Soz, haven't updated in a while.... okay a long while... like two years... anyway theres a bit on the end now. So read the bit past the stars if you've read this before. yeah. Sorry.

Disclaimer: Don't own Maximum Ride or X-Men. :'(

Oh.... written by Night's Angel31 and Dark Raven Lady (she thinks)

Prologue

The girl screamed and kicked as the heartless man dragged her into the white, sterile room. Another man followed close behind, in case the girl wriggles free. The man held her still while another chained her to the wall. He threw her on the ground and they both left the terrified six year old alone.

As soon as the men had left she curled up into a tight ball and began to cry. Strings of her dark red hair fell over he face and her …. Eyes glazed over with tears. A voice echoed over the speaker, "Test one, Fire!" A huge block of metal came hurtling towards her at 60 km/h, but she was ready for it. She had done this test a million times before. Everyday they would drag her in and chain her to the wall then throw objects at her, and they would get heavier and bigger every time.

She stared at the metal as it came straight at her. Suddenly, the object flew off course and hit the wall to her right. "Test two, Fire!" Again another piece of metal was thrown at her, this time heavier and bigger. And again she deflected it with her telekinesis. One after the other metal rapidly flew at her. She never missed one of them. Her scar reminded her of what had happened last time the metal hit her. The burning hot metal had scarred her shoulder permanently.

Then the moment came. The biggest, heaviest block, the one she had always been unable to deflect, was thrown. She tried her best to deflect it, but her efforts were like an ant trying to move a boulder alone. Closing her eyes, she braced herself for the moment it would impact her tiny body and probably break a few bones. It hit her a full speed. She screamed out in pain as the 70 kg block hit. She coiled into a ball and shrieked in pain. She stared up at the man on the other side of the mirror she knew he was watching. The man in a white coat shook his head disappointedly and turned away from the girl pleading for his help.

The voice spoke again, "Oh well, we'll try again tomorrow." One of the muscular men from before entered and unlocked the chain around her ankle and carried the child out of the room. He would have dragged her, but didn't want to clean up the blood trail it would leave. The girl didn't fight, she didn't have the energy and the slightest movement made her entire body ached.

The man entered another room with two cages in it. One of the cages contained her twin sister, who didn't say a word or even stir when the man dropped her sister in the cage next to her. When the man was gone, she turned to her injured sister, "Trinity? Are you okay?" Trinity didn't move, speak or shift her eyes to her sister. She didn't have to; all she had to do was think.

Yeah, I just need to sleep. With confirmation that her sister didn't feel like she was going to die, the girl settled in her cage and rested her eyes. Raven? Trinity thought.

"Yeah," the girl replied.

How much longer do we have to stay here? I can't stand the nightmares any longer. There's been so much death, and there are so many angry ghosts. They're scary. Raven loved her twin sister dearly and couldn't bare the thought that she was scared and hurt.

"Soon… soon."

***

"Trinity?" Raven whispered softly, "Trinity, wake up!"

Trinity groaned in response.

"Come on, Trinity, wake up." Raven nudged her softly. "I swear if you don't wake up I'll kill you." Trinity slowly sat up wiping her eyes.

"What is it?" she whispered when she realised what was going on.

"We're getting out of here now. Come on you know what to do." Trinity closed her eyes and a moment later Raven heard the locks of their prisons click open.

Trinity glanced cautiously over at Raven. "Are you sure about this?"

"I've never been more sure in my life," she stated determinedly and Trinity believed her.

Raven crawled out from her cage and set off down the corridor. Trinity followed quietly behind her. She'd never felt so scared in her life, she kept imagining the horrible things that they would do to the when they caught them.

"They aren't going to catch us," Raven said fiercely as she stared over her shoulder at Trinity.

The two small girls made their way silently through the school, through white room after white room. Raven would stop every now and then and wait a moment before continuing. Trinity realised that she had been searching the area for other minds and steering away from them.

Raven who do you know where you're going?

"I saw it in the mind of a whitecoat today. There's a window coming up. It's just big enough for us to fit throug."

And sure enough a moment later Trinity could see the glimpse of moonlight shining in the distance. It had been so long since she had seen the moon that she had forgotten its beauty. When they reached the window she stopped for a moment and stared into the distance. This was it. One more step and they would be free.

Raven used all her force to open the window which had probably been shut tight for longer than the girls had been alive. Raven was first through the window. For as long as Trinity could remember Raven had been the stronger one, making sure that everything was okay for her younger sister. A moment later Trinity crawled through the small window and uncoiled her cream coloured wings. Ahead of her she could see Raven her wings a purple so deep they were almost black. Raven could feel the joy radiating from Trinity's mind.

Just remember we aren't free yet, Raven's voice echoed in Trinity's head.

The only sound that could be heard was the two girls' wings beating in the night air. Just as the school disappeared from view they heard the alarm go off. But it was too late now, they were free. They flew until they were to exhausted to beat they wings again and then they landed in a clearing surrounded by trees. Both girls collapsed when their feet hit the ground, panting hard. When Raven finally caught her breath she climbed to her feet and walked over to her sister who was still collapsed on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Raven asked, concerned.

Trinity whimpered softly.

Raven knelt beside Trinity and gently rolled her over. A few of the cuts Trinity had acquired when she had been hit by the metal ball during the experiment today had reopened and blood soaked her clothes.

Now that Raven concentrated she could feel her sister was in pain. How had she hid this from her?

"Trinity? Why didn't you tell me you were in so much pain?" Raven asked softly.

"I didn't want you to stop. You were so focused on our escape I didn't want to distract you."

Raven sighed in frustration. "You should have told me!"

Trinity shied away from her sister's yelling and murmured an apology. "I didn't want you to worry."

Raven shook her head and placed her hand on Trinity's cheek. She could immediately feel her sister's pain being absorbed into her own body. The cuts and bruises covering Trinity's body slowly began to heal as they began to appear on Raven's body, only now the cuts were merely scabs.

Raven collapsed onto Trinity in exhaustion. Trinity, also drained of energy by the healing, was tempted to fall asleep like her sister, but knew they were too exposed. She gathered what little strength she had and dragged Raven into the trees where they would be partially protected. She lie down next to her and snugged into her sister's side. She was so frightened and tried she began to cry. She wished dearly that her sister would hold her and tell it was going to be okay, but Raven was too deep in sleep to even hear Trinity's sobbing. After crying out all her tears, Trinity fell asleep, dreaming of the dark heartless eyes of an Eraser staring at her.