I perched up in the tall pine tree like an owl. I was holding on for dear life, the erasers were running around the small forest I hid in, guns cocked and feet pounding on the damp floor of pine needles. God, how could going out for a walk to get some eggs and milk turn into this death hunt? Max had warned me about them, I remember them from the school. That long summer from the school…
My hands had turned clammy, I felt like I was going to fall off any given second. A breath, a move and I was a goner. They were getting closer, they would see me any time now, any time. I would snap open my wings and fly off this tree and out of this mess but there was one thing stopping me. I am terribly afraid of heights. What type of winged creature is afraid of heights you ask? Me.
I was startled by an eraser cooing "Little Daze… Where are you? I'm gonna find you…" That was Ari. His voiced pierced through the thick frost and fog like no other eraser. I blinked back tears, and I now realized that I could die, a horrible death. "Daze…" He called again.
Why would they want me? I'm not very valuable. They got me when I was 10, and injected the avian DNA in me. It was horrible. Every day I grew bigger, taller. The growing pains made me feel like I was being torn apart and I still get them. The white coats made me a human guinea pig; I was their big test to see if they could make a creature grow wings, grow anything in the middle of their life's. They did so many tests; I ran for miles on end, I almost died a couple times.
Asthma is a big problem I had until they injected the DNA. It was weird. It even gave me a special talent. I can calm anything down, control their emotions. Just a bit though. I can't control minds like Angel, just get them to stop screaming or shouting or to make them happy when they're sad.
A horrible thought entered my mind. Did they want me back at the school so I could help them with their little experiments? To get the test subjects to stop crying? To stop shouting for their family… No they couldn't get me back. They never will.
"Daze…" I looked down to the bottom of the tree. Ari was shaking the trunk with his huge wolf like paws. My fight or flight kicked in, I tore off my hoodie threw it to the ground. I forgot about my fear of heights and jumped off that tree and caught the wind in my wings. I prayed to god that he wouldn't fly after me. But that was a mistake. I had jinxed it and he gathered his crew and came after me.
I just pushed all my will power and went as fast as I could. I thought about my name, my nick-name, my friends, my family. When Max and the flock saved me. They saved my about a summer ago, I remember it like yesterday. I was in my cage and there was a lot of shouting and screaming, I went to the far back corner. I prayed for my life, and hoped that the white coats weren't fighting about me.
All if it stopped like magic and I relaxed. But then the door busted open and I about had a heart attack. Heavy thoughts flowed through my mind. What do they need me for? Are they going to put me through another test? But a girl came up to my cage. She had dark skin and dark hair. She called for another person. She was taller than me with light hair. She came to my cage and unlatched it. She held out her hand to me, but I was too afraid to take hold. "Don't worry I don't bite." I reached out towards her shakily. She pulled me up and we were out the door.