{Emily}

The next day I was able to get out of bed and help myself out. Which was fine by me because I didn't want to see anyone else's face except Toby's. Thankfully Dominic allowed Toby to visit me and Toby stayed by my side refusing to leave. Dominic said he predicted that might happen and allowed Toby to stay with me until I got out of the hospital.

As promised Dominic held a "welcome home" party for me and Toby. Sergeant 22 tried to come and hug me but I refused the hug. I snarled, "Fuck you and don't ever touch me again!"

She blinked, "What did I do? I didn't do anything!"

"I don't trust you and I never will," I snapped.

"Oh boy, pregnancy hormones are a bitch aren't they?" Sergeant 22 chuckled.

I didn't do anything but snarl at her. I've always hated Sergeant 22 just as much as I hate Dominic. Dominic tapped her on the shoulder. She looked at him. "What?"

"I'd leave her alone right now if I were you," Dominic said. "Don't worry I'll start testing on her again soon."

I clenched my hands into fists. At this point I had had enough of Dominic and I had enough of A-Circle. The only thing in my life that was real was Toby and I'm not sure how long that's going to last. Every time that I wanted good things to last it was taken away by A-Circle.

I had no idea what I was thinking but at that moment was when I decided to take a swing at Dominic. He caught my punch in mid air. He used my fist to fling me up against the wall and I landed with a thud. But that didn't knock me out, it just pissed me off even more.

Dominic cracked his knuckles and said, "That was a bad move Lieutenant 32. But okay fine, you started this now I'm going to finish it."

Sergeant 22 looked like she wanted to say something but she chose to remain silent. I don't blame her because that would've made her my next victim. I forgot one of Dominic's abilities was that he could move things or people closer to him in battle. He used that ability and put his hand around my neck, choking me. However, when he lifted me off the ground I used that opportunity to kick him in the balls. He let me go and I stumbled backwards coughing and trying to catch my breath.

"Not bad, but of course you're going up against me and you know you're not going to win right?" Dominic taunted.

"I don't care!" I growled. I lunged at him and headbutted him in the stomach and heard him grunt in pain when I used that to throw him into a nearby wall.

He got right back up as if nothing happened to him and dusted himself off. I didn't give him a chance to say anything when I spotted a pack of number 2 pencils sitting on a nearby table. Time to put my new ability to use.

I picked up the packet of pencils and activated my new ability and slowed down time. Somehow Dominic saw the attack coming and managed to dodge every single pencil I threw at him. But he barely managed.

I don't want him to say a goddamn word! I want to beat his skull into a bloody pulp so much that it'll take him weeks to recover! I thought.

I kept throwing punches at him and kicks some of the attacks he barely blocked but others hit the mark. I didn't even bother to stop and let him catch his breath or try to activate one of his abilities. Normally I would do that because I believe in fighting fair but this time at this moment I was done fighting fair. At one point in the fight I felt someone pull me off of Dominic. The person who pulled me off of him held me tight in his arms. "Emily stop! I know you're angry but there's no need to stress yourself out like this. Take a deep breath and try to calm down! Please?"

I looked up at Toby and didn't say a word. But what I did was cry. I hated my life the way it was right now. I hated everything. The only exception to the rule was Toby.

I heard Dominic laughing and looked over to see that he had blood coming from his mouth where I managed to land several punches on. It was no surprise that as soon as I stopped attacking him that his wounds healed seconds later.

He laughed as he wiped the blood off his mouth. "Well I see Sergeant 54 is good for something."

"I didn't do it to protect you!" Toby snapped. "I did it to protect Emily and my unborn child! But mark my words. As soon as Emily gives birth and gets well enough to start training again, the next time she fights you I will not pull her off you!"

He rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah whatever! But know this Lieutenant 32. If you had succeeded in killing me, you would've given me exactly what I wanted but just a little bit earlier than planned."

I turned around and looked at him with my eyes going wide at his comment. He smirked and nodded. "Oh yeah! If anything were to happen to me, Lieutenant 32 will become the next leader of A-Circle by default!"

Once Dominic said that for some reason the world started to spin on me and it wasn't long before everything went dark.

***

{Toby}

The moment Emily passed out Dominic couldn't stop smirking and I seriously wanted to wipe that smirk off his face. But I didn't want to fight and the only reason I would have to fight right now would be to protect Emily.

Dominic sighed, "I guess we should get her back to her ugly pink room."

"That's one thing I've been meaning to talk to you about," Sergeant 22 said. "Lieutenant 32's not a teenager anymore, she's a grown woman. Not to mention she's pregnant and has a boyfriend now."

