After the smoke cleared, I realized we were far away from big sister. I looked around and saw we were near the bathysphere station. 'Why did she bring me here?' I looked back to Jasmine as she turned to me. She held out her hand and she slowly nodded. I nodded in response as I took her hand and she led us further into the station.

We walked for at least 3 minutes before we came to a ticket booth. She rang the bell four times and the shutter opened to a middle aged woman wearing a white and gold dress.

"Jasmine my dear! You're safe. I'm so glad." She said placing her hand across her chest letting out a breath of relief. She looked at her outstretched hand and followed it to me.

"Oh my, who is this you have with you?" She revealed a warm and genuine smile. I looked on in amazement. 'Wow, she looks like my mother.'

"Bring her in Jasmine." She said closing the shutter. A door opened in the wall and she led me inside. We walked down a dark hallway and came to a large assortment of rooms. We came to a room full of little sisters playing with toys and singing. 'What is this place? Where did these girls come from?'

The woman came from behind a steel door and walked before us. She hugged Jasmine. "I'm so glad you made it back." She looked to me and said, "Now, what is your name little one?" I looked to Jasmine. 'She must be the reason she brought me here. All the others must have been rescued from big sister.' I smiled and looked back at the woman as I extended my hand.

"Hi, my name is Anna Knox." Her eyes suddenly grew wide in response. She grasped my hand gently and shook it.

"It's nice to meet you Anna. I'm sorry, all this may be confusing." I shook my head.

"Not really, I understand that big sister was hiding something from me and I see that you've rescued quite a few of us." She looked at me amazed.

"You're really insightful." I shook my head again.

"No, I just pay attention to my surroundings. My brother taught me that."

"Well, I'm impressed." She said leading us to a couch. "Jasmine, you go and rest honey. I will explain everything to young Anna." Jasmine nodded and ventured out of the room. We ventured to a red and blue couch and sat in silence.

"So, what is going on here?" I asked. She didn't answer immediately.

"Where should I begin?"

"How about why big sister is after us and what her plan is."

"Well, first you should know my name. I am Chelsea Rivers and I am a leading biologist here in Rapture. I was asked to come here years ago by Ryan's request. When I arrived, I was given the task of researching methods of making unique humans."

"Unique humans? You mean plasmids."

"Exactly. It was known that two scientist were involved solely in their creation but, that's partially true. One of them was a personal friend of mine. Her name was Brigid. I was originally asked to conduct experiments on young candidates. Babies were the most preferable." My face became still as the word escaped her mouth. 'Babies!' I thought. 'Why would they even consider using babies, let alone humans, to test an unknown substance?'

Her face became sadden as she continued. "I wasn't proud of doing it but, it was a volunteer experiment. It was for the first and ultimate plasmid. It was meant to provide the strongest, fastest and smartest fighter. However, the issue came in the blood. When injected, the blood would be become black and harden. It was a 0.1% chance out of 100 that someone would survive." I thought back to my brother's blood. 'No way, it couldn't be.'

I looked her dead in eyes and asked, "If they survived, would they still have the same black blood." She nodded.

"The mixture changed their genetic code and it became apparent that something was missing from the mixture. We had at least 20 volunteers and only three survived. After that, we realized it only changed their blood color. It wasn't until an animal test subject died that I realized the missing ingredient. It was dimethyltryptamine, or DMT for short."

My eyes grew wide. 'I heard my dad talk about that before with a friend of his.' "My father said something about it. It's said to be a chemical released when a person is about to die."

"That's correct. We had a few mice specimens with the same chemicals in their blood. One died and we decided to run test unlike the human test subjects that perished. The data was incredible. The body was 100% tougher and stronger than steel. This was thanks to a black substance found developing underneath the skin. Its muscles had grown as well. It was then theorized that it would at least 85% faster than its counterparts. Unfortunately, the plasmid was deemed a failure."

I thought back to my brother and how I saw him alive from receiving that deadly head injury. 'Maybe big sister wasn't lying about him dying but, she knew about his black blood too.'

"It wasn't a failure." She looked at me confused. I looked away and let out a sigh.

"Was one of the volunteers my father?" She looked baffled.

"Why would you ask that?"

"I remember when I said my name your reaction was strange. It was as if you've heard the name before. You knew my father because he brought my brother to you when he was 5 years old." She was speechless.

"How did you know all that from that one instance?"

"Because big sister sent me to collect my brother's blood after he was hit on the head by a large block of concrete. I knew he suffered a bad head injury and he was up walking around like it didn't happen." Her face lightened up and commented.

"So you think he may have had a near death experience and may have activated this power."

I nodded. "I realize that she wanted his blood because it may possess that chemical. She knew he wasn't dead but his body may have thought he was going to die."

"That would explain everything then." She smiled. "You truly are special Anna. I did meet your father and your older brother. He was one of the few who survived. I believe it was due to his body being older but, even adults rejected the mixture. Therefore, the few that survived were truly one of kind. After the experiment, we became friends and I also monitored your brother's health too. However, I had to go into hiding once I found out what was going on behind the scenes."

"What do you mean?"

"The one you call big sister is after something more than just gathering little sisters. She always had a bitter taste for this place and even more for Andrew Ryan. She hated him and wanted to ruin him. She learned of the little sister program and learned a horrible secret." She looked down as a little sister came to her side. She whispered something in her ear. She patted her on the head and the girl smiled and left.

She looked to me. "Anna, it seems my little ones have found your brother and another is with him." 'What! He's okay? Thank God.'

"I think you should go to him and you guys need to get out of here." I nodded. I got up and she followed. I stopped suddenly and turned to her.

"Why aren't you coming?"

"Because I still have other little sisters to save. I have to keep her from attacking the surface world." 'Surface world. Does it have to do with this terrible secret?' I then remembered what big sister said about Jasmine before we left.

"Was that horrible secret what Jasmine is?" Again she looked down shocked and smiled.

"Yes, we discovered creating little sisters gave them a unique ability to rapidly replace damaged cells. This is why you are able to heal any injury with ease. We found a way to use that ability to build the greatest weapon." I raised my eyebrow.

"We devised a program to use that replication of cells to in a way speed up the aging process. Jasmine was the first this was tested on and came through a true success. She is strong, fast and indestructible. She also has the ability to command more plasmids than a regular human can handle. She could also use a teleport plasmid that was unstable but, she was able to use it with no side effects."

"Wow, that's amazing but, I feel bad for Jasmine. That's why she wanted to save me from her. Big sister said she wanted me to become the leader." She led me out and said, "That's why you must get out of here."

She pulled out a map of the area. "Here we are, "she said drawing a circle around the station "and this is where you brother is." She circled an apartment room. I nodded as she handed me the map. I shook my head and gave it back to her.

"I don't want to put you guys in danger in case someone takes that from me. Besides, I remember it pretty well." We stood at the metal door Jasmine and me entered.

"Well Anna, it was nice meeting you. Please be safe and get out of here."

"Thank you. I will do my best and promise to take care of yourself." She smiled and kneeled down. She hugged me and whispered something in my ear. I shook slightly at the news. She stood up and opened the door.

"Thank you." I said before running off to where my brother was. I kept pondering about what she said to me. I stopped halfway and looked out into the vast ocean.

"She wants an army of transformed little sisters to unleash onto the world above. I have to find big brother and get out of here before it's too late."