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* Adaline *

The only sound of the dimly lit trailer was the sound of rattling cages and the light, hollow sound of someone sleeping. I winced as we hit a bump, and I was thrown a few inches off the bottom of my cage. The feeling of acceleration soon slowed, as the trailer came to a stop and the clinking of nails against hammers could be heard as the tent was put up.

Time seemed to speed by as excitement churned in my stomach for the first time in a long time. The plan had to work. It had to. I had to admit, it did scare the holy bageebers out of me. Freedom...I craved it so badly, but I was so scared to reach out and take it's welcoming hand. This was all I had ever known. And if the plan failed-

No. I couldn't think about it. We would be separated for sure.

"You're risking a lot."

I turned my face to only meet a scowl. He had a Asian face with coffee colored skin and a handsome face. A scar ran down one side of his face. He looked about six foot six, and about fifteen, but his scowl seemed to make him look older. His had a pair of cold, angry black eyes that matched his spiky black hair, which seemed to point in every direction. His wings were huge, like an eighteen foot wingspan of black feathers.

I gulped. He was quite scary. When I spoke, my voice shook a bit.

"What do you mean?"

"You. Plotting to escape."

"What's you're name?"

"What's it to ya?" He growled.

"Why are you even talking to me?" I shot back. He crossed his arms, grumbling something under his breath.

"Killjoy." He finally replied. "Why do you want to escape?"

"Don't you?"

He looked away for a few seconds, some unknown emotion mixing around in his eyes. He then looked down at the girl sleeping next to him, her face hidden by long black hair.

"For her." He responded slowly. "I would for her."

"You're sister?"

"Vi. Her name is Vi."

"You care about her?"

"Why would you care?"

"I'm leaving for them." I nodded my head towards Jini and Ghost, who were also sleeping, curled up side by side.

"Family?" He mumbled.

"Close enough to be. I'm escaping for them. We're escaping. All of us. Don't you want that?"

"I though we already went through this." Killjoy bit back a snarl.

"We did." I agreed softly. "I guess I'm just trying to figure you out. Why would a tough-gruff mutant like you want to talk to me?"

Again, he looked away, his eyes trailing over the girl.

"Because. You know how to get something done. Also because I don't trust you. But, for some reason, I'm not in the mood to smash your skull in."

I snorted.

"Let's see you try."

Killjoy glared, anger lashing over his emotionless face, but then he snorted too.

"I can't kill someone who's planning to get me out of here. What kind of mutant are you?"

I opened my brown wings, the white primaries fingering out of the bars.

"Yessir." Killjoy closed his eyes, leaning against his cage. "Truce?"

I glanced at him, a bit wary at first, but then kindly. He wanted to talk to me. We were both mutants with the same goal. I felt safe talking to him- something I hadn't felt since I had spent a precious week with Jeb Batchelder, the friendly, kindhearted white coat who had suddenly disappeared one day with a bird girl and five other bird kids. I gave a slight smile at the though of him. He said he was going to take me with him, said I would have been perfect for something called the 'big picture'...

"You're good, kid." He smirked a bit.

"It's Adaline."

"Adaline..."

"I'm about as old as you."

His eyes flashed open, mocking me.

"You're a kid compared to me. What are you? Like five four?"

"I like to think five six."

He snorted.

"You dig good, kid."

"I'm-" I started to protest, but I sighed. "Hey Killjoy?"

"You can call me Kill."

"How come you trusted me so easily?"

"Most likely for the same reasons you decided to trust me."

I couldn't reply. Something about Killjoy-

"Do you trust me enough to promise me something?"

I glanced over at him, surprised at his words. Trust? Promise?

"Save my sister before you save me."

Just like I would rather have Jini and Ghost escape rather than me if it came down to it?

"Save Jini and Ghost if you can't save me." I replied.

He snorted again, which for some reason annoyed me a tiny bit.

"Like I said before, you dig good, kiddo."

The familiar click of the lock breaking caught my ears as light poured into the trailer. I winced, my heart pounding as I knew what was coming. I nodded towards Shade and Storm, who was curled up in the corner. Only Shade nodded back.

"Wakey wakey, freaks. It's show time." Conductor A strode towards my cage as Conductor C made his way towards Shade's, Conductor B to Storm.

He unlocked my cage, and I burst into action.

