Through the darkness comes light
chapter 2
April 4
Manacore
Training field
4:32 pm
The X-12s stood in a row as Lydecker paced back and forth.
He hated it when he lost one of his children. even more when
he had to tell the other children that he or she was dead.
That was what he was prepared to do now.
"As you know yesterday morning X-1278652 or as you
called her Jessie, collapsed on the floor with seizures. Jessie died
late last night when she had another seizure. She will not be
returning to training."
Lydecker knew these children were young and most of them didn't
know what death meant. Kill was a word that they had mastered already
but death was a harder concept. He spied one of his prized X-12 on the end ,
X-124667, or Wesley as her brothers and sisters called her. She had
been shot yesterday and he was worried that she was to weak and couldn't
handle the pain. He had almost taken her back to sick bay when he
came to their room last night and saw that she was in good hands with
Trevor, his commander. Trevor reminded him a lot of Zack, one of his
X-5s, always there for the others but never afraid to speak his mind
when he thought that they did some thing bad or wrong . He wondered
where his x-5s were, some of his best children were in that group.
Jondy, Zack, Tinga, Syl, and of course Max. Max had been getting
away from him for years. He knew where she was but he never could
seam to catch her.
April 4
Manacore
Bunkroom 9- home of X-12s
Wesley, Trevor, Sapheria, Yancy, and Kaja had just gotten into their beds.
All their other bunk mates had been sent on a camping/killing outing.
They could only wonder who would come back. They were pitted against the
X-8s of bunkroom 3. More than one was likely to get killed. They would be
going tomorrow, they always hated these things and Wesley always got shot.
Just then the door opened and they saw four flashlight beams,
then they saw the figures. They finally realized that they were
the X-8s from across the hall Riley, Jody, Astrid, and Asa.
"Hey guys" Riley whispered
"Were going to break out of here tonight are ya coming?"
Wesley looked at Trevor alarmed. But she didn't see the slight
confusion on his face that she hoped she would see. She just saw
an emotion she had never seen on his face before. She saw Joy and
it scared her.
"Count us in" Trevor said
The others knew that this was an order. They had no choice
in the matter.
In five minutes they had grouped the X-12s from bunkroom 5
and they planned to go. They were going to leave tonight.
Wesley couldn't help but remembering a conversation she had heard earlier
between the cournel and a doctor.
Lydecker: "How could you do something like that, she was a solider."
Doctor Beck: she was a rouge she wasn't like all of the other soldiers, she had a mind of her own."
Lydecker: But still she was one of my soldiers rouge or not. There are other rouge's in other troops and they deserve proper medical care not for their doctor to feed them poison. It is a crime to murder a superior. And yes Private Doctor Beck, X-1278652 was your superior.
Beck: She was different though she would have either killed you or escaped. She was a dud just like the others and she doesn't deserve the chance to live. She doesn't belong here, she can think for herself and that is very dangerous.
Lydecker: that is what makes my rouges special is that they can think for themselves, that they can feel, that they do have other emotions other than hate. I built this operation to save lives. Not to end those of seven year old soldiers. You will be punished for your crime. Guards take away doctor beck and place him in the prison to await further trial.
Wesley came back to the present when she saw Trevor's worried look. She could practically
read his mind the escape was an order. Still she wondered what the outside world was like.
Weather the people were nice or mean. Or if everything was like the nurses had told them stories
about. Things like soft beds, warm fires, good food, movies, and girls with longer hair than the
regulation shoulder length hair. Just thinking about it Wesley pulled one of her dark brown ringlets
to where it was totally straight, it almost came down an inch past her shoulder. She looked at Riley's
shoulder length Curley auburn hair, and Jody's Straight blonde hair. she wondered what it would be like
to be out there.
Soon they had it all planed out. They would form groups an X-9
would have at least 3 X-12s maximum. This was the grouping plan:
Riley- C/O group 1 - Sapheria and Trevor
Jody- Second in Command - Jonah, Kaja, and Yancy
Astrid - Third in command - Zeke, Mariko, Evan
Asa - Fourth in command - Samara, Wesley, and Kirk
That was fifteen attempting escape, even more than the X-5s that had escaped a few years back. Wesley
knew that they wern't all going to make it out. But she would try, for Jessie and for Trevor. But for nobody
else. Not even for herself.
That night Fifteen Rouges attempted escape sadly only twelve made it out alive. Among the losses
were Evan, Samara, and Kirk. They were all captured, thankfully none were killed.
" Some day I'll come back for you, all of you." Wesley thought "Someday"
To Asa, the only one left in her group she said "That means that we still have seven left to come back for."
