I keep my gaze on the scientists and they continue to walk out. When the door shuts I sigh and glance at my new neighbor. She looked exhausted and in pain. Her red hair was stuck all over her face and she had scars all over. She was dressed in the same hospital gown we all were. I looked at her hands, still bound behind her back. Her eyes, though they were shut at the moment, I knew when they opened they would be full of determination and pure hatred of the scientists. She winced as she shifted, the cuffs rubbing against her raw skin.
"Hey…you want some help getting those off?" I ask quietly.
"Yes, please." She says quietly.
"Turn around; I'll get the cuffs off"." I say inching closer to her. She does the same
"Well trying to yank them off will only get you a pair of raw wrists" I say watching the camera. I hear the click of the lock and take the cuffs off. "There, now let them heal properly."
"Thanks…" she says rubbing her wrists.
"Don't do that!" I snap. She jumps a little and stops. I look away and lie down. "So what brings you here? You escape from some other lab?"
"Well, yeah, I've been free for a few months. I come from the School" she answers.
"Welcome to the Institute. I'm Chichiko, fourteen." I reach my hand over to her cage to shake her hand.
"Thanks, Fate, fourteen." She reaches her hand out then winces.
"Here we'll do this." I reach past her hand and too her forearm and grasp it. She attempts to do the same and shake my head," Just tap for now. Don't over-exert yourself."
"I'm not a wimp." She grabs my arm and attempts to hide a wince.
I smile" Okay, you have the same healing ability I do?"
"Heh, probably." She smiles back.
"Three?" I say with a smile on my face.
"Two." She smirks.
"One!" We say at the same time, and at the same time, we stretch out our wings. Yes, wings. Her left wing was pure white, and her right was jet black. She smiled uncontrollably seeing my wings. My wings are black with a red accent like my hair. Her sea blue eyes met my forest green eyes. We had made a compact, we were friends.