Chapter 2 – They're here
Time passed.
I say time because I have no idea if it was days, weeks or months.
But at one of these 'times' I was woken by excited whispers from the whitecoats as I lay in my cage.
"They're here…captured at last…human-avian…"
I sat bolt upright, actually smacking my head on my cage. Ouch! I heard movement behind me, the sound of dog crates scraping against the floor. Several of the lab guys shuffled past me, obviously keen to inspect their new prey. I could sense they were placed about three rows behind me.
I mean I could actually see in my mind how far away they were and in which direction. It's one of my special gifts. Just think of it as an internal radar. And right now I detected two people about to walk past my cage. It was the whitecoat called Jeb. He wasn't so bad to me, but still one of them. A tall girl with light brown hair followed him, and my mind raced. Was she one of the flock? Jeb led her through into what I thought was a staff room. Maybe they were going to have lunch together?
Who knows, only time would tell…
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They came back out not long after they went in. I examined the girl more closely, as she walked down towards me, Jeb once again leading the way. She had dried blood on her jeans and jumper and would probably look very pretty if her face wasn't so badly bruised.
As she walked past me I pressed my face against the bars of my cage.
"Pssst! Hey," I hissed "Over here. Hey, you!"
But she didn't look at me, didn't even react. What had Jeb said to her?
"Pipe down maggot eater!" growled an eraser, kicking my cage. Ari was with him. They both chuckled before Ari whipped out his taser and gave me a quick burst, making me collapse, weak of energy. They both cackled like maniacs as they walked off.