October 4th — a neighborhood outside Dallas, Texas.

Iris was walking home from the library on a October afternoon. She reached her front door when she heard someone call her. "Hey Iris!"

Iris turned around and looked to see who called her. She could see Mrs. Jodi Scott, wearing a security guard uniform, running up to her and a man in the same uniform.

"Hey, I'm glad to see you. What's up?" Iris said, smiling and hugging Jodi.

"I'm glad to see you too." Jodi replied, ending the hug.

"So, what are you doing here?" Iris asked, looking at the man and Jodi.

"We need you for some...experiments." The man said. Iris noticed his accent and assumed he was Italian.

"Experiments?" Iris repeated, looking at Jodi.

Jodi looked at the Italian man before looking back at Iris. "Ivy, you can keep a secret, right?" Jodi asked.

Iris looked up at her friend and flashed a smile. "Yeah, i can keep a secret." She replied.

"Good." Jodi said, before signaling an armored car down the street.


Notes:

The full story will be published on AO3