Nile's Beginning: In the past 14 years before now…

Chapter 1

A woman lies in a hospital bed with her hair tied in a bun, sweat pours down her face, and her skin starts to turn white. She had just given birth to a baby girl… But she was also dying…

The woman was crying as her child was taken from her, two other men held her husband back, they were taking her baby away from her! And while she was dying! "I promise you, the child will be in good care." A man in a white coat said with an evil grin on his face. She knew he was evil, she knew he was going to kill her daughter, and she knew her daughter would die if she didn't do something!

"No… Give me… Alexandra…" She croaked. Her throat was dry, she knew her time was coming, but she wanted to die trying to get her daughter back… She wanted to hold her daughter one last time… Before she left her and her father alone…

"It is for the child's 'safety' maim." He lied to her.

She narrowed her half opened eyes, 'Liar.'

She gave the loudest scream she could give, the whole hospital heard her, but it didn't save her daughter the man with the white coat had gotten away, and the woman's husband was fighting the two men holding him in place. He slammed his fist into one's face, the man looked at him with anger, he somehow grew his fingernails out and slash the woman's husband.

"Mike…" Her heart gave away, the monitor suddenly showed her heart beat stopping.

"KITA!" He shouted racing to his wife, her eyes were open with fear and worry she whispered to her husband, "Mike… Find Alex… Tell her… Mommy loves her…" Then her body stopped moving, her face softened… and her eyes never blinked… She had died…

"Kita… No, Kita… KITA!" The man screamed. He let the anger take over of his inner being, he raced out of the hospital to look for his daughter. A new born's cry was heard a yard away, the man in a white coat was getting in a black van, and the two men that where holding him away from his wife and child were jumping in the front of the van. "ALEX!" He shouted angrily.

"Go!"

The man started running to the van, only to have the van zoom a few yards ahead of him and vanish into the traffic, he kept running after them even after they vanished from his sight.

He finally fell onto the road 2 miles away from the hospital, he face acked from the bloody gash that traveled from his left eye down to his left cheek, it went straight down his face… 'The anger I had died our two miles back…' He thought.

'I am useless…I couldn't save my wife… Now I've lost my little girl… My life is screwed!' He slammed his fist in to the tar roads with anger, he felt warm liquid pour on to the ground, and he was soon staring at a bloodied fist. He started praying.

"God, Please give me Alexandra back… If you can't… At least protect her in my place…"

~*~4 Years later~*~

~*~10 Years from now~*~

A girl runs through a maze, her short black hair waving behind her. Her lightly tanned skin covered with burns, and scars. She ran and ran as a voice around the corner tells her to run faster and faster. She didn't want to, but an electric current sent a 100 or so volt of electricity. She screamed.

"Run faster Subject 1! The faster you get the faster this will end!"

She runs till the pain rushes into her whole system, and suddenly she exits the whole maze with her lungs blazing and her heart pumping blood at 150 miles an hour it feels to her.

She collapsed on to the floor. The man in a white coat kneeled down next to her and checked her pulse. "Heart speed high, breathing pattern is highly above normal," He shined a light over her eyes, causing her to wince. "And her pupils show nothing out of the normal." He gave a sly smile and pulled a needle out of his pocket, "This will only hurt for a moment."

He injected a silvery substance into her veins, she gives a whimper. "No…More…"

"No my dear, we need about 4 more tests, then it will end, I promise." He showed no emotion when he spoke, and then poor girl suddenly gasped as something shot through her heart, then man suddenly stepped back… "Something's wrong…"

The girl suddenly shot up to her feet with a glare in her eyes, "Get Jeb… She's beyond ready…"

"Her speed is strange, it gets faster and faster. Her strength is up to the age of a 20 year old man! She's one of many that will survive the surgery. She'll survive!"

"Just 5 more years! That's all we need, remember the wings she's getting require a body with a high core temperature." A man said, he was tall and his hair was combed back, he wore a white coat, and on his coat was a badge with his name, Jeb Batchelder…

"But her blood heat is high! Is that not enough?"

"NO! Her whole body must be about 100 degrees! It is 95.5! Not good enough!" He shouted.

"Jeb, I want that child ready soon… Remember, her existence is important to HER development." A woman says highly annoyed with the men around her. She turns to leave without hearing whatever Jeb had to say.

"You know as well as I do, this will take time." Jeb said as he looks over a computer with the girl's blood samples. "Her cells are repairing quicker than expected. I want you to check her emotions for a while, that substance will change her a great deal… Watch her strength levels and her speed they should double by the time she's ready for her… gift."

"Jeb, we're wasting time! If you want her to live that long, I suggest you do something to speed it up!" The man walked off with an angered expression.

Little did they know, they were being listened to…

'I will die fighting… I. AM. NOT. A. THING.' She thought. She blinked, her eyes shifted colors, from pure gold, to bloody red...

~*~5 years later~*~

~*~5 years before now~*~

"Subject 1! Run faster!" The White coat yelled. The girl ran, but she stopped to look around, only to feel the ground heat up, 'Stupid heat wires…'

She looked to her left then to her right, on her left, she sensed Erasers ready to kill, and on her right, she sensed White coats were writing stuff down and typing on computers. "Stupid humans…"

A smile crept on her face.

