MAX POV

I ran. I ran until my heart couldn't take it anymore and my body ached but no matter how far I ran they were right behind me. They caused me so much pain and as if that wasn't enough they were after me now. They gained on me. I could loose them if only I could fly but I was way too tired and sore to even run much longer.

I got to a meadow and started running across it. I was half way across before I collapsed. I just couldn't move anymore. I tried to drag myself, begging my body to move but I couldn't and it wasn't long before they surrounded me.

"This one was pretty hard to catch eh'" said large man

"Yeah Griffin, she's fighter. Ya' know Jeb did her experiment personally."

"I can tell."

With that they sat me up. They carefully folded my wings into me and bound them with "soft" rope. Then they bound my ankles.

"There now she can get away when she wakes up"

What did he mean by that? I wanted to know what was going on but slowly I was going in and out of consciousness. I fought the blackness as much as I could before it took me under.

I never liked to dream. I didn't like it because when I did I only woke up in tears. Always it was about my deepest fears coming true. This time Fang was the one I was losing. He was standing right in front of me. Then he called my name. He was so close but just far enough that I couldn't touch him. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't touch him.

I woke up with a jolt.

"Oh my God" I practically screamed. My hand had grabbed something and instantly I knew that I was in a cage. Luckily it was large enough to move around in. My eyes had instantly adjusted to see that I was in a bright white room. The room was filled with computers and chairs. I made me shudder remembering the school.

There were people in the chairs typing away. One of them looked at me and started to walk towards me. I scooted to the back of the cage thinking about past experiences.

"Hey I'm not going to hurt you. Your Max right?"

I just nodded. I didn't know this man, so why and how did he know my name. He was medium height and he wasn't very big either. He had blonde shoulder length hair that he had pulled back to the nape of his neck. He wore a white coat with black clothes underneath. He didn't look like a threat but then again neither do I at first sight.

"Great. Sorry to ask you this but we need some blood samples and measurements. I am asking because it would be rude to just come and get them without permission but we will if that is required. "

"Why do you need a blood samples and measurements for me?"

"We are entering you into a program. I know it sounds kind of like the school but we are trying continue our experiments but with more success and less pain to others."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"I really shouldn't tell you this but you are a trusty and I really want you to corporate."

"Why me?"

"Max you have good genes. Your offspring will be great additions to us. What we are doing is getting all of our successful experiments and mating them so the offspring can help create a better world. We can teach them to be smarter and discover more. They could reach heights that we cannot and do things that we cannot. They would be local heroes and solve mysteries that we humans cannot. We do not want to do what Jeb did and hurt innocent children. We feel that it would be better if we take data, mate together two experiment to make an organic child with wings. I also want you to know that because we are taking you against you will be treated as a guess. Here we want to use you but we want you healthy and at least semi happy. So now will you give us your blood samples and measurements?"

"You told me that you will take them forcefully, why?"

"Max your genes as I said are greatly desired. It is even better that you are a female. The offspring growing in your body when it is most vulnerable it a plus for the process."

I nodded. He then singled for someone to bring something. He took what ever it was and showed it to me. It was a key.

"You see this. If you come out and decided to try and escape you will go back into the cage. If you come out and be nice and work with us you will get a bath, clean clothes, and a decent bed to sleep on until we can send to you new partner."

I nodded. He opened the cage and I crouched out. I wait for the slight but very much unwanted pinch of the needle breaking my skin. It only lasted for maybe a minute but it seemed like forever. While this was happening someone else was taking the rope off my body. I felt a tug on my wings as they spread them out as far as they would go. They measured everything and finished the blood samples at about the same time.

"You were good on your word and so now it is time for me to be good on mine. Someone take her to a waiting apartment."

Someone came towards me and by instinct I stepped back. They walked past me out of the room and the man told me to follow them. I did hesitantly and was lead down a long hallway. We stopped at a door and the person unlocked it. The man held on his word. In the room were a bed, dresser, and a bathroom.

"This on was prepared for you." Said the person and then they left. I walked in and relief had filled me. I was sort of safe for now and that was good enough. I went straight into the bathroom and saw was looked like gold to me at the moment. I jumped into the shower staying in until the water ran cold. I looked at my wings and saw that instead of the black blotches they were white and light brown again. My hair didn't feel matted and I felt so much light without the caked mud bringing me down.

I got dressed into a fresh pair of jeans and a white t-shirt. What was different about it was the holes in the back looked tailored and neat. My wings slipped right through without any problem. I sat on the bed and before I knew it I was asleep.

Soon I was being woken up by one of the workers.

"Miss we are ready to export you to your new home."

What happened earlier came back to me and I got my stuff and walked out slowly. They lead down towards the end of the hall where a little train waited. I walked and got in knowing full well what I had just agreed to. The next thing was to live with the decision.

"Here's a picture of him."

I took the picture and looked at it. I almost burst into tears. It was a picture of FANG.