"Don't cry." Whispered voice so small that I hardly heard it. It was a boy's voice. A child's.
I looked up slightly through the slit in my arms, but I saw nothing. A swish to my right made me jump, and I saw it. It wasn't quite human. The creature looked like a reptile and a boy. Green scales covered his body, and his eyes were yellow. He had claws and sharp teeth that didn't quite fit in his skull right. He was another experiment.
I leaned closer to him and saw the pain on his face. He was dying slowly, and the scientist wouldn't even help him. He was obviously a failed experiment to them, and thus they no longer had any need for him. It made me sick.
"Don't cry. Don't be sad. If you're sad...you'll never see...the person...you love...again. So smile... and remember...it'll be okay." He whispered, tears sliding down his face. He was in so much pain, yet he was talking to me in his last moments.
I forced a smile for him, and I reached out of my cage to hold his hand. He reached back, cringing, and clasped my fingers. He smiled a little and mouthed one last sentence.
'Will you stay with me until I die?'
I nodded, and began to sing a song. Not a loud song, but a soft, quiet lullaby I saw on a movie once. It was sad and slow, but I knew it by heart. The boy looked at me, never taking his eyes off me as I sang. His grip loosened bit by bit, but he still held onto me until the very end. After what seemed like hours, his hand let go of mine and dropped to the floor. His eyes were closed, and his chest stopped falling.
I began to shudder, tears threatening to fall again. I couldn't believe it. Why were these people doing this to us? Why couldn't they just leave nature alone? Then I remembered what he said. If I'm sad... I'd never see Iggy again.
Wiping the tears from my eyes, I sang louder. The sound reverberated off the walls and ceiling, echoing loudly. I remembered the song as I sang it. It was called 'Diva' from a Japanese Opera. I remembered how it sounded, and pushed the lyrics from my chest, forcing it louder, until it was exactly the same as the girl's voice.
The other crates began to tremor. The other experiments began to act up, and Angel, who had been sleeping, awoke with a start. I kept singing, hoping to wake the scientists-or Ari at least- when I noticed that the Erasers were standing around the edges of the room, listening to my song. Listening to me sing my sorrow.
Finally, I heard what I expected. The shouts of the scientists noticing something was wrong. The flashing lights, and the alarm that nobody heard. It was all happening in slow motion. The Erasers jumped into action, following the scientists, looking for the crate that held the singer of the song. Looking for me. I sang louder, drowning out their shouts, so the only sound that anyone could hear...was me.
I felt something sting the back of my neck and stopped singing. The sounds of the animals and the alarms came rushing at me in a flurry of noise, but I didn't notice.I moved my hand over the place where I felt the sting, and came up with a sleeper dart. They found me. As I sang once again into a dark oblivion, I remembered something else about the song. The girl in the opera- the one who sang it- was poisoned.