Dominic looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Okay?"

"Don't you think we should do some remodeling on the room?" Sergeant 22 asked.

Dominic rolled his eyes. "Seriously? You're thinking about that at a time like this? Let's get Lieutenant 32 to bed and worry about that later, okay?"

At least that's one thing I agree with him on! Emily doesn't need to deal with her room being remodeled while she's passed out from trying to kill Dominic! I thought.

Dominic walked past me and gave me a look to follow him. When we got to Emily's room Dominic laughed, "She really hates me doesn't she?"

I nodded slowly. "Yes, and why is that funny?"

"I remember when her mother sold her to A-Circle," Dominic said. "Lieutenant 32 was a feisty one back then too. She fought me every step of the way but when she got older she grew fond of playing with guns after she developed her second ability. This is exactly why she's the perfect person to lead A-Circle. When she has something she wants she goes for it. None of the other kids or people working for A-Circle have that. The ability that comes with being able to dodge speeding bullets is strength."

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"Is that why she was able to almost kill you?" I said.

"Oh yeah!" Dominic said proudly. "However, her strength and my strength are evenly matched. So the most she would be able to do is break a couple of bones and that would give me weeks to recover. This isn't the first time she's been pissed off enough to try and kill me. When she was first tested on she killed dozens of lab rats. It's funny though she got bullied by lab rats who had no rank because of it. She faced off with them and killed them too."

I gulped when I heard that. I knew Emily to be crazy when she's angry or fighting for her life but I didn't realize that she was that crazy!

He chuckled, "Really? You're just now starting to be afraid of her?"

I shook my head. "I'm not afraid of her, I'm afraid for her. She can't keep putting herself under so much stress all the time. Not to mention she can be a little hard headed when she's pissed."

He snorted. "A little hard headed? You should've seen her when she was a teenager! She was more than a little hard headed back then. It's nice to see that her being away from A-Circle didn't really change that much."

"You mean you want her to be crazy?" I growled.

"Yup," Dominic said, "And I wouldn't have it any other way."

It took a lot of self-control for me not to try to reach over and punch him. I knew that fighting him wouldn't change anything so I didn't do anything.

"And as far as remodeling Lieutenant 32's room I'll think about it," Dominic said. "Although knowing Sergeant 22 she'll keep insisting and driving me crazy about it."

I snorted. "Women."

Dominic looked at me and laughed, "Hey you said it, I didn't. Oh well, I guess we should just let her sleep for now. I am going to do some testing on her because I want to see how strong the baby is."

I narrowed my eyes. Dominic rolled his eyes. "I know that look when I see it. Don't bother protesting because I'm going to do it anyway."

He didn't say anything else but he turned on his heels and left the room.

***

{Dominic}

"Wow, she did a number on you again didn't she?" Sergeant 22 asked.

I chuckled. It's been two weeks since Lieutenant 32 had been captured and brought back home to A-Circle. I've been testing to see how strong the baby is and how strong she's gotten since she's been away. That fight that she picked with me during the welcome home party told me that she's grown in strength and I think once she gives birth to the baby and starts training again, she'll be even stronger than she was before. Maybe then and only then will she have a solid shot at beating me in a fight.

Every fight we've had so far in the testing grounds has turned out to be a tie. Either way she did wind up giving me some injuries that would put a normal person in the hospital for months and it would take a long time for them to recover. But I'm not a normal person, I've been tested on by A-Circle Labs and I recover from those injuries within days and sometimes seconds upon getting them.

I smiled and looked at Sergeant 22. "Oh yeah, she did today and I think the baby is making her stronger too. But I also have a feeling that once she gives birth to the baby and starts her training again she'll be even stronger than she was before! And I wouldn't expect anything else from the next leader of A-Circle!"

Sergeant 22 grinned. "I know right. So have you tried to… You know… Get her in bed yet?"

I nodded. "I did and she fought me on it and it was not an easy lay that's for sure. I made Sergeant 54 help me out on it."

Sergeant 22's eyes went wide. "You did what now?"

I smiled as I relived what I had done to Lieutenant 32. The woman is a fighter and that's what I love about her. I told Sergeant 54 to hold her down and when he refused I told him that I'd increase the pain threshold during Lieutenant 32's testing. He didn't want that so he helped me out with it.

Honestly, I wasn't really going to increase the pain threshold, that was a bluff.

I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"I'm just surprised that you got him to help you with it," Sergeant 22 said. "Let me guess, you threatened him with something didn't you?"

