Cancer shrugged, his helmet's perpetual grin being completely inappropriate for the situation.

"Poked and prodded and tested on", Ashlynn replied. "I guess they were trying to figure out what made me tick. Or him, in [i]his[/i]] case.", she said, pointing to Cancer.

"We were all isolated in our own cells, so we didn't interact with anyone at the lab. They gave us cute little code names that described our powers. It was your typical scientific, controlled environment. 99% of the time you couldn't get away with harming the researchers, let alone escape."