10. Madness

10. Madness

"Sorry, but I don't see anything beautiful about them. You damned madwoman, what have you done to them?"

Pietro leaned against the wall, using the friction to help himself stand up slowly. Anyone could see the unease in his eyes. This wasn't his first time facing a telepathic mutant, and Pietro knew all too well how bizarre their powers could be.

"I have given them gifts and blessings, all for the next generation. Look at them, look at these little darlings, newly born telepaths. Do you know what this means? We are the chosen ones, and I can bring these blessings to them."

Emma's expression was extremely twisted, her entire face contorted with madness, but her eyes were filled with a tender love as she gently caressed the heads of the two girls, as if they were priceless treasures.

Seeing this scene, Pietro felt only a wave of nausea. He took a couple of steps back, wanting to distance himself from Emma to gain a sense of safety. "If turning into lunatics is considered a blessing, then the one giving this blessing is not a god, but a devil."

The whispers around him started to speak again, and Pietro felt that if he tried to think about anything, these voices would drive him crazy. Was this the telepathy of that madwoman, Emma?

Pietro felt enveloped by an indescribable force and the nausea in his stomach grew worse. Then, Pietro lost some control over his body, which began trembling uncontrollably, making it difficult for him to stand.

"Say what you want, speedster, you have no idea how my creations will transform this world." Emma smiled, her face returning to its initial calm, though her eyes held a hint of mockery as she looked at Pietro.

"You're bringing destruction to the world," Pietro replied, struggling against his body's discomfort.

His condition was terrible. Shaking his head violently, Pietro's vision grew blurry, as if a nearsighted person had taken off their glasses. In his daze, Pietro saw mist rising around him. No, strictly speaking, it wasn't mist. Pietro couldn't identify what it was.

It gathered rapidly from the gaps in the iron doors on both sides of the corridor, rolling continuously around Pietro and Emma. Within the mist, faint human figures could be seen. At first, Pietro thought he was seeing things, but as he squinted through the nausea, he was horrified to realize that hidden in the pale mist were the indistinct forms of little girls.

Now Pietro understood what these negative energy-filled, eerie things were. Meanwhile, Emma continued speaking to herself.

"Honestly, if there really is a god in this world, then you are a gift sent to me by that god." Emma stretched out her arms, as if wanting to embrace Pietro.

"You're a lunatic!" Pietro cursed. "Don't you also have telepathy? Can't you see the psychic energy around us? These children were turned into this by you, and you call it a blessing?"

"You! You can actually sense it!" Emma's eyes brightened, filled with a possessive desire as she gazed at Pietro, though she quickly suppressed it.

If he were alone, Pietro would have forced himself to be strong, but now that Alex was here, Pietro finally found support. He felt like a bullied child who had found his parent, wanting to pour out all his grievances.

"Alright, alright, I understand," Alex consoled him half-heartedly. "Don't forget our plan. Go find that helmet. Leave this to me."

"Helmet? I don't know where it is. I can't use my super speed here; the telepathy will tear my brain apart." Pietro clutched his head in fear, not wanting to experience that torment again.

Seeing this, Alex realized that the environment was more complicated than he had thought, and it specifically affected Pietro. As an ordinary person, he felt nothing, unsure if that was a good or bad thing.

"Then do the search slowly, Pietro. I believe in you."

"But I really don't know where the helmet is. This place is too big to search," Pietro said, his face twisted with worry, pointing towards Emma. "I thought she'd be wearing it on her head."

"If she did that, she wouldn't be able to use her telepathy. Look around, the helmet can only be used in one place here."

"You mean the laboratory!" Pietro realized.

Alex didn't say much more, handing Pietro a loaded submachine gun. "I believe in you."

Taking the gun, Pietro looked at Alex's serious face, nodded slightly, and then stood up resolutely. He gave Alex a deep look, then ran towards the other end of the corridor without looking back. Watching Pietro's figure disappear into the darkness, Alex turned his attention back to the fallen Emma.

"It's time we talked, Emma. You've really broken my heart."

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11. Twisted Minds.

12. Escape.

13. Downfall.

14. Prison.

15. Releasing the Prisoners.