The One

The Lab

Hope's pov
I wake up tied to a chair. A mobile operating chair.I try to move but my body hurts. I was surrounded by green lights. I don't know why but it makes me feel weak. Weaker than I've ever felt.

A person wearing a robe comes in. "I could see  you awake. I didn't actually expect Master giving me a Kryptonian as a test subject when he recruited me." he says as he walks around me. "Who- who are you?" I ask. He smirks at me "Well. I am the one and only Doctor John Deegan. A pleasure to meet you, Hope Zor-El or Queen." he tells me I get angry "My name is Hope Eloise Alwyn not Queen." he faces me "Whatever you say. You know I've actually met your parents. I actually regret not erasing them from existence when I had the chance. Because of them, I lost everything. Now, I can get my revenge."

He then walks towards a table and grabbed a syringe and starts walking towards me. "Let's check which Kryptonite can make you scream the most." he says. I try moving aways but it's no use. He then injects me with it.

It burns. I feel my skin burning inside out. I scream. I try moving but its no use. I then try to break my chains. I break it. John then grabs my hands and ties me back. I scream more. The pain then lessens.

My eyes open. John was laughing. "Well that's a first. Now I wanna see how long you'll heal." he proceeds to go to the table and gets a scalpel. He walks towards me and I start to cry because I already know I can't do anything about it anymore. He cuts my arm which then bleeds a lot. I shout at him "Stop. Please. I didn't do anything to you! Please stop." I beg to him he laughs at me "YOU didn't but your family did. And you pay." he said. With anger, he leaves me alone in the room when 2 aliens enter and bring me to a cell.

The cell was surrounded by those green things that make me weak. I sit on the floor holding my wounded arm and cry. With my other hand, I fiddle with my necklace.

A few days have passed and the our routine doesn't change. He injects does things in me but most of the time what he injects changes. The effects on me changed. He uses knives. Lets me stay in a room for hours. Lets me inhale does dust. And more. The pain doesn't change.

Inject. Knife. Exposure. Inhale. Repeat.

More days gone by. I don't know how long I've been here. I want the pain to end. I want it to be over. I want it all gone. I want to give up. I can't. Not with my promise to my family. I have to fight for them. I will go back to them.

The routine starts again. Guards come and pock me up from my cell and chain me to the chair. John enters and starts to experiment on me again. I don't try to stop him anymore cuz what's the use of it.

"Our time together is almost over. Maybe I should make something out of it. Well, last thing I haven't done is check how much Kryptonite you can take." He says as he gets a syringe filled with the green liquid called Kryptonite. I've never been injected with that much.

Maybe this is it. I just wish I could've seen my family one last time. "William. Mia. Mommy. Daddy. Im so sorry. I couldn't keep my promise. I love you." I thought to myself. I then feel the syringe pierce my skin. I scream louder than I've ever did. The pain was way worse than everything before. The pain didn't stop. I started losing consciousness when the ship starts shaking and someone enters the room and shoots John. I then close my eyes. I see nothing.