Alice lets out an exasperated gasp as she sits in the park under a tree as the sun scorches the Earth with its heat. The day her best friend is busy with her training with her siblings, something Alice is heavily jealous about.
The little eight year old for her friend until she couldn't wait anymore, she stood from the ground and walked inside random hallway, her mind lost for words and concentration. She blinked several times as she watch formless outlines of blobs dance across the floors and down another hallway, she follows numbly.
"Alice, wake up!" she years a shout from behind her, she snaps out of her daze and turn around as her best friend stood there with heavy concern.
"What's wrong?"she asks softly, her words feeling empty to her true intent of curiosity.
"Excuse me, miss? Where's Citrine?" they turn around to see a nervous young man glancing between the two whilst holding a datapad.
"I am, are you looking for my dad?" The man shakes his head, pushing his thick rimmed glasses back in place. "No, he sent me here to retrieve you and your f-friend. I-I umm...right...please follow me little ladies" The girls' glance between themselves before after the strange new man to the office that holds Dr. Yuriev.
Alice felt her stomach drop before the door, she wondered why she is coming back again? She has tests later today but not now? Could it be that reason? She surely hoped that whatever will happen, it won't cause her death or injury. Ever since the strange incubation of the mental dive that Dr. Yuriev had on her yesterday, she begin to notice his strange keen interest in trying new strange experiments on her.
"Citrine, you may wait outside" her father states from the huge window, she left the room. "Miss Samarah, your father had written a letter and sent it addressed to me, without a letter inside for you, here is your letter for your coöperation child. You continue to obey and follow instructions as I believe for you the necessary testings. Now leave" he informs her passing her an envelope that Alice greedily snatched from his hands making him narrow his eyes at her. "Where are you manners, child? Were you raised in a backward planet?"
She drops her shoulders and lowers her eyes to the floor, mustering the courage to mutter an apology. He hums before waving her away with a flick of her wrist, she gives him a bow and leaves the room quickly.
She hugs the vanilla envelope tightly with tears in her eyes, "My daddy wrote me a letter!" she exclaims jumping up and down happily.
Citrine chuckles at her friend's joy, "Let's read it in your room!"
Alice laughs running off to her room with Citrine follow. "Last one there eats a sock!" She jokes.
They ran to the room passing random people in the hallway, they arrived at the room and went in. As they took a seat on Alice's bed, they forgot about the challenge and open the envelope slowly.
Alice's eyes watered quickly after she read the words, Citrine grabs the paper and lets out a heavy sigh reading aloud:
"My dearest daughter,
I have regretfully tell you that being on the front lines and running from the dangerous men that are out to find me, I had found occupation on a backward planet that is on neutral grounds to both sides of the war we are having.
I apologize about all the sorrows I have put you through, all the years I came to know my colleague Dr. Yuriev when we were just little children. Over the years we worked together to form what we know today, and where you live.
I had to leave the planet due to your mother's family, they are horrible people who will do anything in their power to cause great harm to you and use your powers horribly. Despite the hollow lies I told you about your master now, I released my authority over to him under several conditions.
I respect that he will give for you as you lend your power to aid him in his conquests. My little Alice lost in the underground, once you become an adult you have your free will to go where ever you wish. My child takes care until I see you again one day, I hope.
Love,
Dad."

The tests later in the day for Alice made her cringe as the needles dug through her skin and the nano scanners access her blood. The metal clamp around her head, she wondered it was. After the first sequence, her blood in a vile.
"What will you find, Dr.?"She asks the older blonde man, he glances over to silently.
"I am checking your genetic structure in your blood cells in this vile" he states, holding up a vile before placing it in a machine.
"Then what happens?" She inquires innocently, her own fascination brimming to the top of her eyes and face. "Aren't you the curious one?" he muses while continuing in the tests.
"Well I wanna learn to do that one day, it looks so cool!" she chimes as she stares at him happily, he peers at her quietly analyzing her keen interest.

As the night progresses for Alice, she heads for her bedroom without any word. She changes into her night-gown and stare at the ceiling, falling in a deep slumber.
Sometime in the early morning she found herself in the park where she first met Citrine. A tall creepy man with a bottle of beer in his hand lurk by the playground.
She backed away from the man, he took notice of her quickly as she accidentally stepped on a stick causing it to break, making a loud crunch. "Hey little one, do you think it's pat your bedtime?" he says grinning drunkenly.
She turns to run arround but her failure of creating the distance between and him lost, he pushed her to the ground and kneel about her. The nauseous stench of alcohol on his breath made her sick to her stomach.
"No, get away!" she screams causing blood to trickle down her ears. The man laughs wickedly as he rips her dress up leaving red marks on her skin. She claws kicks and punches at him, he held her down with one hand.
"Let me go now, you imbecile!" her words ripped through her throat sounding foreign.
"No, shut it brat!" the rabid man roars at her, making her ears ring. She felt her dress ripped from her completely; her tears roll down her crimson painted skin. The man cackle more, he hiccup as he stared at her. "Oh, so n-nice. So y-young!"
"Please, mister. L-leave me alone, let me go!" she begs weakly, he shook his head negatively.
"No, sorry. I can;t do that honey. You're a rare find with such hellish eyes" he murmurs leaning down to her right ear.
'oh god, please help me' she though, hoping that any god will help her in the moment, no matter the cost.
The rancid raged beard face man fiddle with his belt buckle, she kicks him in the groin with the last of her force, before crawling away on her hands and knees as the man recovers from the blow to his pelvic region.
She hears a snap and a loud exploding sound, a splash on the ground and the man collides with the dirty ground. She passes out without seeing the one who saved her, not even a word they said.