Lauren's Cheeks stung from the freezing cold air, the snow starting to fall wasn't helping much either. It was the middle of winter and her clothes were ripped, her shoes were God knows where, and her flock…
Her eyes watered, why can't she have saved them, why couldn't she be as strong as the legendary Maximum Ride. Instead, she cowered away as her friends lives were being were being snatched away one by one. Lauren could barely feel her wings, or any of her limbs for that matter. She had to land. Falling from almost 100 feet was not the way she wanted to go. If she didn't get out of this freezing weather, soon she would die. Not that she cared anymore, what would she go back to? Laurens legs finally failed her; she stumbled to a tree and leaned against. The pain was more than she could handle both the physical and mental. She felt herself starting to lose consciousness.
"So this is the end", she thought "Better than being torn apart by some monster the guys at Itex could conjure up." Lauren tried to remember the times with her flock, when everything was simpler. A tear rolled down her cheek, as she saw a faint memory of her family. They were so happy and carefree. She closed her eyes, and let out one last breath before she could feel nothing but the cold, and the feeling of utter loneliness.
Lauren's eyes shot open, and she sat straight up. She winced as she felt an instant pain shoot through her entire body. She was in a small shack it was bare except for a bed, a stove, and refrigerator.
"Oh, you're finally awake", said boy walking inside, shaking snow off his jacket. He looked around fifteen years old with dark hair, and a look on his face that Lauren couldn't figure out.
"What's your name?" Lauren asked "And where am I?"
"It's okay you don't have to panic, you're fine. You are completely safe with me, I promise." He turned around to light the stove, revealing his dark wings.
"You have… wings." She said very softly. "They're beautiful"
Then it just hit her like a train on the tracks. She started to panic, what if it was a trap? What if this was some sort of illusion? What If –
"Fang" He said without turning toward her
"Excuse me?"
He walked towards to her with a syringe in his hand.
"You asked my name, it's Fang"