Voices… Outside… They are out there… Mocking me… What am I? … I can see… He… He’s trying to save me… No… Now… They are… Afraid…?

Ice blue eyes slowly pry open, glaring out of the clear tank that held her captive. The cold water surrounding her, her body curled into a ball.

‘Spensor…’

“Something’s wrong… Her thoughts… Her brain waves are spiking!” Yelled a young mans voice. “What? Impossible. If anything, the device will stabilize her. It is nothing to be worried about.” Came a calm, but irritatingly smug voice that rang in her ears.

‘Lucretsia…’

“It isn’t working!! The equipments control is failing! She turned off the controls!” The younger voice whimpered, his finger clicking and clacking like rabid dogs along the computer. “Then who is in control?” The smug voice came back, its tone more teasing, seeming even happy, seeming excited.

’….Vincent….’

“SHE IS!” The younger one yelled quickly backing away from the computer as the computers began to make cracking sounds. No. Not the computers. He looked down at his feet and saw liquid begin to pool slowly around them. His eyes became wide and he looked back to the tank as the girl slowly uncurled, her hair flowing around her perfectly and as black as night, flawed by a single grey highlight. She looked so peaceful; he fell into a sort of trance. “Maybe… Maybe… it was just a malfunction… A simple glitch…” he whispered walking back towards the tank.

‘They did this to me… made me… a weapon….. Killed Vincent…. And Lucretsia… and hurt Spensor…. So so much…. I must avenge them…’

Both scientists were amazed as the tank began to crack as if veins were rushing through the thick glass as the girls eyes glowed a bright crimson and she tilted her head upwards as the glass became little shards still barely keeping together, before finally exploding  with water flowing around the pieces and girl. She lazily floated downwards onto one knee, the glass not piercing her milky colored silk skin.

She heard taunting clapping going around her as she kneeled there. “Marvelous…” came that voice. That smug, annoying, sort of accented voice that young Raven hated with a burning passion, and was just realizing it now. She could still feel the little crystal clear pieces falling against her tough but soft, cold flesh as she unfurled her long pitch black wings accented with blue in the shinning lights.

“Simply… marvelous…” The lunatic said still prowling around her, his ebony hair bouncing around in its pony tail just a bit. “You, my dear Oniko, are my greatest achievement…” he said stopping, his callus like hands behind his back, his beady eyes peering out at her from behind his round glasses. She didn’t move or make a sound, still as if she was a catatonic, but now she could think on her own. “Respond, Oniko.” The mad scientist ordered and her eyes glowed. “That is not my name.” she whispered, the gleam in her eyes telling him, she was not playing around.

“I am your master, I call you by such and you will answer from that.” The scientist yelled at her and she looked in his direction with a glare that could kill. “I do not answer to the likes of you…” she said almost silently. “So… You have a mind of your own now?” The scientist asked as he watched her shudder.

“Well… I think you would listen, after seeing your best friend in the same conditions you should be in!” He threatened and went near his computer. Soon enough, SOLDIER’s had Raven locked tightly in chains, her eyes half open, a sedative dart still in her neck. They opened the door to a room and dropped her inside then closed it.

“Raven?!” A voice rang in Ravens ears. She could feel the sedative wearing thin off of her. “Raven!! Wake up!” The voice shouted again. Raven could see something blurrily coming into her view as she was rolled onto her back. “…” Raven didn’t speak yet. She was finding herself the strength to open her eyes fully. “Sp… Spensor…” she whispered and heard a relieved sigh come from her sister experiment.

             “Raven… what did they do to you…?” The younger experiment asked. Spensor was the complete opposite of Raven. Her eyes were a deep chocolate golden, her hair was pixie cut and matched her eyes, and she had sort of tanned peachy skin and always talked. But, like Raven, she had long wings that were white with splotches of browns and tans.

              The older experiment slowly raised onto her feet, wobbling from the sedative still having some effect. “Do not worry about me…” Raven whispered dragging herself to one bed and fell onto it tiredly. Her eyes pulsed crimson for a moment as she closed she closed them and Spensor ran to her. “How can I not!? Were like sisters you nut!” Spensor yelled at her trying to make sense of the half sedated girl.

               There was a soft knock at the door suddenly, and the sister’s heads snapped to look at it. “Dinner…” Said a SOLDIER who slid in two trays of half cooked food, the door closed quickly afterwards. Spensor immediately grabbed her tray and began to eat on her bed. Raven stared at the food that was set out for her. Unlike Spensor, she didn’t need to eat much food if she didn’t feel like it. “You should eat!! They’re gonna test us tomorrow.” Spensor said and Raven looked up. She hated testing; now she could feel the hate coursing through her veins.

