The first thing you remember is a dark green liquid.
That's the first thing all of you remember, you assume. But you never thought to ask, before…
You don't want to think about it. Besides, that's getting ahead of yourself.
A man was standing there, a man you would grow to have… mixed feelings about.
"Hmmm… the parts that control artificial aging are clearly still damaged, though this will have to do." He muttered, a sense of irritation there as he took notes.
You take in your surroundings. It was a pretty typical lab, sterile and filled with doodads and four other tanks with vats of liquid and… there were kids inside. You aren't sure how you even know what a child is. You have a lot of fuzzy memories. You look down.
Huh. You were a kid too. Weird.
Should you be freaking out? You're not sure.
The man left, leaving you all in darkness.
Xxx
You were Anton Sevarius, and after 6 years, you were finally prepared to give up on this experiment.
You had tried, oh how you tried, to mold the perfect minions. After Thailog went rogue, you figured perhaps going a little younger wasn't such a bad stroke of luck anyways.
But despite the drills, the training and the little missions here and there, none of the five cretins were any closer to be what you needed.
Experiment 001, meant for political machinations and scheming, was much too meek and tended to be a follower, like the sheep she was.
Experiment 002 lacked the strength of her original with her energy blasts, and although she had similar attitude problems, she was protective of her fellow experiments… too much so, it was bound to be a liability if a mission went too awry and a call had to be made.
Experiment 003 was, put bluntly, a smart ass. He had the intelligence of his original, but knew it all too well. No attempts to make clear who was in charge seemed to phase him, not truly. The lad at the very least seemed to know his robotics as intended, but that sarcasm and independence streak would be a major issue one of these days.
Experiment 004 was meant to be a shrewd businessman, merciless In gaining profits for you. But he was an imbecile, with any funds he made being pure luck and getting blown immediately. Not even for himself, but as "anonymous" gifts for the others. There was only 6 of them here and he and you were the only ones allowed funds, it wasn't anonymous at all! The others chose to pretend otherwise, for whatever asinine reason.
Experiment 005 was a wild card. You hadn't even intended to make her, you met some wild green-skinned girl while skulking for potential targets and a fight had broken out at a concert, her not batting an eye when she lost a tooth before easily destroying her opponents. You figured such strength could be useful, so you grabbed the bloodied tooth while she was distracted. 005 was… volatile. She had tenacity, and she was the most eager to please you, but her temper could get the better of her, and she was prone to bouts of insecurity that left her easy pickings for the more strong-willed.
Failures. Five whole failures.
Bah. Oh well. You tried.
Now to get the euthanasia and try a new plan.
…Wait, was that Syndro-
BLAM!
Xxx
"You think Pops is ok? He's been gone for awhile." 004 asked suddenly, looking up from the computer where he was trying to analyze stocks. They made the duck's head hurt, so he was more than happy to try a different discussion.
"Ha, bet he broke a hip or something." 003 snorted, Tinkering away with something as he laid on the couch. None of them knew what it was and he wouldn't tell them, though he has insistent it would blow them away. Though that was a month ago, so they're pretty sure he was just pranking them by making them believe it was something cool when it would never come.
"That's not funny, 003." 001 frowned, wringing her hands worriedly.
"I'm an unappreciated genius in my time." 003 quipped.
"You're certainly unappreciated. I dunno about genius." 002 quipped right back, giving 001 a comforting pat the others pretended to not notice. 003 stuck his tongue out at her before returning to his Tinkering.
"Ugh! Stupid training dummy! I'LL GET YOU YET!" 005 could be heard screaming from the training room.
"She says that, but I am having my doubts." 002 snarked, making 001 give her a Chiding look. 002 flicked her nose, making her whine.
And so the banter continued for awhile. It was… nice. None of the five would ever admit it, not openly, but they were, for all intents and purposes … family. They had known each other all their lives, fought together, protected each other… Were they a traditional unit? No. But that didn't matter when they had each other. And they always would.
….At least, that's what they all thought.
003 was the first to notice something was up. He looked up from his tinkering, frowning. It sounded like… mechanical whirring. And he should know!
He got up, looking at the bunker's door's peephole.
A red eye stared back at him.
That was when all hell broke loose.
The OmniDroid, as it would later be discovered they were called, was merciless as it tore everything apart. Their home, the place they had been all their lives, was slowly reduced to rubble.
002 was the first to fall, that instinct to protect her "siblings" taking over as she blasted at the machine to distract it, making it Target her as she gestured for the others to run. 001 was next, crying in fear as she stumbled and fell. 005 was eager to prove herself, but she was no match.
004 was terrified as 003 dragged him off, tears in his eyes.
"We have to go back! We have to-!" The duck begged.
"Do what? Die too!? There's nothing we can do, dude. We have to get out of here, for them! We can… we can build a better life. We don't have to follow Pops' orders if this is what it leads to! We'll avenge them if-" 003 started to speechify, crying himself. He was interrupted by the exit collapsing, trapping them inside.
It was dark as the day they were created, until that red eye focused on them.
When it left, it believed there was nothing behind it.
It was wrong, but just barely…
Xxx
You were disoriented when you woke up. You don't know how you got here, in this forest. It must be near the bunker.
"Guys… guys where are you!? This isn't… this isn't funny! Guys…" you cried out, but no one responded. You gripped your wounds, dragging yourself along.
You couldn't die here. You just… couldn't.
Not like…
You couldn't finish that thought, as you tear up some more.
Your siblings…
You would avenge them.
You were created to be the bad guy, you realized that. Maybe you had deluded yourself into thinking otherwise for awhile, but it was clear that's what brought this on.
Well then… you would be better.
It would be easy to use this as an excuse to be exactly what they say you are, but you never were one for doing things easy really. Life has been a struggle so far, why stop now?
You would be a hero. And then you would honor your fallen family and show the world that despite everything, what people said you had to be was wrong if it was a destiny you rejected.
That was your vow…
Which miraculously survived Clone are you?
[ ] 001, Clone of Dawn Bellwether
[ ] 002, Clone of Shego
[ ] 003, Clone of Buddy Pines/Syndrome
[ ] 004, Clone of Flintheart Glomgold
[ ] 005, Clone of Lord Dominator
Where did you drag yourself to?
[ ] Zootopia
[ ] New York City
[ ]
Riverton, Ohio
