*Warning! * Hey guys welcome, I wasn't going to upload this for a few more day but since someone broke something that is going to prevent me from using my computer so I'll just be uploading this now and fixing the problem later. I also wanted to quickly say/warn you about something, ok so the first thing that you should know is that the first, second and third chapters do start on a bit of a dark note and it isn't very pleasant so please give it a few chapters after that before you stop reading because things do get better very quickly. The other thing I wanted to say is that the first four chapters are more of an origin story, and the final thing I wanted to add as a warning is simple, there are no limits to the things that Ruby will do in this, so with that said let's get this started.

Chapter 1

Ruby looked to her left and when she saw him, she failed to contain her excitement as she was jumping up and down on her seat, the man in the waiters' outfit then sat the plate on the table in front of her and on the plate, were four large cookies and a glass of milk. Ruby saw the seat next to her get pulled back and then someone sat down scooting closer in to the table,

Ruby looked to her and said, "Hey mommy look he gave me two more cookies!" She held two fingers up as she said this,

Summer gave a small laugh with a light smile gracing her face, she then said, "Well then when we leave you had better say thank you to him"

Ruby nodded her head franticly as she ate them, but once she had finished her cookies and milk Summer helped her off the chair and told her, "Ok Ruby I need you to go wait outside for me while I grab a few things" Ruby nodded and made her way to the door,

Just before reaching the door she ran over to the counter and said to the man "Thank you" and ran out.

She sat at a chair outside as she was waiting for Summer but then someone grabbed her hand and began walking away, she looked up to see who it was and if she knew them, but she didn't, it was a teenage boy with blonde hair and a scowl on his face, Ruby then tried to run away but he kept a tight grip on her arm "No you're coming with me" he said

Ruby tried harder to get her arm out of his grasp and run away, as she was doing so a car pulled over to the side of the street with the door opening and the boy was dragging her towards it, Ruby screamed "Mommy! Help me!" she could hear Summer yell something from a bit of a distance away but then she felt something hit her head and suddenly her vision blurred and turned black.

When her eyes opened next she was staring at a cement ceiling, groaning in pain as she rubbed her head, Ruby sat up noticing she was on a bed not a nice-looking bed a bit rough and worn out but still a bed, looking around she noticed her bed was in the corner of a room, there were walls in front of her, to her right and behind her and to her left were bars with a door built into them, she had seen plenty of rooms like this on tv with her favourite cartoons, she was in a cell and as she got to the bars she noticed there were plenty more cells with people in them, "Hello!" she shouted but no one said anything back so she tried again, "Get me out! I want my mommy!"

A woman's tired voice finally answered her back, "It's no use, no one knows where you are they aren't coming for you" the voice sounded as if it was coming from the left, maybe the cell next to hers?

Jumping back from fright Ruby shot back "Your wrong my mommy will come and get me!" 'Of course, she would, why wouldn't she? Mommy is very smart and strong she will find me and then I can go home'

The woman laughed as she answered back, "Oh I am sure she is looking for you don't get me wrong, I am saying she'll never find this place, it's hopeless"

Now frowning and on the verge of tears Ruby shouted back "Your wrong! Mommy will find me!" she heard a sigh from where the woman's voice was coming from and received no reply, seeing it as a victory Ruby marched back to her bed and sat down crossing her arms with a 'hmph' the silence lasted for ten minutes before she began to grow bored.

But it was then a woman with a white lab coat walked in to the room and looked in each of the cell's before stopping when she stood outside of Ruby's, "Guards open this door!"

A man wearing a leather jacket jeans and sneakers came over and opened the door, "Wh-what do you want!?" Ruby shouted,

The woman scowled at Ruby before taking her by the arm and dragging the young girl out of her cell, she dragged Ruby out one door leading into a hallway, entering the first room to the right she threw Ruby to the middle of the floor and locked the door, she walked over to a desk then picked up a pen and notepad, "How old are you?" she asked,

Looking up at the woman in confusion she said, "I'm not telling!" she then stuck out her tongue,

Her scowl began to grow as she walked over and slapped Ruby "How old are you?" she asked again,

Tears now starting to spill out slowly she said in a quiet voice "I'm not telling"

The woman slapped her again but this time much harder, "I am not going to ask again. How old are you?"

Now crying Ruby answered this time "Se-sev-sev-en"

The woman began writing down something on the notepad most likely what Ruby had just said then asked, "When is your birthday?"

Struggling to breath Ruby answered with a heavy breath, "Octo-October thi-thirty f-fir-first"

The woman stated in a demanding tone, "Excellent, your new name is subject 3-9-5"

Shaking her head Ruby said, "N-n-no it's R-ru-ruby!"