I ducked between his legs, kicking him in the back between his shoulder blades. He turned, grunted, punching me in the lip. I spit crimson in the Conductors face, taking his communication device and crushing it with one hand. I flicked the remains to the ground, jabbing him three of four times in the face. I watched as he tipped backwards, his eyes spinning in their sockets, right into the cage. I shoved him in there, locking him in.

"Adaline!" Shade cried out. I gasped, turning, seeing the two Conductors trying to beat Shade senseless. I kicked a Conductor in the face with a sicking crack of his nose with a smirk.

"Watch out!"

I felt strong arms grab me from behind, swearing loudly. I flicked out my wings, sending the man flying right into the wall. He rushed at me again, managing to hit me once in the face until he was sent flying backwards by a fierce uppercut.

"You okay?" I gasped, examining Shade. He nodded. He only had a bloody nose.

"H-How'd you learn how to fight like that?" Shade asked, holding his nose.

"Part of the program I was in. I once had to take on ten erasers at once." I smirked, trying to suppress a shutter. "Start popping latches."

I headed straight for Jini and Ghost, who had been jeering me on during the fight. Jini hugged my legs with a soft squeal. I brushed her off gently, popping every cage I could. Killjoy's, a girl called Thorn, some other mutants I didn't know. Race and Falle both made it out, but Storm still laid unmoving in his crate.

"Storm?" Shade shook his friend. "Storm?"

Storm slowly rose with a cough.

"Hey buddy." Storm smiled. "We leavin'?

"To the outside world. C'mon."

We rushed out of the trailer, Jini and Ghost on my sides. We were engulfed in sunlight as it peeked through a gap in the tarp wall. I could hear the crowd cheering, the Ring Master egging them on.

I had to wonder for a brief moment if he would ever realized we had escaped, slipping right through his cold clutches. The gap in the tent lead to the make up room, where more Conductors were bound to be. The only way out was through-

The center ring.

"If we run, we can make it!" I hissed. "We have to pass through the center ring!"

I lead the mob of twenty-or-so mutants through a tunnel, and into the shadows of the center ring. The spotlight was on Ring Master-

My heart skipped a beat as someone screamed.

"Run! Scatter! Get through the entrance!" I yelled as Conductors started to swarm the ring, the lights turning onto full blast, revealing our hiding spot.

"Jini! Ghost! Run!" I shouted.

"Get them! The mutants have escaped!" Ring Master bellowed. I snapped open my wings, taking to the air, Jini in my arms. Ghost burst into his wolf form, snapping at a few Conductors. I felt a hand close around my ankle as a conductor tried to weigh me down.

"Addy!" Jini cried out as she began to slip from my arms, a hand now on her ankle. I kicked down, feeling blood ooze onto my bare foot. I kicked at the guy's wrist, and the Conductor released Jini with a yelp.

"Jini, fox form! Follow Ghost!" I tossed her to the ground, and she burst into a fox, sticking close to Ghost's side.

The crowd cheered, thinking that this was just part of the performance. I dive bombed down, taking out a Conductor who had grabbed a little girl with shimmery black wings. I landed, round house kicking a Conductor in the face and cupping my hands over his ears, bursting his ear drums, then taking to the air again. He shrieked, falling to the ground.

More Conductors rushed. I jabbed, kicked, and pounded till sickening crunches made me halt and move to the next. I grabbed one Conductor by the neck, lowering him down with a shove and connecting my knee with his forehead. He dropped unconscious to the ground.

A sudden pain rippled through me as I felt a pair of hands grasp my wings. I was pulled to the ground, my skin suddenly growing hot. The Ring Master had grabbed me, throwing me to the ground, shoving a tazer to my hip. I screamed in pain, the volts riping through my skin. I convulsed, seconds ticking away like hours. The pain finally ended, leaving me gasping for breath.

"Addy!"

I heard Jini's cry, then followed by Ghost's grunt of pain. I lay there, unable to move, my wings sprawled out at odd angles.

"Thought you could escape, did you?" Ring Master asked through gritted teeth. "Thought your days working for me could end this quickly? Well, guess what, 'Addy'? No show, no possession."

And my world went black.

Characters in Chapter

Adaline- White Wind (meh :3)

Ghost- White Wind (meh :3)

Jini- White Wind (meh :3)

Shade- Prism Fire

Storm- Prism Fire

Killjoy- CircusFreaks4eva

Vi- CircusFreaks4eva

Race- MyrtleFalls

Falle- MyrtleFalls

Well, that's the chappie! Onto the next one?

~White Wind