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Thomas ran through the white hallways. The metal ground felt cool on his bare feet, and he giggled as he turned each corner. He was only six years old, and the adults always told him and the others not to go around this part of the building.
But listening was never Thomas' strong suit.
"Ready or not! Here I come!" He yelled. He ducked into an empty lab, swiveling his head around. Nope. No one in there. Thomas left and ran into another room.
No one there either.
He screwed up his face in frustration. Tiny fists balling up, he sprinted to the other rooms. Boring. They were just full of tables and vials.
Thomas huffed. Suddenly he heard a door close. He whirled around just in time to see someone dart through two large, double doors. Thomas felt his heart beat faster.
He had never dared to go past those doors, but if his friends were brave enough to do it, so was he! Sucking in a quick breath, he pushed through the doors and into the corridor beyond.
"Newt? Minho! Teresa?" He yelled. The sound of giggling carried down the halls. Thomas ran, feet slapping against the ground. As he went further, the air seemed to grow heavy. The stench of something hit him. It was like hay, with mixtures of fish and dirt.
And something else.
Fur?
"Guys! Come on, I give up!" He yelped. He rounded another corner and froze. He could see the shadow of something in the other hall. It was massive, and audible growls emitted from it.
Thomas felt his knees shake as he heard the unmistakable sound of Minho screaming.
Something was attacking his friends! NO!
Bracing himself, he took off and burst into the other hallway with a battle cry.
"GET AWAY YOU MONSTER!" He screeched, eyes closed. There was a moment of silence, then laughter broke out around him.
Thomas opened his eyes slowly, looking around with embarrassment. His friends were all there, squealing and laughing. Minho was lying on his stomach, bashing his fists against the floor.
"Get it off! Get it off! Get it ooooofff!" He yelled. There was a small dog on top of him, nipping at his shirt. Thomas reddened.
"What are you guys doing? You scared me! And where did that come from!?"
"We found a room full of all sorts of animals and stuff," Newt said, pointing to another lab. "Most of them were in cages, but this little guy was just running lose."
"Hey! Thomas get over here!" Minho shrieked. Thomas laughed, pulling the dog away from him.
It licked Thomas' face, dark eyes sparkling under a matting of gray fur.
"Does he have a name?" Thomas asked.
"I think we should call him Max," Teresa said. Minho shook his head, folding his arms.
"No way. We should call him Min."
"Seriously? That's even worse than Max," Newt giggled, running a hand through his blond mop of hair.
"Well maybe Miss Ava can help us name him," Thomas suggested. The others jumped up, grinning.
"Yes! Miss Ava's the smartest person in the world! We can go ask her!" Teresa squealed.
Together they ran back the way they came.
Finally they made it to Ava's office.
"Should we go inside?" Minho wondered.
"I dunno. Usually when the door's closed it means she's busy." Newt said.
"Let's see," Minho opened the door a crack.
"Hey can I hold Max?" Teresa asked. Thomas frowned.
"We said we're not calling him Max and...HEY!"
Teresa snatched the dog away from him, only to have it jump out of her arms.
"Max!" She yelped. The dog slipped through the door and they all heard Ava shriek.
"Great job Resa!" Minho snapped, throwing open the door and running inside.
"Tommy come on!" Newt called out, following Minho.
Thomas took Teresa's hands and sprinted inside.
Ava was holding the dog at arms length, a furious expression on her face. Janson was sitting at a table, eyes wide.
"Chancellor Paige! I don't mean to sound disrespectful but is this how you trained the students?"
"Shut up Janson!" Ava snarled. She snapped her head to stare at the kids, "What are you doing with his animal?"
"It was her fault! She let him go and then he ran in here! We just wanted to see what we should name him and then...um...It's not my fault!" Minho raged, balling his tiny fists.
"We're sorry Miss Ava," Thomas said. Teresa began to cry and Newt placed an arm around her.
Ava looked coldly on.
"I see. You found him in the labs?"
The kids nodded.
"Well then, this dog is for experimentation purposes only. I'll have to return him immediately and fire whichever idiot didn't lock his cage."
"What!" Teresa yelped.
"You can't do that Miss Ava!" Minho whined.
"We'll look after him! We promise!" Thomas offered.
"Come children, we're going to bring him back and then I'm going to lock the doors."
Ava stepped out into the hall with the kids in tow.
"Miss Ava it's not bloody fair!" Newt muttered angrily. Ava sent him a look.
"Language, Newt."
Ava closed the door to the office and walked a few paces down the hallway. Then she bent down, smiling softly. She placed the dog in Thomas' hands.
"Kin," she whispered.
"What?" Teresa said, lip quivering
"That's what I named my first dog. Name it Kin. It means family."
"Wait...we can have him?" Minho asked.
"Just don't let Janson see him, or anyone else, okay?" Ava said.
"Really?" Thomas gasped, eyes twinkling.
"Yes, now go on. I'll bring you guys some supplies later." Then Ava stood up and walked back to the office. Janson smirked as she entered.
"You really need to condition them better if you want even half of them to survive the trials."
"Hmm, thank you for the input Janson. I'll be sure to consult you whenever I'm in need of some ignorance," Ava smiled. Janson glared at her comment, though she ignored the rat-like man.
"Now, I think that concludes our meeting for today. You are free to go."
"You think you know everything, Chancellor. But one day something will happen that even you can't predict." He muttered.
"Oh I'm sure of it," Ava said airily, "Although I can assure you that you will be long dead before that happens."
And with that, the door slammed as Janson stormed out.
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