particular strand again,” Dr. Mussberger said.
“He didn’t fail!” Two roared at him as she throttled him again.
Mikal sighed and gently pulled her away from the doctor.
“Do not give him the satisfaction,” Mikal whispered in her ear as he stood in front of her, facing the doctor, so she could pull herself together.
When Mikal could feel her calming down, he stepped around her and faced the doctor.
“I believe I’m done with you intentionally stalling and pushing her buttons. One more time and it won’t be her strangling you. Now what is this trap being set for her?” Mikal asked, trying to get back on topic.
Mikal didn’t believe they had much time to get to her sisters before the females were transferred or killed. The problem was that the doctor had spent many years controlling and torturing Alpha Two, and she was so emotional that she wasn’t concentrating on the urgency of the task. Mikal had no doubt that the doctor was doing it on purpose, hoping for a rescue.
When long seconds passed and the doctor still stared
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