Author Notes:

Chapter two is going to be a little different from chapter one because it describes something mysterious going on where the two girls' father used to work. So don't get too confused, at the moment it has little to do with Lizzy and Alex, but do not worry because in chapter 3 Lizzy and Alex will return with better descriptions and will seem less stereotypical. This I thank from those who reviewed my earlier chapters. ^^

To make things short, please R&R. "Constructive" criticism is appreciated and so are comments. Anything that will help improve my writing. ^^; (even though barely anybody reads originals too much T_T)

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Chapter 2

Inside a glass skyscraper building, a secret organization was working on lab experiments and many other scientific things. On the top floor was the most confusing contraption of all. The machine was green with several wires and antennas protruding from the sides. Blue sparks of electricity jumped from antenna to another, forming a round force of energy around it. Shadowed scientists were crouched over desks in white long lab coats or standing up analyzing data from other machines. From the letters on the outside of the building you would never guess that such a thing was going on inside. The building was named "Intellectual Communications".

Suddenly another person wearing a dark blue lab coat enters the large laboratory and close behind him is a young boy with his hands tied behind his back. The boy seemed no older than the age of ten with his big bright blue eyes and his rugged dirty blonde hair, and yet he had an expressionless face as if he understood what was going to happen to him. Some assistants strip the young boy down and pull him towards the machine. They strap the boy in and connect wires and sensory markers on him.

Then they leave the child in the laboratory and go behind an observation glass to watch what happens next. Behind the ones in white lab coats are those who work on the control system of the machine. Wearing black rubber gloves, huge masks, and large emerald lab coats engineers fill the room containing the machine. These were people who were trained to operate the machine and ready to take risks. One of the engineers walks over to the strapped up little boy. The engineer removes the mask and reveals a face of compassion, but also a face of the love of her work. The child only gives her a blank stare while she rubs his childish face with her right hand. The engineer then talks to herself.

"This is inhuman. I am so sorry child for making you go through this. Please forgive us."

She then puts her mask back on and turns her back to the child. They flip switches, turn knobs, push buttons, and pull down levers. Suddenly the blue sparks move faster and faster across the surface of the machine, but then everything stops. It is silent for at least thirty seconds and then sounds of churning and spinning come from the contraption until something suddenly explodes on the side of the machine and smoke fills the room. Those who did not have their masks collapsed the moment they had inhaled the smoke and somebody finally pulls a lever that vacuums the air. Immediately scientists pile into the room and examine the area of the explosion.

Most of the engineers also observe the combustion, but one stays behind and releases the child from the machine. She removes her gloves and mask and picks up the naked unconscious child off of the cold steal chair. The engineer carries the poor boy out of the room and down the hall. The young lady carries him to the elevator and pushes the button for the bottom floor. Once she reached the bottom floor, a stretcher was waiting for the child. She lay the young boy down on the stretcher and pushed him to his room. As the engineer and a couple more young women dressed in white uniforms and wearing elastic gloves push the stretcher down the hall, they pass dozens of rooms. On the outside each room appeared to be a hospital, but inside it is colorful, loud, and full of children of all ages.

They then pass through two double-doors and beyond the doors was an eerie silence. As they continue down the hall, the nurses standing by each room looked down in disgust. The three of them finally turned into a room on the right with a huge window at the far end of the room and was full of several other children lying asleep on hospital beds. The little boy was then transferred onto a bed next to a little girl with bright red hair with bandages all over her arms and face. The young engineer kissed the boy on his forehead and left the room with the other nurses. When they walked into the hallway, all of the other nurses were surrounding the young engineer and asking several questions with worried looks.

One nurse with long black hair asked, "Oh, Kendra, what happened now?"

At that several nurses jumped in, "Yes, what did they do to the poor child?" "Please tell us!" "We must know what these poor tikes are going through!"

Kendra put both of her arms on a couple of their shoulders and told them to calm down, "Relax you guys. The poor child only fainted this time. There was an explosion in the one of the fans, but I have some bad news." She pauses as she takes a deep breath; "They are getting closer and closer to perfecting their machine. Sooner or later they will succeed and the machine will work on one of our kids."

