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Avian Time Travel and other Extreme Sports.
Thirteen -years in the Future:
Rem flew above the school. It was a place he was all too familiar with, even though he wished he never knew of it. The school was not really a school, but a lab that conducted illegal experimentation on humans.
It was here in that godforsaken place that he lived the first eight years of his life until he managed to escape. It was also here that he met his best friend in the whole world, Phoenix. The only good thing to have happened to him here.
Now one might wonder why if he hated the school so much, why he was back flying over-head about to break in. The answer was a simple one, he didn't have a choice, well he did but not really. He was here to rescue Phoenix.
The girl had done the dumbest thing (at least in his opinion) that she could have possibly done, surrender herself to the enemy. To be fair she had done it to save their family, but still, Phoenix and he could have taken on those losers. At least that's what he kept telling himself.
He took a breath to calm his nerves, then using his special ability he brought forth his mental map of the place. Looking over the diagram in front of him, he could search all the floors without even having to step a foot inside. Based on his calculations, he guessed Phoenix was in the basement where the illegal experiments were kept.
If that was true, then his best and safest bet would be to try to get in through the third floor. He had learned a few years ago that the third floor was the head scientist, Dr. Axell's living quarters. A shiver ran down his spine. He really hoped the doctor was out.
He did one more over-head sweep of the area before swooping down at supersonic speed and begins looking for an opening. Fortunately, it doesn't take long to find one, and it's just his luck it's a third-floor window, whoopie.
Doing a quick dive, he swoops in through the window; cautiously, he looks around for guards and security cameras before deciding it's safe to continue on. The first three rooms he checks are empty, he checks another two which are also empty before coming to the last room on the floor.
He looks down and notices a light shining under the door, cautiously he puts his ear against the door listening for any signs that someone is in there. After a couple of seconds of hearing nothing, he opens the door to find it's a study.
Walking inside, he takes in the office's grandeur. The walls are lined with built-in bookshelves that are filled to the brink; there is only one wall that doesn't have a bookshelf instead it is covered by a velvet blue curtain. His curiosity is peeked by this, and walking around a large golden desk, which is messy. He pulls the drawstring.
It takes a minute for him to register what he's seeing but when it does horror feels him. For behind the curtain stands a glass display case and inside of it is a pair of wings. Avian-human hybrid size wings. The wings are gorgeous, being a mix between brown and gray, hawk wings.
Despite being horrified by this discovery; he wonders who the wings had belonged to. A small gold plaque under the wings catches his eyes, the name tag reads Maximum. The name does not immediately register to him; although he knows he's heard that name somewhere before.
Picking his brain it suddenly dawns on him where he's heard that name before, Phoenix. Maximum was her mother's name but if these wings are hers then that must mean she's dead. His heart breaks for Phoenix, he knew how badly she had been hoping to reunite with her family.
Because once upon a time Phoenix had had parents that loved her, unlike Rem who had been an orphan from the time he was born. It was one of the key differences that separated him from her. Rem had been born captive, they had captured Pho, Rem had never known a parents' love, Phoenix had.
Rem shook his head now was not the time to go over differences; he needed to find Pho and get out of here. Stepping out of the room, he didn't bother investigating the desk. Discovering the wings was enough investigating for one day.
Making his way to the second floor, which was another laboratory, albeit a more normal-looking one. He searched it quickly just to make sure he missed nothing. Deciding there was nothing of interest, he made it to the first floor, which was set up to look like a lobby. He didn't bother looking it over and went straight for the door that led to the basement; it was also where the real lab was hidden.
Rem started down the stairs being careful to be quiet not wanting to risk tipping anyone that might be down there he was coming. When it came to the enemy, it was always best to catch them by surprise. Reaching the bottom of the stairway, he stepped into the cold, sterile room. He didn't even need to look around to find where the cages were kept. A whole wall was dedicated to that.
Looking both ways, making sure no one was about to jump him; he darted over to the cages and began looking through them. It relieved Rem to find that most of the cages were empty. Sadly, however, not all of them were, in two separate crates he found the remains of a boy and a girl.
It took all of his willpower not to vomit and continued searching. Finally, in the last cage, he found Phoenix, but what the hell had they done to her? The girl's normal glossy black hair was matted, her once healthy olive skin was pale (at least the parts that weren't covered in ugly sores) and it was obvious the institute hadn't been feeding her because she had lost weight.
A flare of rage went through him at the sight of her; although it did not surprise him at all. The school wasn't known for their kindness; it still angered him none the less. "Pho? Phoenix? It's Rem, I'm here to get you out." he said, trying to see if he could get a response from her.
phoenix's eyes moved behind her lids, "Remy? Is that you?" she asked. A surge of relief ran through him at hearing her voice, "It's me, Pho. I'm here to rescue you." he said.
Phoenix moaned, "Rem why did you come here? I made a deal remember?" she said. Rem rolled his eyes, "When have we ever kept our promises to the bad guys? And besides I couldn't just leave you here to die." he said.
If she weren't in so much pain Phoenix would have smirked at him, "Thanks Remy, I knew I could always count on you to save me." she said. Rem nodded, "Damn straight you can. I'll be right back Pho, I've got to find something to open this cage." he said.
Looking around the lab, he found a crowbar lying on a table (he didn't even want to think about what that was used for) he grabbed it and ran back to the crate, and pried it open. As gently as he could so he didn't cause her any more pain than she already was in, he pulled her out.
Now holding her bridal-style he began towards the stairs, but froze in his tracks as an all to familiar voice came out of the darkness. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Slowly Rem turned around and came face to face with none other than Dr. Axell. Oh great.
Author's note: So here's chapter one of Avian Time travel and Other Extreme sports. I hope you enjoy it.