She slapped Ruby again this time it was loud enough to be heard from the outside of the room, "No that is not your name, now tell me what your name is?"

Now trying to hold back her tears Ruby shouted "I-it-it's Ruby Rose!"

In her efforts, all Ruby got was another slap that made her fall to the floor, "No that is not your name, now what is your name?"

Glaring at the older woman with a growl Ruby shouted, "MY NAME IS RUBY ROSE!"

This time the Woman raised her arm and suddenly Ruby went flying backwards and crashed into the wall before slamming into the floor, "That. Is. Not. You're. Name. Now tell me what it is or I will just dispose of you, you insolent child!"

Now breaking down with tears Ruby tried to answer, "I-it's Ru! -" she stopped when the woman's hand began rising which in turn was lifting her up into the air without even touching her? She hesitated but then answered fearfully, "3-9-5! It's 3-9-5!"

The woman lowered her hand and Ruby fell back to the floor with an audible thump "Good, does that mean you'll do whatever I tell you now or do I still have to beat you?" she asked in an angered tone,

With fear in her eyes Ruby answered, "I-I wi-will do wh-whatever you wa-want, just stop hu-hurting m-m-me!" she finished whimpering,

Now showing a twisted smile, the woman ordered, "Good, now follow me" she began walking over to the door and unlocked it before looking back to Ruby who was still on the ground, "I said follow me" Now panicking Ruby rushed to her feet and stumbled to the door, the woman began walking back to the cells and stopped outside of Ruby's cell, she looked back to Ruby and said, "Take off your clothes"

Ruby stopped for a moment as her face went to a shade of red that would put her namesake to shame as she asked, "Wh-why?"

The woman yelled "It doesn't matter I told you to do something now do it!"

Looking around and into the other cells she saw everyone was watching them, "B-but th-there are boys wa-watching" she begged,

The woman yelled "Do as I said, or I'll just find another girl who will do as I tell her!"

"N-no please do-don't hurt me!" now panicking again Ruby hurriedly but nervously did as she was told,

The woman then walked over to a shelf and grabbed a small grey jumpsuit, she turned around and threw the jumpsuit to Ruby who caught it "Put that on then get back into your cell"

Not wanting to be hit again or continue standing there like she was, Ruby did as she was told and rushed back into her cell.

The woman began to walk away when Ruby heard the woman's' voice again, "I see you've met Dr Stein"

With a shaky voice Ruby asked, "Wh-what do yo-you want now?"

Sighing the woman in the cell next to hers answered, "I just thought I should warn you not to piss her off, but I can see you've already learned that, or at least that's how it sounds"

Ruby laid down on her bed and asked in a frightened tone "Wh-what do the-they want with me?"

"I don't know, I'm not even sure why I'm here"

Ruby then asked, "Wh-what is your na-name?"

The woman answered dejectedly, "Subject 2-6-7"

Before she could say anything else, Ruby said, "No not that one, your real name?"

"Why does it matter?" she asked back

Ruby answered with a tone that seemed desperate and at the same time hopeful "I want to know, pleeaaassse"

Sighing the woman answered her, "Raven"

Now sitting back up in the bed with a small smile Ruby said, "Mines Ruby"

With a soft chuckle Raven said, "It's nice to meet you Ruby, but we should get to sleep now, if we don't the guards will beat us"

Nodding with a frown Ruby said, "Ok goodnight Raven"

For some odd reason, what Ruby had just said brought a smile to her lips she hadn't felt any form of happiness since coming here nor has she smiled up until now, maybe this girl could help her get through this, although she doubted they would ever get out of here alive, just this moment was enough to make her smile, she answered back "Goodnight Ruby."

Waking up the next morning Ruby's right cheek began to burn with this numbing sensation, it wasn't until a few seconds later that her memoires came flooding back that she knew why, tears began to form in the corners of her eyes as she hugged herself and whispered, "Please mommy hurry, I want to go home"

A sudden sound behind her made Ruby sit up and turn around to look at the door, on the floor was a tray filled with what looked like porridge and slowly walked towards it, when she smelt it she could easily detect the scent of honey and smiled she picked it up and sat back on her bed as she ate it.

When she was done she placed it back where she had gotten it from and asked, "Raven are you awake?"

"Yeah I am, what is it?" She groaned tiredly

"I'm bored is there anything we can do?"

Sighing Raven said, "Go back to sleep and exercise that's about it"

Now confused Ruby asked, "Why can't we talk?"

Raven answered with a tone that sounded as if she had a growing desire to hit something "Because I am tired, and the guards don't like it when we do that"

Frowning Ruby began walking to her bed but stopped when Dr Stein called out "Subject 3-9-5!" she walked over to the cell door and opened it, "Follow me" she then turned around and walked into the hallway, Ruby followed her and this time they were outside of the third room to the left, she knocked on the door and when someone answered it she walked in, "3-9-5 this is Dr Redwood, you will do as he says. Do you understand what I am telling you?"