In an instant she punched through the wall, and started running through all the walls till she escaped the maze. "Attack! She's escaped again!"

She started fighting, the Erasers started attacking her. She tilted her head to the side, 'Catch me if you can…' She punched one square in the face, and at the same time kneed one in the groin.

"Are you sure she's ready for this? She would be much stronger remembering all this you know. Her anger is what keeps her strong and the anger is what keeps her ready to kill." A White coat said, Jeb looked backed at her, "Yes, she's ready now. Erase her memory and bring her to the surgery room… I think its time she earned her wings…" Jeb gave a sad smile, the White coat nodded at left.

Leaving Jeb to morn at what was going to happen.

He focused on the child that was fighting. Her style was old and yet it was something he's never seen before! She rolled her head and in doing so bones popped in her neck. She instantly looked up to him in his glass room. He staggered back a little only to have her advance closer to this suppose-to-be-hidden room. She gave a quick flick of her hand and in an instance computer, and motherboards turned to fire blazes. Jeb instantly knew this was something to be concerned about, "Restrain her!"

"Hurry! Before she," Before the White coat, in the same room as her, could finish he started to burst into flame. He screamed bloody murder. A sly smile lit up on her lips.

"Here I come Daddy…" She gave an evil laugh. Jeb started to get edgy, because she was out of control!

"Time…to…DIE!" She roared. Fire blazed in his office, he turned to find a giant flame, and it was in the form of a bird. 'A…A Phoenix… Impossible…'

He staggered backward away from the flame, instantly the giant bird cried a shriek, he was forced to cover her ears. "Tranquilize her NOW!"

He looked back out to the child on the ground, only to find she wasn't there. 'Where did she…'

A sudden arm wrapped his neck. As he gagged, a voice spoke in his ear. "Are you ready to die?"

As if by magic the arm wrapped around his neck loosened on him. "Jeb, are you alright?" A voice called to him. It was one of the other White coats, he was holding a tranquilizer gun in one hand. Jeb looked around, the fire was out, the firebird was gone, and the child was sleeping in the floor.

"We have to erase her memories, now… The anger was too much, her power is too much for the child to handle… She needs to forget, and start to fear…" He said looking toward her, she was twitching. 'We have to make it quick! Her body temperature is burning the tranquilizer out of her system at and alarming rate!'

"Jeb, the other subjects are ready to meet their new 'friend' she just needs her wings, and the testing can really begin." One of the White coats said. He was holding the child by her arm, she moaned and growled in pain. "Erase her memories first! If she wakes up in the middle of the operation and remember what just happen it will be catastrophic!" Jeb shouted.

"Yes sir! Hurry before the thing awakens!"

Soon, Jeb was alone. His neck was sore, and his throat was acing. "It's ready," A sudden voice said.

He stood up and nodded, "Have her ready and keep her near the others. Watch her closely… Any other children that know her… Have them eliminated…"

"Yes sir, what about O.2?"

"The director has what she wants from him, he might as well be eliminated." Jeb felt sick to his stomach, deep down he knew what he was doing was wrong, but he knew he had to. He was doing this for the world. In his mind it is logical, but in his heart, he knew it was sick, vain, and illegal.

~*~2 weeks later after Operation~*~

"Subject 1, Subject 8." A woman called. Two young girls were pushed in front of her.

"Take them for more testing. I want blood cells analyzed, and I want some skin tissues from Subject 1's muscles, get whatever you can from them." She said.

The young girls looked afraid, but then Jeb appeared in the room with an angered look. "Julie!" He roared.

"Those tests will not be carried out the Director said no more on these children!" He was in pure rage, and 'Julie' looked at him with a surprise expression. "Subject 1 is still recovering from the last 'experiment' and Subject 8 is no longer being tested for the day, you may report all you have gained today! You are all dismissed!" He said.

The two little girls looked to the man with smiles on their faces.

He toke their hands and lead them into a small room, inside were other cages with children. They looked up to them, there were three boys, and a girl. One boy was white with long black hair and he had pure black eyes. He looked up to the girls and gave a weak smile, as if he was tired.

The other boy was blind giving off a blue shade in his eyes, his hair was reddish and blondish mixed, and his skin was pale.

The last boy was the youngest, he was blonde, and pale blue eyes, his skin pure white, he was no more than 4 years old it seemed. The girl was the youngest girl of the other two girls, she was black, her hair was short and all over the place, her eyes were brown and she was slightly edgy. But she smiled, and waved at the two older girls.

Subject 8, One of the girls Jeb saved was blonde, and her eyes were dark brown, her skin was white, and her smile was like a leader's smile, ready to fight, and defend.

Subject 1, was slightly tanned, mostly because she was born that way, and her eyes were gold, but one of the most unique things about every child, was the only thing they had in common…

They all had bird wings… The boy with black eyes had black wings mostly they resembled the black bird known as the raven.

The blind boy had white wings with a slight gray hue this almost resembles a pidgin.

