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“Experiment forty six!” One of the guards said, I sat up groggy. Yesterday was my final experiment, that meant no more experimenting on me. I got out of my bed and walked over to the guard and looked at him. “What are you looking at?” He said rudely. I didn’t speak, I hadn’t spoken ever since my experiments started.
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Ms. Emily walked into the white room, she smiled. Yet another check up, they were starting to get boring at this point. I held out my hand as we normally do but she just waved it away, instead she gave me a rectangular shape. It felt like metal, I tapped the screen and light blinked on showing little icons. I got started and dropped it lightly, she picked it up and gave it to me and showed me how to use it.
“Forty Six, this is an app. An app is an icon on a tablet or any electronic device, you can download apps on these devices.” She showed me a boba game. I took it gently and began playing, Ms. Emily left with a frown closing the door. And later a boy who looked like he was a little shorter than me, came in with an angry expression. He stormed towards me and snatched the tablet from me, he was really strong. He made me fall back, I yelped. “Hey!” My voice echoed. He just stuck his tongue at me.
“Give…that…back!” I yelled the sound of my voice echoing through the room, some red substance dripping from my eyes. I heard the glass crack from the corner of my eye, the boy shot back and banged his head. He started moping but I thought I felt something when he started moping.
Someone later dragged the kid out later and brought a redhead girl in, she looked nice and not a thief at that point. They shuffled her in, as I suddenly felt protective at the point and growled at the guard as he quickly scattered out the room. The girl sniffled as she hugged me, I felt my face get warm as I hugged back smiling.
“I-I-I’m Sixteen.” She sniffled, breaking the hug gently. “For-for-” I hesitated. I hadn’t spoken in months except for that thief of a boy.
“For-forty S-s-s-s-six,” I stuttered quietly.
The girl smiled as she stood up. “Wanna meet my friends?” She smiled mischiefly. I raised my eyebrow with curiosity.
She closed her eyes as her back glowed pink, her white shirt started to shuffle and wave. A pink substance of dust came through the back of her shirt as it came in front of her in the form of a cat. It was still pink, and still was dust but it was solid.
“This is Chico! He is my greatest weakness of laziness!” She smiled. “S-s-so e-e-every a-animal h-a-as i-it’s o-own t-trait t-to yo-you?” I asked, stuttering. I was speaking which was expected for not speaking for several months.
“Precisely!” She hugged me. “Who knew you were so smart!” She said, smirking at me. “I-I-I k-know a -f-few things.” I said blushing from the compliment. I’ve never been complimented before. It was nice to be complimented.
After me and Sixteen got along we started talking about things that were on the tablet. “Wow!! That girl is so cute!” Sixteen smiled. “Maybe y-you co-could d-d-draw it?” I said. I exited the safari and clicked on iPastels. “This is an a-a-app. A-a-and you c-c-can d-d-draw o-o-on this a-a-app.” I showed her, as she took it gently. The screen was blank and she began to draw. I quietly watched as she stroked with her finger on the screen.
Then a guard came in, Sixteen and I quickly stood up. Sixteen ran behind me as she ducked, the tablet still in her hand.
I had a serious look on my face as the guard approached us. “Time for courtyard.” He said as he stood aside and left the door open.
Something wasn’t right…. Me and Sixteen walked in front as the guard stayed behind. I glared behind us as we entered the courtyard, kids were talking and running. “Wanna do the obstacle course?” Sixteen asked. I nodded with a smile as we walked to the obstacle course. It was up eight hundred feet, “Ready?” I asked, as we climbed the steps. Then we started, I jumped as she was behind me. I swung on the monkey bars as she swung behind me. We jumped from pillar to pillar then came the ninety foot jump. I had my position ready.
No one had every made this jump before, they all did it so they could get wet in the pool below. “Jump!” Sixteen cherred, as I jumped. My white hair that covered my left eye, shifted to the right as my different colored pupil showed. It began changing shapes and moving rapidly around the center of my eye. I landed on the other side, as a large sound wave was let out as I landed.
It shook the whole obstacle, people almost fell as Sixteen stood there shocked. “Whooo!” She screamed.
The other experiments cheered at me like I was something special. Sixteen attempted to do the jump as her eyes glowed, her expression as if she was pushing herself with all her strength.
Then… She landed.
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“Ow..” I groaned as me and Sixteen walked down the steps from the obstacle course. “Sorry,” She apologized. “Didn’t mean to land on you.” She said, scratching her head. “It’s fine,” I say, as I cover my left eye with my hair. “Experiments Forty-Six and Sixteen! Come with me now!” The guard said when we reached the bottom. Sixteen looked worried, as we walked down the hall. I pulled out the tablet and on the bottom a slot opened as some earbuds appeared. They were two seats that were together.
I plugged it up as the tablet volume setting appeared as it soonly disappeared. I went to youtube and found a song labeled Running with the Wolfs.
Me and Sixteen put the earbuds in our ears as the song played. My mind settled as the music went through my mind.
We walked in a lab as I saw Charlie and Ms. Emily typing away on their computer. “Sir! Charlie and Emily. These two right here.” The guard shoved us in front and I gave him a glare and me and Sixteen held on to the tablet. “They made the ninety foot jump.” The guard said. Charlie and Ms. Emily looked at me and Sixteen with shocked looks on their faces. My eye began hurting again as the pupil began changing shapes again. But this time it wasn’t shapes, instead numbers.
“Forty-Six? Your eye alright?” Charlie asked, he was fifteen but he aged slowly. “I shook no, as he moved my hair away from my left eye to see the number change rapidly. “Forty-Six….Sixteen…..Eighty-Six…..Negative-Six.” Charlie’s squinting face changed to a shocked expression. “Hey Emily.” Charlie called. Ms. Emily walked over to see my pupil change numbers.
“Do you think…” Ms. Emily looked at Charlie with the same shocked face of relief. “Let’s check.” Charlie smiled as he took me and Sixteen gently as we stood in a room. “Don’t worry this won’t hurt, we’re only scanning.” Charlie smiled as a light scanned me and Sixteen. “Go get Eighty-Six and…Negative-Six.” Ms. Emily said as the guards left. Negative-Six wasn’t a number. It was a corrupted number. That meant……..
