Altha's POV

Ah, sweet freedom. There is nothing better than flying all around without worry. Which reminds me, I still have to destroy this horrible building, preferably burn it to the ground. So, I sent a giant fireball hurdling towards a gas tank near the building and watched happily as it burst into flames almost instantaneously.

Of course I knew that no important things, such as other mutants, would be hurt because this Itex location, I've heard it called The School, was created specifically to hold those six mutant hybrids. The same six that I helped escape.

Apparently they didn't like me blowing The School to smithereens because some of the more hardy experiments were shooting their weaponry at me. I, unfortunately, was clipped by a bullet and my flying was totally off. This forced me to find a place to land.

Lucky for me, I found a ledge that was most likely adjacent to a cliff and coasted on it. How did I know how to fly? Well Itex wants all their flying experiments to be of use and this requires them to know how to fly. Therefore I was taught how to fly in a giant room where Erasers would be unleashed if I tried to escape.

I must have really bad luck or something because when I came into the cave, there were six pairs of eyes staring back at me. That made me a little nervous, this was the legendary flock that every whitecoat talked about. And now I was probably dead bird-kid meat.

Their gaze shifted from my face to my 14-foot wingspan and then back to my face. I'm pretty sure that I could've peed my pants right then and there. Oh then they decided to stop staring at my face and stare at the whitecoat that I conveniently forgot to dispose of (which means burn it and laugh manically). Faster than you can say pepperoni covered curtains, they were up and in fighting stances.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh," that was my brilliant response.

"Who. Are. You." ground out their leader, who was known as Max.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh," I'm on a roll today!

"You have five seconds to tell us who the heck you are before we take action," said Max once again.

"Five,"

"…"

"Four,"

"…"

"Three,"

"…"

"Two,"

"…"

"One,"

"…"

Then they lunged forward. I threw out my shield as a reflex and of course, they rammed right into it just like the Erasers back there did.

And speaking of Erasers, there was a giant swarm of them surrounding the mouth of the cave. So, essentially, we were trapped. My luck must be really bad today, I thought glumly.

These Erasers had guns also so I focused my shield to protect us all from the gunfire while I threw fire with my other hand. I also used my mind to toss a wave of rocks and dust from the cave floor towards the Erasers.

I wasn't getting torn to shreds by the flock because they were staring open-mouthed at me single-handedly fighting off the one hundred or so Erasers.

----A While Later----

"So you're an experiment too?" asked Angel.

"Yup,"

"And you tricked Itex into thinking you were on their side before you attacked them from the inside?" added Max a bit suspiciously.

"Yes?" I said a bit wary.

"So how do we know that you're not going to turn around and attack us in our sleep? How do we know you aren't sending information to them right now? How do we know you're really not evil like you say you are, because I've seen way too many people stab us in the back and I prefer not to take chances this time," said Max.

And with that, she motioned to her flock and the ran to the edge of the cave and took off into the air.

Pay attention to everything Altha. It's all a small piece of the puzzle of your life. You've got to follow Max and her flock. I can only help you for so long.

I know Voice, I know.

GASP! She has a voice too? I guess you really can get them from your local convenience store then. Ok... Can I have at least 5 reviews total? That or I'll update by Friday.