1. ESCAPE-2225

"Come on, Gavroche!"

"Why are we running?"

"Because if we don't run, bad men will catch us and they will take away your stuffed elephant, again."

"They can't take my elephant!"

"That's right. No taking Gavroche's elephant. Can you shift yet?"

"Into a rat, a cricket, and a tomcat. Why?"

"I want you to shift in to a cricket. I'm going to transform into a bird and I want you to hop on my back. We'll fly away from the bad men."

"But, what about my elephant?"

"I'll pick it up in my talons. Don't worry Gavroche. Your big sis will take care of you."

"Okay, I trust ya, Éponine," The small boy of four flickers like a hologram closing, and a second later there is a cricket where he stood. The girl is replaced by black winged kite. She spreads her wings as she grabs the elephant and takes off, cricket on her back.

A blond stands at the front gate.

"Let me out," He says simply. His tone is one of a commander of seven armies not of a seventeen year old. His friends stand behind him, arms crossed.

"I cannot," The guards replies.

"Yes, you can. We are guards just like you. Let us out," he says again. More commanding this time.

"Yes, Monsieur Enjolras. You and your friends are welcome to leave," the guards voice becomes hollow, and he opens the gate.

"Are you ready for tomorrow boys?" Enjolras turns to his friends.

"Yes, for I have seen it, and it will be beautiful!" One of his friends yells. His glasses are cracked and skewed.

"Let us run towards this new tomorrow!" yells another boy. He has curly hair with faint electrical sparks running through it. The boys surge forward, out of the open gate. The sky crackles with lightning, and there seems to be a little less pressure keeping the boys on the ground.