Prologue: Enter Lambda Yakami/Lambda's Capture

*September 23, 2001 Corinth, Massachusetts*

Fourteen-year-old Lambda Yakami was standing next to her father Kenryu Yakami as he was fixing an old car of his. She watched patiently and intently as he worked with his tools, as if she knew what to do should she become a mechanic in the future. Finally he turned to his daughter, "Hand me that wrench laying on the table there, Lambda."

"Sure, Dad," the half Japanese girl replied and gave her father the tool he requested.

Kenryu noticed as the ravenhaired teenager watched him do his work and something about her piqued his interest.

"Based on the way you're watching me, you want to learn too right, Lammy?"

His daughter nodded and he began showing her which tools were suited for each task, and gave her a pair of gloves so she could get started. Then he handed her a rag for her to wipe her oil covered utensils with. Sometime later Lambda's mother Celeste walked in and a smile graced her lips at the sight of her husband and daughter working together. It always warmed her heart at their bonding time as well as the time Lambda bonded with her or when all three did something together as a family.

"I made sandwiches in case you two worked up an appetite. They're in the kitchen," she smiled at them when both father and daughter looked up at her. Celeste was a beautiful woman with cherry red hair and slate gray eyes.

Kenryu looked over at Lambda, wondering if she got hungry from helping him out. "Why don't you get something to eat?"

"Are you sure, Dad?"

"I'll finish up here and join you two later."

"Okay," Lambda said as she took off her gloves and headed into the house to get cleaned up for lunch.

Celeste turned to her husband and grinned at him. "She really does take after you doesn't she, Ken?"

Kenryu put his wrench down on the bench next to the car, took off his gloves then wiped his brow.

"Well, I wouldn't say that," he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"You don't say?"

"I thought she would take after you since you have a green thumb and like gardening."

Celeste chuckled and tucked a stray lock of red hair behind her ear. "Ah true, true. But it seems that she likes fixing things now and somewhere down the road, I think Lambda will be a skilled mechanic just like you someday," she said as she tapped his nose gently.

"You think so?"

"I know so. By the way, Ken, you've been working on that car for a while now, it makes me wonder if it's for Lammy when she turns 16?"

"It might or it might not be," Kenryu said as he stuffed a rag in his pocket. "But then again, Lambda will have to pass her driver's ed to earn a permit so she can drive."

"What about getting her license?"

"She'll get that in due time, Celes," he assured his wife.

The two smiled at each other for a few more moments then walked in the house to join their daughter for lunch.

*2 years later, October 15, 2003 Corinth, Massachusetts*

Lambda now at 16 years old, was once again helping Kenryu fixing a car but it was someone else's. She was carefully tightening a bolt just like her father instructed her to do.

"Very good, Lambda," Kenryu praised his daughter. "Keep it up and you'll a highly skilled mechanic just like your old man."

He laughed heartily at the statement and Lambda let out a light chuckle.

Lambda wiped her brow of sweat and decided to take a break as her stomach growled loudly, wanting to be fed.

"Sounds like somebody's hungry," her father joked while she pouted at her demanding belly. "Go get something to eat, Lammy I'll pick up where you left off."

"Are you sure, Dad?

"Positive. Your belly'll protest again if you don't feed it."

With that she went inside the house and to the kitchen to fix herself something to eat as her mother walked in. Celeste grinned at the ravenette as Lambda picked up a can of pineapple chunks and rinsed the can, then grabbed a can opener and opened it.

"You sure love your pineapples don't you, Lambda."

"They're rich in Vitamin C and healthy, Mom."

The readheaded woman nodded then went to grab the cutting board hanging on the wall above the counter and prepared to make dinner. After filling herself up, the teen alerted her parents that she was going outside to meet up with some friends for music practice. Lambda had a flute that was given to her on her 9th birthday that she played every now and then when she had time but decided not to take it with her.

"Okay, sweetheart but don't take too long as dinner will be ready soon," Celeste called as she began cutting and mincing vegetables for pork stew.

"Okay, Mom."

Lambda walked out of the house and proceed to the park to meet her friends. As she walked the ravenette saw a car driving slowly down the street, which unnerved her a bit but paid it no mind. She continued on her way until the car stopped and couple of people stepped out in black suits.

The 16-year-old couldn't help but feel that she was being watched and tried to run, but as soon as she did the suits gave chase. Fear gripped Lambda as adrenaline pumped in her veins. She could go home but the ravenette was too far away from anyone's house she knew. She dashed behind a couple of trees and stopped to catch her breath.

It wasn't long before a arm wrapped around her stomach while another one held a cloth and covered her mouth, preventing her from screaming. Lambda tried to fight back as much as she could, but the arms were too strong and exhaustion overtook the girl. She eventually passed out and was limply slung over someone's shoulder and hauled over to the car.

"Did you get her?"

"Yeah she's a fast one, that girl. She could possibly run track as quick as she is."

"Well we got her now, so we'll report to the lab about the newest specimen we retrieved."

With that the suited people got in the car and drove off with Lambda in tow to some unknown laboratory.

A/N: That's the prologue. Sorry this is kinda short but I pretty much couldn't let this drag on and not be able to end it. I'll probably add some scenes of Lambda's torture in future chapters as either flashbacks, nightmares or both but I won't be gruesome about it after all this is T rated. I'll probably have the Rangers maybe cheer her up some from her nightmares/flashbacks. :) Let me know if it's good, bad or meh.