Chapter 7
Angel knew she couldn't hold on much longer. They had started to experiment on Riley, and Riley's thoughts were terrified. Angel patted her arm, trying to comfort her. She sent her comforting thoughts, but Riley was white and pale, totally scared.
Then they made them run, Angel hadn't been able to feel her leg muscles for more than an hour, and her lungs were burning. Riley was still going strong, and hadn't been hit once with the stick thing that jolted electricity into her. Angel had four marks from it already.
Angel let go and was relieved, they zapped her, once, twice, three times, but she didn't feel it. Riley was still going strong, her face was white from fear, but she was fine, not breathing hard or anything.
Then the whitecoats came and ripped the electrodes off her own skin.
"Oh, my God, three and a half hours." The whitecoat was murmuring. "And the other one is still going strong." They let Angel sit, until Riley finally stopped, her breath coming in ragged, uneven rhythms.
"Unbelievable, you don't know how long I've waited to study Subjects One and Eleven. They have interesting intelligence levels and One has incredible endurance."
The whitecoats were interested in everything that was wrong with us, just the parts that made us freaks. The whitecoats took them back to their cage, and flopped them down inside. They both lay down, Riley was still panting slightly.
Angel wrapped her arms around Riley as she cried, her body shaking with fear. At least they weren't being experimented on anymore and they could rest.
And soon, exhausted, they both fell into an uneasy sleep.
