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Isaac Sumdac, the world famous reverse-engineering genius, was walking down the corridors of his lab of Sumdac Towers. It was a nice day and he was once again inside working on his latest inventions. He let out a mental sigh, but tried to remain cheerful. He was after all making things to help people, unlike his rival Mr. Powell who CLEARLY, and failing in subtlety, wanted to make military weapons.

In the corner of his eye he saw a flash coming from one of the rooms. He walked in cautiously and gasped at what he saw: A liquid metal baby in a container. He walked over and gingerly reached out to touch it… and got electrocuted. After a bit of shock –pun intended- he walked back over to the metal baby to find it wasn't metal anymore! Instead it was an actual –crying- baby!

But then he also saw another flash from behind the baby, behind his desk. This time he was careful. As he walked over to the desk, he made sure not to touch it this time. He hesitantly leaned over the desk. Behind the desk, out of the flash, was a teenager. She had chocolate colored skin, and long red hair that went to her waist in two ponytails. She looked no older than 19. She was wearing strange yellow clothes that appeared to also be half armor.

He was startled from his thoughts when he heard her groan and start to wake. She blinked and opened her eyes. He gasped when he saw that her eyes were an unnatural shade of bright blue… but also resembling camera lens. Then she blinked and her eyes changed to normal eyes, but red like her hair.

"Wha…?" He whispered to himself, thoroughly confused, but then caught himself. "Are you alright? How are you feeling?" She blinked again and tried to sit up, but lost balance. He caught her easily and just barely heard her say something.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" He asked gently. She rested her head on his shoulder and smiled. And louder this time, she said:

"I never got to say this before, but… Thank you. For everything, dad."

At this he was confused big time. But before he could say a word… She started to glow a little and all the computers and lights brightened considerably for a minute. And when he reopened his eyes, he saw her asleep with a smile. He saw a tear fall slowly on her face, but… it wasn't any normal tears. It looked like some kind of glowing blue liquid.

Then holo-screens appeared showing various things, but in another language. And not any from Earth either. On one screen in particular was done in English. More like one line… it read:

Internal Memory Banks… Corrupted. Attempting deletion of corrupted data and memory retrieval. Estimated time until completion: 4 years.

"Memory... deletion?" No sooner had he whispered this, did the process already begin.

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He had no idea why, but deep inside, Isaac felt like he knew these two mysterious girls… he had the strong urge to protect them. And thus he managed to, over time, convince everyone that they were real people. He used the excuse that the baby belonged to the woman who called him 'dad' and said that she suffered from an accident that left her with severe amnesia. And everyone believed him. They now go by the name Sara and Sari Sumdac. (They're using his last name until they can figure out a better one.)

Also, over the past few months, he helped her learn how to talk again and treated her and the baby like family. Everyone immediately noticed the positive difference in him these days and decided not to question about the two girls anymore. Some of the other scientists gave him advice on 'How to Care for a Baby 101' and so on.

Soon, he started to notice that she seemed to like cars for some reason. She would always stare off into space when she saw them. He also noticed she seemed especially entranced on any and all yellow car Bugs with some form of black racing stripes. He asked her about it once and she answered:

"I just… it feels like I know them somehow. Especially the yellow car things." She said with a giggle. "It's the same with the giant red and blue trucks that deal with fires, those Ambu- somethings. I saw a black and yellow motorbike once and a green van with the word 'S.W.A.T.' on it. All of them… I can't help but feeling… I know them somehow." She said it all with a dazed smile.

"Them?"

"Yes. But I keep drawing a blank as to how…"

And he got nothing more from that. But he decided to help her. So he thought of a good surprise. A week later, he asked his father, James, to teach her all about cars. After all, his dad was a famous racecar driver back in his day. And he knew that his passion for cars and speed would have a positive effect on her. And it did.

He noticed fast that Sara had the same passion for driving and speed as his father. They even went as far as to qualify for a big time race held in Detroit when a scout was nearby and ready to leave. It was late at night and Sara was driving in a tricked out yellow bug. Sara refused to drive in any other car unless it was a yellow bug. James caved after a while and helped revamp the thing so it was better built for racing. It was sunset, and Sara was going well over 250 mph around the track. Little Sari, Isaac, and Grandpa James were in the stands cheering her on. In the corner of his eye, Isaac saw another person in the stands watching in awe. The next day, that same person offered Sara an open spot in a big race since one of the drivers quit. She easily accepted.

And she's been racing ever since…