Hiya guys! Sorry it's been a while. Like I said last update, I had this standardized test thing last week and after school I didn't feel like working on this story. My brain hurt too much to even think about writing. I hope you can forgive me. Since it's almost summer, I will be updating quicker than I have been lately. So, where did I leave you guys? Oh, right. Mel, Skye, and Jewel have just been taken to begin their fight with Tanner, Willow, and Flint. Should be exciting right? Well, I think that's enough of a wait. You're probably wishing I would shut up and get to the story already huh? Well, you're going to get your wish. I just have one thing to say first. Read 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by Talon666. He's an awesome author and these are awesome stories. You'll love them if you love mine. Okay, now here's another chapter for 'In the Blink of an Eye'. Hope you enjoy it.
I'm not going to bore you with details of our trek through the School. I saw some pretty sick things and made more mental notes for our escape. I think I had been in almost every room in the School at that point. No joke.
After about a forty mile walk down like 70 flights of stairs (again, no joke), we finally stopped at a big grey door.
The whitecoat jumped in between us and the door, making me oh so confused. He dug into the deep pocket of his lab coat and pulled out three shock collars. Shock collars? What the heck?
He snapped them on our necks and then pressed a button on a panel next to the door. Soon, the door swung open, no surprise there, and we stepped out into…blinding sunlight.
I couldn't believe it. Sunlight? They were letting us outside? It took my eyes a minute to adjust to the light, but when they did I saw why we were allowed outside. They had a huge electric fence surrounding a pretty huge area of land. Wouldn't want to fly into that.
I heard the door slam shut and began to wonder how they were supposed to watch us. What if we tried to escape? Then, I saw the security camera and remembered the shock collars. If they saw us flying too high, we'd get zapped. I'd have to be careful.
Looking across the yard, I saw three figures coming towards us. I recognized Tanner right off the bat. It was easy to see his dark wings against the bright blue sky. I could only assume the other two were Willow and Flint.
Willow was fairly tall, probably only an inch or two taller than I was. She had straight, shoulder length, caramel colored hair. Her bangs went straight down her forehead. She had sandy colored wings, probably thirteen or fourteen feet across. She wasn't wearing anything special, just a black t-shirt and a pair of jeans with grey tennis shoes.
Flint looked like he was about an inch or two shorter than I was. He had curly, dirty blonde hair. His wings were black with grey tips on both ends. They looked about twelve feet across. He was wearing a dark blue t-shirt and sweat pants. He also had on a pair of tennis shoes, but his were black.
I looked at Jewel and Skye. "So, what are we going to do?" I asked, feeling edgy. I didn't even want to think about how this fight would end.
Before they could answer, Tanner jumped in and answered for them. "There's nothing you can do, except get pounded." And with that, he ran straight for me.
Skye shoved me out of the way and I slid on pebbles on the hard, dry, cracked ground. When I stopped, I looked up. Skye was locked in combat with Tanner. Skye had helped me. He had actually helped me.
I must have been in deeper shock than I realized, because someone kicked me from behind and I fell over on the ground. I looked up again and Willow was holding me on the ground with her foot.
"So, you're Melody." she said, pressing her foot down on my back harder.
"Yeah, and I guess you're Willow." I said. I rolled over as fast as I could, causing her to fall on the ground. "Looks like you could use more lessons." I said, standing up, brushing the dirt off of my pants.
"You're gonna pay." she growled, spitting dirt out of her mouth.
The look on her face reminded me of Max, so I took a running leap and shot into the air as fast as I could. I went higher and higher, forgetting about the shock collar.
"Mel!" I heard Jewel yell from somewhere below me. I wondered what she wanted until the shock collar sent a jolt of electricity surging through my body. I fell a few feet before I realized I was going to end up splattered all over the ground if I didn't open my wings.
I snapped them open and sailed down to the ground towards Jewel.
"I tried to tell you that you were going too high." she said, dodging a punch from Flint.
I heard a loud grunting sound from behind me and saw Tanner and Skye wrestling on the ground. Skye had Tanner in a stranglehold, but Tanner was trying to bite down on Skye's arm.
"Mel! Watch out!" Jewel yelled. I whipped around just in time to see Willow run at me. Unfortunately, I didn't notice in time to dodge out of her way. She kicked me in my side, sending me flying through the air. I ended up sprawled out on the ground and in a lot of pain.
"Looks like you're the one who needs more lessons." she sneered.
I smirked and did a low spinning sweep kick, knocking her off her feet. I loomed over her and said, "No, still you.".
I was so excited when Max taught me that move and even more excited when I used it on Fang and he fell flat on his face. This felt so much better than that.
