"Is she almost ready?" the scientist asked.
"My daughter will be ready when she feels she is ready," the doctor answered, his eyes never leaving the window looking into the lab.
"She was the perfect candidate," the scientist said, grinning. "Thank you for letting us use her."
The doctor, Dr. Inali, nodded, his mind barely hearing the scientist. Most of his concentration was on his daughter, hooked up to monitors and an oxygen mask, sleeping peacefully.
"Oh, and thank you for letting us use your technique. It proved very useful."
"Mr. Adams," Dr. Inali said, taking his eyes away from his daughter and looking at the scientist. "I hope you didn't use this "technique" on anyone other than my daughter. She's the only one who could withstand the changes."
Mr. Adams shook his head. "No, we only used it on your daughter. We modified it for our other experiments."
Dr. Inali sighed. "I told you not to... This means I have to steal the data..."
"Oh no, sir. You don't have to do that," Mr. Adams panicked. He didn't want this technique taken away from him. It worked so well.
"If you've used any modifications of my "technique", then I cannot allow you to go on with this experiment."
Mr. Adams opened his mouth, but Dr. Inali interrupted him.
"I will tear down your company, make you a disgrace and a mental wreck, with your own, no... my creation. You'll just have to find another "technique". Kasumi and I are leaving.
"But, Dr. Inali...!" Mr. Adams began, but the doctor had already begun to walk away.
At the door to the observation room, he stopped.
"I will take him down, your help or not."
Mr. Adams's surprise was apparent in his features. "You mean...?!"
"I will create another system you can use on regular people."
"Oh sir...! Thank you very muc..."
"As soon as I beat Mr. Granger."
"Yes, yes. Of course, your life-long goal... blah, blah, blah."
Dr. Inali turned sharply to look at Mr. Adams. "Don't make me regret this, because then you will too."