Well, as usual, things didn't really go as I had planned sooo I'm just now posting chapter 14…lol sorry. Hopefully I'll have chapter 15 up soon. ^_^ And much thanks to spider bear for your review! Makes me feel like my pathetic writing skills are actually good. Well, enough blabbing, here's chapter 14!

"It's so cold…"

Shivering, she opened her eyes and found herself staring into a black nothingness. Where was she…and for that matter, who was she? She tried moving her arms and legs. It was then she discovered she was in some sort of tube. Her arms, legs, head, everything was connected to thousands and thousands of tubes and wires…blue ones, green ones, red ones, and purple ones too.

Suddenly, the sound of a female voice boomed before her and a bright light flashed on her, temporarily blinding her. "Experiment 003…Experiment 003…can you hear me?" Blinking rapidly against the harsh lights, she struggled to comprehend. What was she saying? She was speaking in a tongue that sounded distantly familiar…English…"English? What is that?" she wondered. Almost immediately the answer came to her. "The language you speak." At that thought, she felt a searing pain grip her body as all the wires and tubes suddenly retracted and snapped from her body. The capsule she was floating in drained of all its liquids and the glass door flew open, sending her sprawling, naked and coughing onto the floor below. Disoriented by the lingering pain, she dizzily sat up and moved into a sitting position. Pulling her knees up to her chest, she watched through a dark mass of wet hair as the people approached her slowly. She was terrified. Suddenly the room seemed to explode with the color purple and the people began screaming in excitement. Covering her ears, she let out a scream herself just as everything went black.

"Cold…why is it always so cold…?"

Dark thoughts…dark images…She opened her eyes to see a bright white washed out looking room. Looking down, she realized that she was now dressed in a small white summer dress and was strapped down to some sort of table. Alarmed, she struggled against the restraints in a futile effort. Suddenly, she froze. A door from the far corner was being opened and in walked in a tall, lanky man and a short frumpy woman. "What is the current status on this one?" "She seems to possess the extraordinary powers we are searching for…but she has many…defects…" replied the woman handing the man a clipboard. "Really?" he said adjusting his spectacles in an uninterested manner. "Yes…her powers grew so rapidly and quickly. Just minutes outside of the tank, she demonstrated amazing powers…however she killed seven of our staff and injured three…plus she damaged the equipment…" The man didn't reply. "Not only that, her…her eyes…they're yellow…like a demon's! They aren't the normal blue." With those words, the man approached the table where she lay. Something about his presence made her flinch. Towering over her, he stared down at her silently. "She may be of use to us. We just need to work on her a little…" resting a hand on her face, he smiled coldly. "Isn't that right 003? Hmm…I'll have to give you a suitable name…you look delicate to the touch but it is obvious that anyone who touches you will feel a slight stab…you're like a rose…that's it. Rose. Do you like that name?" he said, his eyes showing in an emotionless way. She nodded slowly. She had never had anyone talk to her like that before. She was a child in a teenager's body. Just newly born. Reaching over the man undid her straps and offered her his hand. "Come Rose…let us go." Hesitating slightly, she took his hand. As the years progressed, Rose aged very slowly, if at all. In time, her powers were developed under the care of Professor Black, her master.

002 watched Rose from her corner of the room with a blank stare. Rose sneered at her. She hated the way the little brat insisted on staring at people all the time. And the way she was always talking about "Rebecca". It made her sick to her stomach. Professor Black had been doing that recently too. All he cared about nowadays was finding Rebecca because she was the "Perfect Being". As if Rose wasn't perfect enough for him. She already had superhuman strength, had powers that were out of this world, and she was loyal. Even still, with each passing day, his obsession with Rebecca grew worse and worse. That was what made her hate Rebecca the most. She hated the fact that she looked just like Rebecca and yet, at the same time she hated it that she was different from her because of her eye color. If she had blue eyes like Rebecca and short hair, maybe-just maybe, it would have pleased the Professor. The thought of that brought such a bitter taste to her mouth she wanted to gag. What nonsense, Professor Black would never abandon her…he was the only one who truly understood her. At that thought she narrowed her eyes into hateful slits at 002.

"Stop looking at me like that you freak." Snapped Rose. 002 ignored her and continued watching her with large, innocent blue eyes. Innocent, but knowing. Disgusted, Rose shifted her gaze over to the other corner of the room to where 001 sat curled up in a fetal position. She was mumbling to herself in a crazed manner. Snorting, Rose turned and left their sleeping quarters and headed for the main laboratory where she knew she would find Professor Black.

As the automatic sliding doors parted, Rose stepped into the bustling lab and glanced around. Scanning the sea of swarming white coats, she spotted his familiar disheveled mop of black hair. A smile slowly crept across her delicate features as she quickly made her way to the corner of the room in which he stood with his back to her talking to someone. When she was about 4 feet away, she froze at the sound of that name. She was sure she had heard him say it. Listening closely, she honed in on their conversation.

"…feel that…obsession…" even though she had exceptional hearing, the noises in the room were throwing off her senses. Concentrating harder, she managed to pick up the whole conversation.

"…I have no obsession with this assignment, sir. I am just a dedicated worker. I like to get my work done properly and efficiently. That's all."

"Ah, good…that's what I was hoping to hear. Now, about those clones of yours…what do you plan to do about them?" "That has been taken care of." "And 003? I've heard that she possesses extraordinary powers, but she herself has proved wild and uncontrollable. It's also been rumored that she's been murdering innocent researchers! Are you sure you want to risk having something like that around? Can you really control her?" "She does whatever I tell her to…she is very loyal. Besides, she is expendable, a clone. If she chooses to misbehave I can simply terminate her. There are more where she came from…"

Rose froze at the impersonal words. Stepping back, she didn't see the operation table that was being wheeled behind her until she ran into it, sending operating tools flying in a loud clatter. Surprised, Professor Black spun around to see Rose flip over the table and dash out of the laboratory in amazing speed as the other researchers looked on in surprise. Frowning, he wondered how much she had heard.

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Standing on the edge of the roof of the large building, Rose stared off into the distance. All around darkness was descending as the sky filled with clouds. As the first few drops of rain touched her with cold, unforgiving fingertips, she spotted a speck of white on the ground below. She continued watching as the 'speck' hurried across the ground below in an attempt to avoid the rain. Smiling to herself, she knew what it was she wanted. Shutting her eyes, she stepped forward and off the building…and let herself drop…

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And she slips into the lower levels of insanity! Will no one truly love Rose? Poor little discarded clone doll…thing…oh well…at least she gets to kill things…lol. I'd say it's a fair trade if you ask me. Well, I'mma work on typing up part two of her tragic little story so I can post it by this afternoon hopefully. Then we can get back to the others and their little predicaments…^_^I'll be awaiting your thoughts on this chapter! Thanks again!