The Angel Experiment
-Emily-
My mouth was dry. My head ached- everything ached. I blinked several times, trying to wake up. Above me was a dark brown plastic roof. A cage. A dog thoughts pushed at my brain as I struggled to a sitting position. I knew where I was- I would recognize that chemical, disenfectant smell anywhere.I was at the School.
" Clang!"
Quickly,I turned in the direction of the noise. In a crate next to mine was two other children, younger than me. Their eyes, too big for their hungry faces, locked onto me.
" Hi " I whispered. I didn't see any scientist around-just these two other children stared without answering. Trying to smile, I looked at them more closely. I think they are both had rough scaly skin-literally scaly like a fish, but just in patches, not all over. Not a happy effect. The other one looked like...a mistake. He had extra fingers and toes, hardly any neck. His eyes were huge and bulging, and the hair on his head was sparse. It made my heart hurt just to look at him.
" I'm Emily," I whispered again. " Do you have any names?"
The two boys looked afraid, and they turned from her and edged farther back in their cage. I swallowed hard and was quiet. What had happened to the others? Were they in cages too?
A door opened and footsteps sounded on the linoleum scientist stared at me through the bars of my cage.
" They captured her! Do you know how long I've wanted to get my hands on this one?" He turned excitedly to the other scientist. " Did you ever the report on this one?"
" Yeah but I wasn't sure I believed it," said the other scientist, a woman. " Are you saying this teenager is subject 13?"
The other scientist rubbed his hands together with glee. "Your looking at it." He leaned foward to unhook my cage door."Come on, little thing. Your wanted in lab seven."
I winced, then rough hands dragged me out.
