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"Shut up, Xander. " Angelica glared at him. She heard the words he said to some of the scientists. "Stop fighting. It may not be over yet, but there's no benefit to being aggressive now." She heard herself say, her eyes focused on him with a cold, hard glare. "...I guess it's only because I don't want to see you hurt." She thought.
Angelica looked around. "I have so many ideas for a story right now, it's unbelievable. If I'll come back home alive and well, I'll definitely try to write a book about us. That would be amazing. " She thought to herself. In a different situation she would scold herself for even thinking about writing, but she wanted to be herself for a while, just in case she dies.
Mentally, she was definitely not in a good state. She even almost went insane from so many difficult to deal with things she never experienced. Now, she realized that crying won't help, but instead she became pessimistic and gloomy.

Jack looked at Riley the very same time she looked at him, and their eyes met. He just looked at her for few minutes, and sighed. "Riley..." he said in a very soft and calm voice. "This won't happen again. I'm sure we all will do whatever it takes to not get there." he tried to comfort her, but these words sounded pathetic even to himself, so he sighed again and kept staring at her. When she turned away, he lowered his eyes. He then got down on his knees, reached for Riley's shoulder through the chain, and put his hand on it, gently stroking it. "Riley..." he called her name again, "...don't you ever lose hope of getting out. We are all there for eachother. And we'll survive." he finished his sentence, looking at her wings, and bloody clothes.

My chest heaved, I was about to shy away from Jack's touch but I didn't. I looked over my shoulder at him and moved to him. I was close to the fence, looking at him with sad eyes "You weren't there...You didn't see or feel what they can do...How can you promise me something so big?..." My voice was quiet and my hand was on his through the chain. I remembered the dead body I saw in there and decided I had to tell someone, might as well be Jack "T-That girl who went in before us? She had a right to scream...she's dead now...Jack, I saw how beaten she was, they'd cut her open like a pig and thier gonna' do the same to us..." My wings twitched but I ignored them.

Jack listened to her. "I know, I haven't been there. But, I'm just trying to...to..." he lowered his eyes. "I understand that after what you and Arthur felt, probably nothing could lift up your spirit." he looked at her again. "We have to believe anyways." he said, looking into her eyes and sighing.
His eyes went wide as she started speaking about that one girl. "What? It can't be..." he said, and stared into the ground, his face buried into the fence. Then looked into her eyes again. "I would say something, but it would probably sound pathetic again, and I don't think that something could overcome the fear we all have." he said, then looked at her with a slight smile. "I wish I knew what to say, really, I do, but you and Arthur already saw more than the rest of us. While I..." his face turned serious, but also really sad at the same time. "I guess I'll just have to wait for my time to go there." he finished, then stroked her shoulder again, and smiled at her as softly as he could, though he himself knew that he only smiled to comfort her.

Arthur felt a pair of eye watching him and he turned to see Angelica looking at him. He stared into her eyes, reading nothing but anger and hate. He raised an eyebrow and then equaled her gaze, before out-glaring her. He looked up at Alfred, who was nodding in agreement with Riley.
"I agree with Riley. Artie, Riley, you guys were in there and you know what they did to that girl. You know how much it-" he said before pausing to catch Arthur raising a curious eyebrow, his lips curved in a small frown. Alfred blinked, Da** he sure looks....cute like that..., blushing at the thought.
"Alfred. Are you going to continue?" Arthur demanded, placing his hands on his hips.
"Oh right, umm...you guys know what they did, and we don't know what they're capable of!! We need to know what were up against!" Alfred sighed not knowing where he was going with that chat to them. Arthur huffed, frowning even more.
"Well ghat was meaningless...." he grumbled, punching the American lightly on the shoulder.

I didn't want that for Jack, i'd try to take his place like I did for Arthur, but I knew they'd trick me agian. I listened to Alfred and Arthur talk and sighed "Listen, I know you guys want to cling to any kind of hope that you can..." I looked at Jack, his smile, his eyes. My lower lip trembled but I just looked back down at my hands, which I'd forced into his "And if there is any hope...I can't see it, I'd love to believe that we'll all make it out of here generally fine but...Well, just look at me!" I looked back at my wings which had tucked themselves nicely to my back "Even if we do escape...I'm even more of a freak now than I was before!" I shuddered at the thought of being rejected by society. "Even if we do manage to get out of these cages then what? There are hundreds of scientists and gaurds! How are the 7 of us going to take on hundreds of them?!" I lowered my forehead to the fence and felt a shudder work it's way up my back "And even IF we manage to get out of that then what? Where would we go? I don't even know how to use these stupid wings! It's not like I could fly up and scout ahead or anything...Think about it Jack, we've pretty much died..." My nose was running by the end. I closed my still burning eyes and was silent for a long time. I thought about how Jack was the only one here for me. Not Arthur, it was never Arthur at all. What a fool! Why would you even fall for that stupid British a** hole?! I thought madly. When I looked back up Jack was still there. There for me.

