{Dominic}

"Why me?" 32401 would always ask me that question every time I would start training her to use her powers.

I tilted my head. "Huh?"

"Why me?" 32401 asked again. "Why do you want me to become the next leader of A-Circle? It doesn't make any sense! I'm already the weakest of the bunch! I'm-"

Every time I have this memory I always slap her and scold her for saying that and then she passes out. I don't why this memory startles me every time I have it but it does. It was a few months after 32401 came to me and I found out that she had been getting picked on by other lab rats that didn't have a rank and file like she did. I was mentoring her and once I have her back with me I'll mentor her again.

I remembered I had panicked and taken her to Uncle 42 to figure out what was wrong with her.

Uncle 42 did some tests on her and couldn't stop laughing at whatever data he had for whatever the reason.

"Okay, what's so funny about her passing out on me?" I growled, "Because I know I didn't slap her that hard!"

Uncle 42 composed himself, "No she didn't pass out because of getting slapped. Trust me, she's one of the strongest experiments I've got and something as stupid as a silly slap won't be enough to bring her down! No, she's starting to go through puberty."

I paused. "Huh?"

He nodded. "Mhm she started having her menstrual cycles and if she's having a hard time with it now, it's not going to get any easier when she gets older. Not to mention she'll start to become more… Ahem, developed…"

At this point I had no idea what to think about this because I'm not a girl so I have no idea what that's like.

Uncle 42 snorted. "You might want to ask Sergeant 22 about this, you know because she's a woman and all."

"Talk to me about what?" I heard Sergeant 22 say.

Uncle 42 went up to her and whispered something into her ear. She gave him a look of understanding and when she looked at me, she covered her mouth to stifle a laugh.

I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

Sergeant 22 shook her head. "It's nothing I'll explain when we get home."

She picked 32401 up in her arms from the bed and carried her outside to the car and placed her in the backseat.

32401 moaned, "Did I get hit by a bullet again?"

Sergeant 22 shushed her, "No, you didn't, something else happened to you and I'll explain it when we get home dear, okay?"

She moaned again and went back to sleep.

Once we got home and Sergeant 22 put 32401 to bed she came to my room and sat down next to me on a chair by the balcony. She smiled at me. "There's something I need to explain to you about what's going on with 32401 now."

I raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What's going on?"

She scratched the back of her neck. "Hmmm, let me put it this way, have you noticed that some of the female lab rats after a certain age they start to get bigger boobs and go from looking adorable and cute to hot and sexy?"

I felt my face turn red and I looked away. Sergeant 22 laughed, "It's okay because sometimes it's very noticeable and other times not so much. But that's what's going to happen to 32401 soon. Oh and don't be surprised if she gets pissed off for no reason once a month. And that might happen in the next couple of days."

That gave me an idea. "I wonder if I can put her mood swings to good use?"

Sergeant 22 paused. "Huh? What do you mean by that?"

"Well, 32401 has been dealing with some of the lab rats who don't have any rank and file picking on her lately," I said. "She's told me about it and I think it's time that she does something about it. I know she has anger issues but instead of taking it out on the right people she keeps it bottled up inside and when she loses it…"

Sergeant 22 nodded. "She has a tendency to vandalize things instead of taking her anger out on other people. Have you tried getting her to use a punching bag every time she's angry instead?"

"Yeah I have it doesn't work," I said. "Remember when she broke down a wall in the training room just by throwing a weight at it? Yeah, that was right after she destroyed a punching bag."

"Oh yeah I remember that day!" Sergeant 22 said, "I had to change into my Anaconda form just to restrain her from breaking something else. Not to mention I had a hard time keeping her restrained! And she gets scared that I'll eat her when she turns into a lizard!"

She laughed at that thought and I don't blame her. That was kind of funny though.

After I had this memory I always remember very fondly the day I sent 32401's bullies after her so she could teach them a lesson when she was having one of her mood swings. She taught them a lesson alright and then she turned her anger on me when she found out that I sent them after her. She tried to kick my ass the next time I trained her but she's no match for me in combat and she knew it too.

It seemed like at that time she didn't even bother to try and beat me in a fight. Either she didn't care to or because she knew that I was no match for her that she felt she couldn't win so why bother trying?

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I saw and still see 32401 as a good leader because over the years that I trained her she figured out how to hone in on her anger when she was fighting. When she sent her bullies to A-Circle's hospital that made me proud of her. Mostly because when it comes down to your enemies, you have to show them who's boss.

I'm going to show 32401 who's still the boss when I finally pull the trigger and give the go ahead to capture her.

***

I woke up to someone clearing their throat to get my attention. I looked over to see Sergeant 22 smiling at me for some reason. I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"You're so handsome sleeping you know that?" Sergeant 22 said.

I rolled over and pulled her into my arms. "Yeah I know I'm handsome, tell me something I don't know."

She snorted. "You're such a narcissist! I also miss 32401."

"You get to see her at work everyday," I said. "It's not like she's dead or something like that."

She sighed, "Yeah I know. It's just not the same though. True, I see her at work but I want to see her at home too! It's not fair that we never got to go on any killing assignments together! I wanna do that once we get her back!"

