Matt's POV

After a horrible day of lab tests, taking blood samples every five minutes, getting fed really bad food, and feeling like crap. I was back in my cage sleeping.

That's when I felt the pin-prick feeling of being watched. I laid on my side with my arm as a pillow, trying to see if I possibly had mind powers like that little girl Angel. Go away! Go away! Let me sleep. I thought so hard, I had to shut my eyes, but the feeling never went away. I sighed inwardly. Looks like strength, smarts, and looks are all I've got.

I sat up and the feeling increased. There were no Erasers, no Jeb. The thing, or person, watching me was a silver headed girl with wings tucked elegantly behind her, and wide, blue eyes.

"Hey." I said nonchalantly.

She squirmed further back into her cage.

"I'm not gonna hurt you," I said, "We're kinda in the same boat aren't we? Why would I hurt you?"

"W—Who are you?" she stammered.

Her voice was all fluttery. It kind of matched her look. Long, flow-like hair. Fair skin. Beautiful eyes. How old was she? Like, Max's age.?Older? Hopefully, older. "My name's Matt." I said. "What's your name?"

She shook her head. "No. Not allowed to speak. We should—Ah!" she screamed and flipped out as a collar thing around her neck sent electricity through her.

What the hell? That's new. Did I have one? Nope.

She fell in a heap at the bottom of her cage, not moving.

"Hey," I hissed, "Hey!"

The door slammed open, and Ari, king of the mutts stormed in. "There's no talking!" he shouted. He glared at me and I glared right back. "

"Shouldn't they put a collar on you?" I sneered.

He kicked and rattled my cage. "I said shut up you worthless pig!"

The girl whimpered and Ari turned to her. "You should know better!" he snapped at her, and she flinched and tried to press herself back against the cage as he rattled it. "Now be quiet all of you, or you'll get the same treatment little miss loud mouth over here did."

All of you? What? I turned. There were cages stacked on top of cages, filled with animals and kids all alike. And all had their wide, scared eyes on Ari. He took knowledge of that and smirked.

"Ah, go chase your tail or somethin' will ya? I'm tryin' to get some sleep here." I sneered.

Ari's glare was death, but the relief from the other kids made it all worth the shaking of the cage worth while. "You're the pigs here, I'm the wolf. I'm in-charge." he stormed out, growling.

Okay. So pissing off Ari probably wasn't my smartest move, but it made me feel better. Still, I was going to have hell to pay for my little stunt.

Beast's POV

"Please, just go and scout the city. When you get back, we'll leave." Crow had told me. Of course, I said no.

Matt's a big boy. The oldest of all of us. If he can take care of our rag-tag group, I'm pretty sure he can take care of himself. I told her this, and got hit. Women are so violent. She begged me, and then threatened me until I agreed to go to NYC.

Now, I'm a literal fly on the wall, buzzing around looking for any sign of Matt. There were flies by the ton in this city. I think I had it made with the "blending in" part of my last minute plan. Now, what do I do when I find Matt? Tell him to come home? What if he's still locked up? I ain't sneaking into a lab! Not happening! I don't care how much Crow threatens me. He ain't my damn boyfriend.

Okay. So Crow and Matt weren't admittedly a thing, but we could all see it. How those two always sat close together. How they would spend hours talking during the middle of the night. Sometimes, they would go flying without informing the rest of us, and Chester would freak out. God, those two might as well form their own team.

No. That's not right. Matt and Crow just know each other. They were the first two to break out of the School. Then they came back for me, Chester, and Abby. Now Abby was like a complete opposite of Crow. She knew how to flaunt, and she did it extrememly well. Sometimes, it got on my nerves, but it was her super power and it got us out of trouble many times. She had wings, like Matt and Crow, but she was drama queen and didn't even want them at times. Cry baby.

I loved my powers. I could be anything I wanted. The whole, whatever I change into has the same color as my hair, is only a minor set back. I can still, communicate with the things I turn into if they're around me. I can use all of their abilities. I can be anything. Hint why my name is Beast. It's just how I roll.

I buzzed in (see what I did there?) onto a conversation between a couple flies at a hotdog stand.

"Kids sleepin' in trees? Dude, you've been hangin' around the white powder, haven't you?." one said.

"Nu-uh! No way bro! I saw 'em. Six kids up in a tree. And then this weird wolf guy come outta no where. It was freaky bro. Real freaky." The other one said.

The first one rolled all of his eyes. "I ain't beleivin' till I see it."

Like people, animals adapt to where the live. Well, not all animals. But like these flies here, flies in the city tend to talk like the people in the cities. Flies in the countries are usually loaded with accents and slow speaches.

"Dude! That's not even all of it! The kids had wings! Like birds."

Holy guacamole! What? Wow, I really want some guacamole now.

The fly that was skeptic laughed his brains out. "Yeah right! I'm goin' home. Call me when your sober." he flew off leaving my intel all alone.

"Hey, buddy." I said to him.

He turned, "Whatchoo want blondie?" he said.

"I overheard your convo with your bro. Kids with wings?" I said.

"Yeah, well, I saw it! I don't care if you don't believe me either!" he snapped.

"Whoa, whoa. I'm sayin' I believe you dude. I'm actually friends with those kids." I said.

"Don't be stupid." he snorted, "Flies can't talk to humans."

"Humans don't have wings." I pointed out.

He shook his head, "Whatchoo want, fool?" he asked.

"I need you to take me to where you saw these bird kids. I need to find them." I said.

He stood still for a moment. "Fine. Ain't got nothin' else to do. Follow me." he turned just before he took off, "By the way, names Rudy."

We took off towards the park. It was full of people now. Kids flying kites, playing sports, running around. Rudy showed me a group of trees.

"Here's where I saw 'em. Nasty fight between the wolf guy and this one bird boy. Pretty awesome." Rudy said.

I buzzed around. There were claw marks on the trees, and up on the branch was a brown feather. Matt. Instantly, I morphed into a small cat Rudy buzzed off in an instant, leaving me alone. I sniffed at the feather and then withdrew.

That didn't smell like Matt at all. It smelt like a girl. A human girl. Crow would want to see this. I picked up the feather in my mouth, and then morphed into a hawk. I flew off, soaring high above the buildings, circling back north to where one of our many houses sat.