**Sorry for the late post! College is intense (especially the College of Music _)! I hope you enjoy. Feel free to leave feedback.
I frowned. Really? I had just gotten settled. I walked cautiously to the door and peeled it back.
"Hello?"
"Hey there, sport." It was Dr. Augustine. I straightened up, brushing out any wrinkles in my clothes.
"Oh, don't get formal. I came to invite you to get a sneak peak at your Avatar. No boys allowed." She winked. Smiling, I nodded with enthusiasm.
"Certainly! P-Please!" Messily, I scrambled to collect my things. She rolled her eyes and clamped onto my wrist.
"Leave the crap, come on!" She dragged me down the hallway, through an intricate mess of stairs and passages until finally we reached the lab. It was gargantuan. Never in all my years working in a lab had I seen such up to date equipment. Although the place had been prepared while we were in cryo, its equipment couldn't have been more fresh. I wanted nothing more than to explore and prod and examine, but Augustine forced me onward.
As we came around a curve, we were bathed in aqua light. Before me were six glass containers the size of two jet engines placed front to back. In each one, blue lights shimmered over gigantic humanoid creatures: the avatars. My eyes widened until I thought they couldn't stretch any more. I knew it was possible but never had I conceived its actuality.
"Which one is..."
"Yours?" Augustine finished, "Here..." We walked to the giant tube that was second from the end. I walked cautiously around the side. Tears welled in my eyes as I beheld a Na'vi woman who's face was my own. I touched my fingers to the glass as though that would help me to greater understand. I was completely overwhelmed.
"She's beautiful..." I whispered.
"She's you." said Augustine with a smile, "And over here's me." Hers was beside mine on the end. Once again, the features unmistakably matched those of the owner. I smiled nearly hard enough to tear my cheeks.
"This is incredible. How did you ever come up with this?" It was all so beyond my own comprehension. She simply shrugged.
"Thought of it one day, asked some scientists, they said yes." It was too simple, but I was too immersed in my avatar to care. I walked along the glass, tracing my fingers over the bio luminescent speckles that patterned her body. Something caught my eye as I passed over for the second time. Clenched in her palms were five fingers instead of four, My DNA... Huh. I thought to myself, fidgeting with my own fingers. I was anxious to connect with this creature. My studies prior to the trip had merely consisted of a guide drawn up by the avatars' creators. The material had never been tested, so one can imagine the detail that the guide went into: Sit in link. Place helmet over skull and face. Lower sensory detectors. Empty your mind. Fin. What a big help. Nonetheless, I couldn't wait to be involved in something so experimental. Years had gone by since my last participation in an official experiment. I always loved the thrill.
"Satisfied?" Came Augustine's powerful voice. I shook my head of my thoughts.
"Yes. Thank you so, so much for showing me this... I'm... beyond enthralled." I took a few paces back from myself. This creature shared my own brain, my own DNA. We were the same age, sex, blood type... It was a marvel of science. Augustine merely knocked her head toward the door.
"Let's get out of here, eh?" She held out her hand for me to take. Smiling, I took it and she steered me out of the lab. When we were at my room, she grinned.
"We should stick together, eh? The sexes have to have each others' backs, right?"
"Of course." I was beginning to feel much more comfortable around her. She really did act like any other my age.
The door closed and I once again slumped onto my bed. Finally, rest.