Chapter 1

' *5 Years Before Reset. . . '

Rue walked down the halls of the lab, holding onto a half-eaten chocolate bar. They walk up to a door with a gold plate, the words "Dr. G" written on it. They knock on it, clutching tightly to their chocolate bar, awaiting for the voice to signal them to enter.

"Come in." The familiar voice sounded from inside. Relaxed, the reached up to grab the doorknob, then turn it, before opening the door and entering the room, closing the door behind them.

As expected, a man sat at the desk at the end of the room, a small desk lamp being the only light source. The man looked up at Rue, and smiled.

"What is it that you need dear?" The child walked over to them, then climbed onto the chair and onto G's lap, then looked down at the work they were doing, taking a bite out of their chocolate. G chuckled, then pat the child's soft black hair, stroking it as they continued their work. Rue stared at the paper, watching them sketch out new plans of their project, the one where their creation was made.

"Look Rue, your going to have another sibling!" Rue looked up at the smiling man, still chewing on the chocolate bar, not knowing what that meant, but still happy anyways. The man put down the child, then kept the documents and blueprints, then picked them up and carried them off.

They put them down in bed, and sang them a lullaby, before putting them to sleep, and walking towards the central lab.

"Dr. G?" The man nodded at the scientist, giving them the papers, letting them an the other members of the scientific department to deal with the creation of the new soul... hopefully better than the last. The previous artificial soul they made turned grey, empty, due to a small.. simple mistake. They named the soul "Regret", due to the pain, sorrow, remorse for not realising that mistake before it was too late. They couldn't just kill them, and make another like the previous never existed. They decided to let them live, treat them like their own child. That first artificial soul was named "Rue", a reminder of their past mistake, so that they will never do it again.

"Sir, its starting." G directed himself towards the creation chamber, where scientists were gathered around a creation tube.

"Shall we start, sir?" The man nodded, and the scientist rushed over to the console panel, typing rapidly into it. Slowly, the outline of a soul starts to form in the tube, its pure white color making it clearly visible. The man stood there staring at it unblinking, hoping it didn't turn grey, as that would mean failure, again.

The soul kept its pure white detail throughout the process, the only other thing was the purple tainted gem outline within. Soon, its vessel started materiallising around it, long, silky white hair, body with the perfect shade of pale, almost no physical flaws. It was perfect.

"Its done sir." The tube drained of the liquid, before it opened up, revealing the beautiful creation inside. This one... they named "Neo", a new, recreated form of their project, the creation they wanted to make. Their soul? "Hope", for that is what he had been given after seeing this child's creation. The scientists carried the pure child away for testing, before they would be brought to their first sibling.

"Today is a great day." The man smiled, then left the room, back to his office. He had more work to do, after all. One perfect creation could not satisfy him.