*Sorry for the mistake earlier. Technical difficulties ^^

A/N:

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Skyclaw and everyone's favorite rephibian, Cobalt!

'We're mutants too! Help us! Please!"

The little girl's voice echoed in my head. It was creepy sensation. It's like having a little person in your head poking your brain and talking annoyingly. Vi and Chara seemed shocked too.

I held them by their hair, so if they tried to escape, they'd have to sacrifice big clumps of their dirty hair. They definitely haven't been showering for weeks, so it didn't look great to begin with.

But when I realized that the girl who poked around my brain was the mute telepathic girl, I let go of them. The boy held his head like I gave him a concussion (Oh please. I don't have super-strength.) and as his hand passed his ashen golden brown hair, a pair of dog ears stuck up. I open my mouth but words don't spill out.

The ears were quivering and flattening, like an angry dog's. I almost reached out for them but caught myself just in time. That would've been really embarassing.

The red-haired girl was pale and looked starved. Underneath all the grime and dirt, I could clearly see her bones jutting out from her arm. She wasn't short, but I guess she'd be at least a tall six or seven-year-old. Her dark green eyes looked at Vi's claws warily and her fingers were fiddling with her clothes, which is a white thin hospital gown. I should know because they made the experiments (which includes me) wear it. She must be freezing. Her dark red hair was cut rather jaggedly, as if a toddler had cut it off with a one-bladed scissor.

'Are you adults?' she said. Or rather telepathied. Telepaticied. Telepatyed. Whatever.

"No," Chara immediately replied. "We're just mutant kids. I'm Chara. Don't be afraid. We're not going to hurt you."

The girl perked up. 'Do you have candy?'

I was wondering why the older kid didn't speak up. He looked a bit more capable of taking care of both of them. He was only slightly younger than me. He wore better clothes; a hoodie was draped over his frame and he had green trainers on, when the girl was barefoot. His left trainer was in an awkward angle, as if he had twisted it. But he was standing up properly. If you squinted, you could see that there was a bit of a small bulk in the boy's hoodie.

Come to think of it, the girl's hospital gown also had a bit of a bump in the back. It reminded me of Chara's jacket when she hid wings. I grabbed the boys shoulder.

"What have you got in your-" I started to say. I was cut off when he turned around and slapped me in the middle of my eyes. "Ow!"

"Don't touch me," he whispered in a hoarse voice.

I backed away, rubbing the bridge of my nose where he hit me. I felt a migraine coming. "Gah! So-ree," I said sarcastically. "You didn't have to go all cannibal on me." When I blinked my eyes, I saw that someone had turned off the lights. "Hello? Someone turn the lights back on."

I was replied by silence, with only the boy's heavy breathing in the background, until Vi said, "Umm... the lights are on."

I blinked some more. "Liar." I took a step forward and knocked against someone. "Seriously, guys. This isn't funny."

The dark looked different. Usually, you could see the outline of things and the dark wasn't as dark as this dark. It was as if I had never opened my eyes.

Then, I heard a scuffle. There was a metallic sound, as if a sword has been pulled out of its place. I guessed that this was Vi. There were thumps of feet moving and kicks being thrown.

"Hey!" the boy's raspy voice said.

"Don't 'hey' me! What did you do to Cobalt?" This was Violet.

"Who's Cobalt?"

"That weird-looking boy you just hit. Answer me." Weird-looking? I'm hurt.

"Hey!" I said.

"Vi," Chara's stern voice said. "Drop the boy. You're scaring him."

I can just imagine Vi lifting the thin boy into the air with her claws digging into his shirt.

'Please! Don't hurt Tammy!' the girl screamed in my head. Tammy's his name, eh? When I get my hands on him, I will kill him. As soon as the lights are back on, of course.

"I blinded him," Tammy's voice whispered. It was scared, but defiant. "He tried to hurt me."

"Hurt you?" I said indigantly. "I was just checking out your wings! I'm not going to hurt anyone! I'm a good guy! And what's this about you blinding me?"

