"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed and lashed out, breaking my cage. I jumped at Jeb as he spoke into an intercom, calling for backup. I tackled him to the ground and punched him in the face over and over and over. Blood spurted out of his broken nose, his bloody lip. He had a black eye. It took a minute for anyone to come, and it was twelve Erasers who grabbed me and I fought but not strong enough. One of them punched me in the stomach and I fell. They laughed as Angel, and Nudge screamed and cried, and Max and Fang looked angry. They continued beating me up until I fell, unable to breathe.

"Maybe you'll get lucky and die, bird freak," One of them hissed in my ear.

I couldn't feel my left arm, and I had two black eyes and so many wounds it hurt to move. But I did move. Because I was Snow and I was awesome. (that's called self-confidence, people.)"If I'm a bird freak," I snarled. "What does that make you!" And with a snarl I jumped up, kicking him where it counts. As he howled in pain, I spit blood at him. One of them grabbed my arm and I bit him. With a howl of pain, he fell down and a whitecoat appeared with a syringe. But I was too slow…..they grabbed my arm and injected me. And with that done, my world faded to black, and the sound of Nudge's screaming.

….TIME GOES ON…..MAYBE LIKE A COUPLE HOURS….

I awoke. Was I in a cage? Yes. Where was I? I looked around. Outside. Where outside? Snow, do you really want to know? I already knew. This was where they had almost killed me to test my new self-healing. It was full of Erasers. A slaughterhouse. There was a giant cart wheeled in with four dog crates on it.

"Max," I sent her a thought, but I was still weak.

"Snow! Are you okay?" Max sounded really concerned.

I smiled. "I'm okay. Self-Healing, remember?"

She nodded. "You still….you still look like crap though."

I tried to stretch in the cage but it was too small. "Still feel like crap, too."

She smiled a little. "God, I hope we don't die now. Angel's too young to die…and we're too young, too."

I sighed. "If they're killing anyone, it'll be me. But I won't let them hurt you guys."

Max looked alarmed. "Snow, No! I-"

I stopped the connection. I knew what I would have to do, if the situation became dire. Hopefully Iggy and Gazzy would be here soon, so that I could live for another day. An Eraser came over to me.

"Snow." He grinned toothily. "Today's your big day! You're finally going to die!" Then he cackled.

I rolled my eyes. "You wish, dog boy. But I would run away now if I were you."

He laughed. "You think I'm scared of a 13 year old girl?"

"No." I smiled. "I think you're afraid of a 13 year old bird kid who was designed for speed and murder. That just happens to be me."

He backed away a few steps. "Aww…" I said in a baby voice. "Is wittle Ari scared?"

I heard a faint sound. Looking up, I saw hawks in the distance, followed by Iggy and Gazzy. Wow. That's a really good plan.

"No," Ari insists.

"Well you should be," I smirk at him. "Look behind you."

Scoffing, he does and what he sees stops him. About 80 hawks have come to our aid.

Ari looks surprised and gets angry and begins tearing into my cage. He has succeeded in ripping it open and slashes me once and is about to slash me again when a hawk slashes his wrist open. Ha ha.

He screams in pain as I punch him, dazing him, and run to Max's cage. Being smarter than the average bear, it only takes me a few seconds to open it. She rolls out of her cage and runs to free Angel.

Meanwhile, I start punching, kicking, and just beating up all the scientists and Erasers around me. I free Nudge and Max frees Fang. Iggy and Gazzy are waiting for us in the sky. I've never been so happy to see him. I fly up and watch Max help Angel fly up, Fang flying up, followed by Nudge. Thank god everyone's safe.

"Nice going Ig," I call out, fist bumping him.

"I'm just that awesome." He smiles but stops as he sees me wince in pain.

"Snow, what happened?" He asks in horror.

I wince again. "Erasers. Erasers happened."

Then I smile weakly. "Don't worry, I can fly myself."

…TIME PASSES….LIKE FOUR HOURS OR SO…

I see the cave up ahead, thank god, my side hurts so bad.

I collapse in the cave and everyone huddles around me and Angel. Max hugs Angel tightly, and they're both crying.

"I thought I'd never see you again, Max," Angel whimpered, as Max held her.

"Of course we'd come to get you," Max replied. "We'd never stop trying."

I smile faintly. "Hey Max?"

She looks up. "Yeah, Snow how are you feeling?"

I felt confused. "Crappy." And then I pass out.