At the words Riley said, it made Brooklyn feel powerless. Most likey they would all die here just like how Riley described what happpened to the girl. She wouldn't be able to say bye to friends back at home, or get to actually see the sun one last time. If she somehow did excape she'd most likey end up like Riley before they could excape and be known as some freak.Brooklyn felt sick to the stomach just thinking about. Brooklyn knew that this was twice as hard for her, and more than the others. Because of her ADD it made her be scared of things much worse than normal. She hated it and knew she'd be so much braver like everyone else, but she was just stitting around crying. She tried to act like a leader that she was very good at. But right now she felt so weak and helpless. Brooklyn let out a shaky sigh and before she could stop herself she choked out, "There's huge chance we'll all die here... even if we fight, like Riley said, there must be loads of guards out there. Anyway we could be deep in some huge building and they'll most likey catch us before we can find the exit." Brooklyn cursed under her breath after she said that. It made her sound so weak and helpless, but she was just so scared that she couldn't help saying it.

Angelica ignored Arthur's glare completely, and then felt Xander holding her hand in his. She surprisingly didn't slap him and didn't put her hand back, away from his. She just muttered. "Stop it, Xander. " She said, her eyes giving away emotions that seemed like a mix between fear and understanding. Her voice implied she was angry, but her eyes shown completely different kind of feelings.
"I don't want any of you to be hurt. " She thought to herself, as she lowered her eyes and looked at the floor for a moment. Then she took her hand away from his, walked up to the bunk and sat on it. She was scared, but she didn't want to show it.

Jack listened to Riley, sighing all the time. Maybe normally he would've also been there for a girl like that, but he wouldn't really show that much of a concern. He always said that he didn't really care, but now...Maybe he was lying to himself all that time?
"You're indeed right, Riley. There really is no way to go once we are all deformed and stuff...Well, we will at least have eachother...I mean, all of us. Maybe...Society would accept us, who knows." he said, and kept on looking at her. Then he leaned closer and kissed her forehead through the fence. His own actions surprised him, but he just couldn't do it any other way. "There is a way. There must be a way." he whispered in her ear with a soft voice.

I was shoked that he kissed my forehead. I almost pulled away but then I heard him whispering to me. I shook my head at his remark and finally pulled away. "I hope your right..." I managed before awkwardly scrambling up to my top bunk. The wings were heavy and hard to walk with, I was out of breath by the time I plopped down on my top bunk, What just happened? I thought looking at the ceiling, my thoughts and memories weren't computing. For a moment I felt pure happiness jolf through me, Jack! THE Jack! The Jack that every girl loves just kissed me, ME!!! I thought frantically but then I realized it did't matter anymore, my ego (which really, I didn't have before) my silly normal life worries. None of that mattered. I was crushed. Fear and saddness over powered me, I couldn't think striaght.

Jack just smiled, as softly as he ever would, and also got up. He looked through the fence at various scientists and some teens who had already lost all hopes of getting out, and are there possibly longer than them. His face got more and more serious, then he just walked away and sat on the bunk with a sigh. He picked his mobile phone out of his pocket again, then tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. He cursed quietly, angrily looking at the phone, and put it back in his pocket. He looked at Riley again, smiling, then down to the ground. He had to think of what to do. There's no way he would be sitting down and sobbing like some of his friends here already did. He had to think. Think of anything.

Brooklyn looked to see Jack kiss Riley on the forehead, then see Xander grab Angelica's hand and she didn't pull away. If Brooklyn wasn't in this place right now and none of this happened, she'd be telling Angelica to get away from him. Right now she didn't care. Right now Brooklyn also wished she had someone to comfort her and be by her side, and she felt so alone. She would have thought one of these boys would be like that to her but they all liked the other girls. She quickly glanced at Arthur then looked away. She had to say that she did have some feelings for him. At first she fought he was some rude British freak, but he does make her smile. Brooklyn sighed and for once she thought she shouldn't be thinking about guys, in this situation, how could you be. But Brooklyn really just felt a little jealous.

Brooklyn got up from sitting on the floor and walked over to her bunk, laying down on her stomach. She laid her head on her arms and closed her eyes trying to block out everything and all the sounds. She ended up opening them and just went into a little day dream.

Arthur sighed, rolling his eyes and looking away from Angelica and jack. He wanted someone to hold him and tell him it'd be alright. He looked to Alfred who smiled down at him.
"To bad I've only got you..da** I need a hug right now..." he muttered, but Alfred caught the last part.
"You need a hug Iggy?!" he grinned, moving over to the britain.
"What!? Bloody he** no you git!! G-get away from me!" Arthur stammered, scooting away until he was lost in Alfred's large arms. The American grinning and hugged his friend a bit tighter, before letting go.
"ow..." Arthur mumbled, rubbing his chest. He looked over to Brooklyn then to Riley.
"We should try and get some sleep, guys." he pointed out and Alfred nodded.
"Yeah." he agreed, climbing onto the screechy top bunk. The American sat for a moment and shivered. What if they got him in his sleep?! And killed him?! What, how could he die before saying goodbye to Iggy! Alfred's mind posted in all the worst scenarios and he sniffled. Quietly, he krept down and kneeled beside Arthur's bed. Arthur heard the rustle and looked at Alfred.
"Does it work?" the boy asked, gazing into Arthur's vibrant green eyes. The brit only shrugged, propping himself up on an elbow.
"Kinda..." he whispered back, then cocking his head.
"What're you doing down here anyways?" he asked, and Alfred blushed, looking down.
"I got, er, scared...can I maybe, sleep with you?" he asked shyly and Arthur stared at him.
"Uh..sure?" he remarked making room for his friend. Alfred hopped onto the lower bunk and curled up under the sheets, immediately feeling safer.