Annabella Moon's Story

~Annabella~

Annabella sat on the floor of her cell, concocting plans to escape her horrid prison. "These fools stand no chance against a power like mine..." Annabella thought to herself. She was a genius and these guards were peasants compared to her. But what she lacked was numbers, and that her powers, though they were perfect, weren't that offensive. Eventually, Annabella thought of a plan.

As one of the guards began to pass her cage she stood up, staring him directly in the eyes. "I've had enough of this horrid monstrosity of a place! I'm done being a test subject, and I'm done with this life!" She screamed at the guard. "I'm committing suicide!" She howled. The guard seemed to not believe her, Annabella scoffed at the guard, they thought she was a drama queen, and that she was all bark but no bite huh? Well, she'd show them! Annabella ran into one of the walls and began smashing her head into the wall. The guard called for a scientist with a key to come and eventually he came as blood trickled down Annabella's forehead. The scientist opened the cage.

"Restrain her!" He yelled to the three guards that were with him. As the three guards closed in on her Annabella spun around from the wall running through a hole between the guards. They weren't expecting her to do anything like this, so they were unprepared. Annabella ran to the scientist, snatching the key out of his hand. "So long peasants!" She yelled as she ran away, until the scientist grabbed her arm of course. Annabella struggled to break out of his grasp, but he was too strong. Ha, was she joking, it was just because she was woozy from the blood loss! They put her into a straight jacket and threw her back into the cell. "Don't plan on getting out again," the scientist said as he walked away, Annabella screamed as if she was angry, but when they left she smiled devilishly, her plan had worked, when she grabbed the key she gained tons of information on it, including where the scientist put it. Now, all she had to do was break out successfully, steal the key, and break out a few other people, she lacked numbers, and she would get them in this prison.

~Annabella~

Annabella had an excellent escape plan but there was only one problem though, her straight jacket...she wouldn't even be able to open the door to the scientists room without her hands...she would have to use the other prisoners in some way to get her straight jacket off, but how? She then heard hushed whispering coming from cages close by to her. Were those fools trying to come up with an escape attempt without her? She just wouldn't allow it! She crawled closer to the two of them, her straight jacket making movement difficult and she listened in, they were only chatting! Simpletons... Annabella thought to herself. But then again, simpletons were easy to manipulate, and that girl had the offensive power she needed. The boy could come to, he could possibly wind up being useful.

"Hey," Annabella whispered to them in a hushed tone. "I have an escape plan, and I'll free you all as well," she said smiling. "But it will only work if I can get this straight jacket off," she said, hoping that they were thinking of ideas already. "I can't come up with anything so I was wondering...do you guys have any ideas?" She inquired, hoping they did. "I know where a scientist keeps their keys to our cells, so if I can get this straight jacket off, get out of my cell and get those keys, then we'll all be free," she said smiling devilishly. She left out some little details in her plan just in case they didn't help her, but if they did then she'd save the two of them, and anyone else she found useful.

**Luke**

Luke stretched his white wings out in his cell, his eyes droopy with sleep deprivation and his bangs falling over his eyes. He wanted to escape this cramped cell, he wanted to stretch his legs and run outside of this horrible place. He wanted to feel the wind in his face and the scent of blossoming flowers in his nose. But those thoughts were simply dreams. He knew he would never escape this place. He knew that he would be stuck here forever...he had never once even tried escaping, he knew the efforts would be futile.

A voice snapped him out of his deep thoughts "Open up his cage, it's time for a test," a scientist said. His small cage opened up, light shining in his face. He waddled out, his feet chained together at his ankles so he didn't run away. Eventually, they took him to a large round room, with only one door to enter and exit. Once he was inside, they unchained his feet. "Test forty four. Begin running," A young scientist said, his eyes were cold and emotionless. Luke hesitated but he began running laps around the room as the scientist measured his miles per hour. His tattered shirt and pants flapped in the wind and his hair flowed behind him, he was too tired and too hungry to go to his full potential though... "Stop," he said angrily. "Fifty eight miles per hour," he said frowning. Luke smiled, it wasn't his best but he was proud that he ran that fast but the scientists expression made him stop. "That's pitiful, by now you should be doing one thousand miles per hour. Have they not been feeding you?" He snapped. "...No...they haven't..." Luke mumbled, his stomach rumbling. The scientist frowned, he seemed to feel bad for him...he seemed to actually care, "Hmph, let it be known that Subject 32 must be feed properly and given the correct amount of sleep," he ordered staring at Luke. "Come with me," he said as they put his chains back on the scientist took him to another room, this one full of food. Luke's eyes gleamed at the sight of it. "Eat," the scientist said, a warm smile appearing on his face.

