I know, I'm starting a new story before updating my old ones. Just had inspiration for this so I had to strike while it's hot! I own nothing but my own characters and my imagination. Enjoy!
Lily gasped for air, her small feet pounding on the forest floor as fast as she could go. She frantically looked over her shoulder, her heart racing inside her chest. She heard the sirens in the distance, alerting the guards of her escape. She quickly climbed a tree near the brook flowing through the island. She took a few deep breaths, trying to slow her breathing and her heart. The voices drew nearer, beams from the flashlights sweeping the forest floor.
"I can't believe that little shit got out," one of the men said. Up in the tree, Lily could clearly see the blood red 'R' on the front of his shirt. She breathed in slowly, afraid that they might hear her pounding heart. She silently pushed herself back further towards the center of the tree.
"I can't believe you couldn't catch a six year old girl! You just stood there for a whole minute while she ran away," the other exclaimed. His white lab coat was torn and muddied from the chase.
"Because I couldn't move! You guys have been messing around with her DNA, just like you are with the DNA the others found, and now she's got psychic powers, and you can't control her anymore! What makes you think those clones you're working on won't turn against you? There is a line, and you have fucking crossed it!," the first one spat. The man in the lab coat stopped suddenly, his eyes wide.
"You mean it worked? She actually showed signs of psychic powers?" he inquired. The first man began to shake with rage.
"You have got to be kidding me. You fucked up that little girl, and the only thing you care about is your damn test results? You've mangled her DNA so badly, she probably isn't even considered human anymore," he hissed, keeping his voice low. The man in the coat shrugged.
"Probably not, but that's what you signed up for when you joined this organization. If you don't like it, I'm sure we could have a… talk with the boss man," he threatened. The first man just glared at him for a moment.
"She's clearly not out here. Let's head back and deliver the news. I'm sure you have plenty of other experiments you can do to fuck up some other beings existence," he spat, turning back.
"Yeah, but she was the only human we had," the other man said, his voice fading into the distance. Lily waited quietly until the forest was still again. She carefully climbed down and stepped over to the brook. She got down on her hands and knees and cautiously peered over the edge, into the water. Her reflection showed a perfectly normal looking girl. Her deep auburn hair was tangled with a few twigs sticking out, and she had a few scrapes on her arms and face from the run. She looked rough, but normal.
Her once bright blue eyes were now drained of their color, left with dull, dark grey eyes that now filled with tears. She took a deep breath and headed further into the forest, where they would never be able to find her. She walked until she was past exhaustion, and the sun's light started to brighten the night sky, but it wouldn't peek over the horizon for a few hours. Lily found a safe spot in the trunk of a hollowed tree and curled into a ball, pulling her knees to her chest and wrapping her arms around her knees. She sat watching the sky slowly lighten, rocking back and forth.
"I am still a human. I am still a human…" she repeated to herself over and over again. Her dark eyes filled with tears, spilling over and down her face as she continued her chant. She continued this until she at last fell asleep, moments before the morning sun broke the horizon.
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