Nodding Ruby said, "Y-yes" nodding Dr Stein left the room,

Now looking at Dr Redwood Ruby calmed down he didn't look like a bad person his expression was a nice and calming one, his brown messy hair and his brown suit made him look like someone she had met at her dad's office, he smiled as he said, "So you are subject 3-9-5?" his tone was soft warm and welcoming Ruby almost forgot where she was and who she was with, she nodded back fearfully "Ok, what year were you in at school?"

Looking confused Ruby answered, "I-I just started year one"

Nodding he asked, "Do you think you can tell me what you were learning?"

"I-I was learning how to d-do maths and write a-and read" nodding he moved over to his computer then after a minute his printer turned on, Ruby asked nervously "Wh-what are you doing?"

Smiling he answered, "I am printing off some worksheets for you to do"

Ruby's nervous look turned to disappointment as she thought 'Great even in here I have to do stupid school work'

Reading her expression, he smiled "Would you rather sit in your cell doing nothing?"

Now shaking her head Ruby said, "N-no, no I'll do it"

Nodding he handed her a pencil and eraser, "Ok you can sit at that desk there and when your finish let me know, I'll give you something else to do" nodding Ruby walked over to the desk and began working.

After a few hours had passed when she got up and walked over to Dr Redwood who was working on something on his computer "D-Dr Redwood, I um I-I'm finished"

Smiling again he turned his chair around and took the worksheets from her, "This is very good, nice job but if you have a look here you spelt this wrong, other than that you did a great job" he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a chocolate bar, "Here but don't tell anyone or I might get into trouble ok" now smiling Ruby nodded and he handed it to her, "Ok I'll print off more worksheets for you to do, but I can't give you anymore treats for a while"

Now smiling she said back "Th-thank you"

"It's alright, here you are" he handed a couple more worksheets, "Ok so once you've finished those you'll have to go back to your cell, but don't worry you'll be back in here tomorrow" he said smiling,

Taking the worksheets Ruby said, "I'm glad they have someone like you here, everyone else is mean"

Chuckling he said, "Not everyone is like that around here, it's just a few of us that are, mostly everyone else will usually treat you nicely"

Now remembering the day before more clearly, she asked, "Um Dr Redwood, wh-when I was with Dr Stein she um she lifted me up without touching me an-"

He interrupted with a smile, "You want to know how she did that, don't you?" she nodded so with a heavy sigh he answered, "Well mostly everyone who works here are mutants"

Now with wide eyes staring at him she asked in awe "So what can you do?"

"I can turn myself into a water" as he said this he also turned from flesh and bones to water in the shape of a human body, "Like so, Dr Stein has telekinesis she has the ability to pick up just about anything with her mind"

Smiling Ruby couldn't contain her excitement "That is so cool, I wish I could do that kind of stuff!"

Frowning he said, "You will but you may not like it" seeing her confusion he explained, "The people at this base, we're trying to find a way to turn people like you into one of us, I don't agree with what they're doing but I don't really have a choice"

Now worried Ruby asked, "B-but why?"

His frown grew as he said, "A lot of people see us as monsters so if everyone is like us then what is there to complain about, that's the way our leader sees it, but I think we just need to sit down and talk about it rather than start a war with the humans"

Ruby was surprised by this she may have been young but she wasn't stupid, her mom and dad had taught her about plenty of things that she would have learned about until she would have been in her mid-teens only because they wanted her to know the world wasn't right, they didn't want her walking around with her eyes closed and they wanted her to be ready for the world and all its cruel ways or at least that's how they said it when they were explaining this to her, she knew what the one question she needed to ask was and so she did, "Why are you telling me all this?"

He answered sadly "Well if they're going to lock you up in a cage you deserve to know why, even if you're not old enough to understand it yet you will eventually"

She asked with a saddened tone "So, they are going to make me one of you, aren't they?"

"Yes, I don't like it any more than you do but I don't have a choice the best I can do is at least help you through this" he said with a frown present on his face,

Smiling Ruby said, "Thank you for telling me, at least I know why I'm here" after sitting the worksheets down on the table Dr Redwood walked Ruby back to her cell before going back to his office.

And done, hopefully this is a good start to something new that I hope you will all enjoy, I've spent a lot of time trying to figure this out, but I think I've finally got it nailed down, I forgot to mention this earlier but I won't upload chapters for this too often since I do have a lot to work for the coming month, don't forget to follow favourite and review to help me improve so I can keep improving to make things easier on you, anyways I hope you'll stick around for the next chapter.