the newest prisoners

8

2-7 went off on 2-8, calling her some words that I couldn't understand, but the way that he said it to her, made me certain that he was cussing her out. She just sat back, and looked a little guilty. About halfway through I stood up and walked towards the door that 2-8 had walked through earlier. And found a stainless steel bathroom. There were ten stalls, each with a single toilet, lining the right wall.  Along the left side was a large trough, with ten faucets evenly spaced along it. And a large solid mirror spacing the whole wall. I walked up to the mirror, and gently touched it's cold surface. It was hard to imagine that the beautiful girl in the was me. The features were similar, blonde hair down past my shoulders, blue eyes, tall, fit. But the details have changed. My hair, while still blonde was more of a white than a brown. My eyes, instead if dark blue to light blue were dark blue to a light purple. While I was tall and physically fit before the change, I was on the wiry and lanky side. Now I was muscular, but balanced. My arms and legs were just the right lengths for my body. 

BANG!!!

i pulled away from the mirror and immediately looked around for a weapon. there was nothing, so i clenched my fists and slowly walked toward the door, ready for a fight. when i peered out the door i saw 2-8 standing against the wall, terror across her face, 2-7's face was red, the noise i heard was from a chair he had thrown at the wall, it now lay next to 2-8. she saw that i came out of the bathroom, her pupils dilated, but she refused to break eye contact with 2-7, she was trying to spare me protect me from his rage. i looked around but the only thing i could possibly use as a weapon was the chairs nearby. but they were too heavy. i guess ill need to use my fists. 2-7 leaned down, 2-8 looked straight at me, and tried to shoo me away.  i slowly crept closer to him, preparing to punch him in the head. 

"gamma. stop. you know better than to attack anyone. the guards are going to be here any minute now. I'm surprised they let you get this far."

i felt arms pulling me back, i looked over my shoulder and saw Raymond holding me back. the person who spoke was surprisingly 2-7beta, the little girl. her hands were on her hips, 2-5beta slowly crawled along the wall, making her way to 2-8. 2-7gamma. looked down. then sighed, and made his way over to the door. at the moment he made it to the door, four guards came in. the two on the left grabbed each of 2-7's upper arms and pinned him between them. the one on the far left stood at attention next to the door, probably to make sure that none of us tried to escape. and the last one stood in front of gamma, shaking his head in disappointment. 

"2-7gamma. you know better then to attack one of your fellow experiments. you know what to do boys." the other men shuffled gamma forward and out the door. gamma walked sullenly not resisting the officers. we all stood in shocked silence.  i awkwardly broke the silence.

"has he ever done that before?" i looked around at the others. 2-5beta had reached 2-8 and they were holding each other. 2-5 alpha stood between the the ends of the beds at the center of the room, standing the closest to the door, as if he were going to protect everyone there if 2-7gamma game back.  both 2-4 were standing nearby to 2-5beta and 2-8, and 2-5 beta had gone and sat on her bunk, still looking very annoyed with gammas decisions.

"nothing like this before, hes thrown chairs before and his temper is short. but never directed at one of us. hes never tried to attack someone from inside this room." 2-8 whispered, I've never seen him like that before.

"what did you do to piss him off like that?" 2-4alpha asked, his voice deep and soothing. "was it the new girl?"

2-8's shoulders slumped, " no, it was me, i was showing 2-9- sorry, Vanessa?" she looked to me for confirmation, i nodded, "my powers, so i might've...put him into a small little cat nap." she shrugged timidly. everyone visibly relaxed. and shook their heads. they were about to begin yelling at her when a static crackling came from the walls then a voice.

"attention, tomorrows assembly for all experiments will begin promptly at 10am. please note that it is at this time experiments will be allowed to decide on a name for themselves. this will be your only chance, so choose wisely. lights out will be in five minutes. thank you." the voice and the crackling stopped. the voice had been male. and i knew who it had belonged to. the general.

"well, lets all get ready tonight, and proper introductions will have to be made tomorrow." 2-8 said, ducking into the bathroom, effectively getting out of the yelling. everyone shared an knowing look that i didn't understand.  but i would soon i guess.

Raymond let me go to get ready for bed. and gingerly kissed the top of my head before lights out. whispering a gentle "I'm really glad you're safe." before heading to his own bunk. then, blackness.

tomorrow ill get to know whats in store for me. and I'll get to decide whether I'll leave my old life behind, or if ill keep it close. 

and i promptly fell asleep.

so, here we are at the end of chapter eight. thank you for taking the time to read my work, this is the first piece i've ever written that wasnt a short 500 word story. so thank you. its great to see that at least one person other than myself has gotten to know these charaters. i'm sorry for the awkwardness with their identification numbers and the fact that so many were introduced at once, ill admit there were a few times i needed to go back to my master list to make sure i had the right numbers. i originally had it with proper names and then decided that id have them decide to go by just their ID numbers. but that will be fixed in my next chapter, and i promise ill make it a long chapter.
please comment on things you liked and things that i could or should fix.
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