“Keeping track of the shift changes with the guards and the researchers became a way for us to tell time. Even though they increased our training, most of their efforts were centered on Lucy, Natalie, Nico, and me. They mostly left the rest alone, except for the tests on what they could do with their natural talents, since the enhancements wouldn’t manifest for years.
“There was one guard, Jones, who didn’t taunt us and wasn’t rough with the little ones. He seemed doubtful about the title of the building being a detention center for troubled children when he witnessed some of the tests and treatments. After a few months, I decided to talk to him, to see if he could help us. I told him about my family, how I missed my friends, and about the education a group of us were given when we met at