                “Good job!” Spensor said as the older, now questionable experiment bit into a peach and began to eat it. She liked the sweet taste and licked the peach wanting the taste more then sucked out the juices then looked to her milk and sipped it slowly. On the other bed, Spensor watched her, snickering under her breath taking a bite of half cooked oat meal like substance. Raven tried the oat meal and made a sour puss face and spat it out. “Hey, I don’t like it either, but it’s what we get…” Spensor said taking another bite and Raven clicked her tongue trying to get the taste to go away. Spensor started laughing at her and threw her the water bottle they had.

                    Raven took a sip and then shivered began to click her tongue again. Spensor shook her head and couldn’t help but laugh more, “You are so weird.” She said and ate her peach. Raven tilted her head “Weird?” she asked and Spensor let out a heavy sigh. “Abnormal. Better?” Spensor asked and Raven nodded thoughtfully. She wondered how she could be “abnormal” to her sister. “How… am I… abnormal?” Raven asked. Spensor began to giggle taking another bite of the semi-ripe peach and swallowed. “You talk different, your WAY too quiet, and you just… act weird sometimes.” Spensor answered.

The two stared at each other for a while, figuring out they’re differences and similarities just through they’re eyes. Spensor smiled a bit, but the smile was devious. Raven nodded and hopped off of her bed and walked towards the door, Spensor right behind her. The small delicate hand reached out and touched the door just before the door opened and Raven was chained at the ankles and wrists. Spensor watched, ticked off obviously, but a grin wide on her face. She watched them take her best friend off to the retched lab and the door closed again trapping her.

                      Soon, Raven was placed back in a new tank. Water encased her making her feel like she was floating in thick damp air and closed her eyes. Wires sprung out and attached to her neck and head, arms and legs, and palms and fingers. “We shall begin-“ Hojo began but then alarms sprang off like crazy. “Code red. Intruder alert. SOLDIER’s to deck three.” A robotic feminine voice yelled over the alarms. Red lights flashing, the mad scientist ran out cowardly abandoning his young experiment.

                      “Check in there Yuffie!” Called a voice from a young man who had blonde spiked hair, his bright blue eyes intent as he fought off the trained men. “You got it Cloud!!” A young ninja girl said running past him and flipped over a lifeless SOLDIER body with a large shrunken in one hand, the other tightly clenched into a fist as she ran into a lab, skidding to an abrupt halt as she watched the raven haired beauty float almost dead like in the tank.

                     “TIFA!!!! CHECK THIS OUT!!!” Yuffie yelled crazily hopping around. A young woman with long chocolate colored hair and perfectly matching eyes ran in and felt her eyes widen as she stared at the experiment as well. “Another one of ShinRa’s failure experiments?” Tifa asked to no one in particular. “Not according to this!” Yuffie shouted looking at the computer screen. “Should we get her out?” A red flamed tail beast said at the door. “I’LL DO IT!!” Yuffie yelled and threw her shrunken. “YUFFIE NO!!” The beast and Tifa yelled in unison.

                     Too late. The tank crashed open, everything in slow motion as the water spilled out everywhere and Raven’s floating body slowly fell to the side. The blonde haired young man ran to her with a blanket and caught her inside wrapping it around her. “YUFFIE JEEZ!! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HER!!” Tifa yelled at the young ninja with a fist in the air. Yuffie chuckled nervously “Sorry!” she whimpered. “Let’s go.” Cloud said and they all left quickly.

                     Raven was asleep and could feel herself being carried. Spensor… They left her behind!

                      “Raven? Raven!” Called a voice in Raven’s synaptic like sleep. Her eyes opened the slightest to a burning light. She could hear clinging sounds and air sweeping past somehow. Where was she? She could feel Spensor’s calloused skin touching her shoulder shaking her. “I don’t think she’s gonna wake up!” a hyper voice said next to Spensor. “Don’t say that! They knocked her out with something! I know it!” Spensor spat at the voice venomously. “I… just.. Need…….rest…” Raven whispered and closed her eyes again, falling to the darkness of slumber.

                      The pain in the experiments head began to subside as she woke to the sound of metallic working. Her crystal blue eyes opened slowly to take in she was in a room, but a nicer one then back at ShinRa with a much comfier bed. She yawned and lifted herself up rubbing her eyes gently. “Should we check on her?” Came a soft voice behind the door, “Spensor is asleep of course we should.” Came a reply and the door opened revealing Tifa and Cloud.

                      “Oh! Your up!” Tifa said, her big brown eyes widening with surprise. Raven stood slowly and stared at them. “Easy, we took you from ShinRa, we won’t bite.” Cloud said with a smile and held out a hand. Raven stared at it before slowly taking it and her body relaxed. “We’ll take care of you. Promise.” He told her and she smiled a bit with a nod.