Chapter 23 - New Hive Units

As she left them downstairs to talk about their own matters, she entered a room on the second floor that had her name on it— like a nameplate one would have to indicate room ownership.

The room was plain— like the definition of average.

If it wasn't for the misplaced furniture and clear attempts to make the room seem like a young girl's room she would've suspected it to be something that came with the house.

The size was pretty good— the house was rather big after all— with white walls that lacked any decoration to it. To the right side of the room was a large bed with grey sheets over it, both sides of the bed having a small desk.

There was a desk on the other side of the room right next to a bookshelf that had decorative objects and even a few common books.

Again— it was normal in every way.

So she ignored the room and instead sat on the bed, focusing on the conversation they were having downstairs.

"We are leaving her in your care, we have to report back. I am not sure what they plan to do with her but we can assume they are going to train her as a mutant to help them."

Spoke Miguel to the two that were acting as her parents for this case.

"Is that why they made her age 15 even though she looked much longer than that— when I saw her even I could tell she's around 10 or 12 years old at the most."

The one that replied was Roxy, the one that would be playing her mother in this act. Clearly understanding why the girl's false papers now had her at such an older age.

"It makes it easier for her to fit some of our programs without raising any eyebrows, and because she will come of age faster on papers it'll make turning her into an agent easier."

Replied the male, Stephan with a nod of understanding.

"Anyways, we are going to head out now. Remember to keep an eye on her and to make sure nothing unexpected happens, with the recent mutant activities taking place all around, especially this group kidnapping mutants, we don't want anything happening."

"Understood."

Both the agents replied at the same time as they nodded— they have been trained for this and knew better than to go against an order or to speak back.

With that conversation over, Miguel and Fea left, leaving the two of them alone to sort things out.

Hearing this entire conversation the girl came to an understanding— it seems mutant activity has been on a raise lately which made sense.

If she remembered currently, this was around the time when a lot of mutants were born or growing into power— even the XMen came into being around this time.

There were also the Morlocks, or whatever they were called that lived under New York, with a large part of their group also living under Manhatten.

They would be the perfect target for her because they are primarily made up of people that are weak— without any very useful individually.

If she could find them and pick them off one by one she could gain herself some mutant abilities that she was sure she could fuse and make useful to herself.

For that she didn't mind using some mass to produce new worker units here that would do the searching for her— after all, she couldn't roam around as easily as before.

With that idea in mind, she left her room and made her way downstairs, along the way she bumped into her new caregivers and they had a short conversation.

"Hi, we know this is going to be a bit complicated for you to get used to, but we would like to make you feel as safe here as we can, this is your new home after all. So do not hesitate to ask for anything."

Spoke Roxy with a warm smile on her face that might've fooled a normal child in her situation— but she knew there were other intentions behind such a smile.

She didn't mind though and just smiled back, nodding her head as she spoke.

"Ok— can I go look around the area?"

She asked with a curious gaze, playing along with this act they wished to put on.

"Of course, but don't go too far from the house, ok?"

Naturally, they weren't going to keep her locked in the house the entire time— that would make her start to hate them or draw a distance from them which they didn't want.

But they also couldn't allow her to move around too freely right now with the group that was supposedly after her. As such, just around the house wasn't too bad.

They had cameras around after all.

She nodded her head and walked passed Roxy as she headed out the back door into their backyard— a place covered with well-kept grass and even a tall tree casting a vast shade.

As she walked out she glanced around, and thanks to her enhanced eyesight she could instantly spot the camera in a few semi-hidden corners around the house— she had even spotted a few well-placed ones inside.

The cameras were annoying, but they didn't matter since she could make the workers even with them there.

Walking over to the tall tree she sat down behind it, hiding from the camera slightly by pretending she was enjoying the shade.

Placing her hand against the ground she used the mass in her body— willing it to her command— and turning it into worker units.

She used some of the new information she had gotten from eating so many animals to make them better than the ones from the past.

Borrowing skills, sharp teeth, hard skin, and many more traits that would make digging around easier. It would cost her a lot of mass to do everything she wanted but she had a lot so it wasn't a problem.

The form she decided to make this time was similar to a worm, being around the size of a human body in thickness and around 4 feet in length.

They had a large mouth at the front of their body with layers of sharp teeth in it. Being their main means of digging the teeth were sharp enough to grind up stone with ease.

Thankfully she made them take this form directly underground so they weren't seen by the camera.

She made a total of 5 and just making them cost her around 3000 mass— after all, she had to give each the same capabilities.

But it was worth it because the second she ordered them to start moving their digging capabilities were revealed— instantly digging deep into the ground in a matter of seconds.