Magic facility

Kuma

"i dont think low of you Jonas" she gritted her teeth but knew that if she tensed her mucsles it would hurt more so Kuma relaxed as best she could for what was to happen next.

then pain shot up her arm, centered arlund the spot where Jonas had kissed and soon enough her newly aquired wound began to bleed. Jonas took off his scarf wrapping it around her arm tight but blood had already begun to seep through ableit slower than when she had banadaged Jonas's leg. Kuma shook her head "there is no need to apologize Jonas i wanted this. i should be the one to say sorry since i made you do this" letting Jonas hug her. she leaned in wrapping her good arm around him before pushing away now serious "now then we should find shelter soon this snow might get worse and it would be bad if we were caught in it especially for you." looking around.

Kuma then got up offering Jonas her good side to lean on. "up we go" smiling despite the temperature dropping Kuma seemed perfectly fine, her body radiated warmth already used to worse temperatures. she lead Jonas back to the cellar sniffing the air for any signs of life other than their own. "good theres no one here" she set him down on a crate that looked stable and looked around for anything that would serve as a cup. funding a rusty old tin cup she quickly walked back outside and filled it with snow using her claws to scrape out as much rust as possible from the outside. thankfully there wasnt any on the inside and she refilled it with snow, which quickly melted and she went back to the cellar placing the cup in his hands. "here drink up, unlike you i can go a few days without any real food so water will have to do for now" giving him a weak smile.

Ashley turned into her brownie golden wolf and grower as she raced towards the tall male, Ashley rips into his should and he yelps out in and and rolls onto the floor in pain. Ashley grabs Jackies arm amdmracesmto a door leading out of the cells.
"Go! Be free, you will be save here" Ashley give Jackie a piece of paper now she has turned human.
The papper holds a address 7 White fang street, Happy claws drive " go you will be safe here, I will meet you here in a few days, you will be safe" Ashley repeats "don't co,e back for me, ok?" Ashley looks into Jackies eyes. "Here are the keys" Ashley hands Jackie some keys and opens the door and pushes Jackie into the door. Tururi come rushing down the hall way and Ashley's says "I will come for you, don't come back!!" Ashley closes the door and runs towards the Tururi growling and turns into her wolf form and rips into them growling.

"Go! Be free, you will be save here"
" go you will be safe here, I will meet you here in a few days, you will be safe"
"don't come back for me, ok?"
"Here are the keys"
Jackie grabbed the keys and paper she was handed, and then was shoved towards a door. She hesitated, but Ahsley insisted.
"I will come for you, don't come back!!"
She shook her head and went to turn back for her, but the door shut.
She felt dizzy, and all she could hear was her heartbeat in her chest. However, she started running with all her might. She pushed through another one leading to the outside world. An alarm went off, the same one that went off earlier today.
The piercing alarm startled her and she came to an abrupt stop.
Thud, thud, thud.
Tacuri came out of th building and started coming at her. She yelped and started running again.
Unfortunately, she had only gotten a few yards away from the facility, so the Tacuri easily caught up to her. There were 6 of them, all grabbing her in different places. One grabbed her hand, which had the key in it, and others grabbed her torso, legs, shirt, and her arm.
Oh no.
She was scared, and she couldn't help it.

Snow started to coat her all over. It had been snowing?
Flakes landed in her hair, and she marveled at the beautiful outside world, forgetting about everything else. She didn't feel hrself being lifted up and led back into the facility.

"Come on guys, get her back inside and get her to the testing room."

They started going back.
Jackie blinked her eyes and focused.
I can't go back. What do I do? What do I do?

She screamed.

Lightning pierced the sky and hit trees, forming fires around the facility. The Tacuri touching her dropped to the ground screaming, rolling around in the snow.

"Fire!"
"Fire! I'm on fire!"
"Some one, help me!"
"It burns!"
"Ahhhh!"

A moan escaped her lips when she fell into the snow. Her head turned and she looked at the men rolling on the ground, screaming abou a fire.
Fire?
She watched the men rolling around, claiming they were on fire. There was not a lick of a flame on them.
She shook her head and caught sight of the burning trees.

"uh, oh."

Picking herself up off the ground again, she ran. She ran straight through the day, as far as her little body would allow her to.

Amayu smiled, "because its in my blood." she said nodding, "I was born with these abilities and are hard to control by outside forces." she said smiling, "I'm limited though, or I'd break these chains." she said smiling as she looked over at the window, she soon had lain down and yawned loudly before finally falling asleep.

