Alice smiled as she watched hamsters running around in their glass container. She looked around to make sure she wasn't being watched.
”you guys are so silly” she whispered and tried not to laugh as they looked at her. ”Well excuse us for being cute and cheap entertainment for you!”

Alice laughed before looking up at a guy that has been in the same spot for at least 30 minutes, thankfully her shift was almost over. Alice looked down at the furry little friends one last time before going to the cash register to check the time.

Alice sighed as she looked at the clock to see it was time for her to leave, she waved at her boss letting him know she was leaving then walked out.

Alice spotted the guy from the shop get into a black van, she made note of it then went to unlock her bike. While she unlocked her bike she didn't see the black van block the alleyway she was in or see them get out of the van, she then felt two needles stick into her back then a surge of electrical shock. Alice fell down paralyzed feeling her body twitch and she couldn't do anything, she was starting to panic and tried to move.

Black boots came into her view then she felt her hands getting cuffed she started to panic more and was starting to wonder what was happening.

”Alice Goodwill you are under arrest for mutant activity.”

James took a towel from underneath the counter, walking up to the front window to clean it. He saw a black van blocking the alleyway down the street, but didn't think anything of it, wiping the dust from the windowsill and returning behind the cold counter as a customer walked inside.

“Good afternoon, sir. What can I get started for you?” he chimed pleasantly, bearing a slightly bored expression.

He got a flash of the black van in his vision, and his heart jolted. Glancing out the window again nervously, he silently hoped that it was just an overreaction from anxiety.

“Sorry, could you repeat that?” he looked back up at the sharply-dressed man.

“I said I'll have a number 5 please. 6 inch. Lot on your mind, son?” the man joked, to which James didn't respond.

Alice sat in the back of the van while they asked her questions waiting on one of there men to get back.

”Look Alice let's make this easy for you, just tell us your mutant power so we don't have to hurt you and do this the hard way.”

Alice kept silent and kept her head down not wanting to look at the man. She heard the man sigh before feeling a fist hitting her face knocking her down to the ground.

”the hard way it is then, get her up and hold her while I get the needle ready.”

She felt hands roughly grab her and hold her right as she tried to fight back, she felt a needle go into her arm then come out.

Alice watched as they took some of her blood and put it into a little bag that looked like it would test for drugs, they sealed it up and begin smashing the chemical together to get a deep blue color.

”congrats boys we have a mutant on our hands!” they started to cheer when the car door opened and a man got in.

We might have another mutant on our hand's boys lets take her back and come spy on the other one.”

Just as James got down to the register to banish the man back outside, he leaned forward on the counter.

"We know that you know. Just give us the admission of guilt and we can do this the nice, easy way."

James looked up over the screen, giving him a mildly disgusted look. "Do you plan to intimidate every person under the age of twenty-five just to meet your quota? I happen to know my rights, sir, as a non-mutant citizen, and they include refusing business to unlawful accusers, including on the grounds of unwarranted bullying and harassment. Is that what you're trying to accomplish?”

“I'm going to need to speak to your manager,” the man retorted coolly.

“Sorry, sir, but she's on break. I will gladly give you the phone number for our corporate office so that you may file a complaint.” James tore off a piece of blank receipt paper and wrote down a phone number. “Now, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.”

As James reached over the short counter, the man latched onto his wrist, hard.

"Actually, you'll be coming with me."

Alice sat in silence while they waited for another van to arrive for one someone else. After it was confirmed that Alice was a mutant they tried to get her to tell them her power but she wouldn't talk. They pulled out Tasers and zapped her a few times trying to get her to talk but so far she kept her mouth shut.

Alice got zapped again and she grunted the hunched over trying to catch her breath.
”Come on Alice just give us what we want so we can get you to your new home.”

Alice felt her heart beating fast as she sat there trying to catch her breath, she kept her head down looking at the floor then saw a pair of boots in front of her then a rough hand grabbed her hair pulling it back hard making her look up at him. Alice closed her eyes so he couldn’t see the fear in her eyes.

”you know Alice being tortured while being interrogated is against the law for humans but you're not human so we can do this all day and it will get worse.”

He let go of her hair and moved away to let her think on that.

”Hey! The other van is here let's move.”

Alice felt the car start and start to move towards their destination.

“Show me your federal ID. I have the right to know that you are U.S. government personnel.” James shifted on the floor, keeping his balance while the van sped up.

“Unfortunately for you, mister Hughes, possession of said rights is a privilege reserved for non-mutant citizens. Given your suspicious behavior, I have reasonable justification for an arrest based on unlawful concealment of mutant abilities-"

“Actually,” he interjected, “such suspicion is not grounded in fact, and should therefore not serve as viable evidence against a person's legal citizenship.” He raised his cuffed wrists. “This is an unlawful arrest, and I demand to see your federal ID so that I may record your badge number and file a misconduct report.”

“Alright, mister Hughes. I'm going to make this very clear for you.” The man jabbed a finger at him, making him flinch. “You have got one more chance to issue your admission of guilt. No blood test, no more repercussions. I have been more than civil with you to this point. Must that change?”

James gave him a blank stare, shaking his head. “I refuse.”

The man tossed an agitated look up to the cab, pulling out his hand radio. “Requesting a blood test when we reach our destination. Do you copy, Number One?”

Alice felt the van she was in slow down then turn into what she thought was the destination. She heard dogs bark outside the van she was in and hope they didn’t let the dogs loose on her.

“Alright inmate get up!”

Alice slowly got up then turned to the door as she heard it being unlocked then opened. She was in a garage and it was dark, she started to walk to the door ready to step down then felt a foot kick her out hard causing her to land on her side hard.

“Welcome to your new home.”

She heard then coughed and grunted as she was getting tugged up from the ground.

“Get her inside! The other van should be here in ten minutes and apparently the other guy is refusing to take the test.”

Alice heard a few guys chuckle as she headed inside. The entire building looked to be made out of cement and everyone was geared up for battle it looks like.

“Alright listen up inmate, this facility is a process station. You will most likely stay here for a week or two while we get you processed in then you get shipped to your new home for the rest of your pathetic life! Any questions? Good I don’t give a shit.”

Before Alice can say anything she was grabbed then shoved into another room.

“Leave her here till the other guy gets here and tested then we can get them both “processed” and into their cells.”

Alice felt the cuffs come off then she was shoved into one of the two benches, she watched them leave and closed the door behind them most likely locking it.