I felt the air move in front of my face. Someone was probably moving their hand in front of my face.

"Cobby," said Chara's heavy voice. "You're seriously blind."

I was quiet for a while. "Thanks a lot, Tammy. I'm hungry, I haven't eaten, and now you just blinded me. How am I supposed to catch bugs when I can't see bugs?"

"Catch bugs...?" Tammy asked.

"How am I supposed to walk, for that matter? How am I supposed to do anything? Blind!"

"Bugs?" he repeated.

I didn't answer him. I just charged in his direction and swung my hand, intending to slap him. It hits his cheek with a satisfying sound.

Then everything went black.

I woke up back in the hotel bed. The back of my head was pounding and when I touched it, there was a big bruise. I sat up and saw Violet sitting on the corner of my bed, crosslegged. She was eating a bowl of ravioli and watched the tv. There was some kind of spy movie playing.

She heard the bed creak and turned around. "Finally! I've been waiting for three whole hours! The kid told me the blindness was temporary. Can you see anything now?"

"Yep," I said grogilly. "I can see your mouth talking. What hit me?"

"Well, you and Tammy were obviously gonna get into a fight, Tammy winning of course..." I stuck my tongue out at her. I was blind for crying out loud!"... and Chara hit you in the head. We can't risk them flying off. In short, you deserved that bump."

I then changed the subject. "Where are they now?"

Vi gestured vaguely to the back. "They're in the kitchen. Chara's trying to get them to talk."

I kicked my blankets off, wondering how they got me in here without anyone seeing. I walked behind Vi, slightly embarassed for getting knocked out.

But you were blind! a little voice in my head said.

Be quiet, I told it.

Then, my stomach grumbled. I was still hungry.

"Blurg," I said.

"What?"

"I'm still hungry."

"Oh." She looked surprised. "There's a small spider infestation behind the fridge."

Spiders. A bit slimy and cold and furry. Defintely not butterflies.

When we arrived, I saw Chara and the two newest member of our small little mutant group. They sat on one side of the square wooden table and she sat in the other. There were two green bowls in front of Tammy and the little girl. The one in front of the girl was filled with cheap chocolates and the one in front of Tammy was filled with assorted biscuits. They were inhaling the food in. Chara was staring at them with utter concentration, hands folded together.

It turns out, Tammy and the telepathic girl had wings. I was right. They must trust us now because now because they had their wings unfurled. The scientists must've been obsessed with the idea of flight and freedom because the girl had beautiful red wings. Tammy had smaller wings, but they were just as intricate. They were colored brown with a goldish tint in the edges.

"Hey," Violet announced our arrival.

Chara didn't glance up, instead, pointing at Tammy and saying, "This is Tammy. He's 12. He can fly and temporarily blind people."

I gave him a glare and saw a red hand-shaped mark on his cheek. If that was still there after three hours, I must have hit him pretty hard. Yay!

"This..." continued Chara. "...is Cleo. Cleo's 10. She can also fly. She's mute and telepatic. And if she's angry, she can throw energy."

Cleo continued chewing as she said, 'But it's only happened once, when we were being chased by a guy in this trench coat.'

Chara lifted her eyebrow. "Really? Tell me everthing." Her voice was commanding.

'Well, me and Tammy escaped together and we jumped over this ten-storey building and flew off. None of the Erasers could catch us. We were feeling good and decided to head out of the state or wherever we were when this guy in a jeep started shooting at us! We were in the clouds and he could still see us! He almost hit us and I got really angry and then I threw energy at him.' Cleo shrugged like it was nothing.

"How did you do it, exactly?" Chara asked. "Maybe one of us can do it too."

'I just made a palm and... threw energy. Like, this really huge ball made out of yellow awesomeness.' She stopped eating and grinned with a full mouth.

Despite the seriousness of it all, we all cracked a smile.

There's room for two more mutants, right?

I stared at Tammy.

Even if one is a ballistic ape.