I smirked. "What do you think?"

She smiled and laughed, "You are evil you know that?"

She came up to me and pulled me into her arms.

"Yeah I know I'm evil but I really don't care," I said.

Sergeant 22 reached up and kissed me. "I know you don't care and I don't expect you to care anytime soon. That's just how you are and that's why I love you."

I tried not to gage when she said that because I'm not one to express my emotions to anyone. Honestly, I've never felt love towards her but I have felt rather fond of Lieutenant 32 but other than that I haven't felt love. Or at least I don't think I have.

True, I've been with Sergeant 22 for years but I found out she's just as crazy as I am and at the moment I see Sergeant 22 as nothing more than a friend with benefits. I have a feeling she knows that but I can't be too sure until I say it out loud.

The truth of the matter is I want to be able to dominate someone. Not in a BDSM way but I like to see fear in a person's eyes when I make them do stuff that they don't want to do. I want to push them to the point where they finally snap at me and fight back just like Lieutenant 32. She's my favorite when it comes down to doing that because she's got more fight in her than Sergeant 22 will ever have. That's why she's perfect for the job of being the next leader of A-Circle.

"You know I don't love you right?" I asked. What surprised me is that I said it without hesitation. That confirmed how I felt about Sergeant 22.

She nodded. "Yeah I know. But I also know there's a chance that I could make you love me."

I snorted. "Okay, how long have we been together now?"

"Ten years now and why don't you break up with me if you don't love me?" Sergeant 22 said.

She kind of had a point there but I already confirmed for myself that I don't love her.

"Actually when you think about it over the past ten years we haven't really dated each other," I said. "We've fucked each other and worked together and that's it. I never officially gave you the title of being my girlfriend. You just assumed you had the title because we fuck each other on a regular basis. Just because we fucked doesn't mean we're dating."

"But why didn't you correct me on it before?" Sergeant 22 asked.

Again, she had a point and I scratched the back of my neck trying to figure out if I ever corrected her on this matter.

She scoffed, "That's what I thought. Just admit it Dominic deep down inside you like me. And I'm going to make you see that sooner or later." She smiled an evil smile. "Let's put your little idea of not loving me to the test."

I raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

Sergeant 22 took her clothes off and led me over to the bed. She pulled on my pants zipper and the next thing I knew I was lying down naked with Sergeant 22 on top of me. I just about rolled my eyes. "Look, like I said just because we fuck doesn't mean that I love you."

"Oh we'll see about that," Sergeant 22 said. "You do realize Lieutenant 32's never going to love you right?"

I snorted. "Yeah I know. Because I want her to fight back. I want her to be angry and she has a lot of fight in her. Besides, she's spoken for by two people."

She paused. "Huh?"

"Yeah she's spoken for by me and Sergeant 54. So even if she doesn't love me she's still mine whether she wants to be or not," I said. "I made her just the way I want her to be!"

She blinked. "But why would you claim a woman who doesn't even want you? That's insane!"

I tilted my head. "You say that about me but then what does that make you?"

She clenched her jaw. "Yeah I get it, I'm insane to love you but why did you keep me by your side this whole entire time?"

"Simple, I'm a man and I have needs. You were very willing to fulfill those needs for me," I answered. "But over the past few years it hasn't been enough. You know when I'm not with you I go after other lab rats right?"

Her eyes went wide in anger. "No you didn't!" She paused. "Now that I think about it, you didn't go after Lieutenant 32 when she turned eighteen and had me join in as an experiment did you?"

I laughed, "You're just now figuring this out? Wow you're stupid you know. How many times have we had sex and you were able to tell that I was thinking about her? I still went after female lab rats even more after Lieutenant 32 escaped for six years! But it wasn't enough…"

Sergeant 22 laughed a wicked laugh. But she didn't get off me like I expected her to. I tilted my head. "What's so funny?"

"You are evil! And I love even more for that," She smiled. "I can't help it! Before you came along I had feelings for my step-dad for the same reason. He was psycho to his very core. I guess I just like my men crazy and evil like I am. I'm going to fuck you senseless regardless if you're thinking about her. And I will get you to release that you love me and not her."

I shrugged. "Go ahead and do it. It's not going to change my mind."

When she started having sex with me it made me think more about my feelings for Lieutenant 32 and how real they are. I made Lieutenant 32 hate me because of my feelings towards her. I wanted her to fight back and she's acting exactly how I wanted her to act. I like Lieutenant 32 and she's mine whether she wants to be or not.