I chuckled, "Don't worry, I'll make sure that happens! Because I'm not only going to capture her I'm also going to capture her boyfriend Mr. Anakin. Once I break them and train they'll be the perfect killing machines! I mean Mr. Anakin did kill two of my men when I sent the Elites to go send 32401 a message. And 32401 killed five of them. However, I am having fun just toying with them. I'm going to show them who's boss still. There's no way they'll be able to outsmart me! I'd like to see them try!"

"No kidding," She changed the subject, "Did you see the security cameras in 32401's house when she and Mr. Anakin were having sex?"

I cringed. "Yeah I did. And I wish I didn't. But I couldn't help myself. I know this sounds a bit twisted but I-"

"Wanted to see how well she would do in bed with someone else?" Sergeant 22 said.

I blinked. "How did you-"

Sergeant 22 laughed, "We've been together for how long now?"

"Almost seven years, why?" I said.

"I know how you are when it comes down to 32401 and honestly I felt the same way. Although I was kind of surprised that they had sex considering she was a little angry with Toby for doing a surprise birthday party for her," She said. "I must say I think she did pretty well."

I know I gave 32401 permission to be with Mr. Anakin, (I did find out that his name is Toby) but for some reason it still bothers me when I see her with someone else. I feel the same way about Sergeant 22 when she gets sent on certain missions where she has to interact with the opposite sex. I guess in a way I view 32401 as my girl just as much as I view Sergeant 22 as my girl.

"And you just can't help but be possessive over the both of us can you?" Sergeant 22 said.

I sighed, "I guess not. You guys are mine, in my eyes and I realize that I should give some flexibility when it comes down to 32401. But when it comes down to you, you're mine and only mine got it?"

She gave me a flirtatious smile. "You sound really sexy when you say things like that."

Before I could say anything Sergeant 22 climbed on top of me and seeing that I didn't really have any clothes on except for my boxers she took her clothes after taking my boxers off. After that we had sex.

***

{Emily}

I've been having this nightmare lately and I think it's because of how much I've been feeling on edge ever since my birthday. As soon as my head hits the pillow there's nothing but darkness surrounding me. When I called out and tried to move around I realized that I was tied down to a table and couldn't move because of how tight the restraints were.

My eyes went wide when I saw Dominic standing in front of me with a sinister smirk on his face. "Did you really think you could get away from me, Lizard?"

I wanted to say something but for some reason I found that I couldn't talk. What the hell? Why can't I talk? Is this a new power that Dominic developed or something?

Dominic climbed on top of me on the table and grabbed my chin making me look at him. "I'm watching you wherever you go. I'm ALWAYS watching you!"

He kissed me and then said, "You only have one year and then you're mine again! And when I get you I'll get Toby too!" He ran his right hand down my thigh and when he did that, that was when I started fighting against the restraint as hard as I could. I wasn't about to let him do what he did to me six years ago again!

He smirked. "Aww that's cute! The Lizard seems to think she's a match for a Loin in combat! If I recall correctly, every time we sparred together, you lost every single match! I doubt you've gotten strong enough to beat me in a fight. Now that we're here, I say we pick up right where we left off, hmm?"

As soon as he pulled my underwear down that's when I woke up.

***

I woke up in a cold sweat and it felt like I could barely get a good breath in.

"Are you okay?" Toby asked. I looked over at him and shook my head. Normally I have a hard time telling someone when I need help with something but this is too frightening to me to face on my own. He looked at me with concern. "What's wrong?"

I shook my head again and punched my chest trying to shake off the feeling of fear from the nightmare. But it seemed no matter how hard I did that, it increased the feeling instead.

"Emily look at me," Toby said. "Take a couple of deep breaths-"

"I can't calm down!" I shouted. Before I could punch my chest again, Toby pulled me into his arms and held me.

He tried his best to console me but it wasn't working. I felt bad for him because really was trying. Toby adjusted our position to the bed so we could lay down facing each other.

"Don't feel bad for me because you can't calm down," Toby said. "Right now we need to figure out a way to stay one step ahead of Dominic."

I chuckled a bitter chuckle. Toby looked at me and frowned. "What's so funny?"

"Growing up I was taught to show your enemies who's boss by crushing with whatever method they use to try and bring you down," I answered. "However, things are rather complicated so it's hard to figure out exactly what method Dominic is using to try and bring me down." I paused. "I take that back, I know how he's finding ways to torment me."

"How?" Toby asked.

"The fact that it was so easy for him to deliver that package to my home means he has eyes and ears somewhere watching me," I said. "The question is who are his eyes and ears and how do we get them to side with us and not him? Because right now…"

He shook his head. "No, Emily, don't do that! We might be with our backs up against the wall for the moment but we aren't completely helpless."

"I beg to differ," I scoffed. "But okay then, whatever you say…"

He held me closer and by this point I started to calm down. I started to think about how I could even begin to find out who was on Dominic's side and who wasn't.

I heard Toby sigh, "Yeah it's still pretty late at night and we're off work tomorrow so we should go back to sleep or at least try to."

"Fine," I said. "I'll try to go back to sleep. I'm not making any promises though."

Toby chuckled and I just stayed in his arms and eventually I drifted off to sleep.