Luke followed orders happily, devouring the buffet lined in front of him. He needed a lot more calories seeing as he burned them so quickly while running, and all of this food made him feel so alive, so great...he almost felt free...Eventually, he was done, thankful for all of the food he got, he really did feel a lot better...he felt wonderful! "Now, take a minute or two and we'll restart the test," the young scientist said smiling. Luke guessed that not all of the scientists were evil, and that even though this one seemed cold, he really cared about him. He was sure that this time he took the test, he would do a lot better. "...Thank you..." Luke said happily he was ready for the next test, and he vowed that eventually he would hit one thousand miles per hour. "Lets retake the test," the scientist said leading Luke out of the room. "I'm sure you'll do great," the scientist said smiling. "I'm Dr. Heffer," he said extending his hand before they left. Luke shook it "I'm Luke..." he said, remembering he had been addressed as Subject 32. "How's your cage," he asked, seemingly worried. "It's...it's not that great..." Luke said sadly. "I'm sorry about that, I'll try and get them to get you a better one," he said.

After their conversation they left the food room, and went back to the circular one. "Test forty five, begin," the scientist said as Luke ran, recording his miles per hour once again. Luke willed himself to do better this time, he had to do better this time. As he ran he could feel himself going faster, but he couldn't get to his full potential again as he kept faltering to pull up his baggy pants before they fell, his insecurity made him go slower so they wouldn't fall or anything, which got him thinking that if he went too fast they would rip off and he would be naked and that would be disgusting and- "Stop," Dr. Heffer said noticing Luke progressively getting slower. "What's the matter with you, according to my calculations you should be going at around two hundred miles per hour by now but your only going sixty two," he said sternly. "...I-I'm tired," Luke stated "...A-and my pants are going to fall down," he said sheepishly. Dr. Heffer sighed, "Alright, get some sleep and I'll get you tighter fitting clothes," he said. "For maximum efficiency let it be known that Subject 32 will be staying in cage thirty four from now on," Dr. Heffer said. He led Luke to the cage and opened it up, "Go on," he said nudging Luke into the cage. Luke's eyes gleamed in amazement at the new cage, it wasn't as dark as the last one and this one actually had a bed, sure his legs were still restrained but this was much better, Dr. Heffer was actually helping him. "Thanks again," he said to the scientist as his cage close "No problem," he said as he walked away. Luke went onto his bed, falling asleep almost instantly.

"Hey" great...now they were really in for it. Elle turned to look at the girl with a straight jacket on. If they made any more noise they'd all get the orange serum. "I have an escape plan, and I'll free you all as well," she said. Elle simply raised an eyebrow. "Look, girl, you are in a freaking straight jacket. If anything, I'll be saving your ass," She said, clearly not one to be bossed around. "But it will only work if I can get this straight jacket off. I can't come up with anything so I was wondering...do you guys have any ideas?" Elle sighed. She couldn't get her straight jacket off for her because she wasn't in the cage next to hers. "Try rubbing the string that ties the arms back against something sharp," she suggested, before sitting down and stretching out her wings as much as she could.

"I know where a scientist keeps their keys to our cells, so if I can get this straight jacket off, get out of my cell and get those keys, then we'll all be free," The girl continued. Elle almost ground. If. if she got out of her cage. That was the difficult part. "Ok, here's the thing little miss know it all. Yeah, ok, you know where the keys are. But how are you getting out? Getting that stupid straight jacket off that you got yourself into will be the easiest part. How are you getting out of your cell? Huh? Your cage is locked with a key. Unless a scientist just happens to drop the key into your cage, you aren't getting out. I tried picking the locks once, but it normally doesn't work, as if they were designed a certain way. The only time your cage is open, you will be surrounded by guys with tranquilizer guns. Last time I checked, your ability isn't that much on the offense. Even if you do manage to get out, you would have to bypass all the guards, because by now it would be likely that the alarm is raised, and the whole building is on lockdown. Got it? If anything, I will be escaping. I'd barely make it out with my life, let alone freeing everybody else. I've tried it before sweetheart. I'll even try again if you want me to," she said, a smirk on her face. This girl clearly didn't get it. In the eighteen long years that they had been there, they had ramped up security a lot.

