Anne's POV
"Amazing, simply amazing." I muttered, surveying the whole scene.
John stood beside me and said, "I wonder what he said to make her so angry…" He sounded worried.
"Oh, it's nothing. Look, she's already over it." I comforted him with false sympathy. "Besides, I'm sure she knows this is a test. It's what we prepare her for."
"I suppose you're right." He sighed.
"I always am," I grinned, "I always am."
Ella's POV
"I-Wha-?" I was at a loss for words. I couldn't get one coherent thought out of my head, let alone my mouth.
"I'm sorry." He repeated, pulling me into a hug. It was then that I realized I was crying. I leaned on him and cried a bit more before I tried to orient myself.
He was still rocking me back and forth after I stopped crying, but I was still shaking. He was saying, "Shh." And "Hush."
I pulled away finally and he looked at me with a weird look on his face that I'd never seen before.
"Ella…" He trailed off, then regained his voice, "Ella, you know I care about you. You and I both know that I'm not intermediate family. But we are very close…" He lost his voice again.
"No." I whispered, "I have so many other things you don't know."
"Like what? That you have a tail? That you're half leopard?" He laughed a bit, "Anne told us that, remember?"
"Yes. But you haven't gotten to see it, have you?" I asked, waiting patiently for the right moment.
"Ella, I think you can remember that I'm-"
I cut him off, "Blind? Yes, but you do have your own way of seeing, remember?" I asked.
Understanding lit his face. "Okay." He nodded slowly.
I carefully un tucked my tail from beneath me. I scooted closer to him and put the end of it in his hand.
He looked shocked, but his hand felt it slowly. "Wow…" he breathed out. "It feels really… muscled… Almost as muscled as my wings… but it still feels fragile."
I nodded, "It's as strong as your wings are."
Just then, another scientist walked up to our cage. "Here kitty kitty kitty." She said in a baby voice.
I looked at Iggy. He looked annoyed. I looked back up at her. "Yes ma'am?" I asked politely.
"It's time for your shots." She was treating me like I was two.
"Okay." I said, moving forward towards the door of the cage.
I looked back at Iggy who looked like he couldn't decide which emotion to be: Angry or scared.
"I'll be right back Ig." I said before slipping out of the cage door.
The scientist led me into a back room and flipped on the lights. I looked around and blinked. There in the corner of the room was the flock.
Anne's POV
I watched the girl's expression carefully, looking for resentfulness or anger, but none was shown. Shock was in its place. Perfect.
It was time to get my plan moving. I knew exactly what to do now. I had to separate my partners precious Kit Kat from experiment 3.
Then, I had to hurt experiment 31-otherwise known as Ella- physically in front of experiment 3. It would be such a scientific enrichment to see his reaction. Would he be worried, angry, scared?
I'd have to wait and see.
Anne's POV
Of course, the boy's reaction wasn't all I was looking forward to seeing. I was also looking forward to seeing Ella's pain. After what she did to me, I would never forgive her.
So I would have to come up with all the details. It would have to be on one of her Dad's days off. And it would have to be soon because I couldn't wait