Before Willow could even get up, the intercom came on. "Inside. Now. All of you." a female voice said in a very annoyed tone. I assumed it was Dr. Mason, I mean who else would it be?
Jewel and I pulled Skye and Tanner off of each other. Tanner was nursing a bloody nose and Skye had a black eye.
"Next time you're dead Skye! Do you hear me?! Dead!" He spat blood out of his mouth and turned around. He stalked to the entrance and Flint and Willow followed him, both looking pretty beat up themselves.
"That was awesome." I said, breathing heavily. "I can't believe I did that. All of these years I thought the flock was going easy on me, but I can actually fight." I was thrilled. I felt… invigorated.
"I guess you did okay." Skye said, wiping dirt off of his pants. I took that as a compliment and beamed at him.
He coughed and ducked his head down, avoiding my eyes. I wondered what was up with that, but decided not to say anything. Maybe some dust got in his throat or something.
I took another look at our surroundings. It looked like we were in a desert. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the flaming hot sun was beating down mercilessly on us. We were probably somewhere like Texas, which would explain the whitecoat cowboy.
When Skye was over his coughing fit, I heard a faint beeping sound and Jewel's eyes went wide.
"We have to get inside now, before they shock us." she said, turning around a sprinting for the door. Me and Skye quickly followed her. Jewel pressed the button on the panel on the side of the door and it swung open.
The same whitecoat was standing there waiting for us, looking disappointed. As he was taking our shock collars off, I thought I heard him mutter to himself, "Lucky. They only had a few seconds before we were gonna shock them. They'd have been fried crispy."
I shuddered and tried to get that picture out of my head. Apparently I had been thinking to myself a little too long, because Jewel grabbed my arm and dragged me down the hall.
"It's six. We got out early this time. I guess Dr. Mason didn't like us beating on her little helpers." Jewel whispered. "We can go to our room and relax for a while."
I nodded and noticed a huge cut on Jewel's cheek. It looked painful. "I'll fix that cut for you." I whispered to her.
"How?" she asked, confused. I knew I told her my powers so I guess she had just forgotten. It was understandable with all that had happened between now and then.
"Remember, I have minor healing powers." I whispered back.
"But I thought you could only heal yourself." she said. "I didn't know you could heal other people too."
I nodded. "I didn't know I could either. When I was six years old, my mom moved a chair and forgot to tell my dad. He tripped over it and had this bruise on his cheek. I touched it and it just went away. Everyone was surprised, even more surprised when they found out I could heal myself. But that's another story." I said.
She pointed to Skye, who was walking ahead of us. "What about Skye? Think you can fix his eye?" she whispered so low that I had to strain to hear her.
I drew in a deep breath. "I couldn't tell you that. I've never tried to fix a black eye before. I could try, but I can't guarantee that I can do anything. It wouldn't hurt to try though." I said, causing her to grin.
"That'll work. Thanks Mel." she said, wrapping her arm around my shoulder in a half hug.
I hugged her back. In a way, I now thought of Jewel as my little sister. I wanted to help her all I could, even if that meant helping Skye. He had a soft spot for the girl, that much was obvious. He wasn't a jerk to Jewel. Maybe there was a little more to him than I thought.
Suddenly, a voice crackled on the intercom. I couldn't tell if it was male or female, but it said, "Experiment 4574574723 report to Dr. ter Borcht's office immediately. I repeat, Experiment 4574574723 report to Dr. ter Borcht's office immediately. Once again, Experiment 4574574723 report to Dr.-"
"I get it!" I yelled at the ceiling. Sheesh. "I heard you the first time!" I sighed. It was only a matter of time. I was beginning to wonder how many more of these lunatics I would have to meet before they got that I didn't want to join them.
"You better go." Jewel said. "His office is down a flight of stairs and at the end of the hall on the right. Good luck." she said to me as she hurried off after Skye.
I sighed, kicked the air in front of me, and walked down the hall and then down the flight of stairs. I took them two at a time so I could hurry up and get down to ter Borcht's office, pretend to listen to what he had to say, and then refuse and get dragged out of there.
I came to the hall, took a right, and walked to the end. I came to another grey door (surprise, surprise) and pressed a button on the door.
A voice came over the intercom. "Dis is Experiment 4574574723?"
I sighed. "Yeah." I said. I didn't really feel in the mood to give a witty and sarcastic remark.
"You may enter."
Like I have a choice. I thought as the door swung open.
Well, that's that. It was sort of fillerish I guess. I mean, important stuff happened, but nothing too important. I hope you guys enjoyed it. It took me a while to write this and even longer to post it. Anyway read and review this story and check out 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by Talon666. Two very good stories by one very good author. Well, peace out. Updating soon. I promise.
