Chapter six:  Hope is Lost
“My dear children and my colleagues; yesterday we received a visit from one of your own, that escaped. She returned to our midst as a new student and his parents received the tour. Would all of you like to see who we have yet again captured?” I watched as Mr. Jones spoke, and I heard all the doctors cheer as he asked the question. The students of course were perfectly still, they didn’t even talk. The new boy was seated next to me and I was quickly flipping through his memories.
I stopped and focused on the stage. A sorrow some girl was being dragged onto it. She had heavy chains around her thin wrists. She brought her eyes from the floor and looked at us. “Yes, none other than Rebel Red; our second student,” Mr. Jones motioned to a doctor who had been leading her and he threw a quick knee up into her stomach. She gagged and fell to her knees coughing violently. Everyone watched as she sank back then sat there, blood running from her mouth. “You see Miss Rebel was trying to save our new student. But, he is our new special project. His parents were murdered not too long ago, and he will be with us for a very long time.”
“Jay, please stand,” the boy next to me stood and looked around with confusion and hurt in his eyes. “We will genetically alter his skeletal frame and make him immune to every disease known. We haven’t tried this before so he will be completely unique. We are making a real life superman.”