The XY Experiments - Part 2
by EJ Leonard
Jess?? Is this still your number?
Uh, yeah, who is this?
It’s Emily
Emily who?
Emily Mann
What kind of sick fucking joke is this?
No it’s really me
Emily is dead
I’m not dead. I’m in a diner in Norwalk. A stranger let me borrow their phone
I watched them bury you, so don’t tell me you’re alive
It was a lie
Listen, I was taken into a lab for experiments and I just escaped.
What the hell do you mean?
I need you to drive up here and get me. I can’t tell anyone where I am
What kind of Marvel Universe shit is this? If this is real, why not call your devastated parents??
They were in on it
I’m sorry but I don’t believe you. Whoever you are, fuck off
Believe it
Holy shit
Yeah, so will you drive up here??
Jess?
Sorry, I’m still in the dead best friend not dead zone right now
SNAP OUT OF IT!
What kind of experiments??
I’ll get into it when you pick me up. We need a place for me to hide, until I can figure things out.
There are other girls like me that need my help too.
Emily, some men in suits just came to my door
Don’t answer it
Won’t it look more suspicious if I don’t??
Fine
Please tell me they were Mormons
No dice. Government dudes. There’s a black SUV on the street
SHIT! Are they gone yet??
Jess???
They just fucking busted into my place like they owned it without my permission
Said I might be “aiding” and “abetting” someone.
When I asked who they said never mind
Sounds like them for sure
Yeah, well I told them they were pigs before they left
Shit, I wonder if this means they’ll tail you
No worries, girl, I parked around the block, I’m just going to slip out the back
By the way, now that we’re alive, you owe me $200
WHAT
Yeah that I donated to some charity in your dead ass name
Just come get me. It’s the Rainbow Diner
Actually, screw that, it will be somewhere else, because they just pulled up here
What are you going to do??
These assholes are fast
How am I going to get in touch with you??
The person who let me borrow the phone went to the bathroom…I’ll mail it back to them later
Still a thief. Not surprised. Just tell me where you are when you get there
I’m slipping out through the kitchen right now
This is right fucked you know
Believe me I know
Okay, I just got to my car. Those assholes in the SUV passed by but didn’t see me
Keep them off your tail
Please girl, you know how I drive
Yeah, I remember. Make sure not to run over any animals or take out any pedestrians on your way here
Wait, so how am I going to get in touch with you if you’re leaving
I’m heading into the public library
They definitely won’t find you there, since you’ve never read a book in your life
Stop with the jokes. Just get here!
Sorry.
When you get to cover, you want to give me some light reading about maybe WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED
It’s a long story.
Try me, and who are these other girls who need help?
My sisters. I’ll tell you more later
Your sisters? You’re an only child…
I’ll explain later!! Where can we go?
My friend James has a lake house. I can find out where it is and we can hide out there
How do you know this James
Tinder
NO, are you nuts!?
I’ve known him for three weeks. He doesn’t have to know we’re stowing away there.
He’s on a business trip anyway. Or maybe screwing some other girl...
since everyone is such a goddamn cheater on that app
Shit
What??
They’re here
WHAT!? How many of them are looking for you??
They’re probably casing the tristate area
Is there a way to get out??
I think I’m screwed
Listen, track down Dr. Angela Smith and ask her about the XY Experiments!
She’s in Cleveland, Ohio
There’s like 800 Angela Smiths in google!
Fuck! They spotted me
Her number is 216-555-2020
I’m smashing the phone now so they don’t see this! SAVE ME
No Em! Wait!
EM!
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