Here I was alone in the darkness again. Every morning is the same. I wake up alone and wait. Wait until Saito comes to keep me company. To entertain me.

"Suzy?" Her voice finally came on.

"Saito!" I smiled.

"Hi!" She said tiredly. "Sorry I had to leave early yesterday... Lucy escaped."

Escaped? "She was in one of these rooms, right!?"

"Yes, but they were moving her."

I pounded a vector on the floor. "That's no fair..." I muttered under my breath. "How did she make it out...?"

"I don't know... I haven't heard anything about that yet... All i've heard about is how many people she killed..." She said sadly. "What makes you want to kill so many people?"

"We're not attached to them and they look down on us so we don't feel any regrets for killing them... We don't want to be held here as prisoners or your test subjects... And... I don't know if the others have it too... But there's something,... someone who is inside me." I explained.

"What do you mean?"

"She speaks to me sometimes... When I get angry, frustrated, or scared.."

"What does she say?" Saito asked curiously.

"Mean things... Things that are true.. And then she tells me to kill. Kill everyone because they will never accept me."

"That explains why you seem to have a split personality! All the Diclonius are like this... They seem to be nice and sweet but something makes you snap and you kill everyone in your path."

"Yea... And then you realize what you'd done and you feel terrible." I sighed as Kirai's face appeared in my head followed by Mama and then the blond haired girl.

"I have to go visit Mariko now, okay?"

"Mhm." I heard the speakers click off as she left me alone again.

The next day she returned to tell me that a special attack force was sent after Lucy to kill her. Her freedom came with a price.

"But what happens if they don't kill Lucy?" I asked.

"You don't think they will?"

"There's a chance."

"I've heard a rumor that if Lucy isn't killed then a Diclonius will be sent to track her down."

"What happens then?"

"I don't know... Either she will be killed or brought back." Saito answered.

I was hoping that I would be the one to go. To be free of this room. To kill Lucy to avenge Aimi. The next day Saito told me that the attack force failed.

"The Diclonius was already chosen to go." Saito informed me. "I don't know her, but I know that she's number seven."

"Oh..." I looked down.

My hopes were crushed. Lucy vs another Diclonius has a greater chance of working. I won't get my revenge.

The next day Saito returned to tell me that number seven had left. I didn't speak to her.

The day after that, to my surprise, number seven returned, near her death.

Many days later Saito's voice excitedly came on.

"Guess what!?" She giggled.

"What!? What's happened?"

"The Director wants Mariko to track down Lucy and kill her."

I made myself smile. "That means that Mariko will get to see everything for the first time!"

"Mhm!" She giggled. "And i'll be the first person to see her!"

"After she leaves you need to tell me what she looks like!" I said excitedly.

"Okay!"

I was happy for Mariko. She deserved to be out there more than me.

The next day I waited. I waited for Saito to return. I waited for her to tell me what Mariko looked like. That day passed without a sound. Just my thoughts to keep me company. Two more days passed until I heard the large doors open in front of me. I couldn't see any light. Nothing came into my view. I reached my vectors out to feel the metal doors open.

"Number five." A woman's voice called me. "I am sorry to inform you..." Her heels clacked on the floor beneath me as she walked towards me. "That your caretaker, Saito, has been killed."

"Killed...?" I barely made a sound. "H-how?"

"When number 35 was released from captivity she killed Saito."

"Th-that can't be right! Mariko wouldn't kill her! Saito was like her mother!"

"You know as well as I do that no matter who a person is, even if it is their mother, a Diclonius will kill them for absolutely no reason." She shot back in an irritated tone.

"But..." Tears flowed down my face. "Mariko wouldn't..."

"She did."

She would. It's our nature. I gripped my hands into fists. I heard the woman turn around and begin to walk away. I reached my vectors out.

"Stop that." She stood still. I stopped my vectors. "You have every right to be angry. I wanted to come and see you personally so I could see if you were well." I pulled my vectors back as she turned around to face me. "They told me it was too dangerous to come in here. This was the first test to see if you would obey." She took a couple steps forward. "Once you recover from this loss and empty your emotions, the director wants to use you as our last chance to kill lucy and number seven."

I sniffled as my hopes raised. It was my turn. I would get to leave this horrible place. My punishment was about over. I would get to see the world again. I listened as the woman turned one last time and left. Soon after, the doors were closed again.

About a week later the doors were once more opened. I heard the familiar clack of the woman followed by another woman and many heavier footsteps. Everyone stayed still while the woman came forward.

"Number five, how are you feeling today?" She asked kindly.

"Good." I replied.

"Are you willing to do what you're told?"

"Yes."

"Very well." She then muttered. "Be ready."

There were footsteps that neared me as I was lowered down. They clicked things and untied me. Soon my body felt the cold chill of the air. I stretched my arms out and wiggled my fingers, smiling. A woman took my hand.

"Now lean forward and take a step. There's a little step down." She told me.

I gripped the table I was leaning against with my vectors and used them to push me forward. I raised my right leg and lowered it, searching for the floor beneath me. It was freezing as I lifted my other foot to the ground. The helmet was gently lifted from my head. I still couldn't see a thing. She unwrapped a bandage from my face.

