Syn's Story

"That's a neat trick," Haley said. She had a feeling this girl had come from the lab but she wasn't sure how to ask. It's not like you can just walk up to someone on the street and say Hi there, were you raised in a lab and experimented on by crazy scientists your whole life too? She smiled, "I'm Haley."

Haley saw a girl run into an alley. Syn? She thought. Syn was a bird-kid too. She thought it was a little strange that all of the escapees had wound up in the same town at the same time, but she wasn't ready to question it just yet.

That's when she saw the van. Crap, they're here already? She thought. She wasn't sure if it was one of the lab vans or just a random person who had made a very unfortunate choice in cars, but she wasn't about to wait and find out. "I uh," she started, but she didn't know how to explain it to the girl standing in front of her. Maybe if she were a more trusting person she would have taken a leap of faith and assumed the girl was from the lab, but she wasn't. She didn't trust people at all. "I have to go." She said and ducked down into an ally.

Haley was relieved when Syn walked into the ally, finally a familiar face. "Hey Syn!" She said with a smile. "What's going on with the van out there?" She asked, "my plan was just to stay out of sight, I feel like if I fight it they'll know where I am and send more, but if they don't see me they just might let me be, you know?" She had hoped for that to be the plan but the sound of gunfire in the streets confirmed that staying out of sight wouldn't be an option.

Haley caught the keys and just looked at them for a minute. "I don't know how to drive." She said. When you're born and raised in a lab, there are certain skills you never get a chance to learn. Not to mention the idea of being in such a small enclosed space made her nervous. She couldn't just spread her wings and fly away from the inside of a van. "Wait, where are you going?" She asked as Dark walked away.

Something changed in Dark that made Haley uneasy. It might have been a shift in his stance or a small change in his expression, she couldn't really tell what it was but she didn't like it. "You're leaving?" She asked with as little emotion as she could. Clutching the keys a little tighter in her hand she looked up at dark, directly into what she hoped were his eyes, although she couldn't tell through the dark sunglasses. "Don't you think we should stick together, you know, work as a team?" she asked. Sure it might be easier to lay low by himself, but it would be easier to survive as a team.

Haley kept her eyes locked with Dark's as he took off his sunglasses. She didn't really know much about him other than what he had said in the past 15 minutes or so. The most important thing she remembered him saying was "I need to get back to my job, murder" Murder? Sure, just about everyone in the lab has killed someone at some point in their life, but she wouldn't exactly call it a job.

She had the keys clutched tightly in her hands, wings at the ready, when Kato stepped between them. Haley thought about pushing him aside, but every guy she had ever met had that protective mindset about them. Every guy except Dark that is. She stepped back and let Kato take control.

It was a solid crew and everyone had some sort of a useful skill, unlike some of the failed experiments she had seen back at the lab. Dark started to walk away but he turned around and agreed to stay with the pack. His fighting skills would come in handy next time the lab's goons came calling for them. Everyone started heading to the van when Syn asked Haley if she was coming. "Yeah, definitely" She said walking back towards the car. Everyone started getting in the back seat so she took shotgun. Partially because no one else had, but mostly because it had it's own door and a window that could open if she needed to get out fast.

"Where to?" She asked.

Luna whatched the whole thing unfold from the fire escape above the others. Dark scared Luna a ton. So it was an amazing sight to watch the others stand up against him. Soon the gang headed to the van and Luna was not about to be left behind. She jumped down from her spot on the railing, landing on the ground and regretting jumping. Luna didn't really get hurt but landing was a problem that she needed to work on. Yeah, she was a cat but when your locked in a small room, there isn't much to climb or jump off. Luna ran over to the van and climbed in the back. She didn't think about how odd it was to the bystanders outside that a group of teens (who just killed/ran from some scientists with guns) were making a getaway in a stolen van. What she was thinking about was she hoped the others didn't mind her sudden apearance. Really, she just wanted to get far from that ghetto.

Kato watched as everybody desided they were going to team up in there own way.kato was hesitant to actually join them,he had no poeple skills and a fear of women.There were three women in the van....three.Kato would die of embarrassment in that van he knew it.But at the same time he knew that if he did not come along dark may hurt the girls or worse"Damn you dark"Said ryder climbing i the back of the van and pulling his hood over his head to hide his face.Kato could drive but he desided he would let dark drive,though the idea of having a maniac at the wheel kinda scared him he stayed silent and kept his mouth shut.He was here simply to keep dark in check"So were we heading anyway dark,not back east i hope"

Kato watched through the back window as syn jumped onto the top of the second van spreading her magnificent wings.He continues to watch as she falls to the pavement rather hard and just laid there as the van runs right into her"NO"Kato yelled out as the van bursted into flames before him"Woah"Was all kato said as syn ended up back in her seat looking only a bit hurt.Kato sat back in his seat with a sigh"Guess she does not need protecting after all,just great she probably thinks i think shes weak"Thought kato pulling his hood farther over his face.

Luna was amazed at what Syn had just done. From her spot in the back seat she saw the van go up in a blazing infirno as it had gotten to close for Luna's comfort. When Syn had returned to the van, Luna saw she was in pain. Mabye not much, but she wasn't about to let that get in the way. "Are you ok?" she asked. She ducked her head a little in case Syn made a lunge for her. How horrible, you might think, but it really was a reflex from being swung at in the labs.

Kato sighed as dark slammed on the breaks acting like a total barbarian.He lurched forward a bit but he was wearing his seat belt and was safe because of it"There is a gas station just down farm road,take a left a this next exit and drive straight until you see it by the corn field ".Ryder cracked his neck and resumed being the silent guy.He this town pretty well considering he had spent the last 4 days here.They were not completely out of town yet,they were in the outskirts and ryder remembered seeing the gas station when he came into town.

