On a dark and stormy night in the middle of a mountainous forest, two human-like creatures are in the middle of a brawl. It's too dark to identify what exactly is in the midst of this raging struggle, but it's quite clear that they're not human. You can hear the growls. Their speed and jumping ability is uncanny. Paws touch the ground instead of shoes or human feet, and their eyes are kindled with rage.
"What are they? Where did they come from? What are they fighting for," you ask? Let's start at the beginning.
On a secured secret location lies a large building made for the creation and development of advanced technology. It's called "The Command Center". Inside this building is highly classified activity. There are multiple floors both above and below the surface.
In a certain sector of the building are four kids ranging between ages eight and eleven with special collars on their necks. They are training inside a giant gymnasium along with animal companions. They're training to master their special abilities as scientific prototypes.
There, along with their animal companions, is the oldest, Diesel and his hampster, Torro. They are doing strength and problem solving training. Diesel does the heavy moving and lifting as Torro directs him throughout a maze machine.
Then there's Angel and her bird, Phoenix. They're practicing sonic vibrations control. Angel trains Phoenix to hone her high frequency voice by targeting things like the ground and water to see the reactions. They also aim at objects like glass, bricks, or metals to see what frequency will break them with the bird's voice.
Cato and his cat, Lynx are in an obstacle course with pop-up targets. This tests the catlike instincts of the two along with their speed and agility. The targets consist of traps that attack or restrain the duo. Their reflexes are put to the ultimate test. By the looks of how easily they evade and destroy the targets, it doesn't seem like much of a test.
Last, and also the youngest, is Chaise and his dog, Coyote. They're Cato and Lynx's opposing force in the course coming from the opposite direction. Along with targets to test their doglike instincts and reflexes as well, the two make quick work of their obstacles in order to meet their feline friends at the median of their course. Their favorite part is to face off with each other. It's more of a challenge.
They don't know it yet, but one day these kids and their animal companions are going to save the world.
Due to their teachings, the children are aware that there's a purpose behind the training. Not all of the young one's parents are present in their lives so the group answers to their primary instructor. The life they're living isn't quite the ideal childhood, but the group is granted a decent amount of supervised free time to be kids.
As five years pass, the character inside each individual grows more noticeable. The psychic link with their animal partners become stronger as well.
Diesel is kind and has fun lifting and problem solving. His hampster, Torro is more on the aggressive side. Thankfully the attitudes aren't reversed because Diesel is becoming a big guy... and Chaise antagonizes him. It would be nice to see that fight.
Chaise is the wild, rebellious type. Although the youngest of the crew, he seems to feel the need to prove he's tougher than he looks. He's also territorial and Coyote is unconditionally loyal to him. He follows Chaise's lead. Due to the duels Chaise and Cato have, Chaise has a level of respect for Cato. That makes the two close friends.
Angel is the more interesting character of the bunch. She laughs, jokes, and plays with little care in the world. That's possibly because of the over watching lookout she has in Phoenix. Phoenix is mostly quiet. Her voice is too dangerous for occasional singing. Thankfully their psychic link provides the couple with the ability to communicate. So Phoenix just watches, listens, and warns.
Cato keeps the team together. His wisdom and sense of understanding helps form a medium where they all can tolerate each others differences like Chaise's attitude or Diesel's sarcasm. Lynx is Cato's "right hand". He helps when he can and always watches Cato's back.
Lynx and Coyote also formed a bond together. They both enjoy pouncing on each other, practicing their hunting skills. Chaise and Angel, on the other hand, actually don't get along with each other. Angel finds Chaise's wild cockiness annoying, but also Angel pranks Chaise often.
There's also this intimate bond between Angel and Cato that goes unspoken. This causes Angel and Chaise respect each other enough for the sake of Cato.
As time and training progresses, the teenagers grow more interested in the outside world. They begin to want to interact with normal kids and try things they see kids do in their studies. The team start to feel like prisoners.
This discourages the team and makes Chaise, of course, protest for their freedom. Unfortunately the teenagers' wish cannot be granted, so they continue with their usual everyday schedules.
One day during their free time, Chaise receives an email from an anonymous sender that's titled, "In case you wanted to be free". Of course it touches a very sensitive place in his mind. He opens and reads the anonymous message.
The next day during training, Chaise proposes to Cato that they should break out of the facility and take their freedom by force. He says he also knows how to take the restriction collars off.
Cato, not taking Chaise's words seriously, responds, "Yea! Let's run away with no food or shelter and worry about being hunted for the rest of our lives. It'll be fun!" Chaise, demanding respect for his words, reacts by destroying one of Cato's targets as Cato is in route to strike it. He stands in place of it and blocks Cato's strike to gets his attention. "I'm serious," Chaise says. "Let's at least run this by Diesel 'n Angel. Cato realizes Chaise is passionate about this idea. He responds "Okay, but if they think it's a bad idea will you let it go?" Chaise smirks then continues the training by saying "We'll see".
Later that day during the group's break, they gather and Chaise brings up the "breakout" subject. The sound of that seems refreshing to them. They never thought they could get rid of the collars around their necks. Let alone be like normal people. This convinces Angel and Diesel to quickly agree.
Surprised Cato warns the team, "The outside world could be way more dangerous than this facility we live in. It would probably be best to stay here where we have food and a decent place to sleep. Plus, the punishment for breaking out may be great. We may have to fight for our freedom for the rest of our lives just to avoid finding out how bad the punishment could really be." Chaise nonchalantly states, "I'll take that risk." Diesel adds, "People should have the choice to come and go as they please. I'm in." Angel inserts, "I'd rather try and fail than spend the rest of my life wondering if it were possible. Count me in too."
Cato smiles. He's impressed at the fact that the team finally agrees on something that Chaise proposed. He submits, "Cool! It's decided then." He confirms. "We're breakin' out of here.. but we need a plan..."
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Nobodies (Domination)
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