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Being in that cell wasn't all bad, and after around 15 minuets of eating and drinking I'd convinced myself that this was much better than scrambling about in the forest. But my heart still ached for freedom, and my friends. I was alone now, no drama to fallow, no one there for comfort. I looked to my left, where Alfred and...I couldn't think of him, I'd shut down...Past Alfred and the other was where Brooklyn used to be, then it went Angelica, then Xander. To my right was where Jack had been, I felt a lump form in my throat as I thought of the optimistic Romeo of the crowd. Such a sweet boy...And he was free now, miles from this place. This was a good thing. Especially since A-...The other person, was with him. I tried so hard not to think of the other person, but it didn't work. After finishing my bread and lunch turkey I limped to my bunk bed and scrambled to the top bunk. The bunk that I used to cower in. I sat cross-legged, thinking of all my friends except the one that would send me to tears, until I heard Carl's unmistakable voice echoed down the halls.
"You ready Birdie?" He asked.
"Riley..." I replied, "It's...Riley"
"Won't be for long" He whistled.
"What?" I asked, no response.
He cleared his throat and nodded towards that experimenting room, and I hopped off of my bunk and fallowed him through the door.

Arthur looked up and shrugged, surprised anyone was talking to him, he thought they all hated him.
"I-...I think he took her that way..back to the lab." He said quietly.

Brooklyn’s expression never changed at Arthur words. But inside she felt a twist of pain. Even though she hated Riley with all her heart, she felt really upset she wasn't there to help her. Right now she could have been getting worked on and maybe even close to being kill. But Brooklyn was reified it wasn't her who was taken away. Brooklyn was almost taken by that goon, Tom, but Jack came to the rescue. She was going to have to thank him later.
Brooklyn didn't speak another word until Xander spoke up. "Wait... you’re going to go after her?" Brooklyn said in a worried voice, hoping that comment didn't sound rude. "What if you go and then they captured you too. Most likely Riley won't want us following her," Brooklyn mumbled. "She's that type of girl that would rather put herself in danger than her friends. No matter what the coast," Brooklyn said now looking at each one. "Anyway, I bet she'd be able to get out of there again," But Brooklyn wasn't so sure Riley could. Even at the moment she wished to go help rescue Riley. She looked at where Riley must have been taken away, wondering what she said was wrong.

Xander nodded at Arthur's reply, then looked at Brook, realizing she sounded... worried... about him. "I dunno Brook, last time I saw Riley she could barley walk... I'm not so convinced she could get outta there again, not by herself..." he paused realizing he was starting to shift into a dog again, his hearing, eyesight, and sense of smell increased greatly, but he didn't yet have his canine features. "If I get caught at least the rest of you guys could go on and try to find help... but I'm gonna try my best to find her and get her outta there. The sooner we get goin' the better..." he looked at Arthur "If you guys want to come... you're welcome to but this would be easier if it's a one man -umm- dog.. job." he turned and looked off in the direction Arthur said Riley was taken "If you guys choose not to come, go meet back up with Jack! We gotta try and stay together..." he cast a glance back at Brooke, D*mn... I wish I could kiss her again... just before I go.. he thought, he shook his head then turned to leave.

Angelica turned to Xander, making a strange, slight smile. Being a fox, she couldn't control the muscles in her face that controlled her expressions that well. Her smile turned upside down when Xander mentioned Jack. "I hope he is okay..." She thought, wishing she could see him now. She was a little torn now. She wanted to help Xander as well. She walked up to the dog and spoke, unsure if he'll actually understand her.
"I'd like to help you. I think that the majority of us should go back to see Jack, we left him alone, and that's horrible." The red fox frowned slightly. "I decided to go help you out anyway. I might not be very dangerous to the scientists, but I'm smaller than you. It would be easier for me to sneak in unnoticed. And if that's not what you planned, my sense of hearing and smell are pretty good. " She shrugged as she waited for his response.