There were some gasping sounds and worried looks from most of the nurses. Kendra glances at the children in the recovery room where they are resting. Then Kendra spoke once more.

"Only the Lord knows what those crazy scientists are planning to turn our children into. That's why you must take care of those who are about to be used as experiments, ladies."

The nurse with black hair spoke up again, "Yes, we know Kendra. And you must keep a watchful eye up there during those drastic experiments. That is the only reason we sent you up there, dear child. As the youngest and strongest one of us, you must protect our children and prevent any fatal accidents from happening."

At that, all of the nurses nodded and tears began to stream down their cheeks for they knew that soon enough the children would become monsters for the scientists on the top floor. They all hugged Kendra goodbye and reminded her what to look for as she went in the elevator again.

The nurses went back to their duties and the one with the long silky black hair checked over the new arrival in the recovery room. She checked his heart, blood pressure, and checked for any head injuries or neck injuries. Then the nurse put a gown on the boy and hooked him up to a machine that monitored his heart rate. She was just about to check on the girl next him, but the boy suddenly woke up and groaned. The nurse immediately turned towards him and bent over his face to look into his eyes.

The boy moaned and slowly said, "Where am I?"

The nurse smiled and combed her hand through his hair, "You are in the recovery room. What is your name, sweetie?"

"Darwin, Troy Darwin. What's yours?"

"Troy Darwin, huh? That's a nice name. My name is Lyn. I'll be taking care of you as long as you are in this recovery room." Smiled the lovely nurse.

Then the little girl next to him opened her eyes and blinked with her big eyes. She looked over towards the new arrival in the bed next to hers. The little girl grabbed the picture that she had been working on before she had fallen asleep and handed it to Troy. The picture was a drawing of a woman wearing an outfit that resembled a fire fighter's outfit and she was carrying a little boy with dirty blonde hair, like Troy's hair, down the corridor. When Lyn looked at the picture as the girl was handing it to Troy, she gasped and had to ask the little girl a question, but before that, she needed to introduce the two children.

"Oh, Troy this is Nancy. Nancy meet Troy. Nancy has been in the recovery room for a while and she always has a little "Welcome to the Recovery Room" gift of some kind."

Troy accepts the picture and looks at his welcoming gift. The drawing is well detailed and almost resembles a picture in a book.

Lyn smiles as Troy looks at the picture, "It's really good. Nancy, um, what's this picture supposed to be?"

Nancy looks up at the nurse and simply answers, "It's a lady carrying Troy down the corridor, Nurse Lyn! It was from my dream last night. I just finished drawing it before my afternoon nap."

"You mean, you dreamt a boy like Troy in your dream, last night." Reassured Lyn.

Nancy shakes her head, "No, I had a dream about Troy arriving in the recovery room and about his experience with the machine."

Lyn only nods and goes on with her daily check up on the patients in the recovery room as Troy and Nancy continue to engage in conversation. Once finished with the check up, Lyn observed the two and noticed how cute they were together. Through her mind, she couldn't help thinking how only moments ago they were treated like lab rats.

As Lyn leaves the room, she keeps an eye on Nancy and Troy. Suddenly she felt a hand being placed upon her shoulder. Lyn turned around quickly to only see one of the other nurses ready to take her shift. She gives a deep sigh and makes way for the nurse to enter the room.

"You are quite jumpy today, Miss Lyn." The nurse replies as she enters the room. "Maybe you should go take a walk or something to relieve your stress. I know how hard it is with the experiment that went on earlier today." The nurse only smiles and enters the recovery room with her clipboard.

The jumpy nurse curses under her breath at the worriless nurse and walks down the corridor towards the cafeteria. But as she reached the cafeteria she not only, did not walk into the room, she walked right past it. Lyn continued to walk down the corridor until she reached an elevator, which was clearly not used very often. She used a key to unlock the button case for the elevator and pushed the red button.

The sleek elevator doors quietly opened up and closed silently after the nurse entered. Inside there were no other buttons to choose what floor and the walls were only clean steel. Wherever the elevator was headed, Lyn knew what was going to happen because after a few minutes, she turned towards the back of the elevator and only a few seconds later the back of the elevator suddenly opened up.

