Part One

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A menacing laugh permeated throughout the large halls, despite the 

thunderous claps and the rattling downpour raging outside the dark 

mansion. Under the quick flashes of lightning, one could make out 

through the windows a small, disheveled figure that lived inside the 

mansion.



"Finally...finally! My greatest work completed!" the figure once again 

announced and followed it with a drawn out evil giggle. Her pale hands 

wandered about the still outline of what could be considered a humanly 

figure on the table. A long and white sheet covered it completely, 

except for the wooden arm that was dangling down from the table. 



Her hands rubbed together, visibly worn out and scratched from work. 

Her tiny, pink lips were curled to a grin. She could have been 

considered pretty if she did not emit the aura of a maniac at the 

moment. The 

flickering of fluorescent lights gave her thick, steely spectacles an 

eerie glow. 



"Mark this night, you mortals." she muttered out to no one in 

particular, her hands reaching over to a machine that had multiple 

dozens of wires connected to the immobile figure that lay on the table. 

"Despite your criticisms, lack of faith, and plain hindrance to my 

goal...I will now..."



The ear-splitting sound of thunder hammered down upon the earth, making 

her jump. 



She once again giggled. "...even the heavens agree! And now, I shall 

create...Life!" 



And with great effort she turned the switch, the machine humming into 

life and in a moment it was sending thousands of bolts of energy to her 

specimen. Both the figure and the machine glowed, as the small and 

disheveled figure watched with a satisfied grin on her face. 



"Live, Live, Liiiiive!" her arms flailed up and about, the machine 

sputtering out the final shock that shorted it out, all at once being 

accompanied by the roaring thunder outside. Clouds of smoke and an array 

of sparks began to fill the room. 



"Not again!" the figure exclaimed, and immediately rushed for the fire 

extinguisher. She aimed the extinguisher at the general direction of her 

machine, suffocating the fire well enough before it spread out. 



"Ami-chan, keep it down!" an angry voice came from downstairs. 



The disheveled figure abruptly pulled off her glasses, revealing deep 

sapphire eyes that shone brightly under the light. Short and soft blue 

hair that matched her eyes clinged to her neck and face, which was dirty 

from smoke and perspiration. Elegant eyebrows met which hinted 

annoyance. Ami Mizuno, resident genius of Juuban High School. Sweet and 

pretty to some, weird and eccentric to most. 



"Yes, Mother! I'm already done!" she called back, eyeing the remains of 

her machine as she wiped her hands with a dirty rag. 



"That was the third time this month alone." she sighed as she tossed the 

used rag to the side. She walked towards the large window of her room 

and took off her labgown as well. Her eyes watched the gloom of the rain 

and thunder outside which seems to have quieted down a little after she 

has finished with her work.



"Who are you kidding, Ami." she muttered. "You can't even spawn a 

mustard plant from a mustard bean, and you aim to create articifial 

intelligence from nothing?" She wiped her face with her hand, which just 

smeared more dirt along her face in the process. Lightning struck, 

briefly reflecting the young girl's face on the windows. 



Ami frowned. "And I'm a mess." she sighed and stood up from her seat. 

Dainty pair of hands started unbuttoning her blouse as she headed 

towards her bathroom. 



"Forget A.I. I'm making a one-day slimming pill for this year's science 

fair!" Ami blurted out in frustration, and then went on to slamming the 

bathroom door shut behind her. After a quick shower, she dried herself 

off and slipped into a blue nightgown, and went straight to bed without 

as much another word.



So tired was she that she failed to noticed the empty table and the 

sprawled white sheets along the floor.