The boy looked down at Angelica, he could understand her now, even though he wasn't a dog yet. "But Angie if the hunters find a fox and a dog together they'll know somthin's up... if they just find a dog they'd assume it got lost in the woods or somthin... Plus... I-I think this would be easier alone." he smirked and turned to his friend "This plan is reckless and borderline stupid, that's my specialty!" he assured "I know I can find her and bring her back, no sweat."

Angelica lowered her head, ears flattened against her head. She only turned back to Xander a moment later. "Well..." she tried thinking of something to convince him otherwise, but she couldn't think of anything. "Good luck then." She made a slight smile, wagging her long bushy tail. The red fox sat down on the snow a moment later. "It's so amazingly horrible to have so many friends of yours in trouble... You're torn with who you want to stay the most. " She thought, once again remembering Riley, then remembering Jack. But he was strong enough to hold his ground by himself, especially in his horse form. She sighed, then looked back at Xander, again. "You better walk out of this unharmed or I'm going to kill those stupid scientists," She though.

Jack looked around for a second, seeing that he's all alone with Tom now. Others must've went to look for Riley then. He looked back at the scientist, his eyes still blazing from angryness, or madness. What else could you expect from a boy that hasn't got normal meal in about few days?

"No. I won't let you go." Jack said, feeling the wound in his stomach hurt alot. "I've learned alot in these days. One of the things I learned was to never trust any of you."Jack said, then put his hoof on the man's neck, strangling him. "That's what you deserve, and you know why."

Tom looked the boy in the eyes. He looked mad, insane even. "He must have gone insane. D***, Oscar, David, help me." He pleaded in his mind, searching for any sings of them. But no, he didn't see them anywhere. Nowhere. They were heartless, heartless beasts that would let him die here. "Please..." He whispered, partly to the horse and partly to the other scientists, before feeling a hoof on his neck. He began breathing heavily, before choking and letting out a few coughs. His eyes widened, but after a moment, they closed, his heart not beating anymore.

Brooklyn watched Xander run off towards the lab. She wished she could follow him but new he wouldn't want that. Brooklyn looked up in the sky noticing that the storms clouds where started to get really dark. A storm must be on the way. A cold wind swept down through the trees, making her shiver. "We better get back to Jack to see if he's okay," she thought. He could have changed back to human form, because when she last saw him he looked like he may. Brooklyn started walking back, hoping the others were following. While walking back the forest seemed to get darker because of the clouds, but she kept going. Just when she came into the clearing, were Jack was on top of the dead man, Tom, a low rumble of thunder echoed through the air. She gasped seeing the dead man, and that look was in Jack's eye. Why did she hate it so much when one of her friends killed a scientist? I guess she's just not use to seeing people murder. Brooklyn felt little sick to her stomach and had to lean against a tree so a second. "Jack, do you know how scary you look at the moment," Brooklyn said breaking the silence. "I'm scared you might let all that rage out on us," she said with a little bit of fear in her eyes. She looked back up to the dark sky waiting for an answer.

Xander shifted fully into a dog, which he was thankful for, it made trek through the woods easier. After what seemed like a year (it was only an hour or so) of walking, he stopped on a hill that over looked the lab. He sighed, and his breath rose in a fine white mist, "Yep... this is none other than a Skater boy mission..." he muttered as he began trying to devise a scheme to get in.

(Ooc: Sorry for the really long post xD)

