105463-M sat in the corner of her cage. The others had been taken away and hadn't come back. There had been 6 others in all. Number 105815-A had died in the cage next to her. Numbers 105953-B, 105625-O, 105943-H, and 105634-N had been taken away. 105463-M curled into a ball hugging her knees to her chest. She knew that, that would happen to her sooner or later. She would be taken away and not return. She also knew no one would know if she was gone or would care, for that matter.

"105463-M,"a woman's voice called out. 105463-M looked up. A dark-haired woman stood over her. She had her hair in a pony tail and a long white lab coat on. Under the coat she had a yellow top and dark blue bottoms.

"Yes?"She asked. If she hadn't answered she would be hit for disobedience.

"We have a new friend for you. 105463-M meet 105963-F,"she stepped aside so a larger man could come up. He had a child about her size in his arms. The child struggled, grunting as he did so. The man only laughed. He walked over to the cage and dropped him in.

"Make friends, OK?"The women smiled and walked away. M, as she liked to call herself, looked at the boy. He had dark hair and dark eyes. His face was bruised and he was in white attire, the same as her. When she looked at the boy she noticed he was looking at her.

She inched closer to him and he moved away. As she went to touch him something grabbed her pulling her back against the cage. She yelped in surprise. A larger hand had grabbed her. She was being pulled so hard it hurt. The boy noticed the flash of pain and thought fast. He jumped over and bit the person's arm. M was released and fell into him.

"Stupid fucking rats," he snarled kicking the cage.

"Rick, leave them alone," a tall slim man with salt and pepper hair and glasses shooed him away. M remembered him. He was always bringing her candy or fixing her wounds. As the man got closer the boy bared his teeth and pulled her closer.

"Are you two ok?" He asked. They looked at him and nodded."Good," he stood and left.

M noticed that the boy was still holding her. She wiggled in his lap. The boy let her go and she turned back to him.

"I'm 105463-M,"she told him."You can call me M for short."

The boy looked at her. He didn't say a word to her.

"It's OK you can talk to me," she touched his shoulder and he flinched away, like he was burned by fire. M noticed a small black thing on his back. She knew what it was."I have them too" He looked at her confused."Wings," she clarified.

"How did you know?"He asked.

"I saw them," she explained. He put his head down.

"You think I'm a freak don't you?" He said in a low voice. M touched his face.

"No, I have them also," she turned around. She had two brown and white wings coming out of her back. She felt a hand gently touch them. It wasn't like a hand, she noticed. It was more like a rush of air. A ghost, maybe. It felt like he wasn't there yet was at the same time.

"M can I have a feather?" She turned and looked at him.

"Why would you want a feather?" She questioned.

"I want to remember you. If you don't come back," she felt tears at her eyes but blinked them back. She wasn't allowed to cry.

"Fine but only if I can have one of yours," he nodded in agreement. M turned around and he gently pulled a feather out. Then she turned to him."Can I call you F?"She asked. He nodded and turned around. She gently pulled one out.

"F, if I don't come back, promise you'll remember me," he looked like he wanted to say something, but a look from her said just go with it.

"Ok," he promised. With that they went to sleep. M woke first. F was in her lap. He was curled up sucking his thumb. M smiled and soothed his hair.

It didn't take long for M and F to become fast friends. It even kind of hurt when they were moved to separate cages. There were also new characters that they met. 105823-I they called him I. Then came 105238-G whom they called G. After 105238-G arrived came two girls, 105928-N who they called N and 105398-A. By the time A was born they decided that it was time to break out.

Jeb, the salt and pepper haired man, decided to help them escape the labs. He snuck them out pretending to get rid of failed experiments. Thankfully it worked. They got out. M watched intently as he hotwired the car.

"Buckle yourselves in ok?" They looked at each other in confusion. What was a buckle? Jeb stepped on the gas. Everyone was thrown back by the force. M clung to three-year old A. What else could she do? I clung to five-year old G and eight year old N clung to F.

Jeb took them over to an uncharted safe house. He had stocked the closets with clothes. He didn't know how big they would get so he got over sized baggy clothes. That would also help conceal their wings. Jeb had an office and a cot in there.

Max, the name M chose, had a room all the way down the hall. Fang, F chose, had a room right next to hers. Iggy and Gaz, I and G, had rooms down the hall from them. The halls next to the dining room lead to Nudge and Angel's room.