Max's POV

"Hey Max! Look at this!" I turned form the cage I was opening to glance at Nudge who was standing fascinated before a covered cage. I sighed and headed over to her. By the way for those of you who are new to this my name is Maximum Ride. Max for short. I'm a mutant. So are Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel; my family. I would get deeper into this but there's not a lot of time right now. I'm trying to stage the greatest prison break next the Great Escape. I walked over to Nudge and she whispered, "What do you think is behind this?" I shrugged and said, "Well there's only one way to find out…" grabbing the fabric securely in my left hand I yanked.

The cloth slowly slid across the cage and as it was revealed Nudge and I felt our hearts beat faster. The cage was fairly large, larger than all the rest of the cages in this place. But it was what was inside that surprised us the most. Up until all the rest of the mutants in the cages had been young children. Most of them had been unrecognizable but a few had been bird children, like us. This one however was the complete opposite of everything I just listed.

For one she was at least 15 or 16 years old. All the others were 10 or younger. She had been hanging upside down from a bar clearly asleep but the moment light hit her face her eyes snapped open. They were a startling grey. In one swift movement she jumped down and stood in front of us. I was surprised to see that instead of torn clothing she wore a simple black dress. Her dark hair fell past her shoulders. The only thing that seemed mutanish about her was the fact that she had been hanging upside down. At that moment the Voice said Looks can be deceiving. Don't ever forget that. I rolled my eyes and ignored it. As if I didn't know that.

Unknown POV

The moment light touched my face I knew something was wrong. First of all, I'm a bat mutant so I don't like light very much; it makes me dizzy. Second of all who was stupid enough to uncover my cage? Probably some rookie white coat who wouldn't know the consequences until to late. With a tiny sigh I dropped from my perch and flipped. I easily landed on my feet. Turning to face the front of my cage I saw that it wasn't in fact a white coat. It was several children, no wait; most of the people crowded around my cage were in fact the other children who inhabited the room. My eyes picked out 6 people who were neither white coats nor prisoners here in the Institute.

I narrowed my eyes. Why did I have a feeling that they were bad news? I think their grubby appearance gave them away. One of them, a tall female with wispy blonde hair, called out, "Iggy, Gazzy, I think I'm going to need help opening this cage. It's made out of glass." One of the strange males frowned and said skeptically, "Hold up Max. She's in a glass cage while all the others were in regular ones. Doesn't that tell you something?" Max frowned and said, "I suppose but I don't want to leave her there…does anyone know why she's in a glass cage?"

By this time I had grown tired of waiting for them to open the cage so I decided to take matters in my own hands. I clenched my hand into a fist. I pulled my arm backwards and then slammed my fist into the glass. The glass shattered instantly. Everyone in the room stared at me as I grace fully hopped out. I turned to the one called Max and said, "I don't know who the hell you are but if we don't move now you will never accomplish whatever little stunt you're trying to pull."

She nodded grimly and called for every one to move forward. The children surged forward. I however stood there and waited for everyone to disappear around the corner. I still had unfinished business. I ran in the opposite direction and didn't stop until I found a door with words 'Off Limits' sprawled across. With only a slight hesitation I tried the door knob. To my surprise the door slid open. I quickly stepped inside. The room was semi large and lined with empty cages. Well, nearly empty. At the far end of the room there were two cages that were occupied.

In the cage on the left was a tiny little girl. Her hair was as dark as mine and her eyes were a subtle green. She was only about 2 years old. Jutting out of her back were wings. Bat wings. On the right was another little bat child only this time male. His hair was a blondish white and his eyes where a deep grey. The moment they saw me they began to scream my name. I went to the girl first and slipped her cage open. She jumped into my arms and hugged me tightly. I opened the male's cage and he did the same. Both of them began to coo my name.

I giggled slightly and said, "Shhhhh…it's alright…were going to leave now ok?" they nodded against my neck and I stood. A few minutes later I was back where my cage was. I glanced at it before continuing in the direction the others had headed. When I reached the foot of some stairs I stopped in shock. Max was sitting on top of an Eraser who had called himself Ari. I pressed the children against me sure that he would knock Max off of him and come after me. However he stayed where he was and Max stood on shaking feet. My mouth dropped and I squeaked, "Is he dead!" surprised to hear my voice she glanced at me.

She nodded and reached for the hand of a little girl standing near her. "Come on you guys! We got to get out of here!" she began to run up the stairs and the little girl reached over and grabbed the hand of a tall boy near her. They all ran and this time I didn't wait. I ran behind them. We reached a door and releasing the girl's hand Max shouted, "FLY!" I felt my mouth drop when the girl jumped into the tunnel and spread her wings. A few seconds later she was flying away.

Max pushed me forward and asked grimly, "Can you fly!" my response was to un tuck my wings and spread them. A moment later I was flying clumsily away from the door with Max following behind me. These kids were heavy. Suddenly we heard a man scream, "He was my son!" Max stopped and said, "Keep going the others should be up head. Just wait with them." I nodded and wondered why Max was stopping. A few moments later I saw the rest of her flock and I landed beside them. They all stared at me in surprise. I gave a tight smile and one of the girls gasped and asked, "Hey! You're the girl in the glass cage! Where did those babies come from?"

I sighed and said, "These, believe it or not are my children. The white coats took them from me. By the way my name is Viola." The girl smiled and said, "I'm Nudge. We're mutants too." I raised an eyebrow. As if I hadn't noticed. Then before anymore introductions could be made Max flew up to us looking pale. She landed and snapped, "Come on, we have to move!" I tucked my wings against my spine. My children did the same and seeing Nudge looking at us I asked, "Er…Nudge? Do you think you can hold one of them?"

She nodded and I handed her the female. We began to walk forward and as the sun touched my face I couldn't help but feel happiness surge through me. I was finally free.

Well that's chappie one! I hope you guys enjoyed it. I know I left some things confusing such as Viola's children or why she was in a glass cage but it'll be answered in the next chappie. So Review!