I get up from the couch and look at my surroundings. How did I get back home? For a moment, I didn't recognize anything until I saw S-137 and S-1 come into the room.

"So how was it?" S-1 asks me. I see both of them had changed into their pajamas.

"What are you talking about?" I laugh because I didn't understand what she meant.

She looked down at S-137, "S-137 go to your capsule with the rest."

"Why? I want to know what S-3 has to say," he whined.

S-1 rolled her eyes, "Go."

"Fine!"

I laughed when I saw him stomp away from here. S-1 turned to me—she's the oldest out of everyone. "Now tell me."

"I went to a club and met a person," I explained to her.

"Was the person a girl?" She teased.

I crossed my arms, "Yes."

S-1 reached for my hair. It was annoying and funny because I'm much taller than she is. "Hey, not the hair or face."

S-1 gave me a mini death stare. I was going to continue, but was cut off by Mr. Krane.

"S-3 how was it? Did you find the girl?" He asks me.

I nod my head. "I'm sure I did." I took a long pause to remember what I was going to ask him. "By the way, when I left her house I couldn't control my movements. I heard your voice too. Is that bad?"

He shook his head, "Not at all. You're perfectly normal. I suggested you two go to your capsules we have a few trips to do tomorrow."

"Got it . . . " S-1 and I went walking to the room. It wasn't a room, it was more like a large warehouse.

I'm starting to feel uneasy. Mr. Krane has been acting really strange. I completed the mission he had ordered me to do, but he wants more. Is he really power hungry?

What if everything here is a façade? That would be interesting.

"S-3?"

I flinch when my sister snaps her fingers in my face. She looks at me with a questioning look.

"What?" I speak out.

She asks, "What were you thinking?"

I nervously scratched the back of my neck. "Nothing you need to know. You heard anyway, we have a long day tomorrow."

I open the door that leads to the capsules. There are rows and rows of capsules; Starting from 1 and ending at 137. They were stacked on one another like trophies in a display case. Steel walls surround us, keeping us safe from outside intruders. Oh how I loved to be here.

I see most of my siblings were already sleeping. They seem peaceful.

I walk to my capsule that's in the very first row. The door slides to the bottom letting me walk inside.

The capsule replaces my clothes with pajamas. The lights in the room suddenly fade. I found it strange that some of my siblings were awake when I came home. Yet again, sometimes Mr. Krane sends us out on late night missions.

The shuffling noises die down by the second. The room gets darker like night at its peak. And the darkness I see means I've fallen asleep.


Drip, pop, ding.

I shift around in capsule to be in a comfortable position.

Drip, pop, ding.

I squint before opening my eyes. The room is still dark with no motion to be seen.

Drip, pop, ding.

What is that noise? I slowly walk out the capsule softly hitting the sturdy surface. I look around trying to make sure no one saw me.

I make my way to the door and crack it open only enough to not raise suspicions. I'm tempted to geo-leap, but I could get caught.

From the long hallway, light emits from 's office. I hear faint murmurs coming from the room. The second voice sounded like a man. It wasn't as rough as Mr. Krane's voice.

"This will definitely scare them," the man spoke.

As I got closer, the voices were louder.

Mr. Krane chuckled, "Davenport will fear us."

"Davenport?" I mumble. I felt like I knew him, maybe just casually?

I reach the door and peek in. Krane was with someone! I have never seen this man in my life. He looks young.

From my observations, the man had hazel eyes, long spiked up hair. Who was he?

"Victor Krane, do we have a deal?"

"Deal." I see Mr. Krane shake hands with him. "I'm sorry, what is your name?"

"Douglas Davenport." He moves his hand away and turn back to a table beside him. "I will make my brother pay for what he did . . . I will get my kids back."

"Kids?" I say out loud. I turn and see both of them turn around. I geo-leap back to the room in panic.

I fall on the floor with a loud thud. I stay on the floor waiting for movement from anyone of my siblings. The silence of the room was reassuring. I sigh in relief and get up.

I know I won't sleep tonight.


I woke up to a tapping sound on my capsule door. I look down to see S-136 and S-137 waiting for me to open up.