"Hey where are you going?!" Sierra screamed as everybody ran out. She stood up, wobbly becasue of the Magnatious flower posion, and began bashing the bars. A guard sneered at her, and Sierra's fists bashed the bars softer before she collasped to the hard ground. She sobbed, and tears streamed down her face. "Hey.Take.me.with.you....." She moaned bewtween gasps of pain. The Magnatious flower posion was traveling throught her body. Her head robbed, and her vision blurred. black, green and white splotches blurred her vision, and she colasped to her side, her frail chest heaving with the effetys to breath. A guard walked past, and Sierra took her chances. She grabbed the guards foot from under the bars, and tripped him up. He yelpedin suprise. The keys slid under the door, and into Sierra's cell. She sat up, and fumbled with the keys, ignoring the yelling guard telling her not to. She gasped for breath again, as fluid came up her throat. The desire to throw up was...she haad a coughing fit. Fineally she found the silver key saing: Sierra Nix cell shape shifter. By the time she found it, the guard was running off yelling "She's escape!!!"

Sierra dragged herself to the bars, and pulled herself up. She fumbled with t he lock on the other side, and tried to fit the key into the hole. Frustrated, she yelled. She heard the clanking of boots coming her way. Fineally, the lock clicked open, and she pushed the bars. She was free!

"I'll come back for you!" Sierra yelled to everybody, grasping the keys to her chest, she bolted. She realised the pain in her head, stomach, legs, arms and eyes had gone! She hung the key around her neck. Still running, she closed her eyes and pictured a white wolf with mixes of greys and black on its pelt. Opening her eyes. she was a wolf and the key still hung around her neck. She howled in triumph. She ran out of the facility's door, and tripped landing face first in...snow? She vageuly remembered it from her child hood. Since when had it snowed? She shifted into human form and looked around. She took in a deep breath. She was free!

She heard the clumps of boots in the snow. "Get her!" The guards yelled. Sierra stepped back, and tripped on astick. One of the guards came up to her, and ripped the key of her neck. "Aha-!" Sierra pounced on him, still in human form. She snarled, and turned into a wolf, and ripped his throat out. The key went sliding, and another guard picked it up. She couldnt go back for it now. What about the others? A vioce in her head whispered. She ran into the forest.

William Stood from his corner Glad Amayu had answered his question. He lokkeed at her sleeping glad he had someone to talk to here. "Good night Amayu have sweet dreams." he said silently. He then laid down on his bed and let the mistress known as sleep take him away.

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"There is no need to apologize, Jonas, I wanted this. I should be the one to say sorry since I made you do this." Jonas sighed in relief that Kuma wasn't upset about it. She was strong, stronger than him most of the time. He needed to remember that, he shouldn't underestimate her so much. She pushed away from him gently and they sat facing each other. "Now then, we should find shelter soon. This snow might get worse and it would be bad if we were caught in it, especially for you." She looked around, trying to find somewhere they could go. Finally, she decided on the house where he had taken shelter in when they were running from the guards and stood up, a plan in place, her multicolored eyes confident.

Reaching down with her good arm, Kuma helped pull Jonas off of the ground where his blood still stained the snow. His leg was already feeling better because of his fast healing abilities, but he let her help him, not wanting to break open the wound while it was still healing itself. She was smiling despite the cold temperature. Jonas, on the other hand, was feeling pretty miserable in the cold winter air. The temperature had dropped considerably since their break out and the frigid wind pierced through his jacket making his skin damp and feel as if he was being stabbed by thousands of tiny needles.

Luckily, they reached the cellar quickly and got inside. After making sure there was no one else there by sniffing the air, Kuma sat him on a sturdy looking crate and found a rusty cup and disappeared back out into the snow. She returned quickly with the mug full of melted snow. "Here, drink up. Unlike you I can go a few days without any real food so water will have to do for now."

She smiled at him a bit and he sighed, putting his hand her shoulder. "Sit down and rest, Kuma. You're hurt, too." He instructed gently, scooting over on the crate to give her room. "A lot has happened today, we both need to rest up as much as possible before we get thinking about what we will do next, okay?" He took the tin cup from her paws and drank the water. It tasted poor from the old tin but he wasn't in the position to complain and finished it quickly.