The youngest girl had slightly caramel colored and white wings, it looked like a small raptor's wings.

The little boys wings were pure white, they could have been mistaken for an angel's wings, but they were really dove wings.

Subject 8 had different wings, the top of them were brown with some dark brown spots, and at the bottom of her wings, the longer feathers were yellowish, they looked like a falcon's wings.

And finally Subject 1's wings, they where a light orange color at the ridges, and her longest feathers were reddish and highlighted, from all records of birds that were as beautiful as her's. No bird alive would have the strange beautiful feathers that she had, for they had a secret… They were not normal bird feathers like the others… They glowed with orange and reds that were not of this world it seemed. The wings were stronger, and brighter than what a young bird would ever have, they were fire proof, and they were radiating heat. The girl's core was fire it's self.

She was nothing more than pure fire and a child. She was a weapon with something that no weapon should have, a heart with feelings.

"Alright now… I think you should rest… I'll give you a blanket for the night." Jeb said gently patting the blonde girl's head.

"Thanks Jeb…" She whispered. The girl next to her hugged Jeb suddenly.

He shoke her head and controlled his fear, soon remembering her mind was erased and was exaggerating the sight for her anger. He pats her head a final time and gives them a warm smile.

"Now go rest children it's for the best. I promise one day I'll get you out of here, I promise." He said closing the cage doors. They waved farewell and rested in they're small cages. The blonde girl looked at the girl that was with her before Jeb saved them.

"Are you feeling well? You look sick."

"I'm fine, just pass the blanket to N. She'll need it more than I will."

She never kept things Jeb gave her, she always passed them to the younger kids there. She smiled as the blonde girl gave up her blanket to the young girl sitting in the cage next to the blind boy's cage. "You sure your alright? I mean, they made you run mazes 20 times today, and gave you so many burns your arms and legs are toasty."
She nodded and winked. "I'll be fine, nothing will ever hurt me like it did when I got my…" She paused before saying wings.

It made her uneasy to think about the whole operation on her back.

Never again would she ever want to think about the blades, and the…

She stopped thinking quickly, the whole memory was evil and it made her feel like something was missing in her life. 'No more thinking about it!' She told her self.

"Get some rest guys… We have another long wait a head of us…" The blonde said.

"Night guys." Was all she said before closing her eyes to a dreamless sleep.

~*~1 year later~*~

~*~4 years before real time, the picture of freedom~*~

After escaping the School, The oldest child with wings, a blonde girl, sat next to Jeb as he held a baby girl in his arms, she was blonde with tiny white wings. Behind her the black child looked at the baby with curiosity, and behind her the blind child placed his hand on Jeb's shoulder. To his left the boy with black eyes turned to have his back to Jeb, but he could still see the others clearly, and at Jeb's leg was the young boy that was really related to the baby in Jeb's arms, finally… The girl with the strange wings had the young boy in her arms smiling at the camera… CLICK!

They were finally free! The children were told to give themselves a name. The oldest girl said to Jeb, "I want to be called… Maximum… What could my last name be?"

"Whatever you want my dear, it's your own name." He almost seemed sad to have said that.

"Hmmm… Ride! Like Sally Ride, the astronaut!"

The boy with black eyes looked around as they all looked at him, he huffed in thought. "Fang… That's all that comes to mind…"

The blind boy shrugged. "I don't really care, but I like the name Iggy! Just call me Iggy!" He smiled happily.

Suddenly the black girl squealed. "My turn! My turn!" She gave a long and hard thought about her name, "I think her name should be motor mouth, hint hint, wink wink, Nudge Nudge." Iggy said to annoy her.

"NUDGE! That's perfect! Thanks Iggy!" She said hugging him for the name.

They looked at the youngest boy and he gave a long and nasty fart. "I wanna be called Gasman! I really stinky!" He said cutely.

Everyone else covered his or her noses in annoyance. "We should name the baby too," the girl said to Max.

"She sleeps like an angel… Angel… I want to call her Angel."

"I think it's perfect." Nudge said. They all looked toward the baby as she slept in Jeb's arms. Then finally it was the girl's turn to think of a name. She was silent, nothing came to mind for her.

"I…I can't think of anything…" She said sadly. Max looked at her with sadness in her eyes.

Nudge sighed, and then a giant smile spread across her face. She grabbed a book covered in dust, and blew on it. Smiling, she ran over to the sad girl. "Ancient Egypt! I know you'll find a name in here you'll like, you love this kind of history!" she started blabbing about what everyone liked, and the girl ignored her. She looked through the book, skimming every page till she found the Nile River.

'In ancient Egypt the Nile River was and always will be the only hope for Egypt's survival. Should anything happen to this wondrous river all hope would be lost for Egypt's people.'

She smiled happily. "Nile… Hope… Nile Hope's the name, keeping smiles up is my game!" She shot up with the little boy, now known as Gasman, in her arms. "So that's it then! We all have real names, and now we have a family! I say we're off to a great start in our lives!" She said kissing Gasman's cheek with love and care.

'Nothing could ever go wrong with our lives now!'

Oh, how dearly was Nile wrong…