AN: Soooo sorry for the lack of updates lately. I'm so swamped with end of the year school stuff but I get out in a few weeks and then it will be a chapter a day, at least. As always, review :)

Chapter Twenty-Five: Explosions

After my conversation with Maggie, I was more on guard.

She had somehow noticed that I wasn't an actual experiment like the rest of them, though my DNA was that of one from there. The woman who looked so much like my mother hated me and that made me nervous to actually meet my real mother. Would she hate me just as much or was this woman suspious of me because of my mother.

We flew to the School that Angel and I were claiming as "our own" in silence.

Some were preparing for battle, Kayla looked like she was about to explode with happiness at getting to destroy something, and Fang/Alex/Dad was staring off into space, not hearing a word Maggie was saying to him. Every few seconds, he would turn around and glance at his Flock and I like to think that he was checking to make sure I was still there, but that was me being vain.

The actual destruction of the School was nothing special, or at least it didn't seem like it to me. What happened leading up to that, however, will take a little explaining...

We ran through the building first to make sure that there weren't any experiments inside.

Since we were considered "home visitors," Kayla asked for a rundown on the blueprints of the place. Somehow Angel was able to hack into the system, or maybe she read a worker's mind, because she accurately gave everyone the layout of "our" School prior to attack time. Once again her mind reading powers saved our butts.

We split up-Ben and Maggie headed to the North Hall, Kayla went West, Fang took the East Hall, and Angel and I were in charge of the South entrance. We were told to set any experiment free, knocking out any scientists in the way, and told to meet back up in ten minutes.

This seems easy enough but since there were guards everywhere and giant wolfmen at almost every entrance, it was more difficult that I expected. Angel, however, was planned. She snuck through hallway after hallway until she was in front of one of the rooms labeled 'testing.'

"There's a little boy in here." Angel whispered, her fake red hair and green eyes still managing to startle me. "You go get him and I'll keep watch."

"Keep watch for who...?" I asked, but she just waved me on. I had a feeling it was those scary wolf creatures that we had passed on the way here, so I shut my mouth. I'd rather get some random little experiment kid than fight one of those awful wolves.

That wasn't an Eraser, was it? I couldn't be sure, since Ben didn't look like a wolf at all and Maggie had claimed he was half-Eraser. If that was the case though, I could see why Angel was keeping her distance; as tough as I was, I couldn't help the shudder that ran down my spine when I spotted one of them in the hallway.

I cleared my mind and focused on finding the little boy that 'Ginger' said was in here. From what I saw, there wasn't a soul in this place; an empty cage, a knocked over lab stool, a window at the far end with bars blocking pretty much all of the possible sunshine...but no experiment.

"Hello...?" I called out, not too loudly as to be heard by one of those wolf things but just loud enough to be heard by the little boy if he happened to really be in here.

A small "who are you?" was said and I searched the room again for the voice.

"I can't see you." I said, trying not to lose my temper. "I'm here to help. We're busting you out. My name is Lexi, what's yours?"

"Name?" The voice said again, and I saw slight movement in the cage.

I leaned closer and sure enough, there was the little boy, curled up in the corner of the metal cage. When I say "little boy," I mean it. He was no bigger than my palm and was shaking uncontrollably, though he seemed to have motor functions.

I pulled at the bars with my super strength, glad that it was one of the cheaper cages made with a ton of tiny bars to keep the boy trapped inside instead of big, thick metal bars. I picked him up as gently as I could, trying not to crush him in my hand as I took us to the door.

"Name?" He repeated, his wide blue eyes looking up at me. I wasn't sure what he was mixed with, but whatever it was, the animal was tiny. My guess was mouse or something, but I can't be entirely sure.

"Yeah, a name. Like, what do they call you?" I asked, signalling for Angel to come out of her hiding spot so we could continue down the hallway. We were close to deadline time, but there were so many rooms left to check.

"12-5-15." The small mouse like boy said, blinking his giant eyes at me and 'Ginger.'

"Leo." Angel said with a smile. "I like it."

Any others soon? I asked in my mind, trying to be quiet.

Next left. Two girls. I'm going to get them really quickly while you take Leo outside with the others. Angel responded back.

I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself. I argued, not wanting to feel useless. Why don't you take Leo and I'llgrab the girls. It isn't safe for you to be here this close to the bomb going off. With my speed, I'll be out before you could even open the door.

I don't think that's a good ide-. She started, but stopped when she saw the determined look on my face. That's exactly what Max would have done, you know. She cared more about the Flock than her own well being.

That made me smile, but only for a second.

I handed Leo over to Angel and rushed down the hall while she took off in the other direction. I had only a few minutes left and there was no way that I'd let two innocent children die because of me.

The room was unlocked luckily, and the girls were both normal size so it didn't take any time to spot them. They were chained to the wall with heavy metal chains on opposite ends of the room so as not to have actual contact with the other I guess. I had one girl unlatched and she was helping me with the other girl when I started to panick that there wasn't much time left.

It was bad enough that they had to go through something as awful as this, let alone to die here too.

Ironically, that was my last thought before the explosion went off.