Welcome back everyone! Here is the beginning of the second book in the series! If you have not read Our Flock STOP RIGHT HERE AND GO BACK AND READ IT. if you have then continue and i'd like to say thanks for saying along and reading.
Shadow's Secret
Chapter 1
Silent POV
I stood in front of the doors of a fifty story building my hand clenched tightly around the paper in my hand. "The Institute of Higher Upbringing" was having a tour of there building in hope of more money for there so called research. Pathetic, once they see all the mutations things would go down hill.
"Dad?" I turned my head looking down at my now 6 year old son, having deemed his birthday was last week. "Is mom actually in there?"
That was our mission. To rescue his mother, who was also my girlfriend, to keep her safe as well as everyone? My flock of 7 (Sound, Leo, Ian, Bright, Talia, Zack, and Myself) were here on a life or death mission to save our leader.
"Yeah she is" I said looking around as we pushed our way through the doors with a small crowd into what looked like the lobby of a building. We were here for the building tour I had mentioned before hand to save Shadow, our leader. She was somewhere inside this huge building.
"Welcome everyone my name is Vernon and I'll be your guide" A guy said as he walked over to our group. He looked maybe a few years older than Sound and I; I bet he's a white coat. But oddly he didn't look like a whitecoat, actually he looked familiar.
He had long black hair, not as dark as mine though, and bright blue eyes. He didn't dress like a white coat, instead he wore black and red shorts, with a red shirt.
"Now here at The Institute of Higher Upbringing" He began leading us through a hall, "we help to create what could be the future of man kind, now we'll start with some of our N Generation mutations and work our way up." He stopped in front of a glass and motioned too the room behind it.
"This is where we are conduction research on skin and organs, making some able to withstand thousands of degrees, which would enable a fireman to get someone out of a burning building without all of the breathing equipment slowing him down." I raised my eyebrows and glanced into the room.
I was horrified. They had melted metal and plastic and they were pouring it onto a young boys arm. It didn't seem to bother the kid but to me I felt like I was going to be sick. That stuff could boil your arm down to bone. Skin doesn't grow back kids, not for a very long time.
We continued down the hall for a while listening to Vernon go on and on about everything until he finally got my attention.
"Now Mutation Level A were basically a fresh start and a clean slate, only a small hand full remain from that Level." He pulled off the jacket he had on and hung it on a nearby chair. "Level A is Human avian hybrids like me" He pushed his wings out of his back and people gasped at them. They were light gray with white streaks in them. Like a pigeon.
"Now let me show you the top Level A Experiment in the facility" He tucked in his wings and led us down to a door. I was practically shaking now. I knew who the other two Level A mutations were.
"Now be quiet, its best not to startle her while she works" People crowded next to the wall and looked out into the open room. At first I didn't see anything until a small thing moved.
Then suddenly a girl lunged out from behind a barrier and clung onto some padding on the wall with her claws. I could faintly make out cat ears on top of her head, watching her climb up the wall and scamper across a ceiling light. Then she fell.
Now think about this for a second. This room is about 50-60 feet high so when you're on the very top it's a long fall. The room had nothing soft below her to land on so basically if she hit the ground she was dead.
But instead of crashing into the ground she landed like a cat would. Calmly and on there feet. There was no sound of bones shattering in her feet from the jump and she didn't look like she was in pain. What the hell?
"This Is Lucy a Cat, Avian Hybrid" The girl smiled and walked towards the crowd. She had long brown hair that was tied back and piercing green eyes. "Experiment number A927. She is precisely 17 years old and has the speed of a cheetah on a sugar high." The audience wrote things down on there clip boards.
"And Vernon" One asked, "Where do you get all of these test subjects?" I swear I had to bite my lip from screaming out the answer.
"All were either born here in the facility, given by there parents, or came here willingly. They were always welcome to leave when ever they wanted."
"That's Bullshit!" I turned surprised that it wasn't me who yelled it. Instead it was one of my idiots. Or should I say both of my idiots.
Authors note- Welcome back everyone here's chapter 1! Thanks for reading and please Review if you want another chapter! Well even if you don't want another one i'm posted one but the reviews are ALWAYS appreciated.
~Shadow