Chapter 1

(Just so you know this is not for any book, it is simply a story I like to write! :D It may sound like Maximum Ride but it's not, just a story!)

Tyler woke up, his head pounding with his heart beat. He tried to talk, to call out to someone…but nothing came out, nothing but a wheeze of air. A stinging sensation came from his chest, as if it were an instinct Tyler's hand flew to his stomach. Putting his dirty fingers onto his chest only made the pain worse. Tyler rolled over onto his back stared at his chest in fear, blood was escaping from his stomach…and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
"Please help me!" Tyler finally managed to yell off into the distant. The only thing that replied to him was the echoing of his own voice. Tyler started to cry and painfully choke on his own pity. Once Tyler was done having his crying fit he came to his senses and wrapped his left arm around his wound and used his right arm to stand up.
He took in his surroundings for the first time, it seemed like survival was the only thing he could remember for now. There was an old factory that seemed to be shut down to the left in front of him, an old rusted cart over to his back right full of fruit, and a wall surrounding him that was easily over twenty feet.
A shiver went down his back as he tried to remember something from his past, the only thing he seemed to remember was fighting…nothing else. Tyler shook his head and walked over to the cart cautiously waving his hand in front of him for any trip wires. Once we was a foot away from the cart Tyler dove for an apple and stared at it. As he was closely examining it to see if it were a bomb an image appeared above the apple cart. A man sitting on a chair, his arms folded together, and two broad shouldered men standing on either side of him.

"Congratulations, Tyler, this is your Day 1 of THE TEST. You have probably checked your surroundings, let me help you. There is a string hanging from the ceiling of the old factory, a brick sitting next to a window far to the left, also in the factory, and finally this cart full of apples and pears, but only one peach. Find the peach and if you manage to crack it open, inside will be your next clue. Good luck." Just like that the man disappeared and Tyler dropped his apple denting the side. He raced off, not wanting to waste any time, and straight into the factory. Tyler felt his heart jump as a spider fell on his face. Tyler shrieked and brushed it off slamming his foot down on it as many times as he thought was needed. He sighed and continued forward keeping his eyes on the ceiling.
After a few times of walking back and forth Tyler's eyes stopped on a shimmering light hanging from the ceiling. Tyler smiled and jumped for it pulling it down with himself. A hatch flipped open letting dust fall out and a ladder following behind. It landed in front of his feet but Tyler simply just stared.

"Pretty neat, huh?" Tyler nearly jumped out of all of his clothes. He stood frozen as someone behind him sighed and jumped over something and landed behind him. "No need to act so scared, newbie, we've all been here. Trust me, nothing good is gonna be left up there." Tyler's eyes wandered over to his right shoulder where the girl had placed her arm.

"Who…are…you?" Tyler asked scared to ask anything.

The girl chuckled and held out her hand, she had dark brown hair that went down to her waist even thought it was in a ponytail, light blue eyes, and a grin that could blind someone. "Name's Joey, don't get me mixed up for a boy. Got it?" Joey, in a sudden movement, pulled out a dagger and grabbed his left arm pulling it behind him and placed the knife to his neck. "Come with me, we got everything you need back in the village. Leave this place behind." Tyler grabbed his left arm free yanking Joey all the way over his head and landing on her back.

"Are you part of the test?" Tyler asked and scowled at her. Joey laughed and jumped free.

"You could say that, but I'm not an obstacle, just a testing subject trying to help out another testing subject." Joey walked past him and placed her hands on the window ledge hoisting herself up. "I'll fill you in on everything I know so far. We are cross bred kids, they put us in this testing area for two reasons. One, to see what we are capable of, and two, so they can preserve us until the war is over. Me and my buddy have set up a whole camping area in the woods past the boundary, with your wings…it should be an easy flight." Joey flashed him one last smile before jumping out of the window and sprinting off at inhuman speeds.

Tyler stood there stunned for a moment and replaying her few last words. 'with your wings…it should be an easy flight.' Flight, wings, what?! Tyler racked his brain for an answer. Finally Tyler jumped out of the window and yelled after Joey who was waiting there for him.

"Ready?" She asked.

Tyler smiled and coiled his hand into a fist. "Ready."