Present

It was then that I opened my eyes from my sleep, Cousin's hologram was still singing the ABC's for the thousands time. I yawn and turn the memory box off. I then put the helmet on, there is nonstop noise about Delta whoever that was, so I switched the frequency, I'm so happy the memory box had a coarse that taught me about radios.

Another day, another hunt, I guess anyway there was no such thing as day and night down here. I start to stalk the halls when I hear the sound of multiple feet. It sounds like little sisters, but there is no way there would be so many at once. I turn the corner and see a old lady with grey hair and ratty clothes with a bunch of little girls heading straight for me. Wait a minute, I recognize those girls, I rescued some of them they're little sisters but their eyes don't glow. What is going on?

"Come little ones we have to go before the splicers find us…" the lady stops in front of me just barely noticing me. She speaks with a German accent, or I think it's German according to the memory box. She is scared of me, not surprising since I look like a monster, but I don't care I just want to know why the sisters' eyes aren't glowing. I try to get closer but the lady stands protectively in front of the sisters, I haven't seen that since Cousin. "Do not touch the little ones you brute" Brute? That's not nice, what's a brute? I need to talk to her but I have no voice.

Then I notice one sister is holding some crayons. I try to come closer but the lady is still blocking me. So I take of my helmet and smile, this shocks her, it is almost funny, but I guess she never saw a big sister without a helmet. I smile and kneel to the sister's level like Cousin would and point to the crayon. The sister realizes what I want and throws a crayon to me I catch and almost miss. I then walk to the cleanest part of wall I could find, even though I can write their wasn't a lot of need to practice so sloppy I write my name "A-m-e-l-i-a" I then back away and motion the lady to take a look.

She hesitantly comes and looks "Amelia?" Yes! Yes! I start to nod my head and tap my chest "your Amelia?" nod even faster "you're not going to hurt us?" I shake my head no. "Why isn't Lamb controlling you?" blah she had to mention Lamb I just stick my tongue out. "Can you communicate?" I point to the crayon "oh"

I go back to the wall and write "who are you?" I write

She takes a look and takes a moment to read my sloppy writing "I am Brigid Tenenbaum"

That name sounds familiar for some reason "why are you here with the little sister?" I write

She sighs "I assume you're smart enough to understand, I'm here to pay the price of my sins, my choices. Ten years ago I made the little sisters, at first they were an experiment, but I grew to be like their mother, I had to save them from what I did, but I couldn't have done it without Jack" who was Jack? Wait was this lady saying she could cure little sisters? "we saved as many as we could but had to leave, and those left behind became big sisters, I'm sorry" she looks sad, I don't get why she was blaming herself "we thought it was over, but then surface girls started disappearing about a year ago, I knew they were being taken to Rapture" I stick my tongue out this had Lamb's smell all over it. Tenenbaum was almost crying now. "There was so little I could do, Lamb almost controls everything, and the splicer are worse then ever, Big Daddies and Big Sisters hunting us. I thought Delta and Eleanor could help but the splicers are ruthless, not even Sinclair will be able to guide them" Sinclair another familiar name? "and it won't be long till they catch up to us." Tenenbaum is on her knees know "all my fault all my sins, I'm a monster" she starts to cry I feel bad for her, I don't understand everything. I know she made bad choices but she is trying to make them right from what cousin said that's not a monster.

I kneel down and hug her that's what cousin would have done. She was shocked at first but then returned it. It wasn't long before all the sisters joined, it felt nice. Tenenbaum sniffs a little then asks "How have you stayed sane?"

I get up and write one word on the wall "Cousin"

"Cousin?" she asks confusedly, then a flash of recognition "wait Cousin, red hair, a memory box in your cage. Your that little sister the Lutece kid had!" how did she know that? Wait a minute, now I remember why I know her name!

Ten years ago

I skip around Cousin's feet when there is a knock on the door "who could that be?" cousin gets up from his desk and asks through the door "to who do we owe this pleasures?"

"Rapture security, open up on suspension of having stolen property from Fontaine futuristics."

Cousin didn't look happy, and Grandpa looked panicked "oh come on, it's bad enough splicers are always knocking, look come back when you have someone important not some grunt" then cousin storms off without opening the door.

