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Chapter 6

A/N: it's starting to hurt making all these horrible things happen to precious and innocent El, but we all know the lab life wasn't all rainbows and sunshine.

Chapter 6:

A few days have passed since Ten was murdered in front of ten year old Eleven. It was a Tuesday. Eleven doesn't understand days and she definitely doesn't understand why they are named. One thing she did know, was Tuesdays were her favorite day out of the week.

Tuesdays to her was a school day. Due to being in the lab and many people in the world can't know about the abuse and the torture of the children in the lab, her schooling was just what the scientist could come up with. Her papa made her read a lot of big books. They were all very boring to the young mind. She loved when Papa gave her special days and read her the fairy tales from the giant pink book. Eleven would lay awake at night on those days, waiting for her prince charming to come take her away from her Papa.

Eleven sat at her desk coloring with the crayons they gave her. She didn't have much but occasionally she was given something nice. She always cherished the item no matter what it ead. She looked up from her drawing as her bedroom door opened.

In came Papa and Eleven ran over. She wanted to show him the drawing she made for him. As she approached to show him someone else came in with him. A blonde haired female.

Immediately, Eleven shyed away. She hid her artwork behind her back as her papa kneeled in front of her.

“Eleven, this is Miss Carol. She'll be join our lab to teach you. Would you like that?”

Eleven was confused, usually when Papa brought guest they weren't for her benefit. They were for them to test her powers. She nodded anyways. Miss Carol didn't look that harmful to the small girl.

“Say hello, Eleven”, Papa pushed the girl to stand in front if the tall blonde lady that was wearing a black straight skirt, a white button up, and a dark blue blazer. Her blond hair was tied up into a bun.

Eleven whispered shyly, “Hello”.

“Good Morning, Eleven. Your Papa told all about you. You're a very bright girl”, miss Carol kneeled down in front of her.

Eleven immediate hid behind Dr. Brenner. She knew he'd protect her. She meant to much to him. Or she at least hoped so.

“Eleven! Stop this childish behavior! You're so weak minded. I'll give you something to fear”, Papa screamed making Eleven back away into a corner.

At the snap of the head scientist fingers, two more men came in dragging the ten year old to the dreadful dark and isolated room. Eleven screamed loudly, crying out as she tried to stop the strong men.

As she was being dragged away she heard Papa say, “she is very head strong. Don't teach her to much, she can't be smarter and stronger than us. Discipline as you see fit, Carol”.

Eleven didn't understand what he meant nor did she understand why her papa was so angry at her as she was thrown into the room. She ran to the door, hoping she could get out before they shut the door. This turned into her worse plan, yet. The door shut chomping down on the tips of her fingers. She screamed pulling the now bruised fingers to her chest.

She scurried to the corner where she nursed her throbbing fingers and pulled her knees to her chest. Eleven wanted nothing more to be out of this room. She wanted Papa to pity her cries and come swoop her up and hold her, like in the stories.

A/N: don't hate me!!! 638 words though! Longest chapter yet!