They sat in silence for a bit before Jonas got down off of the crate and tried out his leg. It was weak still, but the cut was already scabbing over quite nicely and didn't look too worrisome. "I'm going to explore." He told her, hugging the jacket tightly to him. The cellar wasn't much warmer than outside and he wasn't looking forward to how the night would be down there. Hopefully, the house would have somewhere he could make a fire for the night.

Further back in the cellar was much darker and he had to feel around with his hands to get around. He kicked something with his bad leg and bit back a curse so as to not alert Kuma. Reaching around, he found what he was looking for; a staircase. He gripped the walls to keep balance as he walked up them and came to the door. A bit of natural light peeked out from under the cold wood and he looked under it and pressed his ear against the wood. After a few moments, Jonas was sure the place was empty and tried the doorknob. Luckily it was unlocked and he stepped up into the light filled house.

The place seemed to have been gutted out when the previous owners left and it was pretty obvious that they weren't planning on coming back.

An old couch sat in the main room, it's cushions covered in holes from rodents. A large picture window lit up the room with thin, pale blue curtains speckled with moth holes. Out the window, he could see that the sun was dipping low in the sky and evening was fast approaching. Across the room from the couch was exactly what Jonas had been looking for, a fireplace. There was no wood in it at the moment but he remembered seeing some piled outside of the house.

His spirits quickly lifting, Jonas went into the kitchen. The counters were still intact, as were the cupboards and a small dining table with three rotting wooden chairs. Most of the counters and drawers were bare, but he found a few things including two packs of matches a jar of jam that still tasted fine and a small set of rusty utensils, plates, and cups.

However, the best find was by far the bedrooms. The master bedroom still had a full queen sized bed in it with a dusty comforter on it and a bathroom. Oddly, the plumbing was still running fine, including the showers (to Jonas's full relief). The smaller room had a twin bed with no mattress. Upon inspection of the wardrobes in both room showed that both still held clothing, some male and some female. Jonas sat down on the stiff mattress of the master bedroom and smiled, laying back on it. It felt one thousand times more comfortable than the concrete slab of a 'cot' that he had to sleep on at the facility. Sitting up, he found that he was sitting across from a mirror. He stood and hobbled to it, curious as to what he really looked like.

It was at that moment that Jonas realized he had no idea what Kuma saw when she looked at him, he had never really seen himself before.

He was somewhat surprised at what he saw. Jonas had been expecting something horrible by the way the guards looked at him, but the mirror reflected a normal, while pretty tired and dirty, looking boy. His skin was a peach color, though his cheeks and nose were both still red from the cold. Despite his years in the facility, he looked healthy and strong. His eyes, piercing and bright, shone through the reflection. His hands, face, and neck harbored pale scars but did nothing to mar his admittedly handsome features. A dark, flesh colored mark was clearly visible on his neck and he covered it with his hand, not wanting to look at it.

Kuma

she watched as he left and when she heard the cellar door close Kuma let out a low moan of pain that she had kept pent up within her so as not to worry Jonas. Not only that but her stomach growled loudly since she hadn't eaten since the other day, but Kuma knew that she could last a little longer just as long as she is able to get some food hopefully.

Kuma sat up her ears twitching at the sound she heard echo throughout the house, her head cocked slightly so to hear well. Standing up Kuma's ears twitched again but this time an expression of worry etched itself on her face, her brows furrowed slightly. Kuma walked to the stairs her vision helped her well so she was able to see if somewhat dimly what was in front of her and didn't crash into the stairwell like Jonas did.

Kuma took cautious steps upwards until she reached the door that was left open a little. She pushed the door open expecting the facility guards to ambush her and send her back to that hellhole. Kuma shook her head of such thoughts and continued to explore wondering where it was Jonas had gone off too.

‘I hope he’s alright. Oh where could he be?’ placing her paw against her mouth a gesture of worry. Kuma then began to call out to him quietly; she was used to talking softly so it was no wonder Jonas didn’t hear her the first couple times she called out his name.

She walked down the hall and looked into each bedroom until she reached the master bedroom, her ears pricked forwards in relief at the sight of Jonas standing in front of a mirror looking at himself. “Jonas is everything alright. Why do you stare at the mirror like-“she paused when she saw herself in the mirror.

Staring back at her were two different colored eyes the left a pale blue so pale it looked blue with golden flecks that surrounded the iris, her right eye the color of a glowing gold, sparkling with hope that could never be broken. They stood in contrast against her milk chocolate skin. Kuma reached up gently grabbing a strand of hair that was once white but now looked greyer than anything else. Not only that but she realized how curvy her figure was, how her shirt was a little too short for someone with her figure, and the scars that covered her body. This made Kuma self-conscious and she hugged herself, before glancing side long at Jonas wondering how he could put up against such ugly company.

