I have never really understood what love is. Probably because I have never had anyone tell me that they loved me. My mother left me as a child on a sidewalk in Richmond, Virginia. She had smothered me in a blanket and left me to be killed by the cold winter winds. Or so I was told by the woman who found me. But how was I supposed to believe her? I mean she beat me when I asked for more food than the small dab she gave me. She would let her real children feast and I got the scraps. What a cruel thing to do. But I guess without her beatings and being starved to death I would have never became stubborn enough to rise above the expectations that men had for me and I would have never joined the Strategic Scientific Reserve that way I could teach men that just because I was a girl didn't mean I couldn't kick butt. When I started the SSR, the first thing I was assigned to was Project Rebirth. I didn't understand what it meant at first but they said I would eventually find out. When Project Rebirth started World War II had been going on for about a month and people were already losing hope. Many men were dying everyday and with each life lost, someone out there lost a loved one, whether it be a husband, child, father. And all the while I was praying for some hero to come along and give people hope if not save some lives. But nothing ever happened. A year went by and Project Rebirth was never used and I still didn't know what it was. More men died. More people lost loved ones. Eventually life became a cycle. I woke up, got dressed, went to work, came home, and I went to bed. I even quit asking for a savior because what could one person do? A miracle would have to happen to save us all and to give us hope. But miracles don't happen. Monday came around and guess what? I went to work again! Yay. Yeah not really. When I got to the SSR I clocked in at about 8:00 and went down to the lab. When I got down there I almost fell on the floor in shock. Dr. Erskine was talking to this short and skinny guy. Dr. Erskine then led him to the machine that was used for Project Rebirth. "Ah hem. Dr.? Is this a Project Rebirth trial?" I asked him as I stepped forward and acknowledged that I was there. The skinny guy looked over at me and stops talking. "In a way Ms. Carter it is. But he is willing to go through with it. See he wanted to join the fight but was denied because of his physical condition. Now this Ms. Carter is where you find out what Project Rebirth is. Mr. Rogers please if you could step into the machine."