Chapter 1
I scooted close to the front of my crate, hearing voices echoing down the stairs—Oh, hold on… You're probably lost right now. Sorry.
I'm Phoenix. Not my real name, of course. But when you're a mutant on the run, a mixture of mostly human and a dash of bird, you learn to give yourself a different name, rather than the one the batsh—umm, batcrap crazy scientists gave you.
Why am I on the run? Could it possibly be because I have a pair of freakin' wings? No way! And my friends Rae and Ethan, are the scientists trying to shoot them out of the sky too?
Just an idea.
Anyhow, the scientists have sent some wolfmen at us. Well, they always do. It's natural. I mean, I have heard of a bunch of other birdkids totally exposing themselves. I ought to find them and put them in their place.
But before I could do that, I think we would need to find a way out of these cages…
So yeah, we heard voices. A younger voice and a quiter, deeper voice. The young one said, "This place used to be an insane asylum? That's crazy!" He laughed at his own joke.
I guess he saw our door, and said, "Huh? I didn't see this door before…" The doorknob jiggled. "It's locked."
The other one muttered, "Gimme a sec." In a moment the door swung open.
"Whoa." The younger one, a blonde, stared with wide eyes.
"What?" The older one had strawberry-blonde hair and couldn't widen his eyes; he was apparently blind.
"I guess this place really was an insane asylum." He paused and looked at the three of us. "There are three kids in dog crates.''
NOTE: Sorry about the shortness, this was more of a preview/prologue. Hope you liked!
PS: Also sorry that it is similar to the scene in School's Out-Forever. I had to make something work... heh...