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Jonas pulled his eyes away from the mirror when Kuma walked in, asking if he was okay. He nodded, "I'm fine. I looked around the house, it looks like it's been empty for a while, it'll probably be safe for us to stay. We're going to need to go into town and get food soon, though."

He turned to his friend and saw that she was captivated by her reflection, an uncomfortable look on her face as she hugged herself. He caught her glancing at him and he gave her a reassuring smile. "You are beautiful, Kuma, don't worry." He said, placing a hand on her shoulder before turning and walking to the wardrobe in the room and opening it.

"It seems the previous owners left their clothes behind, lucky for us." He grinned and pulled out a pair of khaki pants. "It'll be nice to change out of these prison clothes, eh?" He looked down at his torn and bloodied pants. "Don't look, okay?" He turned around and removed the sweat pants and pulled on the khakis. He was afraid that they'd be too big but they actually fit nicely, it seemed that he was lucky today with a lot of things.

He decided to keep his jacket, but removed it so he could replace his shirt with a black V-neck before putting the jacket back on again. "I guess I'm going to need a new scarf, too." He joked, pointing to the bloody, tattered old thing wrapped around Kuma's arm.

Kuma

she smiled with warmth at being called beautiful, she didnt look but kept her eyes straight ahead. the thing was it didnt help since she could still see him through the mirror. Kuma blushed a deep red and it was thanks to her dark skin that Jonas wouldnt be able to see it. she held her face in her hands not sure what this feeling was as she watched Jonas change clothes, her eyes looked over his body then away before going back. Kuma then simply closed her eyes 'this feels like spying' the feeling from before was now replaced by guilt.


when he spoke again about the scarf she looked down at her arm "oh im sorry for ruining it" her voice sad. Kuma's ears twitched downwards reflecting her saddness and she walked over to the wardrobe. her paws moved the clothes until she flund something she liked a sweater and a long skirt, the color of chocolate cream is what she would have called it had she known the name of such a color. Kuma then began to shimmy out of her clothes oblivious to the fact that Jonas was a guy, she a girl and it was only proper that she dress in private but Kuma didnt know nor did she really understand why.

Amayu awoke to the sounds of her cell door opening, she noticed the guard and smiled, 'time to fly.' she thought as she acted as if she were still asleep and he soon released her chains for her testing and she opened her eyes. "boo" she said before diving onto the guard and soon Asphyxiating him. Amayu smiled, "Not time to get Seth..." she mumbled as she took the man's keys and peering out into the dark hallway. She nodded and swiftly and silently moved to Seth's cell and looked for the key with his cell number on it and smiled, "Seth, wake up." she said as she had entered and walked to the man's bedside and started releasing the chains, "Time to go" she said smiling.

Seth was a little groggy and didn't understand too much of what was going on, but he felt his chains being taken off and Amayu telling him "Time to go". When the last chain had been unlocked he got up looked at Amayu "Thank you" he said with a smile. Seth grabbed the guard taking off his jacket and taking his knife his knife. Seth took the knife stabbing it onto his collar. He managed to break the collar and nick his throat a little, but nothing major. "He looked to the sides of the cell there were no guards around yet. He dragged the guard into the cell and chained him up. Seth took Amayu's hand and brought her out of the cell closing the cell door behind him. Seth looked at Amayu "I owe you."

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"Oh I'm sorry for ruining it." Kuma said sadly, her ears wilting.
Jonas smiled and waved his hand at her, "don't worry, Kuma, it's just a scarf. Plus, it was old and only held bad memories, it'll be good to get rid of it." He turned his attention back to his jacket as he buttoned it up, then walked over to the mirror so he could comb out his hair with his fingers.

Out of the corner of his eye in the reflection of the mirror, he could see Kuma undressing. He blushed and quickly looked away, trying to give her privacy. When he was satisfied with his hair and satisfied that she would be done changing, he turned around and looked to Kuma. She had chosen a soft looking sweater and a long, dark skirt. He smiled, she looked nice in something other than the prison clothes.

"We should probably go into town." He said, going to the wardrobe and taking out a pair of shoes. He sat on the bed so he could tie them. "Like I said before, we are going to need some food pretty soon."

