After our little encounter, we took to the skies, eager to get away from the forest. Flying high above the clouds reminded me of the first day we were free…
The day we escaped was like our independence day. I wish I could say no one got hurt, but that would be a huge lie.
We grew up in crates. Yep, crates that were about the size of a poodle. Can you imagine?
Anyway, one day, the 'scientists' decided to let us 'play' with some newly made Friends. Big mistake.
You see, these 'scientists' kidnapped us from the places we were born. They then messed with our DNA and grafted a little bit of random animals onto our chromosomes. We don't know our parents. We don't know our homes. It's pretty sad actually.
Sorry, I got sidetracked. So, anyway, they let us out into this big yard. The land was hilly and untrimmed, perfect for the scientist's idea of fun. Around the same time, the Friends were released from cages similar to ours.
Let me tell you, Friends are just down right ugly. Their faces are mutilated into unrecognizable blobs. Their eyes are usually all black, with no pupil. Their arms are long and hairy, as are their feet and legs. In a way, they got it worse than we did.
I won't go into detail, because, believe me, you don't want me to. But in short, a ton of scientists were killed, and Friends too. We ended up with two broken femurs and four broken arms. Our faces were scratched up and colored blue and purple, but we managed to leap off a large hill into freedom.
Well now they want to catch us, auction us, or kill us, but they are probably attracted to the latter.
Soon, the smell of salty water snapped me from my revive. We were still probably two states away from California, but our enhanced senses allowed all of us to smell and see way farther than the average person.
I looked at my flock. They sensed my stares and smiled at me.
Gosh, I love them so dang much. Which is the only reason I agreed to this stupid trip. I would be perfectly fine with hiding out in some dark cave if it meant they were all safe.
But no, everyone vote against leader Justeen.