Hey guys! I don't own anything Maximum Ride related except for these kitty dudes and dudettes right here.

Sorry. I'm running out of creative disclaimers.

"Geez, Cat." That voice sounded like...Aw, crap. "Do you always sleep this much?" I woke to find myself sprawled on my stomach. I had a headache the size of New Jersey and the insanely bright lights weren't helping. Neither was Jason.

"No," I mumbled seeing that familiar white room. I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping and praying this was a horrific dream. But it wasn't. "No, no, no." We were caught, I realized. I lifted my head to observe my surroundings. Surprisingly I wasn't in a cage or tied down to a stretcher. And there was Jason right there in my sights. Another thing, I was completely alone. This made panic rise into my chest. I heaved my breaths in worry. How long had it been since I'd been alone without my pride?

Too long. I didn't like the feeling at all.

"Where are they?" I said getting up on all fours. Jason cocked his head.

"You know one thing is pretty admirable about you. You never give up. You wanna know where you disappointed me?" he asked as though I cared. I rolled my eyes and sighed to make it blatantly clear that I didn't want to here his opinions. Jason went on, "You brought all of your little kitty friends. You could've made it."

This struck a cord. No, I couldn't have and I knew it. I was sure of it. The pride was the only thing that inspired me to leave. It was the only thing that kept me from going insane with fear at the thought of ever coming back to School. They were my lifeline. New passion rose up in me making me and not care what whitecoats heard me talk.

"Where's my pride?" I said clear and strongly. Jason laughed.

"You have pride? That's new."

"No, you idiot. Where's the rest of the pride? The other cats?" I said growing more frustrated. He thought for a moment. He shrugged.

"Oh. A pride, like a pack. Beats me," he said. He quickly changed the subject. "But I'm just glad you're awake. You see I've been promoted." He reached for my arm and pulled me to my feet. I shrugged him off and tried to claw his face. He easily dodged my attack.

"I'm not impressed," I growled.

"You should be. It's actually quite amazing. See you have your own pride, well I've developed my own pack. They do what I say," he said. It was then I heard a click in the walls. Like something unlocking. Then metal boards came out of the walls. My muscles tensed. I dropped down to all fours ready to pounce or run. Jason had a confident smile. We moved out of the way of the boards as they formed a maze.

"What's going on?" I asked him.

"It's just another test. Nothing to be worried about." Tests were just about everything to be worried about. Up at the top of the huge room were the faceless whitecoats staring through windows with their eyes with no souls.

"I want to see my family," I said. I did not like Jason's grin.

"You will," he said. Jason put his fingers to his lip and whistled. My muscles tensed completely. I don't know if you've ever seen Jurassic Park. I haven't either. But the stories Eric told me about it were scary. Dinosaurs? Back again? Well somehow these guys did it. The new Erasers were almost seventy-five velociraptor.

That's right. Michael Chrichton was going to be pissed.

There were openings in the walls where the new mutants emerged from. They were green and with scales on their bodies. They didn't look human at all when you looked at their eyes. Erasers sometimes have that smug look in their eyes that made them look somewhat human. Like they had thoughts of their own when they weren't killing or chasing other mutants. These dino-Erasers did not look like that. When you saw their eyes they looked like nothing aside from hungry. Instead of fingers and toes there were five large, black claws. Where the big toe should be there was a huge claw. Just like Eric said. Their wide mouths were locked in a grin with jagged teeth/ They stalked towards us.

"See, this time it's me calling the shots," Jason said. As if the situation weren't scary enough he had to deliver that little slice of information. I was starting to get worried as they stalked toward us, calculating as they watched. Looking at the others and seeing what positions they're teammates were at before they started the hunt. The creatures surrounded us and were getting closer. Jason snapped his fingers and at once they all paused.

"Okay," I said. "What's the point of this?"

"I wanted to try out these bad boys in a real hunt. No more of this chimp chasing stuff. The whitecoats wanted to see your dedication to your pride. So we compromised. Somewhere in this building is all of the members of all your pride. Even the little Eraser, which I am thoroughly confused about. Oh well. I'm sure we'll have time to talk about that later though. Anyway, the doors to their cages are unlocked. Are you ready?" My eyes widened as I looked around.

The raptors were only feet away!

"What! Right now?" I complained with a shaking voice.

"One..." I shook my head in disbelief.

"Jason!" He couldn't be serious. He wasn't going to sic a bunch of velociraptors on me. But he didn't show any signs of relenting.

"Two..." He was serious!

"Damn it!" I cried realizing I had to act now. I jumped over the heads of the dino-Erasers. They watched me eagerly restraining themselves from acting without command.

"Three!" He whistled again. I zipped through the maze blindly. The first turn I made was a dead end. Figures. I jumped at the wall and climbed to the top. If you can't go through, go over. The board was only about an inch thick, but this is where a tail comes in handy. Lifting my tail for balance, I ran on the wall and peered across the room where I saw the way out.

A door!

BAM! A raptor head butted the wall and I came tumbling down with uncatlike grace. But I recovered quickly. He pulled his head back to snap at me. I leapt up on the board again and made it to the top with record speed. Put that down on your clipboard, I thought at the whitecoats.

The door! I went through it and closed the door behind me. They tried to open the door so I held it closed. It shook as the dino-Erasers pounded at it. But I had the door closed.

"Um, excuse me," said a irritatingly cocky voice. I turned my head. Another Eraser. The wolf kind. My body tensed. They weren't even giving me a chance! They saw my worry. "Don't get your panties in a bunch. We're just refereeing. And that is against the rules." He nodded to me holding the door closed.

"I don't care," I snapped. The Eraser started to change. I took a moment to scratch at him, but I missed. I couldn't hold on anymore. "Go to hell!" I shouted since I was too busy running for my life to exchange more pleasantries. I started down one of the many halls in the School.

I had to find the others. We had to get out of here pronto.

Don't ask me what inspired to me to make dino-Erasers. But it sounds like something evil scientists would do. Anyway...

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