Rebecca was awake now, she had been for some time actually, how long that was she did not know but what she did know was that this was not a dream, this whole situation was too terrifying.

She had woken up here, in a cube-shaped room with only grey walls and no visible door, the only thing that she could spot were holes for air. At first, she had panicked and soon remembered getting stabbed and reawakening in a completely different place that looked like a hospital room but was definitely not one of those. When she remembered the scientists, the wall appearing out of nowhere, and the sting in her back she once again felt the strange feeling overwhelm her.

It happened when she had tried to look for a way out, stressing when finding no escape route. This time however she had been more aware of it, it felt like the adrenaline rushing through her strengthened her muscles before her mind's attention was being turned towards one singular goal, escaping!

The reason why she was curled up in a corner right now was what had happened next, she had not thought about where she was, what the feeling was, or anything else, just about escaping this room. Rebecca had run towards the wall and had started punching against it, the fact that each punch against the steel walls only hurt a little bit, and the fact that she was making fist-sized dents in it each time did not get through to her at the time.

When she had failed to get out she had instinctively done what she always did when upset, she stomped the ground. As soon as she did that however the feeling of strength and focus vanished thanks to a terrifying revelation. As soon as her foot had touched the floor she could feel some kind of shockwave spreading from the place she had put her foot down to all corners of this room that started to tremble as if she had just caused an earthquake.

She fell down on the ground and as soon as the feeling that had given her strength was completely gone she realized after looking at the dented wall that it had been her! She had made dents in the wall with her bare hands and caused the whole room to tremble with her feet, what was going on! She began to recall the memories of the place she woke up in and the strange Mexican lady that talked about “abilities”. What was going on here, was this some superhero movie where she had gained superpowers after being stabbed!?

She did not know what to do and had sat down in a corner thinking about everything that was going on, had she gone crazy, what happened?

To put it plain and simple Rebecca had no idea what was going on, she could not think straight anymore. Suddenly she heard a sound, a piece of the wall (one of the three that were still undented) vanished into the ground and someone stepped inside, a man wearing a cloak, a mask, and strange gloves, he looked like someone who was into cosplaying as a superhero, nice, even more madness for her to deal with, first surviving getting stabbed by apparently going berserk, waking up with some kind of superpower in a room that has no exit and now a weird dude wearing an outfit straight out of a comic series, what was next, Godzilla waltzing in to grab some snacks?!

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Sam entered the room with all of his equipment on, he wished he wouldn’t have to do that but given the fact that this girls ability was clearly not completely under her control yet, it was best to wear armor, a tactical visor with analytics and his own hard light gauntlets just to be safe. Obviously, he could take her on but he was not planning to kill or injure the ones that he had saved, it just was a precaution in case she went berserk while he explained all of this to her.

The other two would also awaken but only after a couple of days according to doctor Medrano. At first, he had hoped to explain everything to them all at once but that plan was now no longer an option, two people had already awakened. It became even more difficult after realizing that probably the two that were still asleep and Thomas would know about being captured, the girl probably would not even remember being taken by the government’s team, meaning that three of them would wake up thinking that Sam and his people had been the ones capturing them and that the girl would see it not much different.

Okay he had the files and footage from cams but unlike Layla and his other AI’s these four were humans, They were not like technology in which you could simply upload data, they were all in all much more complex. If he was going to tell these people what happened he had to make sure they believed him, otherwise, all had been for naught.

“Hello, Sam said as he walked towards the middle of the room, Rebecca isn’t it?” The girl shivered, “h-how do you know my name?” her voice sounded like that of a person in shock, someone whose worldview had just changed completely, he could relate to that, after all, he had not known that he had abilities either, it was a real threat to your mental health in all honesty.

“I did not know it but your captors did, Sam answered truthfully, they started making it when they saw your abilities awakening.” “a-abilities, she muttered while looking up at him, what the hell are you talking about?” Sam noticed that Rebecca was really in need of a good talk before she went mad, he did not want her to flip as he had done after gaining his abilities, that was not something he would wish upon anyone.

“well as you can see that wall did not dent itself right, Sam said, I know it is a lot to take in, but would you be willing to let me explain what happened to you and what is going on here?” the girl's brown eyes looked desperate when she nodded, “please do before I go crazy, where am I what am I and what the hell is going on here?!”

“Okay but promise me that you are not going to yell at me or punch me in the face.” Rebecca nodded. “let’s start with what you are going through right now, Sam started, do not worry it is not puberty but an ability, basically some kind of superpower to put it more simply.” She snorted, and I suddenly got it because….” Sam sighed, “still working on finding out, all I have discovered so far is that these powers lay dormant and emerge in certain situations, for example when your life is in danger.”

“Okay, I’ll believe that Rebecca said, at least that is an explanation for…this.” Sam nodded, “I am glad you accept it this quickly.” She snorted, “I accept it because it sounds logical and because I don’t know what is happening with me, not because my captor happens to be very convincing!” Sam sighed, “so you remember being captured then?”

“I remember voices and a sting, she said, I thought it was but a dream because it was so short but now I think I understand, you took me away!” She jumped up and threw a punch at him, Sam just made a hard light shield and Rebecca was thrown back by the impact. “Listen kiddo, Sam said, it is true that you were taken away but not by me, actually I am the one you should be thanking for raiding a guarded government facility and getting you out of that place!”

Rebecca looked at him with a scared expression, “government!” Sam nodded, “you and three other youngsters were there, I got you out and even though I understand that you would suspect me to be your captor but…..” Suddenly Sam stopped, tears were flowing on her face, “did they have numbers on their armor and that omega symbol?”

Sam was taken aback for a moment, what did this girl just say? She had just described the equipment of the people capturing powered people!

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Rebecca had believed him to be her captor, but as soon as he said that part about a “government facility” alarum bells started ringing in her head, her friend Lucky Luce from her neighborhood, she had been taken by people that looked like some kind of elite SWAT troops all with an omega symbol and numbers on their strange armor. It was a memory that still haunted her, the guns of those people that could seemingly pulverize a stone wall and her friend being dragged outside after they shot the wall apart.

She had been 10 years old and it had been only a year before she ran away from home to join a gang but that memory had always haunted her, every mention of “the government” brought back the memory and now, at the moment she said it out loud while confused and thinking about what happened back then she saw the reaction of her “captor”.

Even though he wore a mask she saw that he had recognized what she had described, a skill she had picked up from her fellow gang members in the Bronx. Now after all these years and all the things this man just told her that memory suddenly got a shocking meaning, they had taken her friend and now they had come for her!

She cried, her friend, she had always thought that her parents had done some evil shit but the government had come for a child, a child with powers and now Rebecca had powers too, she believed this man, she did not trust him but she could believe his words just now. Pushing away her emotions she stood up, “please tell me more.”

Her “captor” nodded, “come with me then I will show you what this place is.” He gave her a hand, Rebecca did not even think about it, she had to know, to figure everything out, she took it.

“Follow me, he said as he led her through the door in the wall that closed behind them.