Waking Up To a New Life

Lina stirred slightly, her body reluctant to rouse from its slumber. For a moment she had forgotten everything that had happened to her over the past few days. She sighed contentedly, safe and warm under the comforter of her bed.

Bed? Wasn't she just kicked out of her home? Didn't she just run from her life from a group of men with guns? No, it must have been a dream. Some dream, She thought. But that's all it was. A crazy dream. Now I'm going to wake up, get out of bed and laugh at it.

She tried to sit up but she couldn't. Something was preventing her from sitting up. What the…? She opened her eyes. There was nothing but white over them. Panic enfolded her as she realized that she was enfolded in a cocoon made from the stuff in her own mouth.

Panicking she started to tear at the fabric with her hands. She broke through the cocoon. She felt weak and dizzy yet strangely energized. She gasped for air and managed to sit up enough to stretch her wings.

Wings? When the devil did I get wings?

She turned her head to see them. There were two sets of large crystal like wings on her back. Her shirt had been completely torn in the back, the wings were large and nearly took up the entirety of her back. They were nearly transparent, resembling that of a dragonfly's, with spots of green and gold sparking between them. She pushed her long blond hair out of her face to get a better look at them.

Blond? MY HAIR IS BLACK! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?

"Wow, they're really nice…"

"Who…?" She tried to back away but her legs were still encased in the cocoon. Surrounding her were several strangely dressed teenagers. "Who are you people?"

"It's okay," A boy with long brown hair said gently. "You're safe now. We've been watching over you all night."

"We're mutants," A silver haired thin boy in blue spoke. "Like you…"

"No…I can't be…" Lina looked at her hands. She pushed her hair and antennae out of the way.

ANTENNAE? Her mind screamed.

"What's happened to me?" Lina frantically looked around. "The last thing I remember was there were men with guns and I was running and…"

"Oh you mean these guys?" A huge mutant pointed. They were tied up and looked very bruised. "No problem. We got 'em just as you went into your cocoon."

"Cocoon?" She looked down. "Like some kind of butterfly?"

"In your case more like a dragonfly," The silver haired boy remarked.

"Quiet Pietro. Listen I know you're frightened but we need your help," A black and blue haired girl said. "Those men are holding others hostage. Some of them are friends of ours."

"Angelica!" Lina remembered. "They took her too! I… I know where they are! There's this weird building inside a mountain and…" She cringed when she saw more mutants entering. "What is all this? What's going on?"

"Does she know anything?" One of them with brown hair and white bangs spoke.

"Yeah but give her a second huh," The black and blue haired girl said. "She just woke up."

"No time," A red haired young woman shook her head. Lina felt slightly peculiar. "There's a lab not far from here. I have the coordinates, such as they are."

"Will someone please tell me what's going on?" Lina shouted standing up. "What happened to me?"

"You mutation took an interesting turn," A huge mutant that resembled a blue furred Bigfoot told her.

"Mutation…" Lina looked around. "I need a mirror! What happened to me?"

"Well uh…" The silver haired boy whipped one out of his pocket. "Here, but it's not as bad as you think it is."

She looked in the mirror. Her hair had changed from being nearly jet black to so blond it was almost white. A set of antennae the same color as her skin protruded from her head. But the most shocking thing of all was that her eyes had changed color completely. She couldn't even see her retinas anymore. Her eyes were completely bright green. That's when she started to scream.