Chapter 1

"Al, can we go play now?" The little albino 10-year-old girl asked as she looked up at her creator. He smiled and gently patted her head. "In a minute 1-18; we have to finish your examination first." She smiled cutely and nodded.

"Now I want you to say my full name; Alexander St. Clair."

"Alexander Saint. Clair."

The Professor smiled and nodded. "Good girl; that was very good. Now, I want you to take control of that rat over there." He told her as he pointed at the rodent scurrying around in a cage.

1-18 nodded and closed her eyes; focusing on the rat. She reopened her eyes and they were glowing. The rat looked at her as its eyes turned red and began glowing as well. Alex smiled more and looked at her.

"Now, open the cage."

The rat moved toward the door and looked up at the lock. It stood up on its back feet and used its front paws to pull the handle of the lever up then pull it back out of its slots; easily opening the door. The rat crawled out and scurried down the table and jumped onto her shoulder. It then looked up at the Professor.

"Excellent; you can release the rat now."

1-18 closed her eyes and the rat's returned to their normal blue color. She reopened her eyes and they were no longer glowing. She took the rat and held it as she pet it's back gently.

"Did I do good?" She asked while looking up at him.

"Yes, my dear; you did very good."

"Can I go play with Ciel now?"

Alex nodded and patted her head. "Alright, I suppose that's enough for today. We'll continue the exam with taking control of machines and vehicles tomorrow."

"Alex?"

"Yes 1-18?"

"Why does 1-19 have a name and I don't?"

Alex paused and looked down at her. "You…want a name?"

She nodded as she put the rat back in the cage and shut the door.

"I want a pretty name."

Alex thought for a bit and rested his chin on his hand. "Well… You are from the Angel Project…so would you like your name to be Angel?"

"What's an Angel?"

"An Angel is a beautiful human-like being that has wings like a bird coming out of their back. They are very gentle but can also fight and protect those they care about."

"I have wings on my back! I am an Angel!" She smiled pointing at her back which had designs that resembled wings on her suit.

"Yes, I suppose you are!" He chuckled. "Very well; you're name from now on is Angel St. Clair and Ciel is Cielus St. Clair."

"Why do we have your last name?"

"Well you two are like my children so it's befitting to give you my last name." He replied as he walked over and knelt down in front of her. "Angel, instead of you and Ciel calling me Al I want you two to call me either Dad, Daddy, or Papa; whichever you prefer." Angel looked at him curiously then smiled her cute smile and nodded. "Okay Papa. I will call you Papa from now on!" The ten-year-old then ran out of the room and into the halls of the base.

Angel soon ran into an indoor garden where a playground was. She saw an eight-year-old albino boy sitting under the jungle gym; playing with a toy truck. "Vroom, Vroom!" He giggled as he pushed the red pickup along.

"Ciel; Ciel!" She called to the boy. He quickly looked up and smiled brightly. "1-18 come play with me!"

She giggled and ran over, climbing through the bars and sitting across from him. "I am no longer 1-18! Papa gave me a name!"

"Who Papa?" Ciel asked curiously.

"Papa is Al; he wants us to call him dad, daddy, or papa. I call him Papa." She explained.

"Oh, I call him Papa too then. What name he give you?"

"I am now Angel St. Clair," She said while pointing to herself. She then pointed at him. "And you are now Cielus St. Clair. Papa said we are his kids so we have the same last name."

Ciel smiled and nodded, showing that he understood. He then reached behind his back and pulled out a box. "Angel, I make this for you. I hope you like it."

"You made me a box?" She asked as she took it and looked at it curiously. Ciel giggled and smiled at her. "No, it inside. Daddy helped me make it."

Angel opened the box and gasped. Inside was a white stuffed toy Pegasus with blue eyes. She stared at it before slowly reaching in and picking it up. The Pegasus was plush and the fabrics were very soft.

"Daddy say he make you real one for your eighteenth birthday. Don't tell him I told you; it supposed to be a surprise." He whispered to her.

She hugged the toy tightly and smiled. "Thank you. I love it."

Suddenly alarms rang out and red lights flashed. The two children jumped and quickly got to their feet as the heard people running and screaming which was followed by loud strange popping noises.

