Have you ever noticed that things almost never turn out as planned? I mean really, one minute your happily walking along, and the next, you're jumped, knocked unconscious, and hauled off to who knows where only to wake up with the rest of the flock hovering over you.
Yeah, not what I'd wanted for the day.
It was then that I realized I was still lying on the floor, with no idea where we were.
"Max," Angel asked sweetly as I finally sat up, doing a head count and luckily, no one was missing. "How are we getting out of here?"
"That depends on where we are." I answered, looking around the room. It was small and windowless with but one door, that was of course bolted shut from the outside. No room for an easy escape. But then again, it was never easy for us.
"I have no idea, I wonder if it's day or night outside. Do you know Max? Because there's no windows here and I really don't like that, there's not even a clock here! How sad is that?" Nudge rambled on.
"My guess is Thailand." Fang said. "But I'm not positive on that." Yeah, just in case you aren't up in the story, he and I are together now, a fact that I was very very happy about. Of course, explaining it to the flock had been painfully awkward, but it was completely worth it, because Fang was mine now.
"Why on earth would we be in Thailand?" I asked nobody in particular.
"Because," The voice came from behind. "I would enjoy a demonstration of what you can do." all heads whipped around at the voice, ready to kick butt if necessary. Of course it was Mr. Shu standing smugly before us, the door was shut tightly though, making me wonder if he was really that quiet coming in.
"A demonstration of what?" I demanded.
"Of your intelligence, your fighting abilities, etc." he answered easily.
"And if we don't want to?" I challenged.
He shrugged uncaringly. "You die." My eyes widened only slightly. He really intended to kill us? What was the point of tracking us down and bringing us here? That had to be the stupidest thing I'd ever heard.
He snapped his fingers then. Immediately, he was surrounded by attentive, large, and skilled looking guards and, the door was open, perfect for escape. We should've left right then, but honestly, I had no idea what we were dealing with, or even how to get out of here.
"I'm ready for them." He said casually. The flock was ready to fight back, but, uneasily, I waved them down. Unfortunately, I needed to know what he really wanted and just how we'd mange to escape before we rushed to leave. I wasn't sure of this option though, it completely went against my nature. They all gave me wary looks, we weren't used to hanging around places like this, but they complied and we went without a fight.
"Take them in," Someone ordered as we stopped in the middle of a large hallway. "There almost finished with the one in there." There was someone else here? Who would get stuck here? Why would they get stuck here? I couldn't come up with an answer to that. The door before us was opened taking us into an office looking room. The entire side wall however, was made of that really thick glass you couldn't break through even if you drove a truck into it.
"Ah, Max." someone said as we entered. "Take a seat there; we'll be with you shortly." He looked like a whitecoat. I think he might've been.
"Sorry," I snapped. "We don't feel like sitting."
He raised an eyebrow. "Then stand for all I care." He said uncaringly. That was new. Most people got mad about that.
Mr. Shu walked in professionally, nodding at us in acknowledgement. "This is the last test on the girl." He announced. "I want to try Max and her flock next."
The whitecoat nodded, pressing some button. In the room seen through the glass, a girl, around our age with long, dark brown hair was pushed out a door. She looked towards the window. Her eyes were dark and emotionless. She didn't look broken though; she looked closed off, like she'd been through too much to let anyone get to her again.
"This is the Tsunami Project?" Shu asked incredulously.
"Yup, she doesn't look like much, but she was far from a failed experiment from Itex."
Me and the flock shared a look. She was an experiment from Itex. The Tsunami Project or whatever. The only thing, was that she didn't look mutated. Most experiments we'd ever met were horribly disfigured. Actually, I thought, she looks a lot like us. She had the same lean body, she was tall. All she needed now was a pair of wings.
"What can she do?" Shu continued easily.
The whitecoat looked at the chart he had in his hands. "She's highly intelligent, the one who would strategize. And, like the other two, she knows how to use any weapon the second she holds it." He explained.
"What else?"
"Trust me, you'll see. This girl is like nothing I've ever seen." And with that, he said something quietly into a small microphone clipped to his jacket. That's when it happened.
There were no people in the room, but there were a whole hell of a lot of guns hooked into random places, ready to fire. The girl looked around, not even taking a stance. Then the guns fired. I braced myself for her to be hit and killed, only it never came.
Out of nowhere, a thick layer of ice now surrounded her, protecting her. I could still make her outline through it though. She finally moved. Her hand shot out, only two fingers showing. A needle like thing of ice shot straight at one of the guns, effectively destroying it. She kept it up, using both hands, shooting them quickly until no threats remained. The ice fell of its own accord, melting in puddles around her feet.
"Amazing." Mr. Shu said quietly.
"That's not all she can do, she has full control of the water, and of course, then there's the wings." He said.
"The wings are like the flock here, are they not?" He gestured to us.
"Yes, exactly so." The whitecoat answered. Mr. Shu just nodded. "Why didn't you try hand to hand with her?" he asked.
"We did."
"And? How were the results."
"Sir, she killed them all."
"Get her in here, it's Max's turn." I instantly froze up. I wouldn't so well against something like that. The girl was in the room seconds later, surrounded by more guards, completely unfazed.
"You did well, now tell me, what's your name?" Shu asked.
"The captor doesn't know his prisoner's name, I've no reason to tell it to you either." She answered smoothly.
He narrowed his eyes. "You will tell me, or I will make you tell me."
Silence.
"Answer me."
More silence.
"I will have you killed." He threatened.
"Pointless," She said. "Then you'll never know."
He growled audibly. "Tell. Me. Now."
She sighed. "Kyra." She finally answered.
"Good girl. Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show." And with that, he watched as me and the flock were being towed towards the door. I knew not running back then was a mistake.
"Oi," Kyra called.
"What?" Shu asked in irritation, not even sparring her a glance.
"Nothing important." She said as she reached for a strange looking pouch slung on her back. The bottom had the opening, and she flicked off the lid off, pulling her hand up, with water following.
Shu looked over then, his eyes blazing in anger.
"You just might die soon"
