The Sickness- Chapter 2

"My help?" I asked looking at them like they were crazy.

"Yes." The boy said.

"It's a matter of life and death." The girl added.

I took a step to the side and motioned them in.

They walked into the front room on which was on the right.

I stole a glance at Fang seeing him staring intently at our two visitors. I turned my attention back to the two seeing them looking at me, I walked into the front room. Fang followed me in, right on my heels.

"So, who are you and how do you know me?" I asked sitting on the arm of the couch with my arms folded across my chest. Fang sat on the couch, right next to me, so close we were almost touching.

"I'm Kane." The boy said pointing to himself then he pointed to the girl. "And this is my twin sister Lane."

"Kane and Lane?" Fang asked with a raised eyebrow.

I turned to look at him, seeing he was smirking. It was kind of funny.

"It's a twin thing." He said shrugging.

"A dumb twin thing." The girl added.

"So I take it you didn't name yourselves?" I asked amused.

"No." Kane confirmed.

"Jeb did." Lane said staring at me.

I could feel my breath catch in my throat.

"Did he send you?" I asked going on alert.

"Definitely not." Lane said looking mad that I would even ask.

"Then why are you here?" I asked furrowing my brow. "I need more of an explanation than 'we need your help'."

"The government is slowly uncovering what Jeb and the other whitecoats have been doing to kids for all these years."

"'Bout time." I muttered.

"Yes, it is." Lane said nodding. "But the whitecoats are doing everything they can to hide what they did."

"Explain." Fang said leaning in and laying his forearms on his thighs.

"They're burning all the files they have on us."

"Us?" I piped up. "You're experiments too?"

"Yes, we're like you." Kane said standing up and letting his wings out through the holes in the back of his shirt.

I looked at Lane expectantly.

She rolled her eyes and unfurled her wings too.

They had matching wings, crystal blue like their eyes, with thin strips of black randomly placed here and there. It was a stunning sight.

They both tucked their wings back in and sat down.

"Convinced that you can trust us yet?" Kane asked eyeing me.

"You're getting there." I said nodding.

He smiled.

"Continue." Fang said making Kane lose his smile.

"Right." Lane said exhaling. "As we were saying… They're burning all the files that could be used against them, ordering termination of every mutant kid they can find…"

"That doesn't make sense." I said shaking my head. "We haven't had a problem with erasers for months."

"The erasers aren't what you should be worried about." Kane said solemnly.

I looked at him expectantly, but he said no more.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked looking between the two of them.

"The whitecoats haven't sent erasers after you, because they were too busy developing something." Lane said meeting my eyes. "Something that promises the end of the mutant population."

"Which would be?" Fang asked.

"The sickness."

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