Raven awoke and yawned. Her wing was wrapped up and her leg in a cast, her torso was bound and a rag on her face to seep up the blood from the cut. The held the blanket close to her and fully opened her eyes. Why am I seeing bars…? Rubbing her eyes she sat up and shook her head as it bumped something. She looked up and gasped. I…I'm in a cage! She screamed and shook it wildly her long, talon-like claws gripping the iron.
"No matter how hard you try, they don't break. You should give up." Raven's head popped up and she swung it around to the spot where she'd heard the voice.
"Who, who's there? Answer me!"
"Name's Gangle. This one over here with his feet chained to the wall is Squelch, and the one in that cage is Frieda. Nice to meet you. What's yours?"
"Raven Fleck… What am I , well, what are we doing here?"
"He collects freaks. Chains them or cages them and has them perform for money. I am more of a clown then anything else, but I can do magic."
"He says he can do magic, but he's never unlocked a single one of these cages." A voice boomed and then laughed a little. Raven looked over to see a tattooed strongman with his ankles chained thrice to the wall.
"Yes…and you are strong enough to pick up a car, but have you ever broken these chains, you are the one to be talking!" A small woman piped up. Small enough to stand in the cage. Raven would assume her to be about three feet tall. "So, Miss Fleck, what are you doing here?" They obviously hadn't noticed her wings or her claws. Which was all too fine for Raven, but she decided to tell them anyways.
"I am a bird. Part bird, and aerialist." She grabbed onto the cage again.
"So…you can fly? Do you have wings? We were asleep when you were brought in." Gangle remarked in awe and Squelch stood up a little straighter. Raven nodded and removed the blanket and showed them her glossy wings. She pulled the one forward that was not broken, and preened it with her nails.
"Yes, I have wings. One is broken though. So at the moment, I can not fly. My leg is broken, my ribs…"
"Were you born with wings? And the claws?" Frieda piped up and looked at her, her jaw dropped.
"Talons…" Raven quickly corrected her. "They are talons, I am not a cat. I am a bird. And no I wasn't… I—I was…an experiment."
They trio gasped.
"To hell with my problems!" Gangle quacked like a duck. "Your life is exceedingly worse. Will you tell us?" Raven looked up sadly and continued to preen. Then nodded slowly.
"I will…but, it is a long story."
"What else have we to do?" Squelch asked. Raven nodded and began.