“Ah--Doctor--what brings you to my office this disgustingly beautiful day?” he asked.

The ‘Doctor’ lips curled into what might be called a smile.

"The --oh how should I put it--prototype is finished.”

“Excellent Doctor. Thank you. Come lets us go and see the little dear” he sneered.

Shortly after the two ‘men’ arrived in a hidden lab far under the tower. They approached a small room with a keypad lock. The doctor punched in the code, then opened the door.

“Right this way, sir.”

The room they entered resembled a nursery, but only slightly. What could be demeaned as ‘scientific’ interments and equipment were placed around a small cradle. Or at least something resembling a cradle. A young lab technician held a small bundle wrapped in a white blanket. She was feed what was evidently an infant from a bottle.

She looked up when they entered and placed the infant in the ‘crib’ for lack of a better word.

“Karen, have the test results come in yet?” the doctor asked
“Yes, sir. They’re on your desk.”

“Thank you my dear, that will be all for now.” the doctor crooned.
The young woman quickly left the room. Still partly in shock by the results of the Doctor’s little DNA experiment.

Limburger and the doctor walked to the ‘crib’ and looked at the infant lying in it. The doctor held up the child so Limburger could get a closer look.

“Amazing--perfectly amazing. You have out done yourself this time.” he said admiring the doctor’s work.

“Other than the fact she closely resembles those we took the DNA from, she will be perfect for the experiments.” the doctor replied, quite full of himself.

The infant opened her deep green eyes and stared at the person holding her. On her hand against a background of white fur was: pt-01. Short for prototype 1. She let out a long wail, more in protest then anything else. She did not like the person.

“Yes she dose seem to bare the unfortunately resemblance to her ‘parent’. Her ‘daddy’ especially.” Limburger began to laugh. “I might never be able to get my hands on them, but now I posses something infinitely more-----profitable!”

Outside the lab the young woman named Karen was stopped by two other women. Very curios women.

“So?” one asked.

“Come on, Karen! Tell us what it looks like!!” the second hissed. “I heard it looks like an ugly rat!”

Karen shot her a dirty look. Then sighed.

“This doesn’t go beyond us, okay?”

The women nodded.

Karen took a breathe. “You were close, Amy. But she’s not ugly at all. She is adorable.”

“That’s it!! That’s all your going to tell!!” Amy interrupted.

“Hush!” the first woman hissed.

“The thing is,” Karen lowered her voice to a whisper. “that baby girl looks almost like a large white mouse!!”

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