Jared could not even begin to guess how long he had been locked in the strange facility he was in. There were no ways to tell the passing of time, and he was almost always locked in the deprivation chamber when he was not in the white room. However, judging by the hair that had grown on his face, Jared deduced that he had to have been kidnapped at least a week ago... But that didn't really matter. He had just tried to kill himself... Only to discover he had a super power... If that didn't sound like an origin story, Jared wasn't really sure what would be a better one. But seriously, Invisibility? Jared was ecstatic that he had received such a powerful gift, and briefly considered the possibility that this was what he was captured for. After all, a prisoner receiving a power that allows them to simply walk out unnoticed? Clearly would have caused a panic. Jared spent what felt like a few minutes testing out his abilities, his limits, and simply grabbing and letting go of the blindfold (His sole possession in this barren facility) to watch it disappear from view. When CJ sees this...
Jared snapped his head to the doorway that was mere feet in front of him. He had used every ounce of strength he had to bash against the door when he had first arrived at the facility, and the door remained completely unfazed by the assault... But even Jared knew that this was taking too long. Usually, when he was deposited in the room, he was given a few hours to sleep, walk around the confined area, and once he has spent long enough moving around, a tray of disgusting slop was deposited through the food slot, and he immediately passed out upon completing the meal. One time, while he was particularly bored, he counted the seconds of activity he was allowed until the food was deposited. 900. 15 minutes. But he had just attempted suicide, would have succeeded had his powers not revealed themselves, and he just spent the past few minutes fazing in and out of view. Beginning the count, Jared easily managed to reach 1200 seconds with no food being delivered... Well, now was as good a time as any.
Putting on his old orange jumpsuit, one of the few sources of insulation and comfort in the cold facility that he had been using as a makeshift blanket, Jared cautiously approached the intimidating doorway, a metal monolith in the small, unfurnished room. Suddenly, an incredibly safe precaution appeared in Jared's mind. Gulping down a large breath of sterilized air, Jared disappeared from view, and opened the door.
Alarms blazed and echoed across the small hallway, and Jared was barely able to lean against the side of the wall before several men in lab coats passed by. Thankfully, none of them grazed the Gray Man, and continued their nervous half-walk, half-jog down the hallway. Jared, picking a random direction, decided to head to where these men came from, in hopes of finding the exit. Every corner, he took note of all the security cameras, and did his best to rebreath air in their blind spots as he made his way through the labyrinth of halls. In his rush, Jared barely even realized that the rows of rooms he passed were other cells - Others like him. Some had physical deformities, some were incredibly scarred, and others simply had the miserable look that every single one of them shared. Jared attempted to open several cells, but to no avail - each had a keypad that seemed to record a combination of numbers, and Jared simply didn't have the time to guess each individual code. Silently apologizing, Jared continued his escape.
While the entire escape felt hours long, Jared linked this to the fact that he was forced to walk in order to conserve oxygen, and that he was constantly holding his breath... Like he had to do in the chamber... Was the facility behind his power? He was never injected with any chemicals or medicines, but he had only been eating that disgusting slop for who knows how long... He knew they were drugging him with sleeping pills, but there wasn't any medication that gave people freaking superpowers... Right? This entire discovery was cut short, however, as Jared unknowingly entered into Hallway G, only to see two young girls exit out of a cell. They were obviously prisoners here, like him... but having horrible social skills, stacked onto not having seen a woman in over 2 years, Jared briefly considered merely leaving them... Who was he kidding, he had freaking superpowers! He had to be a hero!
C'mon Jared, just like CJ always told ya - Stop being such a wuss, and take some risks! ...Well, there are plenty of cool unseen heroes. Staying against the wall and remaining out of both the girls and the cameras sight when he breathed in (which was slowly becoming more difficult, as more and more slowly came back online). Following behind his new and unaware companions, Jared was preparing himself for the inevitable.
Some of the men in lab coats who passed him earlier had pistols attached to their belts. Should they run into one of them, or even an actual guard... Things might get messy. Jared simply hoped that these girls were like him and had some power... Otherwise, he might have to come to their rescue with an unseen sucker punch... If a sucker punch from someone like Jared would even hurt a professional guard, that is...
@Lemons@Inkarnate---
The sound of rustling papers and the simmering of a cup of coffee can be heard. In the distance, the movie
Top Gun can be heard playing. An overweight man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a name tag with
Ronny emblazoned on it sits down in front of a large pane of glass.
"Jesus, Val Kilmor is a great actor. What's next to watch? Termin-"Ronny was cut off as he turned, seeing on the camera of Jared's room that no one was present. Immediately switching to the camera in the deprivation chamber, it was revealed that Jared was not there either. All of a sudden, a loud alarm sounded throughout the complex. The radio at Ronny's side buzzed to life.
"Security! Hallway G, floor 4! Escape attempt! Get down there!"
Ronny slowly reached for his radio and, mimicking a shocked and nervous tone, spoke into the device.
"Oh my god chief, escapee on hallway F, floor 4!"Shutting off the radio and tossing it on the couch to his side, and sliding in a DVD into the small television in front of him.
"Did all I could, out of my hands now. Castaway seems like a good pick. It'll teach me what to do if upper management finds out I didn't lock the cell door and let one of the freak shows out."Sighing heavily, Ronny reached into a large tub of popcorn as he watched Tom Hanks and his plane fall into the ocean.
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