Kuma

after getting dressed Kuma followed Jonas actions, picking out a pair of black shoes. Kuma slipped them on standing up and walked around to test her shoes. "i guess we could but wouldnt we need money i could always hunt in the woods" looking at Jonas. Kuma would rather not go to town and her hands went to her ears "what about my ears how could i hide them?" holding her ears down then let them go trying to flatten them to her head.

Amayu smiled, "it's... Nothing." she said as she looked at her hand, 'a human... touched me...' she thought as she started to scout ahead, "Be careful" she said softly as she ran by a few guards remaining low and silent and soon she ran again and was by the front door, "shall we?" she asked waiting for Seth to catch up sine he's not like her.

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Jonas sighed, "I guess you're right. Maybe we could find some?"
He wasn't sure how the two of them were supposed to find enough money for food, but he wanted to stay hopeful. They had accomplished on seemingly impossible task that day, what was another one going to do to them?
He smiled a bit when Kuma offered to hunt in the woods and then went on to ask how she'd hide her ears, her voice distressed.
"Don't worry," he assured her, rummaging through the wardrobe and pulling out a knitted beanie, fitting it over her ears. "See? You look completely normal and the sweater and skirt hide your tail."
He patted her on the head lightly, "maybe I can get a job in town to help pay for food. Don't worry, it'll all be fine." Jonas smiled reassuringly and offered Kuma his hand, "are you ready to meet our new neighbors?"

Sierra ran deeper into the forest. "Hello!?" She called. Is anybody here? She thought. Suddenly, she ran face first into a wall. She groaned, and fell on her back, rubbing her face. When she opened her eyes, she had time to look at what she ran into. By the looks of it, it looked like an abandoned house. Her mouth droped open as she saw a Magnatious flower. It spread its petals open, revealing needle sharp teeth in them. She screamed and ran into the house. Sierra slamed the door shut, and she heard the Magnatious flower squeal in frustration. She sighed in relief. Sierra examined the room. It had a few couches with cockroaches and fliess on them. They were ripped apart. It had a massive dining table in the centre of the room, half falling because one of the table legs broke off. Termoites probably. The curtains were moth bitten, and moths were fling everywhere. Wow. She thought.
There was a mirror in the middle of the room, and she walked up to it, examing her face. "Oh my gosh..." She breathed. She was so ulgy! Knots in her hair, clothes torn, scars on her arms, fresh cut on her neck. Oh my god. She thoughs. Lifting up her shirt, she gasped. Her skin has millions of cuts all over her, and her rips poked out.

Wow, im ugly. She thought and tears rolled down her face. She put her shirt down carefully, and her rips poked out of the blood stained fabric. When she bent over, her shoulder blades stuck out like little wings. (they arent)
Her leg had a five inch gash on the side. They were all skinny and bony. She sighed, and walked away from the mirror. She still had to explor the house.

Seth followed Amayu as fast and silently as he could, but she sure could run and her footsteps fell to the ground like feathers. Silent, light on her feet, fast and strong he wondered how in the world she had ever been caught, but that was a question for another day. As Seth got close to Amayu she asked "shall we?" "Did you even need to ask?" HE said giving her a smile. He held the door open for her. "HEY!" a guard yelled holding a tazzer gun. He spoke into his radio phone "Red alert several subjects have gotten out of their cells some have even made it outside!" He fired aiming straight for Seth, but with his collar off Seth could use his power. He felt the wind, swirling around him all around it whispered to him such a warm feeling spreading over him the power of wind. He lifted his hand creating an immense flow of wind blasting the guard 30 feet through the air. The guard hit the with a loud "CRUNCH!"
Seth swallowed hard he pulled the guard back with his wind gently this time. Took off the guards jacket he slipped the one he'd gotten earlier and through the new one into Amayu's hands "It's winter out there right now you may want that." He looked down on the grumbling guard who was barely concious "sorry" Seth said to him. Seth proceeded to the door. Once again he opened the door for Amayu "We shall."

Kuma


she smiled at him gratefully when he put the hat on "i guess so-" suddenly her whole demenor changed. Kumas eyes flashed with fear then anger until they became quite protective. she let out a menacing growl, stepping in front of Jonas protectivly her arms out. "someone is inside they smell funny" she said through clenched teeth. but then Kuma blinked in surprise and quickly ran out the room, in the living room was the most scrawny girl she had ever seen her hair was in knots and Kuma could smell the facility on her, the girl wore the clothes of a prisoner and instantly Kumas motherly instict kicked in.

