Chapter 4

"#53, welcome to the lab."

The weird bed thing was hard and cold. #53's hands gripped on the edge of it, her knuckles turning white. She had been sitting on the thing for about 10 minutes.

Other than the woman with the grayish hair, there was another man in there. He had a blue mask on and was wearing a lab coat that was identical to the one the woman was wearing.

They were both going around the room, collecting things, putting on gloves, and exchanging quick words to each other, under their breaths.

The atmosphere was apprehensive, at least, that is what #53 saw it as. Her grip tightened further, while she tired to calm herself down. She had never gone to the doctors before, and this was an insanely new experience to the young girl.

She breathed. In and out. The air ever flowing in her lungs. However, now there was too much air, it consumed her. Made her feel as though her lungs would burst. But she had to keep quiet.

Bad things happen when you're not quiet.

Finally the woman came back over to #53. She was dragging along a cart with various tools on it. All of them looking different in a multitude of ways.

"Ok, time for your checkup."

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The doctors had done all the basic things, they checked her temperature, reflexes, heart rate,, blood pressure, etc.

(A/n: I don't remember what happens at the doctors office 🤣🤣)

There was only one thing left.

Shots.

The woman had told the other doctor in the room to hold onto the girl as kids her age had a tendency to try and run away when given shots.

#53 was really getting tired of having someone grip her arm/wrist. The man sat next to her on the bed and gripped her arm, bringing it higher so that the woman could reach it.

The woman picked up a wipe and wiped the girl's arm where the shot would go. The cold feeling on #53's arm made her shiver ever so slightly, and left that patch of skin slightly damp.

The woman then moved her hand and picked up the shot. A small plastic tube with a sharp needle at the end. The liquid inside was a light purple.

The woman had now stepped forwards to the girl. She then grabbed #53's arm from the other man and brought the shot to her skin.

A flinch.

It felt like a pinch. The pain barely lasting a second compared to the constant beatings the girl would endure from her mother, this felt like nothing.

The doctors were a tad bit surprised on how easy the girl responded to getting a shot but didn't think to much about it.

The man stood up from the bed and joined the woman at the laptop on the counter to review the results. Everything seemed normal.

The girl continued to watch the two as they muttered to each other over the results. Her hand reached up and rubbed the small injury on her shoulder.

It stung a little, but was only a tiny dot on her arm. It seemed Interesting.

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Finally the woman turned back over to #53. Some strange device in her hand. The man came over and this time picked up the child, and put her on a chair.

The chair had belts on it. She was placed in the chair and the belts were buckled around her. It felt suffocating. She tried to move slightly and felt all movement restricted.

The woman put something in the device, loading it up. The thing she put inside was small, and when it went inside there were words that lit up on the side of the device.

Ready.

Again she was being approached. The odd device was being plugged in to the wall directly next to #53. The device itself looked like a pen, however it was a tad bit thicker and had a chisel tip.

The woman grabbed the girl by the neck, not very gently, and brought the device to the girl's neck.

"Count back from 3, 2, 1..." The woman muttered to herself

The device made contact with #53's neck. Pain shot up through the girl's neck and she let out a surprised yelp.

It was different then the shot from before. That shot had been quick and tiny, however this one felt as though a shard of glass had just been imbedded deep in the girl's skin.

The woman let go of the child's neck and put the pen looking thing down on the silver cart. After that she picked up another weird device.

This once was rectangular, and thin. It was a light silver and had a black dot on the top left. A faint light was admitted from the other side of the device as that side wasn't silver.

The woman brought up the black circle to the place where that little device was implanted in #53's skin.

A small beep could be heard from the rectangular device and the woman smiled to herself.

"It was a success. We can now track #53."