Ruby groaned and she slowly sat up. She felt like she had taken a really long nap, but at the same time felt like she had gotten no sleep at all. Looking around groggily she froze. This was not her bedroom, or anywhere in her house for that matter. The only things in the grey scale room were the bed, which she was currently sitting on, tucked in one corner, a toilet a few feet to the right right, a single light in the ceiling, and what appeared to be a door on the far wall. Getting up from the bed, she cautiously made her way to the door, only to realize that it had no handle.
'Maybe it's one of those doors you just have to push to open?' she thought. Giving it a good push, she was saddened to see that it didn't move one bit.
So for the next ten minutes, she tried opening the door in various ways such as, asking it nicely, or yelling "Open sesame!" to no result.
Falling face first onto the bed in defeat, Ruby just staid like that for a while. Then, a sad realization came to Ruby's young mind. If she couldn't get out of here, she couldn't find her mommy, or even go home to her dad and big sis. Bringing her knees up to her chest, she started crying. She didn't know how long she cried for, but even after the tears ran dry, Ruby just laid there, staring at the wall.
She didn't even realize she fell asleep, until she was startled awake by a loud mechanical noise. Looking towards the door, Ruby saw that it was open with a man standing on the other side. He wore a grey jacket, had messy gray hair with a similarly colored mustache and beard, but the things that caught her attention the most, were his glowing red left eye, and his metal right arm.
Stepping into the room his eyes settled on her. "Ah, you'r finally awake I see, And it seems that your shoulder has healed up nicely." He said.
"W-who are you?" Ruby stuttered, as she backed into the corner of her bed farthest away from the scary looking man.
"Oh, how rude of me. I never introduced myself. My name is Dr. Merlot, whats your name?" He asked.
"Ruby Rose." Was her quiet response.
"Well Ruby, now that your awake, we can begin the tests." He stated with a smile.
"Tests, w-what tests?" She asked.
His smile widened as he responded. "You are going to be my test subject that will help me understand the mysteries of aura, and push the boundaries of human evolution!"
"But I just want to go home!" The red cloaked girl exclaimed, as tears started forming in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you go home, not while I can make use of you here." Stepping closer to the girl, his smile now gone, tone becoming serious he continued.
"Now then, I will be taking you to the lab to begin testing. If you behave and listen to me, you will be rewarded. These rewards could vary from getting toys/stuffed animals to play with in your spare time, to books to read and learn from, better meals, or even a nicer room to live in.
But if you misbehave and resist me, you will be punished. Like the rewards, these can vary from getting some of your rewards taken away, to various physical punishments. And make no mistake, these punishments will not be light.
So, what will it be? Listen and be rewarded, or disobey, be punished, and forced to participate antway?" Stepping back Merlot gave the girl a minute to think.
After several minutes of crying and sobbing, Ruby slowly got off the bed. With her head down, tears still flowing she gave her response.
"I'll listen."
It was spoken so softly Merlot almost didn't hear her.
"A good choice. Follow me and we shall begin." He said.
Turning around Dr. Merlot left the room, followed slowly by the now silently sobbing Ruby Rose.
[Subject Log #343]
Subject Name: Ruby Rose
Gender: Female
Age: 4-5 years old
Height: 3 foot 4 inches
Hair Color: Black with red tips
Eye Color: Silver
Date of Birth: Unknown
Subject was brought to the infirmary for a full physical evaluation.
Light scarring found on the right shoulder. Cause unknown. The most probable cause is a large wolf, or Beowolf bite.
The subjects aura was is indeed unlocked, as speculated when the subject was first found and brought in.
Further examination showed that the subject to be in good physical health. Testing is to begin effective immediately.
Ruby screamed out in pain as her aura shattered and a bullet smashed through her left shin. Crying out again as she landed or her left arm, which was currently in a cast and sling.
Rolling onto her right side she just stayed there withering in pane.
"Alright I think I have enough data on how much more strain your aura can take before giving out. The medical bot will take you down to the infirmary to be treated. You can have the next two weeks off to allow your injuries to heal." Merlot didn't even look at her as he spoke, setting the pistol he was holding aside, and entering data onto a large scroll.
Snapping his fingers a door slid open, and a red and white robot came out made its way over to the now unconscious Ruby. Bending down it picked her up and left the room.
When Ruby woke up, the first thing she noticed was the pain. Everything hurt, it felt like she could barely move. It had only been a few hours since Merlot finished testing the limits of her aura, and she was really feeling the effects of it. Heck her left arm and leg were broken because if it!
Finally looking around, she noticed that she was back in her room. It had changed somewhat in the weeks she had been trapped here. There was now a simple red rug covering most of the floor, a small bookshelf that held books ranging from fairy tails to early education, and finally there was a beowolf stuffed animal sitting next to her on the bed.
"I just wanna go home." She mumbled, as she pulled the stuffed Beowolf to her chest using her good arm.
She wanted to be strong like the heroes in the story books. If she was strong like them, she could break out and go home. If she was strong, her arm and leg wouldn't be broken. If she was, she would be safe at home, not stuck in this nightmare. But she wasn't. She was not strong. Before Ruby could start crying again, a new much more positive thought cam to mind as she started to drift off to sleep.
'If I'm not strong, then I need to become strong. No matter how long it takes, I will get strong like the heroes in the books. I will get out of here and go home.'
With her new plan of "getting strong", Ruby fell asleep. Even with her injuries, she had the first peaceful night of sleep since being taken by Dr. Merlot.
A.n. And there is chapter 3, sorry for not posting this sooner, real life things needed my attention. Just so you know, I won't be writing out every experiment/test Merlot preforms. Some will be seen through flashbacks/nightmares, but other more "tame" ones will not always be mentioned. Anyways thanks for the reviews telling me that the pacing/grammar was fine, I don't want this to be too rushed, but I also don't want it to be so slow it's boring. Feel free to let me know if you liked it or not. The next chapter will hopefully be out soon.
