Hey everbody! I know I have this BAD tendancy to stop right at the climax of all of my stories, but I PROMISE you I won't do it with this one. Anways, this Fan-Fic is about Max and her flock (duh), and their fun little virtual reality trip into The Hunger Games (which, if you've read these two books, you know isn't a happy mix). R&R please!!!
Prologue: VRS
"Relax," said Dr. Cassilo, glaring at Jeb Batchelder, "it's just a simulation. They'll be fine."
"I know," Jeb said in a steely tone. He was very good at hiding his emotions.
The six bird kids lay strapped by Velcro to metal tables. They each had on what Dr. Cassilo liked to call a "virtual reality substitute". This was simply an advanced machine hooked up to a helmet that forced the children to dream whatever scene or situation the whitecoats wished them to.
The mutants had been captured, and brought to the School just in time to be the first ever testers of the VRS; it had been too easy, really. And although their experience that was going to begin in moments would be completely in their head, the feel of it would by scarily real.
This first selection of scenes would be from one of Dr. Cassilo's favorite, non-scientific books, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. They had created multiple scenarios in which the bird kids would be forced to participate in the book, being substituted for the characters. All of the details and history behind the fictional nation of Panem had been registered into the machine, and now it was up to Max and her flock to create the rest of the story.
Jeb stepped forward and flicked on the tiny switch, which caused the VRS to hum. He glanced sadly at his bird children; their faces so peaceful in sleep. Oh, how he wished he could wake them up, and save them from the horror they were about to encounter.
But it was too late for that.