Oh, this was wonderful. I don't know who any of these people are, but I love it anyway- it's sad and hopeful at the same time. Also, you've got some great lines- I particularly liked:

They don't call it the Black Order just because of the snazzy uniforms.
Apparently ownership doesn't count for much with humans.
She waits for Bak to try to be sympathetic. Oh, she hopes he'll try to be sympathetic. Then when she beats the shit out of him, he'll have deserved it.
Five is a reasonable number. A fair-sized lab group. Aesthetically pleasing in photos.
Maybe you need to stop thinking of humans as individuals and try to think of us as more of an undifferentiated mass.

^_^ Thank you!