There were two guards that always came to get her from her cell and bring her into the lab for more testing and experiments. Both were tall, strong looking men in their late forties. They both wore their mandatory uniform for all guards that worked here (bullet proof vest, black Polo shirt, black jeans, gray tennis shoes, and a weapons belt that held handcuffs, a taser, a dart gun with extra darts, and a regular gun with extra bullets. On the outside, the men looked a lot alike, but their behavior was entirely different. One guard rarely talked, and the other seemed to enjoy screaming orders at people, specifically the girl. 

The guard's keys jangled as he unlocked the cell door, causing the girl to stir in her sleep. 

"WAKE UP, YOU LAZY GIRL!" The guard screamed as he slammed the door open with a bang. The girl woke with a start, confused and alarmed. 

'Why's he here? He's not s'posed to be here to bring me in for more testing 'til tomorrow!' she thought, growing annoyed, then frightened. 'Unless they're gonna start doing more testing early. Wait, who's that behi-'

"STAND UP!" The loud guard barked, interrupting her last thought. 

The girl immediately started to stand when her foot caught on her chain, causing her to trip and fall to her knees on the floor. 

"Here, lemme help you." Said a strange, kind voice. She looked up in surprise to meet the eyes of the unfamiliar man she had seen behind the loud guard as he held out her hand to her. 

She stared at it for a moment. No one had really ever offered to help her before. 

She started to reach for his hand, when the other guard slapped her hand away. 

"GET UP, YA LITTLE RAT!" He barked at her. Hand stinging, she immediately jumped to her feet.

The loud guard then turned to the guard that had tried to help her. 

"Listen kid, I know you're new here and all, and that you're still learning the rules, but as a guard, one thing that you're to NEVER do is HELP THE EXPERIMENT!!!" He screamed, his eyes bulging. 

"Yes, si-" The guard started to say, but was cut off. 

"I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" The guard barked at him, and started rambling on and on about how things worked here and what the rules were.

As he was screaming, the girl looked at the new guard curiously. He was tall (about six feet tall), had thick dark hair (which was a lot longer than all the other men's hair. Everyone that worked here was almost bald). He had big, brown eyes, pale freckles across his nose, and a strong build. He was actually rather attractive. He was a lot younger than the other guards here. 

'Wait a sec,' she realized,  'He's not a man! He's no more than a boy! He can't possibly be older than seventeen!'

The loud guard was still going on and on about rules and blah blah blah. He wasn't even paying attention to the boy anymore, his mind somewhere else as he listed off the more and more rules. 

She looked back at the boy. He actually looked rather bored. He rolled his eyes and shook his head. Then a  few seconds later, he was looking at her. He had caught her staring. She felt her face go hot, feeling embarrassed. But the guard hust gave her a crooked grin. 

"Can you believe this guy? " He mouthed at her. Her eyes widened, and she had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. She hadn't felt anything like this for over six years. 

"Okay, I can't take this anymore. I'm dying of boredom." He muttered under his breath. "Hey, it’s Clark right? Don't you have to help Dr. Freljord with something?” he said to the loud guard as he checked his watch. “It’s almost 10 o’clock.”

‘His name is Clark?’  Though the girl. ‘Weird.’

“MY GOSH! YOU’RE RIGHT!” Clark shouted, then glared at the girl. “STUPID, RAT! TRYING TO GET ME IN TROUBLE, AREN’T YA!?”

It took the new guard all he had not to roll his eyes. 

“HERE’S THE KEYS TO HER CELL, JASON!” He said, as he handed Jason the keys. “LOCK UP WHEN YOU’RE FINISHED!” He shouted on the way out. 

Jason rolled his eyes. “That man,” He said, shaking his head. “Is the definition of bigheaded.”

The girl giggled.  Jason grinned back at her for a minute, then immediately put on a serious face. “Okay but seriously, I’m not kidding! The way he treats you, I mean, how do you put up with him?”  He hung up her mirror 

‘That’s a good question.’  The girl thought, and she shrugged. “So your name is Jason, right?” She said.  

“Well, I’m pretty sure there’s no rule against talking to you.” He said. “Since all Clark really does is scream at you.  And I think I’ve already broken it anyway, so yeah.” He was holding something in his hands. 

‘What  is that?’  She thought. She looked at it more closely. It was the mirror she’d asked for. ‘I thought they’d forgotten about it.’

There was a pause for a moment as he hung it up above her sink. He finished a few minutes later. Looked at her and grinned.  “And your name is … Rat?” She answered his comment with a glare. 

“Nothing? Okay, that wasn’t funny. Sorry. So what is your name?” He said, holding his hands up in surrender.

She was surprised. Noone had ever asked her her name before. Nobody even called her by her name here. She was just a thing to everyone here. She started to answer, then stopped, frowning. She’d just had it. 

“What’s wrong?” Jason asked her.

“I-I-I, um, I, well, uh…” She felt her face go hot with embarrassment. ‘Gosh! I’m so stupid! How could I forget my own name? This is the second time I’ve done this. I can’t have forgotten it! It’s all I have left.’  She thought to herself. 

“Are you okay?” Jason asked her, looking concerned.

“Yeah I’m fine!” She said, plastering a smile on her face. “It’s just, well, um, I-I forgot my name again.” 

‘I think that’s something worth remembering.’  She thought to herself. 

“Oh, um, wow. I’m sorry, That must really suck.” He said, then cringed. “Sorry, that sounded pretty lame. I don’t really know what to say.”

“It’s fine,-” She started to say, but was interrupted. 

“Are you sure? Because I know that I can be pretty blunt someti-” 

“Raven.” She said, cutting him off. 

“Sorry, what?” 

“Raven. My name is Raven.” She said, feeling overwhelmed with relief. She'd been able to remember.

“Raven.” He said as he went to leave.

As he was closing the door he paused. “I like it. It fits you.” Then he closed the door with a thud. She heard the sound of the keys as he locked the door with a click.