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This is a newer, better version of fanfic Behind Closed Doors. Enjoy~
Note—Other chapters will be at least 1500 words.
Prologue
Dick had spent ten years in the darkness, in the pain, in ignorance, but had not been so bothered by his seclusion. He had reasoned with himself that there was no reason to try to venture outside his dark room where he had a bed and was taught multiple things. Outside was where the scientists hailed from and they brought needles and uncaring hands into his haven. There, outside of his room, laid things he couldn't possibly understand and how would he leave? He was locked in here, Dick knew for certain, and knew of no way to escape. Not that he wanted to escape, mind you, because at least he was familiar with his room.
It was a year later when he learned of who he truly was and what this room really was. Beth, a girl who looked thirteen years old, had whispered to him words of truth and revealed why he was in the Room. Dick was different from the other Terraens, everything from his DNA to the power that lurked beneath his skin. It was why the scientists would come in and do tests on him. They wanted to know why he was different and how his power worked. Beth had seen them, she had told Dick. She had seen vials of his blood and heard conversations that worried her.
Beth wasn't sure if they would always keep Dick in the Room, in a glorified cage.
But she knew what they could do, she had said. She could prepare Dick to leave and to go to where his mother was from. He could go to Earth. Beth told him of the people that lived on and visited Earth and how they were similar to him. Not only that, but she told him that he could seek out his mother's sister. Surely she would give his shelter for he was her nephew. Even if she didn't, Dick would be free and wouldn't have to worry about his father and the band of scientists.
Dick agreed.
And so, they began planning. Beth exposed him to light for periods of time, allowing Dick to grow accustomed to the natural light from outside. He had never been outside and so had a disadvantage. Beth slowly fixed that as they worked on how he would escape. Dick had suggested she come to him in the middle of the night as she usually did. She could let him out and lead him to a small spaceship. Beth agreed as it was a logical, easy plan, but insisted on having him memorized the way to get to the spaceship. Just in case, she had whispered to him, her face unreadable.
He did and he had never been gladder that he had.
One day, a month before his twelfth birthday, the scientists had come to see Dick in the Room a few hours before Beth planned to come. He had been half asleep, but he had been aware enough to realize what was happening.
They were going to get rid of him.
His blue eyes had locked on the opened door behind the scientists and made a run for it, slipping right between them. Though Dick heard yelling and orders, he never stopped and he never looked back. Not for anything. He had fumbled throughout the hallways, attempting to keep himself on the right path towards his spaceship. He had spared a thought for Beth, but for only a moment. She would realize what had happened and would rejoice that he had made it out alive.
The few people that were awake such as servants tried to stop him, but he touched them and they dropped like flies. Hatred flowed through him, but he didn't stop to cry. No, he kept twisting and turning, making to his ship before anyone could stop him.
Only then, when he was inside the spaceship and off the planet Terra, did Dick allow himself to cry.
A/N— Remember, it's only a taste. This was published on 6-26-15 with the length of 704 words.