The next day someone important did come a Mr. Sinclair "well mister Lutece it's a mighty fine workshop young got here, do you live here to?" he asks in his southern drawl as he chews a cigar.

Cousin Folds his arms "what do you want!?"

Sinclair raises an eyebrow and turns to Gramps "you let the kid do the talking around here?"

Grandpa looks down "the girl is his responsibility" he states flatly

Sinclair looks back at cousin "I see, well to be frank little sisters belong to rapture you can't have your private one just because its daddy dies"

Cousin stamps his foot "She isn't an it she is a her, and that's my cousin your talking about"

Sinclair has an amused smile "then how did she turn out this way then?

"My uncle was a dead beat hoping to live off of his father in laws name in utopia, didn't work out for him"

"I see" says Mister Sinclair "well now you should know that whatever she used to be she isn't any more"

"I don't believe that" says cousin.

Sinclair looks smug "see for yourself" he turns to me "Hello little girl would you like to come with me, I can take you were you'll have a daddy, lot's of sisters and all the Lollipops and adam you can eat."

I walk over and hug cousin's leg "thank you mister Sinclair but I want to stay with cousin, but the other sisters can visit me if they like" Cousin smiles and pats my head. I think I made him feel good.

Sinclair is shocked "I don't believe it."

Cousin looks at him "believe it sir she is my family and I'm not letting anyone take her or hurt her."

Sinclair recovers a bit "be that as it may, she is still a walking adam factory, the more she stores the more the splicers will come and don't lie I saw the scars on your door"

Cousin looks down "isn't their anything we can do for her?"

Sinclair looks torn "this has never happened before" he sighs then starts to write something on a piece of paper "tell you what, it's well know that you Luteces hate adam, so you take this note to my….acquaintance and I'm sure she'll help you"

Cousin looks up "wait we can keep her?"

Sinclair gets up and starts to leave "as long as her adam gets back into the economic system I don't think anyone cares who's guarding her. Let's go men."

After Sinclair leaves cousin kneels down and hugs me for a while.

The next day cousin takes me to some place called the little sister orphanage, he walks up to the lady at the front desk "we are here to see Ms. Tenenbaum" we sit a little while till the German lady comes.

"Yes" she says distractedly. Cousin hands her the note and she looks it over. Then she looks up

"Why would you want a little one? that's dangerous."

"She's family" Tenenbaum shrugs and takes me to another room, she gives me a shot and I get sleepy.

When I wake up cousin is there and I feel funny "hey their Amelia" he smiles "try not to overdo it you just had a lot of adam taken out." He takes me to a room with a bunch of other sisters "why don't you play while I talk to Dr. Tenenbaum" I run off but can still hear them talking

"Thank you" says cousin

Tenenbaum Shrugs "it's part of the job, she'll be back next time here adam levels are high." She turns and starts going through a drawer "you probable want to be paid for the adam you gave us"

Cousin shrugs "I won't complain but I don't need it"

Tenenbaum looks up in surprise "then why would you bring her here?"

"I don't want the splicers to get her, she's my cousin"

"She is a little sister"

"She is still a little girl, they all are" cousin points to us "look, they still talk like a little girl, the play like a little girls, they sing like a little girl, they even say 'I love you' like a little girl. You can't tell me they haven't said that to you you're practically the only mother figure they have"

Tenenbaum looks uncomfortable "True but how do you know they mean it?"

Cousin walks over to me "glowing eyes or not you can see the innocence and tell they mean it. Time to go Amelia we'll be back soon to play with your friends."

We walk pass Tenenbaum and she says "your pretty wise for a crazy Lutece, you have given me a lot to think about"

The present

So that's why she looked familiar, she was the lady that made adam and little sisters. She was as surprised as me "I can't believe you survived ten years without a protector, what on earth did your cousin teach you?!" I just tap my memory box in response

I walk to the wall and write "now what?" Tenenbaum sighs "there is too much to do, I have to get these sisters to safety, and there are still so many to save. I don't have any more weapons I'm not sure what to do." She was trying so hard to do the right thing, but all the world was against her. The least I could do was do the right thing to. I put my hand on her shoulder, she stiffens and looks up "will you protect us?" I smile and nod, she smiles to with hope in her eyes. I put my helmet back on and gesture for her to lead the way.