This is my new story. It's the first time I've done a fic in the Star Trek canon... So please be nice. This fanfic will go from the creation of the Augments (The Project Chrysalis), to at least the end of the Eugenics War. There are a few things here that weren't here in this time of Earth's history, but since this is an alternative history to our own, there's not much information as to what they had invented and what they had not. Anyways, there are PADDs already... I mean, they had cryotubes, why not PADDs? : )

I've done some research at the Augments and the War and stuff like that. I used and will use details from the cannon, but some I will tweak a little. But this is fanfiction, isn't it? That's kind of what we do. No worries, I won't move away from it too much.

Declaimer: The Star Trek Universe doesn't belong to me (very sadly) and nor do the characters in it (very very sadly). I only own the OCs.

Prologue

The Augments were different, and yet, the same.

Their features were from all over the world. Caucasian, Asian, African, Indian... Their skins, from alabaster to the darkest of browns. Mid morning blue, to the darkest tunnels of black. Men and women. And yet, compared to each other, they were the same in so many ways. They were built in the same way. Maybe taller, maybe shorter. Slimmer or bigger, but with the body of a perfect athlete for their own size. Cold analyzing gazes directed at the same scientists. Impressive intellect, attractive features...and they all had black or brown hair. No Augment created had light hair.

The scientists assumed it was a side effect from all the genetic manipulation. But, then again, their focus wasn't on their looks as much as it was in their super strength or speed. They were made to be... Better.

Dr. Camilla Dahler walked over to her employer, project director, and friend, Dr. Sarina Kaur, tucking her hair platinum blonde behind her ear nervously as she stood before her desk, patiently waiting for her to turn around to talk to her.

"Yes, Dr. Dahler?"

"Em... There's been a... Complication." Dahler said, fidgeting with her lab coat and looking everywhere but Kaur's Director's eyes flashed dangerously as she rose from her seat and put both hands on her desk.

"A complication?"

Dahler flinched under her gaze. "Yes. A mistake. Dr. Lozinak requests your presence immediately."

Dr. Kaur stormed out of her office and towards the main laboratory, Dahler following swiftly behind her, gaze cast down, avoiding everybody's curious looks. Kaur barged into the lab, the doors hitting the wall with a loud bang. A skinny man with fading brown hair and glasses turned at the noise. He spoke with a slight accent.

"Director, I'm glad you-"

"Dr. Lozinak, I hope for your own good that Dr. Dahler is wrong." Kaur snapped as she walked towards him.

Viktor Lozinak turned around, looking down at a large cryotube and sighed in resignation. "I'm afraid she is."

The Director walked towards the cryotube, her mouth opening in an incredulous 'O' shape when she saw what was inside.

A petite woman lay inside it, suspended by chemicals, oblivious to everything that was going on. She had fair, pale skin, and her eyes were closed, yet they seemed to move behind her eyelids, as if she was dreaming. Her face had an innocent quality to it; she was beautiful nonetheless. But her most striking feature was her long, almost silvery blonde hair... that resembled Dahler's in an uncanny way. Kaur turned to Dahler.

"Your egg was used for this, correct? What...?" She looked at Lozinak with a questioning gaze. "I know it's in her genetic code, but I thought that due to the reassembling of the genes, there was the side effect of all of them having black hair! If that is so, how can this be possible when other blonde women have given their eggs to this project and none of the subjects were blonde!" Her voice had started to get louder as she spoke, until it almost reached the screaming point.

For the first time, Lozinak looked uncomfortable. "That is all correct, Director. I'm afraid this... mistake was made by us. By a member of my team." He walked over to his work desk, where he took a small watch glass and showed it to the female scientists. "Someone, and I cannot tell you who, since there are so many people working on so many different subjects... Someone made a mistake in the rearrangement. We were not aware of this until we checked on the specimen in the tube, to find out she was blonde! We than extracted a small amount of blood, to investigate as to why this was so." The man turned again and walked over to where the blood samples were tested in the lab, both women following him swiftly. He took one of the small viles on the table and held it up. "What we found was that there was a wrong alignment in the DNA, which not only made her hair... different from the other Augments, but it also made her, shall we say, weaker?"

Dr. Kaur took the vile from him and looked at him with a confused expression. "Weaker? So, did we simply create a synthetic human, Doctor?"

