Project XE-7897

Chapter 1: A new world

This is a story about a girl. Her name is XE-7897, also known as 'Spark'

Spark isn't an ordinary girl. She is made in a lab to prevent war. She is part machine, part human.

She has brown, shoulder long hair and a pair of sky-blue eyes. She has a slim build and is a little undersized for a 16 year old girl.

She learned everything from the scientists around her, but she never could ask them the question where she came from.

One day, she escaped the lab and fled to the forest. She didn't know how to collect food from the forest. So soon after that she collapses on the ground, starving from the hunger. A male hunter finds her and takes her to his home. He offers her food as she wakes up. As she looks around, she finds herself in a wood cabin build with materials not from this place.

"Who are you sir?" She asks to the hunter.

"My name isn't important for now... just rest and eat" he answered. He looked odd, like she never seen before in the lab. This hunter has pointy ears. He also has black long hair tied in a ponytail and a pair of bark brown eyes.

The hunter starts cleaning a big knife but keeps an eye on her. She didn't notice that he is constantly looking at her.

"My name is Jackson..." He said suddenly "What were you doing in the forest?"

"I... I ran away..." she answered him, but carefully choosing her words "from my home in the city."

He nodded once "And your name?" "I'm Spark" she said with a small smile on her face.

"Here... put this on..." he gives her a bodysuit "we're going..."

"To where?" she asked as she puts on the bodysuit "We're going to get some food"

After a few hours of riding through the forest, they came by a small village. She hides behind Jackson as a few guards walk towards him.

"Who is the girl Jackson?" asked one of the guards in a deep harsh voice

"She is... My daughter, Emma" It seems that Jackson lies to keep her save. Spark looks with a shock face to Jackson and then looks down to the ground "Are we going to the butcher today dad?" she asked to Jackson, playing his game. "Not today sweetie" Jackson answered.

The guards looked at her, but then nodded "A good day Jack" One of them said as they continue their routine.

"Where are we going?" she asked as Jackson starts walking while holding her hand.

"First... we're going to a friend of mine..." He quickly looked around and enters a bookshop.

"Welcome to my shop... How can I help you?" an old man that is sitting in the corner asked them without looking up from his book.

"I'm looking for the book 'hunter, the cat and the thief'... the one with a grey note in it" Jackson said to the man

"Third corner to the right" the man said as he gives him a small key.

Jackson walks past a few shelves, and Spark follows. He stops at a big one with a closed mid-section. He puts the key in a hole and twists it. A door opens and Spark gasps. Jackson looks around him if he sees someone. As there is nobody except for Spark around, he pulls her in the door and closes it behind him. Spark's eyes need to focus in the dim light, but after a few moments she realizes that she stands in a much bigger room. The room was filled to the brim with hospital stuff. Scalps, needles and even a heart monitor stands in the room. A woman, who was dressed in a summer dress, stands near a computer with her back to Jackson and Spark.

"Who did you bring this time Jack?" She said in a harsh voice "A young female I found in the forest... Can you check up on her?" Jackson said to the female in a softer voice than normal.

"Why not?" The lady said as she turned around "Can you lay down on the bed love?"

Unsure what to do, Spark lays down on the bed. The lady came with a syringe "this is only going to hurt a little..." Spark nodded and closed her eyes, clenching her hand on the bedframe "3... 2... 1" at the 1, she put the needle in Spark's arm. Red blood flows in the tube. The lady places a little bandage on the place where the needle went in "all done..." She said a little shocked. Spark opens her eyes, but quickly jumps up and stares at the place where she held the bedframe. The steel was all bended and broken. "Wha- What are you?!" The lady said.