I politely declined but they weren't taking no for an answer. They scooped me up and carried me. They had gagged and tied me so I could do nothing. It started to rain as they bustled me into the lab.
They hooked up wires in my arms and waited until I got electrocuted to take the wires back out.
Yes, you read that correctly. Three men watched a twelve-year-old girl get electrocuted and did nothing.
They were overjoyed that I was still alive. They pulled the wires out and asked me how I felt.
I was so mad I screamed, "I....AM NOT.......AN EXPERIMENT!!!" A pulsating vibration filled the room as my fingers crackled with electricity and I pulsed (my way of discharging my electricity), letting loose a shock wave that made the men collapse.
I was proud I knocked them unconscious....or so I thought. I leaned closer only to find that none of them were breathing and their hearts weren't beating, either.
I had killed three men.
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Why I Run
Science FictionHi. My name is Joules. Yes I know, odd name. But let me tell you how I got that name. Three years ago, when I was twelve, a group of my fathers friends stole me from home one night and took me to a lab. My father, being a scientist, loves to experim...
