Not very long, but good none the less. Enjoy!

"Get off me!" Tanner heard Cliff grumble as her head hit his knee.

The two of them had been thrown into a large dark room, which must have been their "cell." The walls appeared to be made of a thick metal, most likely thicker than Tanner could fight threw. In the corner was a sort of bunk-bed.

"I call the bottom..." Cliff called to her. Tanner turned to look for him but the entire lower half of the bed was engulfed in shadows. Typical... she thought to herself with a roll of her eyes.

The teen jumped up into her half of the bunk bed staring up at the ceiling.

"They'll come and get us for something, you know..." Cliff pointed out to her.

"Ya, why else would they separate us from our friends and lock us away never to see the light of day again...?" she said sarcastically.

"Who said those rejects are my friends?" he chuckled.

"Why yo-" Tanner stopped herself from going into one of her fits of rage at the young teen. Sure, he got on everyones nerves a lot, but he was still like them, only with a more tragic past...

"It seems that the only place they don't watch us is in here," Cliff noted aloud, "Well, at least we get to keep our privicy..." he chuckled.

Tanner blushed a little at the thought of having living the rest of her days with a guy like Cliff.

The girl let out a sigh. "I doubt that we'll ever get out of this place, that is if what the Good Doctor said was true..." she thought aloud, "And I had so much more to live for!"

"There's someone coming..." Cliff said, not taking notice of her words.

Surely enough there were several sets of footsteps echoing from down the hall.

"Not much to lose..." she sighed as Cliff rose to his feet.

What happened next took Tanner completely off guard. The black haired teen met his lips with hers, Tanner's green eyes widening.

Cliff pulled back, flicking his hair as he turned sharply away.

"What was that for?" she asked, more curious than angered.

"Even one of the condemned needs a bit of hope..." he said hushed without looking at her.

Following his words the door to their cell opened. "Time to begin your tests, you two..."

They make a cute couple, don't they! ;3 I'll make the next chapter as soon as I can. I love getting reviews and am in need of ideas for a case for my detective story. Thanks!

~Sandnose