The room was exactly like I remembered, with the exception of a few new dead corpses. My hands shook frantically but Carl just grasped them in his large, rough hands and smiled.
"Everything will be fine" He promised, but I pulled my hands away, to no avail, he was too strong.
"L-Let me go...I-I don-don't want t-to do th-this any more" I pleaded, more terrified than ever. Carl smirked slightly and placed a kiss on my lips, I yanked my head back but he put his hand on my neck to keep me from pulling away. That's when I bit him.
"F*ck! What was that for?!" He growled, placing two fingers on his lip and looking at the blood coming out.
"Don't do that...Ever again" I growled. This seemed to p*ss him off, because he roughly slammed me down on the table and strapped me in. I struggled, my wings aching from the pressure placed on them. He placed a metal contraption on my head so I was unable to move it and pulled out and I.V attached to some bright green liquid. The color reminded me of Arthur...I whimpered as he explained what was about to happen.
“Okay Birdie-“
“Riley…” I corrected, “Its Riley”
Carl snorted “Whatever, I’ve got this new drug; it’s an antiserum for Ales Timers. Since you don’t have Ales Timers, it’ll erase whatever memory that I talk about to you.”
I struggled a little harder and he jabbed the I.V into my temple. I screamed from the pain and felt my head spin. Everything was fuzzy. Reality bended into a whole swarm of blue and black bubbles that surrounded me and clasped onto my face.
“Okay, you’re name is Jessica, Jessica Miller” Carl said, I shook my head, it wasn’t Jessica, it was…Was it Jessica? The bubbled covered my eyes, and I believed it. Yes, I was Jessica Miller. Carl pulled out a picture of a sleeping Brooklyn; they must’ve taken the pictures when we were out cold.
“What do you know about this girl?” He asked, I looked at the face, it seemed normal, unlike Carl’s mutated face.
“Umm, she’s kinda’ mean, but really pretty. I’ve never liked her, but I kinda’ always wanted to be her friend…” I admitted, the drug making me woozy “Her name is Brooklyn…She’s popular, and she was taken her by you guys, she…Likes Arthur…Umm…She’s friends with Angelica…I don’t know anything else…Oh! She can turn into a cheetah!” I announced, as if he didn’t already know that.
“You’re wrong, her name is Brooklyn, but her and her friends put you here. They put you here and left you, you were her best friend, and she betrayed you. She hurt you very badly also, so much pain, she stabbed you when you got here…” He lied, but I believed him. I felt rage in my chest at the sight of her. How dare she do that to me! Carl then pulled out a picture of Angelica. And I sighed.
“That’s Angie, we’re friends, in a way. She gets really scared sometimes, but it really nice a pretty. She and Xander have a thing, from what I know. She hates Arthur…She’s a cheerleader…she can turn into a fox…” I said, looking at the pictured of her asleep.
“Wrong again, this girl was allies with Brooklyn, she was the one who abducted you, and she deserves to be hurt” Carl growled, and my blood boiled. So she was the one who abducted me?! I wanted to rip the picture to shreds. The bubbles swarmed around me faster; working to clear the memory I had of her and replace a false one. Carl pulled out a picture of Jack, and my heart ached.
“That’s Jack…He’s one of the nicest boys I’ve ever met…He’s my security blanket, he’s so sweet and so nice…He can turn into a horse...” I said dimly. But Carl shook his head and snorted.
“No, this boy killed your sister when they abducted you. He slit her throat and snapped her neck, you hate him” Carl retorted, and I felt myself gag. My sister!? Why on earth would he kill Cassidy?! I felt so much hate, I wanted him dead.
Carl smirked at my anger and pulled out a picture of Xander.
“That’s Xander, he’s really bright and funny. But he can be sort of a downer. He’s really loyal, and nice, he can turn into a dog…” I muttered, the drug burning my skull.
Carl whistled and shook his head. “No, he killed your mom. Yeah, took a gun to her head and blew her brains out. Don’t you remember?” He asked and I tried to focus, a fake memory of the boy with my screaming mother flashed over my changing eyes. I gasped and felt tears in my eyes. Carl smiled and then pulled out a picture of Alfred. I studied the picture, afraid of answering who it was.
“That’s Alfred…He can breathe underwater, and is really funny. He’s optimistic and loves Arthur… He can make just about anyone laugh and bounces back easily…” I said but Carl shook his head slowly.
“This one killed your father, it was a h*ll of a fight too. But in the end he strangled him to death and threw him over a bridge” Carl lied; I gapped at him, my hands shaking. The bubbles that swarmed around me screaming for attention. Carl finally pulled out a picture of Arthur, my sweet Arthur. He couldn’t have done anything wrong.
“That’s Arthur, I love him, and nothing you say or anything he’s done will change that. He’s from the UK, he loves tea, he’s violent and relentless, and he’s impossible and tough. He loves me, and I love him. He can see in the dark and he heals very quickly…Did I mention that I love him? Because I do” I said. Carl made a clucking noise and shook his head.
“Wrong again, this one…Well…He was the one that promised to get you out of here, he was the one that smoothed everything over to make you feel better. But he was lying, he just wanted to money. That’s why you think you love him, but in the end he beat you senseless and sowed those wings on your back, so you’ll always remember him. You loved him, thought he was different, but he drove you insane, that’s why you’re hear, Jessica…” He cooed and I froze and listened to what he had to say “Now, we’re going to release you, but you must bring these horrible people back so we can punish them. They’re heartless Jessica, they’re monsters” I felt tears in my eyes. Not Arthur…He put me here? He gave me these wings? He…Beat me? I shook, anger and rage overpowering me. Carl unhooked me; my vision was now shades of purple, as was my eye color. He lead my back to my cell and kissed the hallow of my ear, but I didn’t respond “We’ll let you go in the morning” He promised, and I nodded, now determined to capture those evil people.

