I woke up some hours later in, get this, a cage. Angel was in her dog crate-like cage next to me. She was asleep- okay I highly doubted she was voluntarily like that, but that doesn't change the fact that at that moment, her name really fit.

"And just when I started to believe that I was done with cages." I muttered under my breath.

"Ah, they do have intelligence. I thought you were lying to me, Jeb. Good job snaring these two, Ari." A voice filled the room, making me shudder.

"Jeb, you… betrayed us? How could you? We trusted you!"

"You can still trust me, Nettie. Please. I won't hurt you. I swear."

"That's funny, seeing how you freaking sold us out!"

"Nettie, Try to understa-"

"Don't you ever call me that again, you bastard. You. Sold. Out. The. Flock! You honestly expect me to trust you after you practically handed me and Angel over to these people? Iggy and Fang, and Gazzy, and even Nudge, they were all injured bad. They were bleeding. But Max had faith in you! You broke her trust more than anyone else's. And when she finds out, you better believe there will be a price."

"Touching speech, But right now, I really do think you should go back to sleep." The other scientist hissed, holing out a piece of cloth.

"What the-hey!" the scent of chloroform engulfed my senses, and I found it hard to breathe. My eyelids were growing heavier and I could do nothing to stop the darkness that took hold of me once again, throwing me into a fitful nightmare.

. . .

"Believe it or not, I love you, Serenity Rose. I always have."

The voice whispered the words to me, making me smile. The face before me was blurred, so I couldn't see who spoke to me, but I recognized the voice. Iggy's voice. Or so I thought. The face cleared, and standing before me was Ari and with him was Jeb.

"You- you're lying! You hurt my flock. You sold out your own family! We believed you would protect us. But you didn't."

"No, I didn't. you were all fools to think I was your friend. Your father. Ari, dispose of my failed attempts. It makes my eyes weary."

"With pleasure." A wolf man growled in Ari's place.

"A-Ari, don't! I protected you, why are you doing this?"

He just smiled, and brought his claws down to meet my chest, making pain explode there in a flash of blinding pain. He smiled, and pushed his claws deep into my gut, making me cringe. Then I saw his body. Iggy was lying there, dead, covered in his own blood. The words' I love you' were inscribed there in bloody claw marks that started at his jaw and met his-

. . .

I screamed as I woke up, breathing heavily. I had been moved to a larger cage. One I could sit up in,and move around a bit more freely. Ari must have done this, because I knew that the scientists were more then happy letting me have a claustraphobic attack. But Ari knew. He knew I would freak out until I had more space, but he was the only one. Jeb didn't even know. Not yet, anyways.

"Ah, so sleeping beauty is awake, finally. Get up, Ren. There are experiments that are waiting for you, and trust me, this is not something you'll enjoy."

Well, Crap.