I was dumped back into the cell, and I sat against a wall, unmoving. I felt numb. They were gone. They were really gone. I know I had promised Fang that I would keep living, but how could I? If I was dead, I would be with them, with my family.

Hour passed, until I heard footsteps on the other side of the door. It opened, and a young girl around my age with long brown hair rushed in, her boots clicking on the tiled floor.

"You're Max, right?" she asked in a British accent, I just nodded, "I'm Katie. Come on, we need to get out of here" she grabbed my arm and pulled me up. We made our way to the door. She was dragging me by the arm, I just followed lamely. We reached the end of a corridor, and Katie stopped immediately, looking round. Whitecoats surrounded us, with dart guns and syringes.

"Katie, what on earth are you doing? Helping an experiment escape?" I looked round to see Jeb standing there.

"No Dad, I'm helping my sister escape" Sister? Jeb was her father? Why didn't I know any of this?

"Katie, give me Maximum" Jeb warned.

"No! What you have done to her and her Flock is sick, it's disgusting! If I stay here, how long will it be before you do that stuff to me? I'm leaving. Tell these men to move" she ordered.

"I can't do that, love" he shook his head sadly. Katie reached into her jean pocket and pulled out a black remote. It had two buttons on it. Jeb backed away slightly when he saw it.

"Now, Katie, lets not be rash. Where did you get that? Do you know what it does?" Jeb's voice was shaking.

"I got it from the safe in you office. I know that every single person who works in this hell hole has a chip in their brains, and if I press this button, it will send a signal so strong into their heads, it will kill every single one of them - including you" she sounded so confident.

"If you know what it doesn't, then you must know its only used in emergencies, so please, give it here" Jeb actually sounded frightened - go Katie.

"Only used in emergencies? You mean when a School is discovered and you have to kill all the scientists in case they blab about what you're doing to poor children!" Katie yelled, "Now, I'm going to ask one last time - let us go, or I will press this button. I mean it" she sounded deadly.

"I can't do that sweetheart" he said sadly.

"Fine then" and she pressed the button defiantly.

"NO!" Jeb yelled. Then all the whitecoats surrounding us were on the floor, clutching their heads and screaming.

I barely had chance to register what was happening, when Katie grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the out the door. I was outside for the first time in five weeks. But I couldn't stop to enjoy it. Katie dragged me over to a shiny blue Mercedes, opening it, and we both climbed in. I had barely closed the door when she had put her foot down and we were speeding away from the School.