A woman awakens in a white room surrounded by men in strange outfits, they're in all white coats and uniforms that matched the room.
"She's awake, Father." one of them says.
A tall man walks into the room and hovers over her. She's not quite sure what is going on.
"Hello, my name is Father. I am the director of the Institute." He calmly says to her
The woman squints at the man, her vision wasn't quite right.
"Where am I?" She asks
"This is the Institute. You are a third generation synth created by us."
"A synth? What does that mean?" She asks
"It means you're special." Father responds
"Special?"
"You're special because we have an important task for you."
"What task?"
"There's a woman in the Commonwealth running rampid. She vows to destroy the Institute. We have sent every synth and courser after her, but to no avail, she appears to be too much for them. That's where you come in."
"What am I supposed to do?"
"You need to eliminate her."
"What makes you think I can do it?"
"Because you're going to be different."
"What makes me different?"
"You won't just be trained to fight and execute her. You will be trained to befriend her, to talk to her, and to understand her. So much so she won't even know you are her enemy."
She seems to understand her purpose. She stares at Father and squints again. Father notices this and looks at one of the doctors. One of them whisper something into his ear and he nods, gesturing at one of them to bring him something. A doctor leaves and quickly returns with an item and puts it in Father's hand. He places the item over her eyes.
"Those should help." He states
She adjusts the item that rested on her nose and could see much clearly now. She sits upright and gets out of the bed, wobbling slightly as her bare feet touched the ground. She braced herself for the coldness of the iron floor, but she felt nothing. That was strange to her. Is this what being a synth did?
"When do I start?" She asks
"You start tomorrow. In the meantime X6-88 will show you around the institute." Father replies
He directs her to a tall dark skinned man in all black. She walks to him and follows him out of the room.
He wasn't much for conversation, X6-88 only spoke in short answers and brief responses. She didn't try to speak to him that much as a result, but needed one more question to be answered.
"This woman I'm eliminating. What will I do once she's gone?" She asks
X6-88 wastes no time answering
"Simple. You will replace her."