[I don't own Maximum Ride or any of the characters except Dally. Pssh, I wished I owned Maximum Ride though D:]

My bare feet shuffled on the dirty floor. My face was streaked with dried blood, and my battered wings lifeless at my sides.

I collapsed in the small room, feeling claustrophobic. I didn't even remember why I was in this room anyway. Here I was, stuck in the School, in the middle of who-knows-where. A window was up high, to high for me to reach. It was blocked with metals bars anyway.

Two Erasers walked in, looking familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. They were all the same anyway. Cruel, blood thirsty, and savage. They came in and took both my arms by force, dragging into the room with all those dogs crates lined up. I knew one was for me.

I was thrown in roughly, my head banging against the cold bar of the cage. A moan of pain escaped my lips. Their laughs sounded like ringing in my ears, making me have a headache, which was totally not helping with the position I was in right now.

I tried to say something, but I ended up choking on my own blood. More laughs. I spit out the blood on one of the wolf men's fancy boots. He instantly became enraged while I smiled to myself. He kicked my cage with shocking force.

My head jerked back and hit the bars again. Another moan of pain escaped my lips, and I sunk down. The ringing in my ears droned out their model like laughter. They shuffled away, obviously bored with me now.

"Are you okay?" Said a small girl next to my crate. She clutched the bars, her blond limp curl surrounding her face. I flinched when she talked. Most folks around here couldn't.

I nodded, still unable to talk. Who is this girl? I thought, confused. "Oh, I'm Angel." She said, trying to smile, but I didn't reach her eyes. I flinched again. Did she just… Read my thoughts?

Angel nodded slowly. So you can really read thoughts? She nodded again. "And I'm also like you, too." Then she lifted her dirty white wings for me to see. I gasped.

I guess I wasn't alone after all.