"Angel, what going on?" Ciel cried

"I don't know, but we better find Papa!" She told him as she knelt down. "Get on, I'll carry you."

Ciel nodded and got on her back. She gripped his thighs and took off running.

"Angel! Cielus! Where are you?" Professor St. Clair yelled as he ran though the plain white halls of the base.

"Damn O.N.I bastards cornered us before we could move to another planet! If they get their hands on Angel and…"

He quickly shook his head, not even wanting to think about what could possibly happen. O.N.I funded the original project as a means to lengthen the life-span of a Smart A.I. by genetically creating a body for it in which the A.I could grow like a normal human but learn at its normal rate. The problem was that the body and A.I never properly synced and both the A.I and body would die within mere hours of being released from its solution-filled environment.

After roughly twenty years of failure and the War with the Covenant beginning, O.N.I gave up and scrapped the project. Alex's father, Professor Lazarus St. Clair, was devastated but never gave up. Secretly he continued to study the possibility of creating an 'A.I.H' (Artificially Intelligent Humanoid). Most decided to refer to the creations as Angels instead since they were supposed to be able to perform feats that no other being could do.

After two more years of failure and traveling he stumbled on a planet that had a massive amount of Forerunner technology. Using this technology, Lazarus discovered how to create a human being with the abilities of a smart A.I. He quickly and secretly launched the Angel Project.

His first creation was 1-01 Simon; a male with green hair and green eyes. Unfortunately the project was still flawed and Simon died after only two years of being out of his solution environment, but Lazarus and Alex learned a great deal from him. He was brilliant and even had the ability to hack into an entire base in mere seconds by just touching one of its metal walls. He could even hack into vehicles by focusing on them.

After about seventeen more years creation 1-16 Chena went crazy and killed Professor Lazarus before going into cardiac arrest and dying. Alex planned on scrapping the project there and then but found more strange Forerunner technology. He decided to study it and after about several years he created 1-17 Remus; a young man with black hair and blue eyes.

Remus lived twenty years before an accident with a fusion reactor killed him and seventy other people. It was a terrible loss but Remus was proof that the experiment was possible since he lived over twice as long as any smart A.I. He also developed the ability to even control animals then he managed to take control of people.

It was then that O.N.I became aware of the Angel Project and quickly sent funding to Alex. He knew that they wanted to use his creations for military purposes, which wasn't okay with him. He formed a plan to prevent him from taking the next creation by releasing it before it reached puberty.

Soon 1-18 Angel was created. She was the crown jewel of his, his father's, and his grandfather's life work. She was a beast with all the abilities of her previous models and a few new powers that somehow came along while she was developing. She was created primarily with Forerunner technology and it seemed that she could control and manipulate it. He originally intended her to have blonde hair and blue eyes but something happened while she was still in her fetus stage that turned her albino. At first he was worried because Albinos are frailer than normal humans, but once more something happened that instead made her stronger, faster, and better than a normal human.

When she turned ten months old he released her and raised her like a normal child. Of course he quickly became attached to her and didn't want to lose her to O.N.I. Therefore he created 1-19 Cielus when she was two. He was intended to be sent to O.N.I but he and Angel bonded almost immediately after he was released from the solution environment. His powers were made to be very weak and he didn't learn as quickly as a smart A.I.

Now O.N.I had sent soldiers to attack and kill all his people. They wanted to capture him and his two creations and steal all his data on the Angel Project. He wasn't going to let that happen. The war was over but Alex knew that if they got a hold of Angel that they could easily start another one.

He had already copied all his data into a small yet powerful handheld Cartographer and destroyed the original data along with his labs. All he needed to do now was rescue his kids and whatever staff members he could and get to his ship the U.N.S.C Andraste Fate and have Angel take them to planet Siege where his other research base was.

"PAPA!"

He saw Angel running to him carrying Ciel on her back. He quickly ran to her and hugged the two tightly. "Thank God I found you two! We need to get out of here." He spoke as calmly as possible, but it was a feudal effort. Angel could sense his emotions and knew they were in extreme danger.

"Papa, what's happening?"

"There are bad people coming to take you away. We need to get to the Andraste Fate." He replied as he took Ciel in his arms.

Angel nodded and they ran together down the halls.