★ʀᴜʟᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏꜱᴇꜱ - ᴄʜ. 3★

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ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ʙʏ ʜᴀᴜɴᴛɪɴɢ (@hauntqd) ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ʙʏ ᴢᴇʀᴏ (@zerro-) ꜰᴀɴ ᴀʀᴛ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜʀᴀɢᴇᴅ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ: ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴏꜰʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: ᴛɪɴʏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴢɪɴɴɪᴀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ╔═══✧✦✧═══╗ ------ ᴄʜ. 3 ------ ╚═══✧✦✧═══╝ (ᴘᴏᴠ: 3ʀᴅ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ - ᴏʟʏᴍᴘɪᴀ ʙʀᴏᴏᴋꜱ) "Wow. Is she asleep?" Olympia glanced at Artemis, who had broken the silence. "Um... I'm not sure... I-Is she dead?" Calliope stuttered, looking in front of them. Before them was a girl strapped onto a *wooden* chair with *stone* handcuffs. It was so strangely different from the futuristic technology of the lab. Olympia wondered why. The girl had tan skin and dark, wavy brown hair that fell across her face. Her hair seemed to have lighter highlights. Her face was hidden from view, so Olympia couldn't see it. A tag was tied to an armrest on the chair. "Check the tag, it might tell us who she is," Calliope said, spotting the tag the same time Olympia did. "Got it," Artemis chirped, grabbing the tag. A confused expression passed over her face. "What is it?" Olympia said, brow furrowing. "So... Her name is Zinnia Veronica Ryans... And it says here she's a transfer from Lab Red... 0." Olympia's eyes widened. "Uh, that's a thing? Lab Red *0*?" Artemis shrugged. "I guess so. It also says here she has electricity manipulation powers. Sounds cool!" Calliope clapped her hands together. "That explains the odd chair and handcuffs. It's because she could easily escape... That could become useful- couldn't she just shut down the lab with that kind of power?" Artemis nodded, sharing a shocked look with Olympia. "She could sure come in handy..." The sound of footsteps making there way towards them suddenly reached their ears. a voice echoed down the hallway- "I told you, I never said to go down there!" "Oh no, oh no, oh *no*," Calliope suddenly whisper-yelled, panicking as she rushed the other two out of the room. Calliope took a crumpled piece of paper out of her pocket, scribbling a rock on it. As the rock came to life, she threw it down the hallway to "distract" the guards. "No, no, no, no, I'm too young to die," Calliope said with fear. Artemis had a huge smile on her face. "C'mon! Let them catch us! It'll be fun!" Just as Artemis was going to yell at the guards, Olympia covered her mouth with her hand. When the trio hid behind a wall, Olympia uncovered Artemis's mouth. It must've been about time for the Morning Meeting, and they didn't want to be *that* late. "Alright, Artie," Calliope said with a sigh, extending a hand towards Artemis, "Pay up. I almost *died*, I at least want my colored pencils to show the *traumatic* experience I've been through." Olympia giggled as Artemis sighed, handing her 6 colored pencils- blue, green, orange, purple, red, and yellow. "And now, time to stand through the Lab's boring announcements." -- Time Skip -- Olympia stood next to Sophia Addams, a sweet girl she had grown fond of. Next to Sophia was Lucius, who she didn't really know... At all. "Did you hear?" Sophia whispered eagerly, "There's a transfer coming!" Olympia pretended to act surprised. "Oh, really? Huh, I didn't know." Sophia obviously knew something was up (Olympia was a *terrible* liar), but she couldn't call Olympia out on it, as the head Lab Director had ordered their attention. It was time for Zinnia to be introduced.