4
I woke up to a throbbing headache.
"Holy crap…" I groaned.
"It's awake!" a man in a white lab coat said.
I looked around then pointed to myself with a confused look.
A few other men came into the room.
I looked around again.
"Hey, uh, where are my friends?"
No answer.
"Hey!" I snapped my fingers. "I'm talking! Where are my friends?"
Still no answer.
I sighed angrily. I took a deep breath and clutched the bars on the cage and screamed random stuff to get their attention.
It actually worked.
"What's wrong with her?" one man said.
"I don't know!" another said.
I suddenly feel an electrical jolt on my side.
"Holy nuggets." I said as I fell over.
I felt the cage being lifted up carried to another room.
The cage was thrown inside, and my back hit it the back bars as it landed.
"Shadow? Ya in here?" I heard Night's whisper.
"Yup." I picked myself up. "I feel very weak. Ugh, why do I always have to get shocked?"
Then, the lights in the room turn on, and they're extremely bright.
We all groaned as we were trying to adjust to the brightness.
The sound of starting machines flooded the room. I looked around to see what was going on.
Then I felt this incredible burning pain on my right arm. I slouched down in the cage holding my arm, cursing under my breath. I look over to Night and Wolfie, and they are doing the same thing I am.
Whatever just happened, it was painful.
I fought off the pain, and tried to twist my arm to we what was on it.
S064.
What does it mean?
"Hey guys, check your arms. They have something on them." I said.
Wolfie read hers. "S072."
So did Night. "S089…what do you think it means?"
A male voice answered, "It's your tracker numbers. All we have to do is enter your numbers and we can track your every move."
Three men came into the room with metal bands in their hands. They opened the cages and snapped the bands on my ankle, Night's arm, and Wolfie's neck.
"What are these things for?" Wolfie said, trying to readjust the band.
"To get a more accurate location on you."
Oh, this is just lovely! I thought. Then I had an idea.
"Night, hand me your bag." Night threw her bag to my cage when the men weren't looking.
I tugged the bag behind the cage and dug through it. I found a purple ball and some bobby pins.
I tried to throw the ball into the hallway. Then I got the men's attention.
"Hey, you with facial features! I saw something purple roll down the hallway."
They got out of the room in a hurry.
Ah, the gullible dumbasses. Alicia said. I giggled.
I took the bobby pin and picked the lock until I successfully got the cage open. I jumped out the cage. I picked up the cage.
It was surprisingly light-weight.
I banged it against the lock on Night's and Wolfie's cage until it opened.
I handed them some of the other bobby pins.
"Try to pry open your bands while we run like hell." I said.
"I remember an exit! Follow me!" Wolfie said.
We followed her until we got to the exit. I tried to push to door open.
"It's locked."
"Hold on, I got something." Night pulled out a rock from her bag, and threw it against the glass doors.
Who keeps a rock in a bag? I thought.
We jumped through the window and ran like hell.