Run.
I tried to go faster, but it seemed as if all hope was lost. The wind rushed past my face and violently ruffled the feathers on my wings.
Yes, you heard right.
Sprouting from inbetween my shoulder blades were two very large, very real, wings. More about that later. For now, I was on the run. The whitecoats behind me shouted out my name, called for me to return to them. "Tara! Tara!" As if I would return to the place they had tested on me, made me who I was.
Next to me, my friends ran equally or slightly faster than me. To my right was a sleek girl, her black hair blowing behind her like a long, shiny ribbon. Two panther-like ears were placed symmetrically upon her head, and she had a cat-like tail as well. Her cobalt blue eyes were filled with tears. To my left was a blonde boy, his face lightly scarred from years of battle practice. His features were wolfy, due to him being mixed with lupine DNA. His amber eyes were narrowed with anger.
As for me, my waves of brown hair felt about ready to rip out of my head at this speed. My own green eyes felt about ready to tear up, and my thin, pale legs were Jello from running so hard. Reaching the end of the hall, I spotted my target; a half-open window. I bunched my legs, and leaped. There was the frightening sensation of free-falling, then I snapped open my wings.
They were huge, maybe 15 feet across. They resembled that of a seagulls', white, gray, and black. I pushed them down hard, and then I was floating. Camille stretched out, and landed gracefully-on her feet, I might add- on the top of a building nearby. Akakios hit not quite as smoothly, but still steadily.
"We escaped! Tara, Akakios, we escaped!" Camille's voice was lightly hinted with a french accent, and she leaped with joy.
"Not quite yet." Akakios's voice was rough, and he pointed towards the window where we had escaped. I turned to gaze upward at the shattered glass, shielding my eyes from the midday sun. The whitecoats were all huddled by the open window.
"Tara! You must come back-you don't fully understand!"
"I understand," I shouted back up at them, "That I am free. Forever."