Hey! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I was just kinda lazy after the whole lost-a-chapter thing. BUT! I am back, (because I have the day off at a summer camp I work at- thank God... those kids are insane) and here is your long awaited chapter.

Enjoy!... and have a nice day?

PS don't be mean if the chapter stinks- I'm sick. :( sad.

He towered over me, as I was on the ground, giving him the appearance of a giant. He was smiling that same old smile, and I wanted nothing more than to pounce on him and to tear him to shreds.

Stupid cage. Stupid Jeb. Stupid world!

"What do you want, Jeb?" I asked, my voice as cold as ice.

"Nothing much. Just a chat with you, if you don't mind," he answered.

"Well, I do mind, so leave me alone," I turn away from Jeb, annoyed.

"Well, that's very unfortunate, because I think we both know that you don't really have a say in the matter," he pulls the door of my crate open and slips the rope over my head.

Just like he did that day. My brain shuts down, and I'm flooded with memories.

Jeb slides a rope over my head and tightens it around my neck. He harshly pulls me out out of the crate and leads me out of the room, like an animal. Max, the only one of my flock who is awake, glances after me

I walk calmly behind him, but inside, I'm terrified. I've lived all fourteen yearsof my life here. By now, I'm used to the prodding, torture, and pain. But every time I'm taken out of my only safe place, the crate, I feel hopeless once again.

Jeb takes me into a small room. I glance around the small space, and notice no equipment; no knives, no scalpels, no nothing. Just some chains in a corner and the rare luxury of windows, facing the open sky.

Jeb pulls me to the sorrow corner and chains me to the wall.

"See you later, Evelyn."

A few hours later, I see Jeb walk out of the School, six forgiving, joyful bird kids in tow.

"No... No! Come back! Take me with you! Don't... don't... leave... me." I start to sob for the first time in who knows how long. I pull on the chains with all of my strength, my fury breaking them. I pound on the window, begging my flock, my family, to return. But by the time I free myself from the unforgiving chains, my flock is already gone.

I realize that Jeb, that monster, had put me here to watch the flock leave. Then I realize something that tears my heart into about a thousand pieces-

My flock had left me behind.

I'm pulled back to reality- literally- by my neck. Jeb is yanking at the rope, and I realize that I've collapsed into a pathetic heap on the floor, tears running down my face.

"Get up already, will you?" Jeb tugs on the rope again.

I didn't want to move. I wanted to stay on the floor forever, forgetting everything. But Jeb would never let me do that, so I stood up and followed Jeb through the drab, depressing white walls of the School.

I was surprised when Jeb pulled me into a small, comfortable room. It was cozy, filled with armchairs and couches and coffee tables. Long-forgotten mugs lay scattered across desks, a few documents could be spotted, and jackets were draped across every chair.

The armchairs had restraints built into them, but still.

I was put in one of those armchairs- surprise, surprise, and Jeb wheeled over one of those cool spinning desk chairs.

"So, Evelyn, how are you doing?" Jeb asked. Is he actually asking me that?

"About as well as a mutant can get in this prison, thanks," I scowl.

He looks at me funny and moves on.

"I bet you're wondering why we brought you back here-"

"Well, kinda, considering you sent me out to find the flock," I had been planning to stay emotionless and silent when he talked to me, but he had broken through my shell with one simple comment. I'm weak. Simple as that.

"Have you ever wondered why you want to track the flock down?" he asks.

"Well, I don't want to anymore," he nods, his eyes unreadable, "but I guess I was angry or something. I don't really know. I just felt like I had to find them."

"Exactly. I guess you have the right to know Evelyn-"

"Know what?"

"What has happened the past couple days. It began that day when I wondered how well people could control others brain and emotions. So I began with taking the flock away from you. You obviously felt conflicted- angry, sad, hopeless, all that emotion.

"Then I took you for an operation-"

"But I haven't had an operation in months!"

"You don't remember. I did that on purpose. Now let me finish.

"The operation made you angry at the flock- I had given you the emotion that I wanted you to feel. Then I sent you out to find the flock, to see just how powerful the emotion I had given you was,"

"After a while, I didn't want to do it anymore, I just liked being outside. I wanted to join the flock, not sabotage them."

"Which is why we brought you back. We couldn't have you reminding them... it would have been dangerous-"

"Reminding them of what?"

"That's the thing, Evelyn. We performed an operation on them, too. They've forgotten about you. They don't even know you exist."

*dramatic music* bet you weren't expecting that! Hmm... should I leave you hanging? I'm feeling kind of evil...

Sorry for the lack of detail, but that's what version two is for, right?

All you fanfic friends: RIGHT!

Plus I'm sick.

I'll post the rest of this scene later today! But just because I'm double-updating doesn't mean that you can't review this chapter, right?

All you fanfic friends: RIGHT!

So review and comment away, thou readers.

QUESTION TIME! YAY!

Were you expecting that twist at the end? Did it surprise you? Did you like it? (Whoops, that's already three questions. Whatever!)

Do you hate me for keeping you hanging like that? If you do, sorry!

RANDOM QUESTION TIME! Which do you prefer? Chocolate, or vanilla?

My answer to that be CHOCOLATE! I heart chocolate... *sings about chocolate and other tasty things*

Bye bye!