CHAPTER 190 LIKEWISE

CHAPTER 190 LIKEWISE

It wasn’t until the next morning that the girls finally awoke. I had cleaned up the dead bodies pretty well and threw them in a dumpster out back. After ransacking the place I was lucky that someone wrote a password on a sticky note which gave me access to the computers and all the information I needed.

“Good morning!” I yelled to the girls as they grumbled awake. The older ones sat up, but the young school girl continued to lay there. Blinking up at the ceiling as she forced herself aware of her surroundings.

“Who the fuck are you?” One asked. She was a little shorter than me. Head shaved, her dark roots showing she still had a beautiful face despite being bald. The amazing thing about her was her rack. It was at least D-Cup. Since I had all of her medical information I knew they were real.

“I am Weston,” I said. “Like you, I was kidnapped by the fuckers that ran this place. You are Aiko,” I said, dropping a thick folder at her feet.

“You are Setsuko,” I said, dropping a thick folder on the girl next to her. She was slim, a few curves, she had dark brown hair in her profile picture that went down to her shoulders. For now she was bald as well.

“You are Jun,” I said, dropping the last folder on the last girl. She was the youngest of us, at only 16. She once had long black hair. She had the least amount of curves, but was still easy on the eyes. She stared up at me in a daze.

“Over the last 6 months we and another 3 people were kidnapped and tested on. The other 3 died from the experimentations done on us. From what I can tell, the testing was done by a man simply called the Doctor, and his assistant. No one else. I happened to wake up from the drugging after they had to move us.”

“Where are those fuckers?” Aiko growled. Apparently she remembered some as well.

“Dead,” I said. “I...killed them myself.” The 3 looked up at me, shocked for a moment. Aiko recovered first.

“Good,” she mumbled as she began to leaf through her folder. “Fucking 6 months of my life, gone,” she whispered as she scanned over the pages. Most of it was gibberish. How much feces or urine we excreted. The dosage and times of the drugs they gave us. The interesting part was at the back.

“Looks like we have to thank a hero for saving us though,” I said, turning on a TV. On it was the news as they tried to move the giant. He was a huge man, as tall as a skyscraper. Dark skin, weird muscles everywhere, completely nude, the only distinguishing feature about him was the skull mask on the top of his head. I recognized him from One Punch Man. One of the first villains Saitama beat in the manga, the giant and his scientist brother were working on a serum to make the brother the strongest man in the world. After taking the serum he became gigantic. Saitama beat him with one punch. Causing the man to die and fall on City B. Leveling many buildings. Including the one we had been tested and experimented on inside.

“We are currently across town in City B,” I said. “That building size guy caused the doc and his assistant to move us.” They were doing another interview about King, the supposed man that beat the giant. He was a tall man, with blonde hair, and 3 scars along his eye. He had been unlucky to be at the site of every one of Saitama’s major kills. He received the acclaim for the kills whether he wanted it or not. I was slowly making a plan for what I would do in this world as I watched the news.

“What the shit is this?” Aiko asked as she came to the back of the folder.

“Right, the testing these asshats were doing on us,” I said. “Apparently the dead doctor got it in his head that true strength came through emotion. I was Subject A, for Anger. You, Aiko, were Subject P, for Passion. Setsuko, you were Subject J for Joy. And Jun, you were subject F for Fear. Calm, Devotion, and Hope are no longer with us.”

“What-the-fuck,” Aiko said digging through the folder still. “Passion? What the hell is that about?”

“I want to leave,” Aiko said. “This place freaks me the fuck out. And I will be damned if I stay here any longer to get captured.”

“Fair enough, where should we go?” I asked.

“We? I’m on my own, kid,” she said. “I want the keys to the car out back.”

“We should stick together,” Setsuko mumbled.

“She’s right,” I said. “We should stick together. Something was done to us. I don’t know what exactly. But we shouldn’t stray too far. There could be lasting effects. Seizures, violent outbursts, blacking out, spontaneous human combustion. I don’t freaking know.” I eyed Aiko, she relaxed slightly. “But I also agree, we shouldn’t stay here. Let’s get a hotel.”

“A hotel?” Aiko asked, interested.

“Sure, I found some money. We can get set up somewhere.”

“Give me some,” she said quickly.

“I will, later,” I promised. “Come on. Not like we have homes to go to anyway. Let’s stick together for now. Try to figure it all out.” We were soon piled in a small Toyota out back. I thought of something and ran back in.

Once back in the driver’s seat Aiko asked, “What did you forget?”

“To burn it all down,” I said. An oxygen tank exploded inside, breaking the glass of the back door. I kicked the car in reverse as the building caught fire. Aiko laughed excitedly seeing it burn down. We were out in the city soon enough. Traffic was directed around the giant that covered a lot of the city. We headed for A-City. The biggest and most populated area, it didn’t take long to find a hotel.

It was getting dark out by the time we got to our room. A large penthouse, I spared no expense to make sure we each had a separate room. It was all on the dead doctor’s credit card, so I wasn’t too hurt by it. The girls were starting to get more excited.

Dropping a wad of cash on the table I said, “You can get clothes tomorrow. For now let’s relax, get used to being awake again. Jun, Setsuko, maybe you can find some family. But for now, let’s stick together, alright? I want to make sure you’re safe before disappearing on me, alright?”

“Why are you so calm about all this?” Setsuko asked. The college student eyeing me as I sat across from her.

“I don’t know,” I lied. “Kind of thought we were connected now.” I almost felt something from the girls. I had sisters, maybe it was that. That camaraderie of growing up with them. But I didn’t know these girls. Maybe something else was drawing me to stay close to them. “I get that room,” I said pointing to the master bedroom.

“I want it,” Aiko said, making a run for it. I ran in jumping on the bed as she cursed. But we were soon laughing for some reason. I couldn’t explain it. Maybe the doctor really had done something to us. In all of his testing he was obsessed with awakening strength. Maybe I was psychic now, or linked to these girls in some way. Like one of those Japanese Mahou hentais or something. For now I left the mystery out there. The girls soon ordered room service.

Joking around as we ate we watched the sunset from our balcony. Ready for a new day, and hopefully no monsters to contend with. This was One Punch Man though. I knew there would only be bigger and stronger monsters coming our way.