(THURS, SEPT. 12, 2138. 11:45 PM)

(MAXIMUM ZONE B, LAB X)

(13-C's P.O.V)

I opened my eyes to see I was in some kind of cell, the muzzle still on my face. For some reason I was expecting a small concrete cell with iron bars of some kind but as it turns out it was actually a fairly large room with thick glass that seperated me from the outside. I brushed my pink locks out of my face and looked out the "window", seeing cages similar to mine. I was going to call out for someone when I heard cries from all around me. Some of pain, some of anger, some of despair. I saw kids, kids that were locked up here, like me, they were all in different stages of poor health, but they all had the same look of despair in their eyes. Suddenly, the reality of the situation hit me, and I felt as lonely, powerless, useless, as these kids problably felt.

At the same time, I felt betrayed, andI also felt anger well up inside me. These people took care of us, raised us! They were our family!

While I thought this, I thought of my friends.

What if they've forgot about me? Or maybe they're looking for me right now?

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Or maybe they were looking for me but already gave up?!

All the weight of these emotions caused tears to form in my eyes. I staggered over to a small mattress in the corner of the cell. I sat down, hands crossed over my knees.

I bit down on my lip as I processed all that transpired. All our lives, we couldn't cry if we wanted to. But I didn't care. 'It's not like anyone can see or hear me anyway.' I thought as I let the tears roll down my face and onto the muzzle. Soon, my sniffling turned into sobs of despair and loneliness. I thought about 85-S; I imagnined looking into his soft onyx eyes and I felt as though he was here, protecting me. I thought about 12-K, who's playful blue eyes and stupid yet cute grin actually helped me smile myself. I also thought about Sai and Hinata, who I barely got to know, who now seemed as though I had known them all my life.

"You can stop crying, y'know?"

I perked up at the voice, and I looked to my left to see it was a girl, with fair skin and long, platinum blond hair that covered one eye. The eye that was visible was an icy blue. Her blue gaze met my green, and our gazes locked.

(?'s P.O.V)

I examimed the newcomer, who sat in the corner. She appeared to be around my age, with a petite looking face and sea-green eyes. I also thought that she had a slightly large forehead, but I didn't want to tell her. She also had a muzzle on, like me, but the part that caught my attention was her pink hair. I had never seen anything like it in LSOGA before.

I could tell that the girl was anxious, and to be honest, I didn't blame her one bit.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." I apologized. When I said that the girl slowly got up, curious at to this sudden visitor. She started walking toward me and eventually she stopped and sat down next me.

"I'm 19-J, but I'd prefer if you call me Ino. What's yours?" I asked, without even really thinking about it.

The girl was silent for a few seconds before she responded, "13-C."

"It's a interesting name, if you can call it one." I said, looing down.

"What do you mean?" I heard her ask.

"Never mind." I said, quickly "So, how'd you get here?" I asked, even though I felt like one of those guys that you see in prison movies or some shit like that.

I didn't get a answer right away, and I thought that she wasn't ready. "You don't have to tell me, I'm just curious."

"It's fine, it's just something about my 'power levels'" She said, and I swore I heard a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

(13-C's P.O.V)

I don't know why, but I felt a lot less upset now that I had someone to talk to. Ino was kind, although she seemed a bit snarky at times. She told me she'd been her for approximately a week, with some of the other kids as long as a year, which shocked me. I couldn't imagine what it was like to be locked up for that long. I'm telling you, if I were one of those kids, my mind would have went into a total shit storm.

Once I had gotten over my temporary shock, the conversation continued on, and Ino opened up to me a little bit. I learned that her biological family owned a flower shop before she was taken to LSOGA. It was located in an area she didn't want to talk about because she feared they might be listening.

I guessed "They" refered to Kabuto and this "Orochimaru" guy that he mentioned. I told Ino the whole story about my friends, finding the clipboard, being taken to Lab X, and meeting Kabuto, including making his finger bleed.

"Jeez, I guess that's one way to get on his bad side", She joked. "To be honest, I don't have enough middle fingers to let him know how I feel."

"I feel ya." I said.

"Y'know, I'm" -She paused as she got up- "gettin' tired of this place. I think it's time to set my plan into motion somehow." She said as she walked over to the corner and started shuffling around.

Hearing the word "plan" caught my attention. 'Great, I've made a new friend, and she's possibly going bonkers' I thought.

"Yeah, I know it sounds bonkers but I swear it will work." She said. My breath caught in my throat ' Did she just-'

"Read your mind? Yep, that's my ability." Ino spoke up, confidence ringing loud and clear in her voice.

I was confused, and I needed proof in case she wasn't delusional or something. "I don't believe you." I said with my tone a bit more aggresive than I wanted.

Ino let out a loud sigh, which told me she got that answer a lot. "Ok, just, think of a number. Any number." She said quickly.

I hesitated before I thought of my number. '8'

"Really, 13-C? 8?! That's a little cliche" She laughed, and I was flabbergasted.

My confusion quickly turned into a laugh. "Ok, I believe you now." I chuckled.

However, my laugh faded and the air tightened around us. "Ok, about your plan."

"Yeah, the plan, hold on." Ino replied and began shuffling through a pile of papers.

I watched and could hear bits of "That's not it" and "Damn, thought that was it" and "These cells need file cabinets, ASAP."

"Ah! Found it! Finally." Ino yelled as she pulled a piece of paper from the pile and walked over to me with it.

I was slightly nervous. 'Don't tell me that's...'

"It's ok, it's not toliet paper." She said with a chuckle, and I shot her a look. "Anyway, here it is." She whispered as she spread the paper out, and I could see it was a map.

"It's actually really funny how easy it was to swipe this. All it took was a little bit of mind-control and presto!" She said with pride. As I examined the map, I felt myself drawn into her idea. I asked her to go into more detail about her plan, and she happily obliged.

(OUTSIDE OF LAB X)

(Sasuke's P.O.V)

I gazed at the immense building that stood infront of us, the truck we were riding in bumping along the dirt road. There were a ton of searchlights around the whole area, and I could feel the tension in the air around me. 12-K, I mean Naruto, looked scared, and I didn't blame him. We had looked over the clipboard as we had got settled into the truck and after a while we decided to call eachother by the names Naruto and Sasuke. We also learned from Kakashi that 13-C's real name was Sakura Haruno. She totally isn't going to believe this!

I looked back over to the building. I stared at it with what I think was a look of determination, despite the fear building up in my gut.

'Hold on, 13-C...Sakura.'

We're going to get you out of there, I promise.'