"oh dear are you alright" Kuma walked over to her placing her paw on the girls shoulder. now that she was up closer Kuma could see all the girls wounds, her ribs poked out through her blood tattered shirt a sad glint came into her eyes at the sight of such mistreatment.

Amayu nodded and moved again, looking at the flowers, "Oh great..." she mumbled as she sighed, "Seth, can you use your wind to fly?" she asked as she sniffed the air, 'others escaped...' she thought as the plants closer to her and Seth opened up and looked fearsome, 'is there any way I can get out with Seth and not get eaten by plants?!' she thought as she waited for Seth to respond, she didn't know if Seth could fly with her, so she started scanning around for a small opening she could use. She had taken the jacket, but feeling the cold actually made her feel a bit better with her beastkin traits as a Wolf. She soon though smiled, "perfect." she mumbled noticing the height of the plants.

Seth heard Amayu ask if he could fly. He looked at her and said I can't fly, but..." Seth quickly swooped up Amayu into his arms. He felt the wind around him felt it free and unrestricted now that he was outside. Seth brought one of his feet back then started running fast and finally right before reached the first unfriendly looking flower he pushed up with his legs jumping high into the sky. The flowers snapped at his feet as the air carried Him and Amayu high above them. They landed on one of the highest trees far below despite not having eyes or any distinctive features the flowers seemed to have angry expressions. "I can jump." said Seth finally finishing his sentence. The view was spectacular the trees all around glistening white snow a real winter wonderland. He looked down to Amayu still in his arms "pretty sight isn't it?"

Amayu was taken by surprise by Seth taking her into his arms and then the mighty leap taking them to a tree, "yeah..." she said as she eyed a abandoned looking house, "there" she said pointing to it, "we'll stay there until we can get past the second tier of plants" she said nodding as she looked around, 'now that I've escaped, what do I do from here?' she thought as she adjusted herself, it was lovely out with the snow, but she also needed to find how to survive, she can hunt, and get food, but she can eat raw meat, others can't which was a bit upsetting.

Seth followed Amayu's hand pointing to a rickety looking house. Seth jumped from the tree landing near the front of the house. One of the angry looking flowers was near the door. Seth put Amayu down onto her feet and simply took his time honing the air around him to be like a blade then hurled it at the flower slicing the top clean off as an orange liquid pored out from the stem. "What is up with these plants?" he asked rhetorically. Seth went over to the door opening it with a creak. He stepped inside he would probably have taken more time to examine the room, but the two people in the middle of the room were quite captivating compared to everything else. One was in prisoners clothes lying in the others lap, she was thin and frail with cuts and bruises all over her. The other had dark skin, two differently coloured eyes, and wore a long skirt, sweater, with a beanie on her head. The real interesting part were the paws. "Umm.... hi. I'm Seth... and this is Amayu said Seth gesturing to Amayu.

AMayyu noticed the plant, "what a pain in the a-" she said before Seth took the wind he has control of and decapitated the plant and soon he had entered the home, "Umm.... hi. I'm Seth... and this is Amayu" he said as Amayu slightly bowed, "please excuse my rudeness, but is she okay?" she asked looking at the girl's wounds from a distance, 'she's hurt... I can easily smell the blood...' she thought as she also eyed the conscious woman, 'she's a part animal...' she thought as she nodded, 'this'll be interesting...' she thought as she looked around.

When Jackie eventually stopped running, she collapsed on to the ground. Her legs burned and they felt like rubber, and she gasped for oxygen. The bitter, icy wind burned her lungswhen she inhaled, and she went into a coughing fit. The coughs rattled her body and she began to shake violently. So much had happened in one day, and she couldn't even fathom it. Just hours ago she had been a normal girl, and now, what was she? She didn't even know.

A few minutes later, she stopped shaking and started breathing normally. Her heartbeat returned to its regular pattern, and she stood up, scanning the area. She had no idea where she was, but she saw an old looking house about a mile away. I could go there, she thought. But what about that place Ashley told me to go to? I should probably go there. She took a few steps forward, but her knees buckled and she fell. A small groan escaped her lips when she hit the snow covered ground. Well, looks like that's not going to happen.

She sat up and watched as the snow began to fall harder. She reached into her pocket and felt around for the piece of paper and key. It was gone.
"What am I going to do now?" she whispered to herself.