Sorry i was away for forever. i got busy with school and tests and blaahhhh. In my spare time i've been writing random stuff in my notebook and i just typed some of it up. I dunno if this is any good or not, but i'd figure i'd put it up :)
Please enjoy and tell me what you think. i like constructive criticism. :D
L.L.A.P
~Laces
Chpt.1
She sat staring at the basketball that was in the center in the room. Her eyes started to hurt from staring at it for so long, but she didn't want to blink.
"Please move. Please." She whispered but nothing happened. "I know you can move. Please let me move you. There has to be something I can do." She whispered hopelessly.
There was a click, and the door to her room opened, and the girl slowly turned around to see Dr. Milo and two Cadmus guards.
"Good morning Project Power." He nodded, and she flinched at the name. the little girl never wanted to be only known as a project, but that was the only name she had.
"Good morning Dr. Milo." She nodded, and slowly stood, and looked away from the basketball. She looked down at her feet, strands of curly black hair falling over her blue eye, but her green eye was still visible.
"You know what today is, don't you?" Milo inquired, and the girl nodded sadly. She couldn't hold back her tears, and she started to cry softly.
"Don't cry." Milo stated sharply, and the girl tried her best to recompose herself.
"I-It's just… I don't wanna…"
"If I had more funding, then I'd keep you." Milo sighed. "But majority of Cadmus thinks you're a lost cause. You are a failed project. And you know what happens to failed projects."
"They… they get incinerated." The girl nodded, trying to wipe her tears away.
Dr. Milo placed a hand on the girl's shoulder gently.
"Don't worry. We will make it as quick and painless as possible." He gave her a small smile, and the girl smiled slightly back. That was one of the nicest things had ever told the girl in her life.
"Dr. Milo?"
"Yes?"
"Can I bring Ralph with me to the incinerator room? So we can be together one last time?" she questioned with hope, and the man nodded.
The little girl ran over to her bed and pulled out a rundown teddy bear.
One of the guards gave it to her when she was a toddler.
Milo held out his hand, and the little girl took it, following him to the incinerator room.
She didn't want to die. She was only seven and she hadn't even seen the world yet.
The man walked her into a cold white room.
"You can either sit or stand. It's up to you." Milo informed and the girl nodded.
"Good bye, Milo." She whispered as he left the room. The door shut behind him and she sat, hugging Ralph tightly.
I wish they let me see the sun. she thought sadly, and she heard the machine start to hum.
The girl shook and cried, hugging Ralph as tight as she could, waiting for her impending doom. However, everything sound like it shut down, and all the lights blacked out.
She was left in complete darkness.
Nightwing along with a small team snuck into the facility after shutting down the power.
"So what exactly are we looking for?" Robin questioned in a whisper.
"Project Power." Nightwing answered.
"Which is what, exactly?" Superboy inquired.
"According to our sources, a weapon. A really powerful weapon. We're supposed to find it, and destroy it." Nightwing explained.
They came across a scientist working in the dark on a control panel of some sort, trying to bring it back online.
"Where is project power?" Nightwing questioned, grabbing the man's lab coat as Tim took down the security who thought they'd be able to take them.
The scientists pointed a shaking finger towards the door in the room the control panel looked attached to.
"Superboy…" Nightwing started, but the clone was already in front of the door, tearing the metal to the side with ease, and walking inside.
Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, his eyes widened.
In the middle of the room sat a small girl. From what Superboy could tell, she looked to be between the ages of six and ten. He quickly turned on a small light he had on his belt.
The girl had curly raven black hair. Her eyes were two different colors. Her right was green while her left was blue. Her skin was a darker shade, and her features looked like a mix of different races. She wore a white one pie suit and in her hands was a beaten up teddy bear.
"A-am I dead? Are you an angel?"
Superboy was speechless.
"Are you here to take me to Heaven or Hell? I… I'd like to think that I'd go to Heaven." She frowned slightly. "But I failed. I'm going to Hell, aren't I?" there was fear in the girl's voice, and Superboy snapped out of his stare.
"No, you're not dead." He stated.
"I… I'm not? But… Dr. Milo said I was going to die today. I didn't do anything useful, so I was going to be incinerated." She explained in a small voice, and Superboy's eyebrows furrowed.
"You're not going to die today." he stated and gently lifted the girl up.
She held onto her teddy bear tightly, but rested her head on his chest.
"Ralph, I'm not going to die today." She informed in a hushed whisper to her bear. "Maybe we can still see the sun someday."
"Superboy, who's the girl?" Nightwing questioned, still holding the scientist.
"She was in the room where Project Powers was supposed to be." Superboy informed.
"The incinerator room?" Robin questioned, looking at the scientist with anger.
"She's a failed experiment. Nothing is illegal about killing what we create." The scientist informed matter-of-factly.
"Experiment?" Nightwing questioned.
"She is project powers." The scientist stated calmly.
"Project Powers is a weapon." Robin pointed out, but the man shook his head.
"She is a weapon. Or at least she was supposed to be. However, she has failed."
"I'm sorry, Dr. Milo." The girl whispered with guilt. "I tried…"
"But you still failed." He growled, glaring at the girl, then looked back up at Nightwing.
"She is a nobody, and is worthless. Let me destroy her. Isn't that what this is all about? To destroy Project Powers?" Milo questioned.
Superboy's grip tightened slightly on the girl.
"No."
"Project Powers will be under the control of the Justice League from here on out. U don't like it, have your boss talk to ours." Nightwing stated, shoving the man to the ground. The three heroes quickly made their way out of the building, back to a jet compliments of Batman.
"So we're just taking her?" Robin questioned.
"I'll inform Batman that Project Powers is not a thing, but a little girl. The league will know what to do with her." Nightwing explained.
"So… I'm really not going to die today?" the girl questioned in a low voice, but it was full of hope.
"You are not dying today." Nightwing smiled, and the girl hugged her teddy bear tightly.
"Thank you." She whispered small tears streaking her face as she hugged the bear even tighter.
"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."
The team got outside, and the girl looked up at the sky.
"Wow." She whispered. "It's so big… and the stars… and… it's beautiful."
"You'll see the sky again." Superboy informed softly as the entered the jet, and she smiled happily.
"I can't wait."