"I don't know Wes" the seventeen year old said picking up his little sister and carrying her on his hip
as she laid her head on his shoulder to sleep "Some times I just don't know"
chapter 2
April 4
Manacore
Training field
4:32 pm
The X-12s stood in a row as Lydecker paced back and forth.
He hated it when he lost one of his children. even more when
he had to tell the other children that he or she was dead.
That was what he was prepared to do now.
"As you know yesterday morning X-1278652 or as you
called her Jessie, collapsed on the floor with seizures. Jessie died
late last night when she had another seizure. She will not be
returning to training."
Lydecker knew these children were young and most of them didn't
know what death meant. Kill was a word that they had mastered already
but death was a harder concept. He spied one of his prized X-12 on the end ,
X-124667, or Wesley as her brothers and sisters called her. She had
been shot yesterday and he was worried that she was to weak and couldn't
handle the pain. He had almost taken her back to sick bay when he
came to their room last night and saw that she was in good hands with
Trevor, his commander. Trevor reminded him a lot of Zack, one of his
X-5s, always there for the others but never afraid to speak his mind
when he thought that they did some thing bad or wrong . He wondered
where his x-5s were, some of his best children were in that group.
Jondy, Zack, Tinga, Syl, and of course Max. Max had been getting
away from him for years. He knew where she was but he never could
seam to catch her.
April 4
Manacore
Bunkroom 9- home of X-12s
Wesley, Trevor, Sapheria, Yancy, and Kaja had just gotten into their beds.
All their other bunk mates had been sent on a camping/killing outing.
They could only wonder who would come back. They were pitted against the
X-8s of bunkroom 3. More than one was likely to get killed. They would be
going tomorrow, they always hated these things and Wesley always got shot.
Just then the door opened and they saw four flashlight beams,
then they saw the figures. They finally realized that they were
the X-8s from across the hall Riley, Jody, Astrid, and Asa.
"Hey guys" Riley whispered
"Were going to break out of here tonight are ya coming?"
Wesley looked at Trevor alarmed. But she didn't see the slight
confusion on his face that she hoped she would see. She just saw
an emotion she had never seen on his face before. She saw Joy and
it scared her.
"Count us in" Trevor said
The others knew that this was an order. They had no choice
in the matter.
In five minutes they had grouped the X-12s from bunkroom 5
and they planned to go. They were going to leave tonight.
Wesley couldn't help but remembering a conversation she had heard earlier
between the cournel and a doctor.
Lydecker: "How could you do something like that, she was a solider."
Doctor Beck: she was a rouge she wasn't like all of the other soldiers, she had a mind of her own."
Lydecker: But still she was one of my soldiers rouge or not. There are other rouge's in other troops and they deserve proper medical care not for their doctor to feed them poison. It is a crime to murder a superior. And yes Private Doctor Beck, X-1278652 was your superior.
Beck: She was different though she would have either killed you or escaped. She was a dud just like the others and she doesn't deserve the chance to live. She doesn't belong here, she can think for herself and that is very dangerous.
Lydecker: that is what makes my rouges special is that they can think for themselves, that they can feel, that they do have other emotions other than hate. I built this operation to save lives. Not to end those of seven year old soldiers. You will be punished for your crime. Guards take away doctor beck and place him in the prison to await further trial.
Wesley came back to the present when she saw Trevor's worried look. She could practically
read his mind the escape was an order. Still she wondered what the outside world was like.
Weather the people were nice or mean. Or if everything was like the nurses had told them stories
about. Things like soft beds, warm fires, good food, movies, and girls with longer hair than the
regulation shoulder length hair. Just thinking about it Wesley pulled one of her dark brown ringlets
to where it was totally straight, it almost came down an inch past her shoulder. She looked at Riley's
shoulder length Curley auburn hair, and Jody's Straight blonde hair. she wondered what it would be like
to be out there.
Soon they had it all planed out. They would form groups an X-9
would have at least 3 X-12s maximum. This was the grouping plan:
Riley- C/O group 1 - Sapheria and Trevor
Jody- Second in Command - Jonah, Kaja, and Yancy
Astrid - Third in command - Zeke, Mariko, Evan
Asa - Fourth in command - Samara, Wesley, and Kirk
That was fifteen attempting escape, even more than the X-5s that had escaped a few years back. Wesley
knew that they wern't all going to make it out. But she would try, for Jessie and for Trevor. But for nobody
else. Not even for herself.
That night Fifteen Rouges attempted escape sadly only twelve made it out alive. Among the losses
were Evan, Samara, and Kirk. They were all captured, thankfully none were killed.
" Some day I'll come back for you, all of you." Wesley thought "Someday"
To Asa, the only one left in her group she said "That means that we still have seven left to come back for."
"I don't know Wes" the seventeen year old said picking up his little sister and carrying her on his hip
as she laid her head on his shoulder to sleep "Some times I just don't know"