It opened up to a small narrow hallway with no wallpaper, pictures, and not even a carpet. Surrounding the hallway were just the materials that the building was built with, nothing special. At the end of the hallway, were two double doors. Lyn took out a special card in one of her coat pockets and flashed it before a sensor hidden in the wall. With one wave, the double doors opened with a soft vacuum sound and revealed a large glass window. The room had no light and was only lit with the light coming from the window, which showed only the scientists before. Only this room was kept secret even from the very scientists being observed.

Waiting in the dark room and observing the scientists, was the very person that Lyn went through all the trouble to find. Standing near the back of the room, a very tall figure was watching the scientists with great fascination. The overwhelming light from the laboratory behind the glass illuminated the figure's face, but kept the characteristics of the towering individual hidden. Lyn walked into the room and let the doors shut behind her.

As the doors closed, the shadowy figure finally spoke to Lyn, but not removing their eyes from the laboratory before them. "Finally, Miss Harlot, you decide to enlighten me with your presence."

"I apologize for making you wait, my liege. I would have arrived earlier if I was not entitled to wait for someone to take over my shift." Replied the young woman.

"As for your delay, I hope you have acquired valuable information, Miss Harlot." Questioned the mysterious character.

She only stutters for a moment, "Y-yes! My liege, I have discovered valuable information that will be of great use to us." The wench only paused and let out the information in one breath, "One child who has already been tested months ago has shown rapid improvements in the past few days. Days ago she was only sleeping and eating, but today she can talk as well as the young boy, which young Kendra brought in today. The young girl believes that she can see the future in her dreams. She never mentioned it in words, but she claims to have drawn a picture from her dream of the young boy, who goes by the name Troy Darwin, and Kendra carrying him down the hall."

The darkened figure only thought for a moment and ordered Miss Harlot or Lyn to scrutinize the little girl for the next couple of weeks to watch for any improvements or leaps of evolution. She bowed respectfully and quietly left the room. The hidden figure watched as the door closed silently after her and then turned his eyes towards the laboratory before him. The golden eyes of the figure in the darkness watched the scientists within the laboratory with interest and somewhat boredom. Every now and then there was a slight glare from behind the figure that would light up the room for a couple of seconds. Then the owner of the diminutive glare, which seemed to be from eyeglasses, spoke up towards the man in the middle of the room.

"Sir, do you believe in what Miss Harlot has told us? Is it true about the little girl?"

There was a minute of no reply then the figure asked his colleague, "Do you believe in powers far beyond our very own, Henry? Do you believe in the very existence of telekinesis, mind control, telepathy, or even the power to control nature itself, Henry?" The powerful figure only paused for a moment to let Henry think about his question, and then he began again, "Well, Henry, I believe in all of those powers and that it is possible to create a creature with such powers. With the powers that Miss Harlot claims to have heard about from a little girl we could remove many obstacles from our path."

Another voice presented another question, "Sir, about the little girl, do you believe she could be the one we are looking for?"

The head leader shook his head, "I do not believe so. A dream seer was not mentioned within the prophecy, but she could be of great use to us."

"And sir, if she is useful, do we need to continue on with the experiments? They have been behind schedule for weeks now and their only lead is the little girl, but she is unknown to them. Must we reveal her soon?" asked another colleague.

The mysterious leader only replied in monotone, "No, we mustn't reveal the girl yet. In the mean time, we must commence with our plan, Henry. Is everything set?"

Henry nodded and the silence answered the superior's question and he then continued, "If our assumptions are correct, our own doing will give them a head start. Make sure you are undetected and know exactly what to do. Because of their impudence, we must take matters into our own hands."

Everyone hidden in the room agreed and they began to leave the darkened room. Henry stayed by the manager and observed the laboratory in silence. The bright light from the glass window illuminated both of their male features, but kept their own characteristics hidden beneath the darkness.

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Author Notes:

For those of you who are wondering, this chapter is a slight introduction so that when the plot thickens, there will not be too much information for you to absorb. So please R&R and your reviews are greatly appreciated even if they are comments or are full of criticism, but if you feel like giving be some pointers, please try to add at least one comment. I am sensitive you know. (J/K ^^ but I do have feelings)

Happy Halloween, no da!!

^^ MidoriChi