Part 3- Kates perspective:

“How did you guys get here?” Abbys question burns through my mind. Alyssa is busy telling her story about being a clone and all while I float here trying to come up with an explanation. I’m not a cool soldier like Alyssa, or a mental patient like Darius, heck I don’t even have birth parents like Ella! At least her parents loved her.

“Kate your next,” Allysa says to me. “Tell Abby about you.” My palms feel tingly and I bite my dry lips. Abbys big green eyes meet mine.

“I didn’t “get here.” I’ve never even entered this building-“ I stutter and curl my red hair with my fingers anxiously. “I was created in a test tube. The doctors made me, and a lot went wrong, which explains why I’m experiment 3, they couldn’t get my genetics to work.” My eyes suddenly got watery and my surroundings became blurry as the tears fell. I’m nothing. Just a few chemicals in a tube that turned out ugly.

“You can float” Abby said with so much curiosity, I didn’t even think she heard my story. “It’s so cool!”

“Thanks Abby. It don’t feel cool though.” Just then, the doors open and a dead rat is thrown into each of our cages.

“Eat up money makers” the doctor said sneering. “Today’s special. I made it myself.”

The white rat with red eyes did not look appealing but it’s better than the sewage like soup they fed us a week ago.

“Ugh no thanks, I’m vegan now” Roger said throwing the dead rat at the doctors face with incredible aim. I snickered as the doctor did a chaotic panic dance. “Stop messing with me!” He yelled slipping on the rat and smearing more blood on the tiles. He stands upright and glares at Roger with such hatred, I thought he would shoot him right then.

“Shut up or ill abuse you even harder than your family did!” The man shouted so loud, it echoed off every white wall. Roger twitched and whistled, the subject of his abuse making his Tourette’s act up again. With this, the doctor seemed satisfied with his impact and resumed a calmer manner.

“Kate,” he turned to me. Shivers crawled up my spine as I was now the topic. I stopped hovering and listened. “Dr. Burt requested you for examination.” Wait, what? I thought. I’m fine right? He began to unlock my cage, and I threw a lame punch. He chuckled and tasered me with his gun. I let out a whimper as he chained my arms and legs with the help of the guards.

“Leave her be!” Abby shouted but was cut off by my screams. They had me by the neck and pulled me out of the room.

I woke to the hum of large machines. I blinked blearily in the bright lights of the operating room. This is the same room I practically grew up in.

“Examination complete” a helper robot notified the doctor in the chair. He turned around, his medical goggles and mask hiding everything but his brown hair.

“Good. Maybe she’ll be worth a bit more now” his young voice replied. What did they add to me??! Almost answering my question, he says “I have given you the most extraordinary gift in the science industry. You can thank me later. Now Kate, you will be unable to feel physical pain.”