The male biochemist shook his head vigorously. "Nononononono. She is stronger and faster than a normal human of top health. Yet she is not as resistant or as strong and fast as the other Augments... She is in between, and therefore... Well, a strong man could beat her, I believe. But this has to be tested by Williams, for I have not seen her in action."

Kaur stepped towards him, invading his personal space and speaking in a hushed and dangerous tone. "Are you telling me that we've lost an egg, due to a mistake, and now we've created an Augment that can't meet it's purpose?"

Dr. Lozinak looked down for a minute, only to look up behind Kaur's shoulder to Dahler, who stood there watching him with an intent and worried expression. "Yes" he said.

She turned toward the rest of the lab and it's staff. "Out. All of you. NOW! Dahler, Lozinak, stay." The scientists all but rushed out of the room, whispering to each other as the doors closed after them.

Dahler looked at Kaur, confusion edged across her Nordic features. "Director?"

Dr. Kaur walked over to the chemicals on the table, apparently searching for one in special. Once she found it, she filled a syringe with the chemical. "Dr. Lozinak, open the dropper tube, if you will."

To this, Camilla Dahler snapped. "Wait, what? Director you are-"

"...Going to kill her, yes." She said with no emotion as she turned towards the tube. "She is of no use to us if she doesn't have her full faculties, if she cannot reach the objectives for which she was created."

As Kaur walked over to the pod, Dahler did something out of what you just have to call pure mother instinct. This Augments stills had parts of her after all, and she just couldn't stand there and watch her day without having been given a chance to live. To Kaur and Lozinak's surprise, the usually shy bioengineer stepped in between the Director and the cryotube.

"Sarina, please. As your friend, I beg you, let her live." She cut Kaur off when she began to object. "I know, I know. She is of no use if she can't reach the goal for which she was created. I will help her. I will make her reach those goals. It might take longer, but she will... I'll take full responsibility for her. But please. I won't stand by your side and watch you murder this... creature that has part of me inside her. She hasn't even had a chance to live. Please."

Kaur looked at Lozinak, seeing him watch the exchange. His eyes betrayed his thoughts, letting her know that he sided with Dahler even though he did not speak. She sighed and walked over to the chemical table to dispose of the syringe. "Alright, fine! But if anything happens, it will be on your heads, not mine!" And with that, she stormed out.

Dahler let out a sigh and smile of relief and turned towards Lozinak, who was closing the dropper tube and looking at the inserted PADD in the cryotube. "This one has impressive timing! She's ready. Help me lift the lid." He entered a code into the PADD, making the lock of the tube hiss open. Dahler and Lozinak pushed it open, the liquid washing away from the cryotube's interior to reveal the Augment female, still peacefully sleeping.

Dr. Lozinak looked over at Dahler. "She is your responsibility now, but whatever you may need..."

She smiled a him. "I know. Thank you, Viktor." Dahler looked down at the petite woman with determination. "She will be no less than them, I won't let her. She will receive the same training and skills as they."

He chuckled knowingly. "I'm concerned you'll push her too far..." He looked at the PADD again. It was displaying the button for revival. "Well... You saved her, Camilla. And you are her mother, for all purposes. It is only fair you should name her. After all, Kaur named her son, didn't she?"

"Yes..." She sighed as she pulled some of the Augment's wet hair out of her face. Her skin was getting warmer, the color coming to her skin. "How about... Shaelyn?"

"Shaelyn?"

"Yes. Shaelyn Calixta Dahler."

So, what did you think? Please feel free to comment, it certainly does help with my day... I accept any ideas for characters, story... You can comment, or if you think it would be a huge spoiler if you put it there or too long, PM me! I'm always free! : ) The OC, Shaelyn, is physically based on Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. Just physically!

A special thank you to my bffs (and since I don't know your fanfiction names, if you have ones, or if you'd like me to use your names, I tweaked...) Ambear and Bails! You girls have helped me with this story a lot, giving me ideas and helping me out when I'm stuck and you've put up with my crazy writing mode for two full days. Thank you so much and I hope you will continue helping me out! : )

I will update as soon as I can, and since it's summer, this will be quite often. Usually it takes me about more or less a week to publish new chapters.

Hope to see you next time;

Live Long and Prosper!

Peppermione.