"Hey guys," I say in a tired tone.

"Dude, it sounds like you were up all night." S-136 tells me. He is correct—for once.

"I wish it was the case," I lie to them.

S-2 comes from behind them. She's the second oldest of the girls. "Morning S-3."

"Morning."

"Why such a downer? Aren't you happy? I'm going on the mission with you and S-1! It'll be my first mission!" She exclaimed.

My eyes widen, I had forgotten all about it! "Oh yeah! Sorry, I just woke up really tired."

"It's okay," She says with a smile. "I'm totally cool about it."

"Let me change then." I shut the capsule door and wait for it to finish dressing me. When I came out, S-2 was waiting with excitement.

She took my arm and sped us to Mr. Krane's office. S-1 was standing by his side.

"There you are," Mr. Krane announced.

S-2 grinned, "I wouldn't miss a thing!"

"Good." He gave S-2 a bracelet. "Your name in the outside world will be Lexi."

Each girl received a bracelet with their undercovered names. The guys received a tag necklace. Mine was never visible since I kept it under my shirt.

"Love it!" S-2 squealed.

Mr Krane nodded. "S-1 will lead you where you need to go."

"Let's go." She said in a rude tone. I was confused. When she spoke, her eyes glowed a very saturated green color.

S-2 was too happy to notice a difference.

"S-1 do you know where we're going?" I ask.

S-1 turned around to face me. "You'll know when we get there."

Her eyes glowed once more. I said, "But I want to know now."

"Are you the leader of this group? I don't think so. I suggest you stay quiet or you'll jeopardize the mission."

I was taken aback, she just snapped at me. "I just ask a simple question."

"And I don't care. We do what our leader orders and never question. I want you to understand that S-3." She turned back around and continued walking.

S-2 started to question like me. "S-1, you don't have to be so harsh."

"You'll do what I say and no questions ask, or I'll make sure this will be your last mission." S-1 stared at S-2, waiting for her to answer back. She smiled when she heard nothing. "That's what I thought."

My sister turned around leading us to an alley.

S-1 motioned us to geo-leap into the property. We did as we were told. We were by the door of the house.

"If you see anyone, shoot them with this. It'll stun them." S-1 gave us the specialized weapons. "Now."

We geo-leap inside and land in the living room. S-1 calculates the perimeter of the house and levels. "There are about 3 floors. S-2, you take the top floor, S-3 take the last floor, I'll have this one."

"Got it," S-2 responded. I can tell she's nervous.

I smile at her to calm her down. "We'll be okay."

S-2 nods and heads up stairs. I look for the stairs that lead to the basement.

I found them near the front hall. I wonder if anyone else is home. The house is too big for it to be empty. I look down the hallway at the bottom of the steps. Someone's down here.

I slowly walked along the wall of the hallway. The figure's steps got louder and louder as I got closer. Soon I knew who it was.

She gasped when she saw me. I sped over to Bree, covering her mouth with my hand. "Don't scream."

I realized I did another mistake. Stupid bionics! I really need to control them when I panic.

Bree breathed heavily while looking at me. I took my hand off her mouth to let her speak. "How did you get into my house?" She paused for moment trying to catch her breath. "And how did you run that fast?"

I closed my eyes, trying to figure out the best way to explain what happened. "I don't have to explain to you anything." I take the laser gun out and point it to her side.

Bree knees me causing me to fall. I hug my stomach while groaning in pain. "I wouldn't fight it."

I geo-leap to the top of the stairs, blocking her path. I pick her up and keep her in my reach. She tries to break away from my grasp, but couldn't succeed.

I pulled the trigger on the laser gun. She fell unconscious in my arms. I took a sharp breath when I saw S-1 and S-2 looking at me.

"Great job S-3, Mr. Krane will be proud. Now we just need to lure in the others." S-1 responded. Her smirked matched S-2.

S-2 had the most evilest expression. Her eyes glowed green like a peridot. She looked at Bree then at me. My grip tightened a little, I would not want her to be hurt.

Something was wrong with them. Was Krane really controlling them? Does he have the power to do it?

S-2 began to laugh, "Looks like part one is complete."