Xander went for a stealthy approach but his paw was misplaced on a patch of ice, and with a yelp he slipped and went tumbling down the hill. He sat up and shook the snow from his fur.

"Hey! Did you hear that?!" the oncoming voice of a scientist made him perk. "Oh sh*t!" he growled when the bushes started to rustle. The canine looked around wildly, wishing for a place to hide, but there was none he only had one other idea...

Russel pushed his way through the bushes "I swear I heard something!" the man snapped.

"It's yer' imagination Russ!" the other man who was with him snapped.

Russ stopped when he saw something, he shone his flashlight up and in the beam sat a dog. It's pink tongue lolled out of it's mouth, it's tail wagged energetically through the snow and it stared mindlessly back at the men. Russ started laughing but the other man was silent. "It's a dog! Wonder what he's doin' out here?" Russ walked over to the canine who still stared blankly off into space.

"Wasn't one of those escaped teens half dog?" the other man asked.

"Yeah, but this obviously isn't part human... he looks like he doesn't have a thought in his head!" Russ replied, he took a rope and tied it around the dogs neck, forming a makeshift leash. "I'll figure out what to do with him in a minute... right now I wanna ask Carl something."

Russ led the dog back into the lab and he found Carl standing outside of Riley's cell. "Well Carl..." he began coming to a stop along side the older man "Did your little test work?" he asked quietly, "You gotta tell me! I'm dyein' to know, dose she think all her friends are cold blooded killers?" he whispered.

Xander had heard him though, he flinched and looked from Russel to Riley, he leaned in toward the cage and flinched when his sensitive nose touched the cold metal. But he still perked his ears as he looked in at her.

Carl smirked at Russ's arival and nodded "Yeah, she thinks her name is Jessica Miller and that her friends killed her family and sent her to an insane asilum" He looked down at the dog and wavered, thinking that dog looked awfully familiar. He snorted and shook the feeling then glanced back down at his little Birdie.
"I'm gonna set her loose on those guys in the morning, should bring em' back, she's got so much hate in her right now. It's slightly amusing" Carl mused, resting his chin on his fist and glaring down at Riley.

My name was Jessica Miller. I was 16 years old. 7 people abducted me, 2 of which I loved. I now sat there in a cell, confused, broken, upset. My eye brows were knit over my now purple eyes. My vision was varied shades of purple and blues. I heard Carl's unmistakeable voice muse about something. But I wasn't paying attention, I sat on the cold ground, trying to remember gaps in my life. What was my life like before the abduction? Why did I only remember bits and peices of it? This insane asilum didn't seem right, but what did I know about 'right'? I was abducted and placed here, I must've done something horrible. But those people...How could they? How could that Arthur guy pretend to love me and dump me in such a horrible place? How could Jack kill my sister? Xander my mother and Alfred my Father? How could Brooklyn, my best friend, do this to me?! And Angelica! The one who stuffed me in that car and drove away. How could she?! I sniffled a little, more upset than sad.