Sage's POV
This morning when I went to get Arseny from his crib, he wasn't there. I went downstairs and he was sitting on the couch, watching TV. Oh and another thing, he looked about Gazzy's age. His hair was still dark, but it was longer, styled almost the way Fang did his hair. He only wore a pair of boxers; I had no idea where he'd gotten those from.
"Arseny?" I asked reluctantly.
He turned around on the couch, "Mom! Can you make me breakfast? I'm hungry," his voice was a bit high, but not feminine at all. His smile showed perfectly white teeth, and those deadly canines were more towards the back. I just stared in awe at my son, all grown up, sitting on the couch like everything was normal.
"Hun, do mind telling me what happened to you? I mean, look at you!" this was a dream. If a it wasn't a dream, then I was high. Last time I checked, I hadn't taken any illegal substances.
"What do you mean? I'm nine. I've always been nine…I think…" his face contorted into confusion, and I recognized him as a baby again; completely innocent and cute.
"Arseny, what did they do to you when we got kidnapped and taken to the school?"
Now he seemed like he knew what was going on.
"Oh these guys in lab coats injected a bunch of stuff into me. It really hurt for a while. Plus, they knocked me out to do a surgery, see?" he pulled up his shirt so that it revealed the scar I'd tended too a week or so ago.
I knew what was happening. I felt and overpowering mixture of anger, sadness, and depression. He and Caleb were one in the same. I turned quickly to go upstairs to let Iggy know what was going on. He was still sleeping soundly on our bed like he was half an hour ago. I sat on our bed and started shaking him. He turned a bit, and opened his eyes a tiny bit.
"Iggy, I think we have a major problem on our hands. Arseny looks like he's nine, his teeth are way deadlier, and I don't know what to do!"
He understood now. In a few seconds he's thrown the covers off and was on his way downstairs.
"Arseny?" he asked.
"Hi Dad. Is something wrong? Cause I think there is. Nobody thinks I'm me."
He wasn't him.
Sammy's POV
I'm back. You can all jump for joy later. Jeb brought me back the way he did for Ari before his expiration date. I'm not staying at the school though. I'm leaving. Again. I know that you are thinking, "No Sammy you died last time! Don't make the same mistake!" Well chill. I never make the same mistake twice.
I sad good bye to Cassie Caleb and Joanna, and I was gone. About a day into my journey to who knows where, I ran into the most beautiful creature. His name was Arseny and he was an avian hybrid with some lupine DNA thrown in. his dark chocolate brown hair fell into his face, and his light blue eyes sparkled. He was leaving too.
"The stupid school screwed me up. Nobody recognizes me anymore. Plus, I bit my father," he opened his mouth to reveal blood coated teeth. I'm not sure, but maybe there was some flesh in there too.
It was as if I knew Arseny, like he wasn't a stranger to me. There was somewhere I recognized him from. I knew it. I just knew it.
"I know where we should go," he said.
"Where?" I asked him
"Just follow me, okay? I promise it's not bad."
For some reason, I believed him. We started off in the direction he came from.
Iggy's POV
A searing pain coursed through every nerve in my body. There was no doubt it was Arseny's mouth clamped down on my arm. I felt the blood begin to rush put of my left arm. Stifling a yell, I tried prying him off of me. Dr. Martinez rushed in to the kitchen, screaming at Arseny to let go. His iron grip loosened, but he was crying now.
"Dad…I'm sorry. I never meant to…" the back door opened and closed. I ran after him, but it was too late. His footsteps had already faded away with the breeze.
While the rest of the flock went looking for Arseny, Dr. M. stitched up my arm.
"It was pretty deep gash. I'm sorry about Arseny. I wish there was something I could do to help. Now, you should be perfectly fine within four days. And don't worry, I estimated with your healing time."
Arseny's POV
After a couple hours of wandering in the woods, I missed Mommy and Daddy. I hope they miss me too. I wanna go back and see them. I'll tell Daddy sorry and that I never meant to bite him, it just happened.
There was this girl with really pretty eyes walking in the woods too. I remembered her from the School when Mommy and I got kidnapped and she was the big mean guy's daughter.
"I'm Sammy," she said.
She wanted to know why I was leaving too, so I told her.
"The stupid school screwed me up. Nobody recognizes me anymore. Plus, I bit my father."
We walked really quietly for a while, and then I had a really for idea.
"I know where we should go," I said/
"Where?" she asked.
"Just follow me, okay? I promise it's not bad."
And we started on my way home.