I opened my eyes to see a woman's face. She looked at me seriously, but her eyes looked kind. She had short black hair and blue eyes. I looked around to see a line of uniformed men on each side of me, each pointing a gun at me. The other woman held a clipboard.

The woman turned my head back to her. "Don't pay any attention to them. They're only here to protect me, but I know that we won't need them, right?" I nodded. "Good."

She briefly smiled and started walking, dragging me behind. I tripped and fell onto the ground, my hand leaving hers. It's been a while since I had walked. I helped myself up with my vectors and used them to help me walk. I walked beside the woman, out of the room I had been locked in. The men followed on every side of me. We went down a few hallways until we entered a small room.

"Look familiar?" She asked, looking out the same window I was.

She put her hand to my back and hurried me ahead, through another door and down a few steps. I was in my cold, tiled, white room. The same one I escaped from. Where I met Aimi.

I nodded. "Why are we here?"

She turned me around once we got to the end of the room. "We need to clean you off before we do anything else."

I nodded and stayed put as she stepped away. A few soldiers came with the hose and began spraying me off. I couldn't help but yelp when the freezing water contacted me. Finally, when I was dripping wet and shaking, the men retreated and the woman wrapped me in a towel. She put her hand on my back and guided me out of both rooms.

We soon came to another room where she handed me a stack of neatly folded clothes. She focused her attention on something else as I put on some underwear and a black and purple dress. When she turned around she sat me down on a padded table. She slipped short purple socks on my feet followed by little black shoes. The woman then brushed my long hair still cold and wet. She took a pair of scissors and cut my hair a little shorter before taking out some sort of machine. I leaned back as she pointed it at my head.

"It's a hairdryer." The woman explained. "It blows hot air out this end, so your hair will dry faster."

I nodded slowly and let her use it on me. It made a very annoying noise. Once she turned it off, the woman ran the brush through my hair again and slipped on a headband.

"This will hide your horns." She stepped back to look me over. "Stand up." I obeyed. She nodded approvingly. "Now we're ready."

I took her hand as we walked out into the hallway again. The next room we entered was very big and much prettier than the rest of the place. I looked around curiously until I spotted the old looking man standing behind the desk I was nearing. I stopped in front of his desk.

"Diclonius number five." Her voice echoed through the room.

"Five." He finally spoke. "You are the last attempt at sending a Diclonius to kill lucy and number seven. What you don't know is that we have implanted a device inside your body."

"Device...?" I asked confused.

"Yes. If you do not kill the two Diclonii in a set amount of months then you will be killed. If you decide to start killing citizens then we will detonate it. This device will slow your heartbeat until you are dead, understand?" I slowly nodded, in shock. "Very well then." He looked to the woman. "Ms. Hanawa."

She bowed and led me out of the room. We walked down the hallway.

"Why am I not supposed to kill Mariko?" I asked.

"Mariko died. She was blown up along with her father." She clarified.

"Oh..." I looked down. I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her.

"Here." She pulled a small bag over my head and adjusted a strap on my shoulder. "This bag contains money and enough food for a day."

We continued down the hallway until we came to a heavy door. She typed a code in, which caused the door to open. Bright light poured in as it slowly opened. The air was warm and a breeze welcomed me. The armed men followed us outside where a large machine waited. Hanawa seated me inside and strapped me in. She sat across from me and did the same. The engine started up.

"What is this thing!?" I shouted over the loud noise.

"A helicopter! Don't you remember it!? You were brought here with this!"

"No! I was asleep!" I watched as we lifted off the ground. "Who are you!?"

"Chou Hanawa! I knew Aimi Kimura!"

I smiled big. "You did!?"

"Yes! She talked about you a lot!" She pulled a small book out of her pocket and handed it to me. "This was Aimi's! I found it in her office after she died! I thought that she would want you to have it." She spoke as the engine quieted down.

I looked at the pink book with purple flowers on the front. I put it in my bag and looked at Chou. "Thanks."

She shrugged. "She was very fond of you. Aimi told me that she wished that she could take you home with her even though we rarely get to leave. I thought she was loosing her mind, but you're not as bad as I thought."

The helicopter shook as we began our decent. I looked down at the small island the lab was located on. We were almost there. I was almost free.

"How long has it been since you were out?" Chou asked.

"Very long.." I smiled a little.

The helicopter landed as Chou unstrapped herself. She then unstrapped me and walked me onto the bridge we landed on. I looked around at the town and at the ocean beside me. The helicopter was still whirring.

"Good luck out there and behave yourself!" Chou said.

I nodded. When she turned around I grabbed her hand. "Where are you going? Aren't you staying with me?"

"No I can't. I have to get back and do my job."

I let go of her hand. "Oh... It was nice meeting you though... I hope I see you again sometime."

She smiled and sat in the helicopter again as it began to rise. I waved to her, she waved back. I watched until the helicopter was a dot in the sky. I then turned towards town and began walking. I was free.

~|AUTHOR'S NOTE|~

I was really sad when I had to kill off Aimi and Saito. They're both so nice which is very uncommon in the story... I made up the journal so I could bring Aimi back in which makes me happy!

I wish Chou could be in the story more too... She seemed like an awesome character. I might find a way to bring her back into the story.

Please keep reading and review!

~|Adelina|~