“First off, my name is not big nose, it’s Axel, second of all, y’all were in a simulation because y’all were sick at birth. It was a deadly disease that is still unnamed, and it resulted in your mothers dying at birth. To let y’all have a life instead of keeping you cooped up in one room for eighteen years, we created a simulation and sent y’all there, but it broke once we finally found a cure.”

  “That's a load of bull!” Zyra exclaims, angrily.

  “Wait...how did you even know this cure would work? Or did you just decide to test it on us, not caring about the side effects?” Iris asks.

  “We didn’t know it would work, we had to take a leap of faith.” Axel explains. “We do have a situation though, the government is after you, they wanted you dead the moment you were born. We managed to hide y’all but, they found y’all.”

  Cece growls, but doesn’t say anything, she wasn’t a very violent person unless she needed to be, but most of the time, she wasn’t even if she needed to be, because she let her anxiety hold her back.

  “Wait, back up, we can come back to the government crap, you said our mothers died, what about our fathers?” Zyra asks.

  “Cece’s father was a deadbeat and doesn’t know she exists, Zyra’s father died a few years back, and Iris’s father went insane after he found out his daughter was sick.”

  Cece blinks and looks down, ‘her father was a deadbeat? Was she not good enough for him? Would he have rathered a son? Did he not like her? Was it because she was sick?’ She begins to ask herself a bunch of questions that she wouldn’t get the answer to.

  Zyra had silent tears falling down her face, ‘both of her parents were dead? Did she have any siblings? Did her parents love her? Did they even get to meet her? Did they know what she looked like before they passed?’ Zyra begins to question herself, with no hopes of getting answers.

  Iris stares at the ground, thinking, ‘Did her father go crazy because of her? Did he even love her? Did he try to save her from the simulation? Did he love my mother? What happened that made my father go crazy?’ She begins to ask herself questions, although she knows she won’t get an answer.

  “Ok back to this government crap.” Iris says, as she looks up, “why are they after us? We didn’t do anything wrong.”

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  "They think you're a danger to society, because y'all had a very contagious and deadly disease at birth. Once we allow y'all to go out into the real world, no one can know who you are." Axel says, sternly.

  "Why? Is everyone working for the government or something?" Cece asks, furrowing her brows.

  "No, but now that y'all are out of the simulation, they have a bounty on y'all, and it's a high one at that," Axel explains.

  "So… what do we do?" Iris asks, blinking.

  "Y'all train, learn how our world works, then go and destroy the government, they're trying to take over and need to be destroyed. "

  Cece blinks, "I can't fight, I'm too weak and fat. "

  Zyra looks at Cece, glaring, "you aren't fat, or weak, now we will talk more about this later. "

  Cece sighs, and rolls her eyes, knowing Zyra was gonna yell at her for bringing herself down.

  Iris looks at Cece and sighs, she was really worried about her. She wished she knew how to help Cece, but she doesn't know anyone that's gone through this before, so she doesn't know how to go about helping her.

  Axel sighs, and stands up, not 2qnting to listen to them argue, "please eat, then head to your rooms and rest. I don't care if y'all hang out in one room, just know tomorrow we will start your training. "

  The girls nod, they felt like they could trust Axel. As they watch Axel walk off, Zyra and Iris look at each other, then at Cece, "you need to eat!" Zyra says.

  Cece sighs, "if we have to fight, I gotta get Skinner. "

  "Cece, you're already unhealthy skinny! " Iris exclaims. Cece closes her eyes and shakes her head, causing Zyra and Iris to sigh.

  Zyra and Iris stand up, walking over to the buffet full of food, get them each a plate, and Zyra grabs Cece a plate, not putting too much on it, knowing she would get sick if she ate too much, but she had enough to help her survive training tomorrow.

  They take the plates back to the table, and Cece grimaces at the smell. “Why do y’all have three plates? I told you I wasn’t hungry.” Cece says, even though she knew she couldn’t go much longer without food.

  “No, you need to eat, please Cece, for us?” Zyra asks, with pleading eyes.

  “Fine…” Cece mutters, taking a small bite of potatoes. Zyra and Iris smiled, glad she was eating at least a little bit, and began to eat their own food. Zyra ate two plates, Iris ate one, and Cece ate half a plate, which was better than nothing.

  The three went back to Iris’s room to talk. They got to her room and all sat on the bed, talking like they did in highschool, before they got busy with college. The three girls had grown up together, along with their best friend Alex.

  “I wonder what happened to Alex, was he just a part of the simulation?” Zyra asks, playing with her fingers. Everyone knew she had a crush on Alex, everyone except Zyra.

  “I...I don’t know how that works…” Iris mutters, putting a hand on Zyra’s shoulder to try and comfort her. Cece looks at Iris and they not, instantly tackling Zyra into a hug, causing Zyra to giggle.

  “Come on, let’s go to sleep, we apparently have a big day tomorrow,” Zyra says, and the other two nod. They all lay down together on the queen-size bed, but this was normal for them, since they grew up together, they always had sleepovers, they all fell asleep, wondering what tomorrow would be like, all except for Zyra, who laid awake thinking about Alex.