Prologue
" Are you listening to me?" the head honcho of the largest ITEX in the US, Wesley, yelled in an annoyed tone. I wasn't really listening to him at all. I was thinking about how good it will feel to eliminate my only competition in all of the mutants in ITEX.
Wesley was droning on about the details of the mission and if I failed and bla, bla, bla. " No, I'm not. Because, I won't fail because I'm as good as all of the Erasers, Flyboys, and Brains on a freaking stick put together!" I pointed out to him. He looked like he never seen me act that way.
" Experiment 97, you need to think of all the flaws that could happen to be successful," he said firmly.
" First of all, my name is Dusk, and the mission will be successful." I finished then stormed off to my 'room'.
It wasn't a dream room that every teen would envy for. It had a single bed with an old mattress and ugly sheets and a dresser was beside it for the few clothes I had. There was a door near my bed leading into a tiny room with a sink, toilet, and shower.
I was leaving for the mission tomorrow. I decided to take a long hot shower. Probably the only one I'll be having for a long while.
I took off my red tank top and ripped skinny jeans and hopped into the shower. I'm going to miss having a nice hot shower every night.
Ten minutes later I reluctantly got out. I dried my hair and put my gray sweatpants and black tank top on. I sat at my desk in my old wooden chair and wrote in my journal. I prefer journal than diary. Diary sounds to girly for me.
After I finished someone knocked on my door. I answered it. It was Brock. He had been my best friend here since I was in a extra small cage.
" Hey Dusk." He greeted. " Want to go flying for a bit?" We both had wings. We were the only other successful avian-human hybrids other than the flock.
" Sure, I'd love to." We walked down the empty hallways of the school and out the exit. I snapped my white and black wings out and took a running leap into the air. I turned around and watched Brock open his all brown wings and join me.
The moon was high in the sky and the sky was clear. We silently flew for about 3 hours when Brock signaled that he wanted to talk. I dove toward the nearest cliff and landed.
" What's up?" I said when he landed.
" Nothing really, I was just thinking." he whispered.
" About what?"
He paused for a moment before continuing. " I was thinking about life outside ITEX. You know, going to school, having parents. I'm just not happy with this life I'm living. I want to leave." He stopped and looked at me. I'm good at keeping my emotions inside so my face was blank.
" Brock don't leave." Was all I could say.
" You could come with me. We could go find our parents together," he said hopefully.
" Are you crazy? Our parents are dead! And if we even think about leaving ITEX we'll get executed!" I screamed. I got up and flew straight back to ITEX. I sprinted down the hall and into my room. I slammed and locked the door so no one would come and disturb me.
Right now I felt so distant from him. Like he's a whole other person. I fell asleep thinking about the mission tomorrow and tried to ignore the drama that happened today.
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