"Today sucks." I decided, after stepping on yet another wonderfully scorching wire meant to keep me running. I had already dealt with the normal school subjects like math and all that jazz, I had also ran until I stopped resulting in getting shocked (multiple times) by a cattle prod, I had been made to swim with heavy weights on (and almost drowned when I couldn't swim any more) and now I was in a giant maze from hell. It had the traps, it had dead ends and it had razor wire lining the edges of the paths and it had the scorching wires that ran through the whole maze. I was forced to run again and again through the damned thing but the routes, locations of traps and the location of the exits changed every time I went through. "I can't take much more of this." I wanted to cry, everything hurt and I wanted to collapse but I refused to cry not only because I learned a long time ago crying about something didn't solve crap, but because I refused to give any of the white coats the pleasure of seeing me break.
Finally, finally they brought me back to my cage. It was dark outside I knew (I had an internal clock of sorts) so I wasn't expecting the little one to be awake, but when I got back she was curled in a ball, shaking. My eyes narrowed and I thought "Is she alright? Who the hell caused her to look like that?" to my surprise she jerked and whipped around to face my direction just in time to see me getting thrown into my cage next to her.
I waited until the whitecoats were gone before turning to the little one. "Little one?" I asked quietly, my voice rough from not being used. "Are you alright? Well as alright as you can be?" She was staring wide-eyed at me. "Little one?" I asked again.
"Y-you can talk?" she asked softly. I nodded at her. "Poor little one. I hope she gets out some how. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Not after twelve years of this hell."
"I will." she suddenly stated.
"Hmm?"
"I will get out. Max and the others are coming. I know they are."
My eyes widened. I knew I had only thought that. "How did you...?" I asked.
"I can read minds." she stated tapping her head.
My eyes widened a little more but I nodded "That explains that. I can effect people through singing." I offered information.
She smiled "Really? C-can I hear?" she hesitated a little before asking and I felt my eyes soften as I nodded.
"Sure little one. Sure. What kind of song would you like to hear? Happy, sad, dance, lullaby?"
"Um...you pick." she answered.
I nodded and thought a moment before singing a song I had heard in the only test I enjoyed. A test involving my response to music. "This is called Gomenasai and is by t. A. T. u." I hummed the first few notes before beginning to sing, unintentionally using my gift and channeling sadness and regret into it.
"What I thought wasn't mine
In the light
Was a one of a kind
A precious pearl
When I wanted to cry
I couldn't cause I
Wasn't allowed
Gomenasai for everything
Gomenasai, I know I let you down
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now
What I thought wasn't all
So innocent
Was a delicate doll
Of porcelain
When I wanted to call you
And ask you for help
I stopped myself
Gomenasai for everything
Gomenasai, I know I let you down
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now
What I thought was a dream
A mirage
Was as real as it seemed
A privilege
When I wanted to tell you
I made a mistake
I walked away
Gomenasai, for everything
Gomenasai, Gomenasai, Gomenasai
I never needed a friend,
Like I do now
Gomenasai, I let you down
Gomenasai, Gomenasai,
Gomenasai till the end
I never needed a friend
Like I do now"
I looked at the little one and noticed her tears. "Oh, Little One, I am sorry. I didn't mean to make you cry."
She sniffed and said "You have a very pretty voice. I like your singing."
I smiled and laughed a little "Thank you Little One. May I ask for your name?"
The Little One's eyes widened and then she answered "My name is Angel."
I smiled before replying "That is a fitting name for you. My name is Aya Kitsune."
We were going to continue our conversation but the door at the other end of the hallway opened and I growled lowly. Angel whimpered next to me and I felt sorry for her "I can't imagine what I would do if I could hear their thoughts."
The whitecoats who had opened the doors earlier now stopped in front of Angel's and my own cage. The one in front, David if I remembered correctly, crouched low in front of our cages. He glanced between us and Angel whimpered. David's eyes flicked in her direction and I snarled lowly. His eyes snapped back to me. A slow smile spread over his face and Angel whimpered a little louder. "It's okay Little One. I won't let him hurt you if I can help it." I directed my thoughts to her. She glanced at me, fear in her eyes, and nodded just the slightest bit.
David spoke up. "Experiments 04 and 11, starting now you will be tested together. We would like to test your responses to others and as well as how well you can work with others in rather..." he trailed off a cruel light in his eyes, "compromising positions." I pulled my lips back and snarled as loudly as I could. He jerked backwards and I caught a glimpse of the five long scars I had inflicted on his arm with my claws when he had gotten to close.
"Run, run, run as fast as you can, I'll get you David, you know I can!" I chanted softly to him as he scrambled away from me, a fear in his eyes only I could inflict. I smiled widely for added effect, and bared all my sharp fox-like teeth.
He stood with a huff and snarled "Be silent Experiment 04! You begin at eight tomorrow." he whirled to face the door and stomped out, slamming it, the other whitecoats following him out.
Angel spoke up after the whitecoats had all left and re-shut the door. "Why is he scared of you Aya?"
I looked over at her and smiled answering "When he first came here to the School, I was seven years old and had been here for three years. He was the whitecoat assigned to me. It was his job to take me for testing and record and encourage my results. He was and still is power hungry. He thought if he got a lot of data from me he would get promoted up the ranks and not have to deal with, in his words, 'filth like me'. He pushed me until I just dropped to the floor and then prodded and forced me to keep going and going until I just couldn't anymore. One time..." I trailed off as the memory came back and my eyes glassed over. I shook my head continuing "one time he made me angry. I had dealt with him six months and he was going into one of his make-the-freak-work-till-she-drops fits, but when I went down and he tried to force me to get up, I couldn't. I honestly couldn't do it and it made him angry so he got a cattle prod and started shocking me over and over. I tried to get up but only succeeded in face planting again and again. In his rage at my 'incompetence' he stuck the cattle prod into my back between my wings. It made my animal instincts take over and I managed to twist around and dig my claws into his elbow and drag them down to his wrist. He dropped the prod and had to be taken out while they sedated me. They decided I was a danger to him and he was a danger to me and moved him to another sector, but he has always been scared of me after that."
To my surprise she didn't recoil from me and instead smiled a little before saying "I wish I could do that to Reilly. He was working with me before you got here. He made me do a bunch of stuff and hit me in the face..." my face twisted up in rage at the idea of them abusing this little one as she continued "because I bit him..." my lips twitched a little when she said that. I could just imagine the whitecoat's face but I went back to the irritated frown when she finished "And then they took him away and this other whitecoat took my blood four times. It was a little after that that you showed up."
"Well Angel, what do you say to going to sleep hmm? I'm sure we'll need it." I asked softly.
She nodded "Sleep sounds good."
