Author's Note: Thank you so much for taking the time to read this story! I can't tell you how much it means to me- this is my first story I've actually bothered to write down, let alone post. As such, the published story will always be far behind everything I've worked out in my head. Originally I wasn't going to format the first chapter this way, but I decided that this was the best way to describe events up to the beginning of the story, rather than in flashbacks the way it happened the way I've thought it out. Bonus points to anyone who figures out who Overwatch, Night, and Ring are. If you're fans of Aggie2011 on whatever she posts on (I can't remember for the life of me) or Ringers, you might understand the code names. I'll explain in the Author's Note for chapter two, which should be coming out sometime this weekend. Enjoy!

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Project Name: Bioterra

Log: Bioterra 1- Initial Report

Classification: Director

Report By: Overwatch

Report Summary:

SHIELD's initial investigation of a series of incidents involving fifty-three young adolescents led to the creation of the Project Bioterra. The investigations were initially performed by level 3 field surveillance agents, but in a period of 48 hours became classified as level Director. Investigating agents were codename Night, Overwatch, and Ring. All notes and reports are to be kept on hardcopy only for Agent Night's eyes.

The subjects of the Project have been apprehended. They will undergo testing to determine their specific abilities, and will be numbered according to strength. Subjects are from different hometowns, and have no personal connections to each other or SHIELD. Subjects appear to have similar abilities of varying expertise, but that may change in time. All subjects were aware of their abilities to some degree. Most subjects were relatively easy to bring in. Their families were appeased by promises of government research positions and lifetime health care. They will be sent falsified reports of the subjects' wellbeing periodically. One subject, to be known as Subject Number One, required a special deal to be brought in. This subject will most likely remain Number One in the subject numbering system, as it is the only subject to have limited control over its abilities.

The subjects are currently housed in a temporary facility, where they will undergo testing developed by Agent Night. The facility is a warehouse requisitioned by SHIELD for R&D purposes non-specific to the current project. In 72 hours, the subjects will be moved to a new facility developed by Agent Overwatch and built by private contractors. The subjects will complete testing and undergo a training regimen designed by Agents Night, Overwatch, and Ring. Agent Ring will be on hand at all times, with Agents Night and Overwatch observing from afar while performing other duties.

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Project Name: Bioterra

Log: Bioterra 2- Test Results

Classification: Director

Report by: Night

Report Summary:

Age: All subjects are age 13. Birth dates range from late July to mid-August. Conception dates are unknown.

Place of Birth: All subjects were born within the continental US. Each subject has a different hometown, but most subjects were born in the eastern half of the US. Others were born in Arizona, Texas, and California.

Height: Ranges from 5'2" to 5'4". Growth patterns unknown.

Weight: 110-115 lbs. BMI 22-23. Body fat 19%-21%.

Gender: 26 male, 27 female

Race: 73% Caucasoid, 18% Negroid, 9% Mongoloid

IQ: all above average, with three near genius level#

Strength: above average*# for humans of same stature

Speed: above average*# for humans of same stature

Reflexes: above average*# for humans of same stature

Eyesight: all 20/20 or better*#

Hearing: above average*#

Smell: above average*#

Radiation Levels: Levels surpass safe level for humans. No averse affects evident. Saliva and urine samples are not harmful to other organisms. /Revision by Overwatch: Radiation levels and type are similar to that of Dr. Banner./ *#

Genetics: DNA is similar to, but different than that of humans. No apparent cross with other known organisms. /Revision by Overwatch: Subjects' DNA is more comparable to that Green Giant than that of SuperA./

*Subjects may develop more pronounced differences to normal human abilities. The top three in all tests are far beyond the other subjects in all areas including radiation, which suggests that those with higher radiation levels will develop more enhanced abilities. /Revision by Overwatch: Subjects One, Two, and Three are far beyond the others as of age 14./

# Subject One appears to have falsified most of the tests. It still surpassed Two and Three, especially in radiation levels. The amount of radiation that appears to affect physical traits in the subjects is almost doubled in One from the levels observed in Two and Three. Two and Three's radiation levels are already 20% higher than the other subjects.

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Project Name: Bioterra

Subject Report: One

Classification: Director

Report by: Overwatch, Ring

Status Summary by Overwatch:

Subject One appears to be at the same level as subjects Two and Three, but as of the subject's fourteenth birthday (almost a year after start of Project Bioterra), One began to exhibit physical clues of a different level than Two and Three. While Two and Three remain confident in their abilities and continue to put forth effort to improve, One lags behind and withdraws from all conversation. One also refuses to touch the other Subjects or any overseeing agents. Physical signs point to elevated stress- high temperature, sweating, shaking limbs, excessive blinking, excessive swallowing, lack of appetite, apparent loss of hearing, listlessness. The other Subjects avoid One, and discuss One's failure among themselves.

Report Summary by Ring: Overwatch Interference

Agent Overwatch had a one-on-one conversation with One while the other Subjects were at lunch. Overwatch questioned One about its health; One said it was having difficulty adjusting to a sudden physical change. When questioned, One assured Overwatch that it would finish adjusting soon. No recent test results clearly show the cause of this "sudden physical change". The only test results that were altered from the previous pattern was an increase in radiation levels. Overwatch privately retested One for radiation; the results show that One's radiation levels have suddenly increased by 296% in its core, and decreased by 74% in its extremities. The area around One also exhibits increased radiation. While the other subjects' radiation does not appear to leave their bodies, One's radiation now spikes suddenly in seemingly random directions. This may be the cause of One's discomfort. Results were inconclusive.