Well, I didn't wake up in a van, if that's what you're wondering. No, it looked like another room in the same building from last chapter. It wasn't very big: about 30 square feet. It was white like a science lab, looking like different pieces of metal put together. I was lying in a steel cage against the wall opposite the only door I could see. A scanner perched on the wall next to it, and the door had no knob. It looked like a sliding door.

My guess was confirmed when it slid open and a tall woman flanked by two generic bodyguards entered. My muscles ached and my neck was stiff – no doubt the repercussion of the tranq – but nevertheless I forced my self to a sitting position, pressing my back into the wall so that I was staring at the woman. I rubbed by stiff neck, pursed my lips, and stared at her. I wasn't going to be the first one to speak. We stared for a looooooong time.

The woman was pretty tall, roughly 5'8" (still three inches under me, though!). She had black hair in a tight, low bun, narrow black eyes, and skin that probably hadn't had a good sunbath in a few years. She had a distinctly Oriental look about her, so I guessed she was Chinese. She wore black trousers, a gray blouse, and a white coat with black heels that clacked on the linoleum floor as she walked. I thought I recognized her steps, and when she talked I recognized her voice. I had heard her before!

"Hello, Seto," she said, her voice sickly sweet. I almost gagged. Something told me this was her "nice" voice, and my name on her lips made me hate it. "My name Ann Liu."

I didn't reply. I had a lot of questions, yes. Stuff like Where am I? Why am I here? Why do you have such an interest in me? Who is "They"? But I still remained silent. Ann Liu waited like she expected me to speak up, but continued after a few heavy seconds.

"I'm sure you have many questions, and they will be answered shortly." She paused and waited again for me to answer, but I kept my gaze icy and my face stoic.

She went on, "Seto, you should be more cooperative. Ask away, I will answer you."

Her proposition was tempting, and it wouldn't hurt to get some explanations. I opened my mouth, and she smiled. I almost gagged again.

"Where am I?" was my first inquiry.

This is a building under the radar where the School is slowly rebuilding itself with the aid of Paradisia. I'm sure you've heard of Paradisia, and your new friends cringe at the word 'school.' All mutants you meet were created at the School somewhere in the country." I grimaced at the mention of Paradisia. I've heard of the rumors. Paradisia is a rich company with a tiny piece of stock from every single company. Or so they said.

Still, that was a lot more information than I asked for. My next query was why she was being so open. She beamed again.

"Why, Seto, what fun is a plan if no one knows about it?" she pointed out. Her grin grew wider. "You see, I love a good challenge. That's why I accepted this job to rebuild the School. I know you understand how I feel Seto. You were built to be cunning, and we cunning people like to play with our prey."

I was beginning to feel like one of my machines. But… it brought me to my next question. I don't know why, but my heart was thumping hard and quick in my throat. I opened my mouth again and said to Ann Liu, "What am I?"

I didn't think it was possible, but she beamed even more. I thought I was going to upchuck.

"Seto, you have a history that you don't remember at all, and I'm so excited to be the one to break it to you!"

What the hell am I?

"Let's start from the beginning, shall we?"

Why not? I leaned forward a little.

"Seventeen years ago, I was a part of the team who created you, as was your mother."

My mother?

"As of right now, you are the longest lived hybrid yet. This is partially because your mother got scared when your brother was born and we increased the intensity of your testing. After all, all of our previous mutants had turned out to be horrific failures in more ways than one. So she invented a 'vaccine' that would suppress the effects of the experiments. She took it, you and your brother, and our best robot Roland, and fled to Japan."

That's nice and all, but what am I?

I forced myself to calm down. "Why did she flee?" Ann Liu frowned.

"She didn't want to lose you."

In any other circumstance, that very sentence would be completely normal. But the way Ann Liu said it, it made me think. Why didn't she want to… lose me? Was I a monster? Or was I little less than an angel?

"What do you mean by that?" I asked tentatively. She sighed.

"You were our most ambitious project ever, and you still are. It is my pleasure to be observing you, but still, even Maximum and her flock do match up to what you can do. The flock is two percent bird, and Mokuba is two percent bat. It is remarkable at how so little DNA can make such a huge difference. You, Seto, are one percent leopard, one percent cheetah, and one percent cougar."

So. I was three percent cat. Didn't sound as impressive as it should. But what did it really mean?

And then she dropped the bomb. Figuratively, of course. "Seto, you were created to be the ultimate weapon."

Well, I managed not to gape at her like a fish…

"W-what?"

I admit, her last sentence shook me. I… I don't want to be a weapon. I don't even want to make weapons.

"Seto, you were created to destroy, but no one expected you to have any say in it. When your mother stole you away, she had to be disposed of. It was our good friend Gozaburo who found you. Since we couldn't train you at the School, he took over. He sent us daily reports. We were astonished at your brilliance and strength. And though Gozaburo died in the process, he succeeded in unleashing the beast."

I glared at her. This wasn't real, this wasn't possible. My whole life had been set up for this, even when someone tried to make it so it wasn't. So in reality, I've been lied to my whole life. Now she was calling me "the beast?" I fought to keep my anger under control. Losing it now would only satisfy her.

However, Ann Liu seemed to sense my hidden rage. I don't know if she wanted to provoke it or not, but she snapped her fingers. Suddenly I felt something cold clamp around my neck. I whipped around in time to see a mechanical arm disappear back into the wall. My hand flew to my neck to feel the metal collar with a strange groove around the middle.

"What is the meaning of this?!" I growled at her, feeling all the anger and pride of being CEO of the Kaiba Corp well up. No! I mustn't let it control me! It's never been this difficult to curb my rage before!

"You are our kitty," she said, the sugar creeping back into her voice. "We should be able to control you. That last thing we need is the perfect weapon running amok." She turned to leave.

That was it! I've had enough of her and this stupid place! I am not a weapon, and I am not going to take this crap anymore! If my rage was water in a pot, it would all be evaporated at that point. My anger level flared before a strange, powerful feeling washed over me, and then everything else faded into a blur.

Yeah, him being a cat doesn't sound as cool as him being a super ultimate weapon.

I know Mercy hasn't played a big role, but she doesn't exactly get one. She'll get a bigger role, yes, but not as big as Seto, Angel, and Max, per se.

If Max was created to save the world... this is what she's saving it from.

Please review!!!! And if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask, and I shall answer!!!!

It seems that because everything is released this chapter, we would be ending soon, ne? Au contraire, mes amis. I have many things planned for our dear little mutant friends...