Ch 2
Inside a highly advanced building named Arête Laboratories, there was a small handful of raccoons huddling together in a very large cage inside a darkened room.
But these were no ordinary raccoons.
At least, not anymore.
They had been taken from Earth by a mysterious man.
Suddenly, the cage's door was swung open as the man's hand loomed over one particular raccoon.
His name was 89P13.
Then the man took 89P13 into a white lab with blinding yellow lights as he was handed to another man in a purple armor suit.
He was the High Evolutionary.
And his only mission was to create the perfect society.
Then, the High Evolutionary grabbed a knife and in a flash of silver, drew a stream of dripping blood from the raccoon and the code was agonizingly carved into the trembling raccoon with a very sharp needle.
When the experiment was done, 89P13 was thrown into another cage with other sentient animals. A walrus (89Q12), and a rabbit (89LO6).
All creations of the High Evolutionary with no escape.
The others asked him what he was but he was too scared to even talk.
Then an otter with cybernetic arms came up to him. For some reason, her presence wasn't overwhelming but friendly.
"Hurts." 89P13 said, his entire body shaking with pain.
"It's okay." Lylla replied. "You're gonna be okay."
She went over to a towel on the ground, picked it up, wetted it with her tongue, then gently placed it on Rocket's head to absorb the blood.
"You're with us now."
Finally, Rocket's mind went blank as he fully fell unconscious in the real world and he fully passed out.