Kato sighed looking out the window at the rolling country side.It was such a dull sight even if they were running for there lives.Bored with watching rows of a corn and cows grazing kato decided he should eat.He reached into his backpack and pulled out a bag of chips,ranch flavored.Kato ripped the bag open and began to munch on his snack somewhat enjoying his "Meal".He looked down at his backpack filled with food and water,he was lucky that it was easy for him to fond odd jobs when he traveled from town to town but he wondered just how the others fared when it came to surviving on there own.Kato set his bag of chips down and pulled out two more bags a two bottles of water from his pack before placing a bag and a bottle on syn's lap quietly and turning to do the same for haley.He looked back at luna seeing that she had her own but decided she might find it rude if he did not offer her anything.He reached into his bag again and pulled out another bag of chips and a bottle of water before setting the on the ground in front of luna making sure to avoid eye contact as he did.He might be stuck in this van with them,and they might have been tortured just as badly as he was but he still had a deep fear of women"Keep it together ryder"He thought to himself leaning back in his seat suddenly losing his appetite"There just girls,not aliens.Say something or at least smile for fuc* sakes".Kato wanted to do just that but instead he pulled his hood down farther over his head and stared back out of the window,still nothing but farmland.This was going to be a long journey he could tell.

Kato watched the scene with wide eyes not believing what he just witnessed,this guy just murdered somebody as if it was nothing"WHAT THE HELL MAN"Yelled Kato still in shock"YOU DID NOT JUST SERIOUSLY MURDER THE PERSON IN THAT HOUSE AND THEN GET BACK IN THS CAR LIKE YOU DID NOTHING".Kato was done with dark and his psycho self"Get out of the car dark,hand me the keys and leave"Katos eyes gleamed as his arm became encased in metal.

Kato watched dark leave not feeling a damn thing as he did,kato hoped into the front seat and pulled the wires out of the back of the steering wheel.As he did he ripped a red and blue wire out from the side and touched them together.he van started right up"Who needs your damn keys dark you fuc*ing maniac".Kato pressed on the gas and drove off as fast as he could,this was in a attempt to ride himself of dark for good"Im sorr girls but were better off without him.He is insane and would have probably tried to kill us in our sleep".Kato pulled the hood off of his head reveling his very long almost silver hair that matched his eyes"Were heading west to the next town,from there you can all decide where you want to go.You may chose to leave and go your own way or come with me and survive as a team"Kato spoke with the voice he never knew he had,confident.But it did not last long as he turned to look at syn"I um..................crap".Kato pulled the hood back over his head and stared ahead at the road bright red.

Luna was greatful for Kato giving her the items but she wondered why. She had her own backpack and food so why? She wasnt about to argue though. She placed the water in her bag but opened the chips. "Thanks".

Luna saw the whole thing and was even more terrified by Dark. And she thought Haley was going on a suicide mission when she jumped out to confront Dark. "Be careful" she sqeacked. Dark was one person she couldnt understand. Why did he enjoy killing so much?

"No worries," Haley said, actually smiling this time. She shifted one of her wings ever so slightly and was immediately propelled up into the air. The surge of wind under her wings felt amazing, but she knew she had to get back to the van. As gently and as gracefully as she could, Haley landed on the roof of the van and pulled her wings in. It wasn't until then that she realized how careless she had been about hiding the fact that she was from the lab, but there weren't too many other cars around so maybe no one had noticed. She swung down through the window into her seat and took a big gulp of the water Kato had given her. "Where are we going anyways?" She asked.

She hoped Dark realized that jumping up onto the roof of the van would make everyone even more uneasy about his return, but it was too late to tell him.

Kato had heard every word between the two outside of the van,haley was actually trusting this maniac.As haley got back in the van ryder sighed"Im going to regret this i just know it".Kato slowed the van and eventually stopped it all together before leaning out the window and glaring at dark".........Get in the back if your coming".Kato gave dark a kind of half smirk just then"No man left behind,if you were gone i would have nobody to talk to.Im afraid of women".Kato pulled his head back in the van and waited for dark to get in thinking to himself"If this guy tries anything funny ill toss him out"

Kato took the keys and started the engine up before continuing down the road.Kato got a good look at the gang for the first time,they were not what you would call a dream team.Just a ramshackle bunch of teens trying to survive.Kato felt a sudden sharp pride though,they were his team now and he would make sure each of them survived as best he could.Kato snuck a quick glance at dark before focusing on the road again.Dark may be insane but in a fight he could be very useful to have around"I was thinking we should head to the next town and get what we can from it for a few days before we moved on again"

Kato felt a bit nervous as dark pulled out a knife,he hoped he did not plan to use it.But kato had this feeling that he did not intend to use it so he calmed down"That sounds fine,girls you up for that"Asked kato glancing in the back at the girls.

Kato kept his focus on the road before spotting a sign that indicated there was a small town about 30 miles east"We can head there"Said kato heading east.

"Sure, i'm fine with that". Luna was somewhat uneasy about Dark just coming right back in but when he pulled out one of his knifes, she didn't dare say a word. Instead she took a sip of water.

"Sounds good, what's there?" Haley asked. She had spent the majority of her time out of the lab in the mountains and the woods. The first town she went to was the one where she met up with the rest of the gang. She preferred flying, but it didn't really seem like an option so she sat back in her seat and watched as the world flew by out the window.