Chapter Seven
Slowly Danni woke. Her mouth was dry with a thick tongue. Her eyes fluttered open, but everything looked wrong.
Nothing was fuzzy. Her eyesight seemed even better than 20/20. The colors of the ceiling and the posters around the room were vibrant. It seemed as if she could see the air currents move, almost.
Then as her brain became used to functioning with the brighter-than-they-should-be eyesight a loud buzzing noise strung repeatedly causing Danni to flinch. Her hands tied to the table still came halfway to her ears.
The door opened and Dr. Meyer entered. He smiled brightly at her. Danni was surprised that no erasers followed him.
"Danni, I hope we didn't scare you too much. Just to let you know there never was genetic material from you and Iggy, at least not the right material in order to create a child." Meyer stood by Danni and looked down at her. "The operation involved a chip that has been implanted into your frontal lobes. The chip itself will disintegrate, but the chemicals it holds will be in your system."
"Why?" Danni asked. "Why the lie?"
Dr. Meyer nodded. "The lie was to get you here, for improvements."
"What improvements?" she frowned.
"Better senses and quicker healing," Meyer grinned at his daughter.
Swallowing Danni slowed her chaotic thoughts into coherent trains. "Why the improvements?"
Danni's father leaned down to whisper into her ear so that he couldn't be overheard. "You're one of Max's soldiers. You'll need the improvements if you want to live through what's to come."
Standing straight Dr. Meyer held a finger to his lips then walked out of the room. Immediately three erasers entered the room, all wearing hateful masks.
One eraser undid the straps restraining Danni before punching her in the stomach.
Her face tightened in pain, but quickly she let it slide back as the same eraser aimed another punch. She rolled back and off the table onto her feet just in time for the eraser's fist to crash into the table, leaving an imprint of his fist and a smear of blood.
Moving quickly before the other erasers could act Danni kicked out and hit the closet eraser. She back fisted him in the jaw, making the eraser fall down, out cold.
"My bad," she said with a shrug before jumping into the air. Her kick landed squarely on the last eraser's chest. He fell backwards into the wall.
The eraser that had attacked her first rounded the table to her. She ducked a punch. Springing up her open palm hit under the eraser's chin. She kicked him between his legs and then once again against his head. He too was out cold.
"You freak," the last eraser cried.
Staring at him as if he was insane she replied. "And you aren't one, dog-face?"
Yelling the eraser rushed at her. Sidestepping she kicked at the back of his knee. Falling to the floor the eraser flayed his hands. With a thick handful of hair Danni smacked the eraser's head into the edge of the table, only with enough force to knock him out as well.
Smiling at her work Danni turned to see someone standing in the door. He slowly walked into the room with his hands out, showing he was unarmed. A girl, about Nudge's age, followed him.
They both unfurled their wings. "It's time to get out of here. Ready to go to your flock?"
"Yeah, and this isn't a trick?" Danni looked skeptical.
Dr. Meyer walked in. "It's not. Now go, or the world may not be such a good place to live in, in the years to come."
The girl walked to Danni, hugged her, and started to flap her wings.
AN: Again this took forever to get out. Sorry. I hope you like it despite the time it took to get out, but when the play is over I'll be able to update sooner, with luck.
SocksE-B4ev- Thanks for the review.