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Chapter three
Hoji walked into a dark room with a hundred small security televisions to one wall. Each television showed a section of the facility and rooms where observation is needed around the clock. In front of the televisions was a tall leather back chair. Hoji stopped before the chair.
"Ah Hoji. Such interesting specimens you have gathered." A deep voice rumbled from the chair.
"Sir if I may, can you please explain?"
"Certainly." There was a clicking of a remote and one room was enlarged on all of the televisions. The occupants of the room were a young girl and the other a boy only a couple of years older than the girl. They sat on beds opposite of each other.
"Who are these two?" the voice resonated again.
Hoji stood in silence for a moment watching the interaction between the two.
"Well?" the voice said, snapping Hoji from his thoughts.
"I believe the boy is H-098 and the girl is K-107."
There was movement on the screen, directing Hoji's attention from the chair to the screen. The boy slowly rose from his bed and strolled over to the girl. The girl in turn scooted away further onto the bed, cowering away from the boy. He stopped before her bed and reached out, grabbing her by the front of her shirt and roughly pulling her forward.
They remained like that for a few moments before the boy shoved her backwards and stalked back to his bed, lying down on his side away from the girl. A few moments later, the girl followed, curling up near the wall. "Quite the violent one, H-098 is."
Hoji was a bit stunned by the whole event that transpired. "Hoji?"
"Cid had said something about that, but this is the first time I've seen him lash out. Forgive me for asking, but what provoked him?"
"That's the other thing that interested me. This girl's ability is natural correct?"
"From the report Cid gave me a while back, she's had the ability since she could talk."
Silence filled the room for a few moments. "What else was in that report?" the voice inquired.
"That she apparently can be just as violent as H-098."
"Is that why you put these two in the same room?"
"Yes sir Shishio."
The chair swiveled towards Hoji at his statement. In the chair sat a man dressed in a dark blue business suit. He rested his elbows on the arms of the chair, his finger touching to make a temple in front of him. The only thing Hoji could see of his superior was his deathly pale hands, his face obscured by the darkness.
"Hoji, I want you to put K-107 in the combat program."
Puzzlement crossed Hoji's features swiftly before dissipating. "Excuse me, sir but why?"
"Well it might help her hone her ability. And then we could put her to good use if she was able to control herself."
The chair swiveled back to the screens and Hoji could hear the remote clicking again, the image on the screens replaced by different scenes of the building. "You are dismissed Hoji. See that you get on that right away."
"Yes sir." And with that Hoji turned and left.
Kenshin stared silently at the ceiling, his head resting on his hands. "I thought she'd never shut up." He murmured aloud. He tilted his head a bit to the sleeping form in the next bed. Course she sounded like she was sorry…
Kenshin sat up in his bed and looked at the book, lying in shambles on the floor.
"Mommy…please…wake up…" Kenshin sighed.
"Spoke too soon." He muttered.
He turned towards the figure residing the next bed. Kaoru rolled onto her back, her breathing becoming more erratic. Kenshin slowly rose from his bed and approached Kaoru slowly, stopping at her bedside.
Beads of sweat started to appear on her forehead and her small hands fisted her bedding. "Wait! Please! Don't…"
"A nightmare…" Kenshin concluded as he watched her actions. Then a loud screech emanated throughout the room.
Covering his ears, Kenshin spun towards the source of the sound. The scene that greeted him caused his eyes to widen and his hands to drop from his ears, the sound forgotten. His bed was slowly moving across the floor of its own accord. Kenshin turned back to Kaoru's bed. Her bed started to move as well, as her breathing became heavy and labored. Her fists grabbed the bed tighter. "Mommy!" she wailed, her brow scrunching in her sleep. Then it all came together for Kenshin. He watched astonished as the two beds traveled the room, the pieces of his book lifting into the air as well as pieces of his red hair. She's doing all this and in her sleep! Well there's only one thing to do…
Kenshin jumped, aiming to land on the bed only to find himself slowly lifting into the air. He grabbed at her bed and pulled himself down onto it. "Kaoru!" he yelled, as he grabbed her hand and pulled. "Kaoru wake up!"
He could see her eyes flutter open and instantly everything stopped, and he dropped onto her bed beside her with a groan
"Kenshin? What's going on?" she asked, wide sapphire eyes staring at him. Kenshin pushed himself up and hopped off the bed as she sat up on her messy bed.
"You rearranged our room in your sleep." He stated in a deadpan voice. Kaoru glanced around the room. Kenshin's bed was now in front of the iron door while her own was in a diagonal angle from the wall. Kaoru looked backed to Kenshin.
"Um…sorry?" she said sheepishly. Kenshin crossed his arms across his chest.
"What abilities do you have exactly so you don't surprise me again."
Kaoru tapped her chin with her fingertips thoughtfully. "Well I can move things. I don't really know what it's called." Her eyes flickered to turquoise color and her eyes began to move across the room, a loud screech resounding throughout the room in response. Kenshin glanced back to see his bed move back into place and Kenshin hopped on once the bed had stopped.
"What abilities do you have?" Kaoru inquired, as the red head laid back down, hands behind his head.
"My abilities are speed and strength."
"Speed?" Kaoru repeated, a bit confused. Kenshin tilted his head a bit and caught her expression.
"I'm super fast."
"Oh okay. Why do your eyes change colors?"
Kenshin looked back to the ceiling, pondering the question. Then he sat up and turned towards her. "My eyes change whenever I'm mad or frustrated."
He sat for a moment in silence before asking, "Are you aware that your eyes change colors as well?"
Kaoru's eyes widened a bit and a grin spread widely on her face. "Really? What color?" she asked excitedly.
Kenshin looked at her, a puzzled expression on his face. "Well…" he started, his hand going to scratch the back of his head. "Kind of an aquamarine color I guess…"
"Cool!" Kaoru yelled aloud causing Kenshin to wince. The yell turned instantly into a yawn and she stretched her arms over her head. "I'm gonna go back to sleep. Good night Kenshin." She said as she laid down and closed her eyes. Kenshin followed, lying down on his side so that he could see her. "No more bad dreams Kaoru." He murmured in response. Sleep came only moments later, whisking him away to the world of dreams.
