Riley Caster: Shapeshifting Warrior

by X.Anime.Glambert.Music.Alien.X

Riley Caster has never lived a normal life and now her and her "family" are being hunted by mad scientists who want to kill them. When she later finds out that the reason they are being hunter might lead back to a childhood friend who is a lot like her, Riley doesn't know what to think. Will they die or survive? (FYI: Maximum Ride and the flock don't come in until around chapter 9)

3. Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I felt like I was in a horror movie. Like the ones where the girl and the boy open the door when everyone knows that there's a killer on the other side. Then the girl opens it and the boy gets his head chopped off, then the girl screams bloody murder. That's how it was for me, except nobody got killed. But someone almost did. We had the S.W.A.T team screaming on our tails. It was a bit uneven, considering the fact that they had a van and we just had our powers and our legs to carry us over the huge bridge we were running over. "Hey! Carter!" I called. "Carter!" I had to practically scream over the loud racket underneath us. Carter turned to face me, his face dripping with sweat. He gave me a look that said, 'Riley what do you want?!'

"Let's take this one to the sky!" I yelled. All this screaming and yelling was making my throat sore. Carter nodded in agreement then motioned to Elliot and Jack. I closed my eyes and jumped off the bridge feeling the wind in my face. I clasped my beloved necklace in my hands and let my heart soar.

There was only one problem with shape shifting. It was majorly painful. I mean, think about it, having your skin ripped apart and bones changing position and form. But it's still pretty cool. Now I was a falcon. Peregrine falcon to be exact. I probably looked totally awesome, 'cause I felt pretty awesome. My heart suddenly skipped a beat when I heard the "whoosh!" of a totally huge rock being thrown at me. I quickly flew out of the way. Okay come on, what the hell?! That thing was so totally not a "huge rock", that thing was practically a boulder! Actually, no, "boulder" was a bit of an understatement... GLACIER! Yeah, "glacier" is better. Yep that thing was a glacier. A big rocky glacier. At the time I was lucky I didn't have my whole head taken off. There was one downside to dodging that glacier... someone else got hit. NOW I was in a horror movie. It seemed like it was in slow motion. I watched as the glacier plowed into Elliot and forced him toward the busy highway below us.