I didn't feel like waiting, so here is chapter one. Oh, I almost forgot, I do not own anything except Eoife/Echo, so don't sue little ol' me. I have nothing you'd want anyway. Flame me if you like, I'll post them for others to laugh at or just kill you, Nny style. If you don't know who that is, too bad for you. If you do, than be afraid. I hope Sevarius isn't too OOC. I only have the first season of Gargoyles and he isn't in it. Eoife is pronounced, "Oi-fe", I think. .

Thankies to my reviewer, Margolo Blu. To answer your question, Echo is not reptilian, though she once was.

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Chapter one

Eoife awoke groggily, feeling dehydrated and sore from where they had injected the substance. Her back was cold and she realized that she was lying on a metal table. Her wrists and ankles were also firmly strapped to the table. Eoife saw a tall, red-haired, pale man bent over a lab bench. He was wearing blue pants and a white lab coat. She tugged frantically at her restraints, causing the leather to creak. The man turned and grinned. He might have been called good-looking if he hadn't looked so, so… evil!

"Ah. I see that you are awake now. Good." Eoife gave him a look of terror. "Oh! Now where are my manners! Allow me to introduce myself. I am doctor Anton Sevarius. Pleased to meet you… uh?"

"Eoife." she whispered softly.

"Eoife. What a pretty name. Sounds British." he drawled.

"W-what are you going to do to me?" Sevarius gave short laugh.

"You get right to the point. All the others wanted to know why they were here, what this place was, what all the equipment was… It was terribly boring. You are perhaps the only one who guessed that they were here for a scientific purpose." Others? Eoife thought desperately, she wasn't the only one? This Sevarius was certainly a madman! He held up a large syringe to the light, tapped it and then squirted a small amount of the straw colored liquid out. "This is what I'm going to do to you." he drawled, "If this is unsuccessful and you react to this mutagen, then you will die a slow, agonizing death that I do not wish to go into detail on. If this works," he laughed again. "Than you will see what happens." He advanced with the needle; she drew away as far as she could. Needles had always terrified her. When she was young, she had to be bribed and restrained in order to receive her immunizations. She clamped her eyes shut as the needle penetrated her arm, whimpering. He withdrew it and walked to the far side of the room. Sevarius looked expectantly at her, a cruel grin plastered across his pale face.

For a while nothing happened, her arm just throbbed. Then, searing pain erupted in her belly. Eoife gasped and thought, this is it, it didn't work! I'm going to die! The pain intensified and she arched her back, screaming! Then, it spread through her veins into her limbs and head. The leather straps snapped like string from her struggles and she fell to the floor. Sevarius chose that moment to leave, instead watching from a window in the next room. The pain faded slightly and concentrated itself in her hands, feet, head shoulders and the end of her spine. Eoife howled and clutched at her splitting head, her jaw ached fiercely, then, a tooth dropped out into her mouth. Eoife spat it out along with several others. New teeth, razor sharp ones, pushed into her mouth as her jaw crunched forward. She screamed until she tasted blood in her throat.

In what seemed like and age later, Eoife collapsed on the floor. Most of her skin was prickling, but that was nothing compared to the blinding pain of before. She slowly pushed herself upright, starting when she saw her hands. The fingers were shortened slightly and thickened. Rough pads covered the bottom. She flexed her fingers and razor sharp claws shot out. Her hands and the rest of her body was covered in short, silky golden fur, spotted with black rosettes. She now had four toes like a cat and long ankle bones. A long tail protruded from the shreds of her pants. Eoife now had a cat-like face and tall, swiveling ears poked out of her hair. All the sounds seemed sharper. She soon discovered small, black, crumpled wings on her back. She tried to move them, but they would not. Eoife whimpered and crawled under the lab table, sniffing softly while tears rolled down her furred cheeks.

Eoife sat that way for a long time, eventually running out of tears. After a while she stood up shakily and tottered around the room on her new legs to get a feel for her new body. Suddenly, the pain returned, vicious cramping in the muscles of her back, spreading to her wings. Eoife dropped to her knees as the pain overwhelmed her. Her head pounded and strangely, her throat burned and ached. This new bout of pain was short lived and soon faded, leaving Eoife panting on the floor. She made a startling discovery. She could move her wings now! Twisting around awkwardly, she caught a look at them. They were huge! Eoife flexed and flared them, the leathery expanse tingling as the wind rushed by it as they pushed and caught the air. Something else had changed as well; her hearing was not just improved, it was amazing! Eoife could suddenly easily hear the buzzing of the fluorescent lights, the rustle of her clothes and wings and the rush of air past her ears!

Eoife caught the sound of footsteps advancing through the door. She crouched instinctively and shot her claws, creeping forward silently. The door opened. She leapt at an emerging group of humans that were dressed in gray armor. She screamed, a feral noise, such as one would hear coming from a great jungle cat. They started and the leader raised a gun. A dart shot out of it, striking her shoulder as she hurtled through the air. Eoife landed on the leader and clawed at his armor, but the drug was already taking effect. Her attack grew weaker and weaker as her limbs felt like they were being filled with lead. Eoife was hauled off the man and heavy manacles were clipped to her wrists and ankles before the drug consumed her wholly.