The experiment was an accident. They thought it would be safe and I would be their little puppet. This was stupid so stupid I didn't want to be their puppet in this world. I don't know my name but I was called Experiment Venice 2036. That's what I've been called. The others called me Venice and I loved that name after a while. My body felt like it was burning like a campfire. This wasn't right. I didn't belong here. Everything seemed to happen so fast. I couldn't think straight at all. The gas and smoke fill the building as I ran out of the building.

My friend Mike set off a boom in the building to have everyone escape. I was the only one to get out of the building. That's what I thought anyways. No one was here. There was nothing. Everything turned to ash and dirt. My body hurt so bad and everything felt like hell. My head was pounding and the vines in my body turned from blue to black and toxic green. My right eye was hurting badly and everything went blurry. I saw one of the doctors coming out of the fire yelling for me. I run off into the woods in a panic. This wasn't right that the doctor was supposed to be dead. I took off running through the woods, moving branches and leaves. Running around logs and rocks as twigs broke and snapped.

I had to find somewhere to hide for the time being. This was what I call a nightmare. I kept running, then I tripped over a rock that I didn't see before. I dropped to the ground, my head hitting another rock. Just like things couldn't get any worse my head started bleeding and my foot was fine, just bruised. I thought everything was over for me but then I looked up and saw an old house. It looked like it hadn't been used in years. My life was falling apart. Everything was crumbling at my feet. It was like my life was worth nothing.

Tears started running down my face. I whipped them off and got up off the ground. I tore apart the dress I was wearing and warped it around my head where it was bleeding. I started walking to the old house and hoped to god that the doctor won't find me. I walked up the stairs and everything was dusty and waiting to fall apart. I looked around before opening the door. No one was here other than me. I looked around and the power worked even on the skink and the stove. That's odd. Maybe it wasn't as old as I thought. I decided to rebuild this house. Though it would be hard after the power experiments that tested everyone. It wouldn't be hard for me.

I started rebuilding everything and the house started coming together however things would change shortly after. As I finished up the floor it had been weeks since I ended up here. I walked around my new home and felt happy for once in my life. Everything started to change for me until I walked outside. I went outside to gather berries I replanted when I saw a white coat hanging on a tree. I put the berries in the basket and carefully walked over. I saw a fire going and someone was sitting down on the ground. It is the doctor. How did he find me? I walked backward, grabbed my basket, and ran back inside my house.

Went into my pocket and grabbed a syringe and filled it with the berries I picked. As it was full of the berries I injected it into my arm feeling better. I went up the stairs and walked into my office in the attic. I opened my wooden drawer and grabbed the files Mike gave to me before pushing me out of the building alive. I'm not sure if he made it out alive. The files had almost everyone's names. Shara, James, Jack, Jessy, Luna, Raven, Mike, Olivia, Oliver, Graden, Fawn, Adien, Jacob, Mitch, Amy, Venice, and lastly Evee. That was a lot of names but the only ones he could save. There were about 100 kids in the Lab and he could only grab seventeen files.

"I need to go back and see if there are any files that didn't burn in the fire," I sighed with disbelief but with a bit of hope.

Everything I felt was like a time crunch. I was going to die soon but not sure when really. This wasn't the best thing in the world but I had to do what I could to ensure that the files were safe or find a few to bring back. Before that doctor finds me and kills me to make sure I don't tell anyone. My head was pounding like crazy and I hated everything part of it. I could let fear get to me. After all my life and the files were on the line. I left my house and locked the door before walking into the woods. With every step I took, twigs or leaves would snap or crunch. It was a calming feeling I suppose.

I found the burned-down building and there was nothing but ash and dirt. I walked around and found a cabinet still standing. It was a strong metal cabinet and the lock looked like it had been busted. I opened the drawers and there they were. All the files. I grabbed all of them and put them in my basket. I quickly felt like I was being watched so I ran back home. I reached home and unlocked the door and quickly went down to the basement. I put my basket in a metal belt and it sent it off to the middle of the maze. I ran back upstairs and locked the door. Then I heard a voice that sent chills down my body.

"Well, Well, Well. Hello Venice," The Doctor coughed.

"Doctor," I whispered.

"Long time no see," The Doctor said.

"What are you doing here!" I raised my voice, I looked at the doctor's neck and he had been poisoned.

"Your friend Mike did well about getting the poison to me," The Doctor coughed as he held a knife.

"M-Mike," I choked as he spoke his name.

"What's with the knife in your hand?" I spoke hesitantly.

"The old thing? Just an old kind of experimenting with a knife. Beautiful isn't it?" The Doctor laughed.

I tried to move toward the door but as I got my hand on the handle. I quickly opened the door and ran. The doctor chased after me and before I could think I felt a sharp pain in my back. I looked down and it was the knife he was holding. He threw the knife at me. I pulled out the knife and threw it back at the doctor as it went straight into his heart. He fell to the ground and I couldn't stand any longer. I felt light-headed. Then I passed out. All I saw was darkness. My story has ended. At least I thought my story ended. I was in a dark void and there was a mirror in the middle of the darkness. I walked toward the mirror and I couldn't see myself. When I looked again there was a girl on the other side.

I didn't recognize the girl but when I put my hand on the mirror so did she. Once our hands met the mirror it cracked. I looked at the girl but she didn't look at me. Why didn't she look at me? Then the girl changed and I saw myself in the mirror. That little girl was me. I didn't what to do. Closing my eyes shut I screamed and shouted in pain. I opened my eyes and looked back at the mirror and saw myself with toxic green tears running down my face.

Dropping to the ground in pain and screaming for help. I couldn't do it anymore. I didn't want to die. I was a young girl taken away from the family that loved me. I could be in school and making friends but instead, I got tested. My body isn't mine it never was. This body belonged to a monster. A monster that hated the way she was. As I was sobbing on the ground I heard a familiar voice.

"Venice?" A voice spoke.

"I'm here Venice," A voice whispered.

"Stop those tears. Who made you so upset my rolly polly?" The voice chuckled and let out a soft smile.

Rolly polly? The only person that called me was Mike. I sat up and looked up and it was Mike. He was sitting there with his warm soft smile.

"M-Mike," I stuttered.

"Yes?" Mike questioned.

"I-" I stopped.

I hugged Mike tightly and sobbed on his shoulder. Mike smiled and hugged Venice back. Mike did everything he could to make her feel better. I looked at his green eyes and smiled as my tears weren't toxic green anymore. Mike stood up and tell out his hand. I grabbed his hand and got up. He took me back to the mirror and I was me again. My normal self and in my body. Then Mike took me to the light and I chased after him giggling. I felt free.