Elle sighed. Might as well try again. Clutching her throat, she started gasping and coughing, faking spasms in her body. Almost immediately, the lone scientist that was taking notes came over and signaled for a group of three to come over. The one with a key unlocked her and typed in the keypad. "What's going on?" he asked, checking her pulse. The scientist who was originally taking notes started scribbling madly. The two guy with tranquilizers hauled me out of me cage. This was it. In one motion, she sprung out her wings, whacking both guards in the head. Then she punched one and sent the other into spasming pain before he could reach his tranquilizer gun. The other guard she had punched started to get up, by she kicked him down again. The scientist that had checked her pulse was radioing in, and sure enough, alarms started flaring. Practically lunging at him, she snatched up his key, but guards were already coming in. Time to take to the skies.

Elle groaned, then pushed off the ground, and flapped her unsteady wings. Guards were streaming into the room, aiming for her and shooting. She managed to dodge most of them. Tucking her wings in, she dive-bombed downward, plowing into several guards as she did. Some guards were standing in front of cages. Seeing the kid in the glass box, she sent the guard in front of his into one of her pain attacks. He started spasming on the ground and she hovered over his cage, avoiding bullets from the few that weren't plowed over by her wings. Fumbling to unlock his little box, she finally managed. However, something sharp pierced her thigh.

Shit. game over.

"Escape attempt number 146," she said toward the girl before collapsing to the ground, guards falling on her, and running off with the key before anyone else could get it.

~Annabella~

Annabella fought to hold back a scowl. "What a fool," she thought to herself. If she could just get this straight jacket off, her plan would work, she knew it would. The thing was, she had nothing sharp. She then tried escaping and failed, to prove some kind of a point or something. But there was a difference between the two of them, the foolish girl was incompetent and didn't think her plans through, while she was perfect, and had her plan perfectly thought out. The eye boy was no help either, he was too busy gawking at that scientist. She dismissed the two bafoons and looked around her cage, hoping to find something sharp "Voila!" She cheered happily, finding a jagged piece of the cage sticking out of it, she rubbed against the back of it, breaking the restraints of her straight jacket. Now there was one thing left, breaking out.

She turned to the other girl. "Alright, we break out soon, approximately ten minutes," she said glancing around the room. "When the scientists come to run tests on me you'll perform a distraction, pretend that your dying or something," she said to the eye boy, now wearing something that looked like it came out of the X men, "Man these scientists weren't creative," she thought to herself. "Then, when they go to save you, I'll sneak away and grab the keys," she said and then she turned to the girl, "You'll inflict pain on any scientist you can get your hands on," she said and then continued "If I can get to you guys in time I'll unlock the two of you and together our powers should be good enough to get us out of here," Annabella finished smirking. She observed and analyzed all of the other escape attempts and none of them involved working together. She knew hers would work, the only thing she worried about is that if the simpletons would comply and do everything correctly...

The scientists were coming "Damn it, they're early," she muttered angrily. "Just try the plan you two, if you just do what you have to we can get out of here," she said to Elle and Blake. It was show time, everything had to work. "Open the cage up," a scientist said as her cage opened. Annabella held her straight jacket in place so they wouldn't know she cut it open. When they let her out she turned to Blake and mouthed "Now" if he didn't get their attention she wouldn't be able to get the key, and they wouldn't be able to get out. It was up to him now, she hoped he wouldn't blow it...

Blake smirked at her. he yeled in pain. "It hurts!" he yelled. He cl;utche dhis face and the device. as a couple scientists came runnming to him first aid kits in hand, he blasted them nmaking them fall flat on thier butts stunned. "I can't control it!" he yelled, a white beam shooting out of the device all over, hitting scientists and evrything that wasn't strapped to the ground flying. He made sure to look up when his look went to Annabelle and Elle. He heard yelling. "Get it off him!" He heard a couple shouts, they drowned out a "Blake!" From Belle. Blake felt a man hit him and take him to the ground in a tackle. He felt them tearing at his head tearing of the strap holding the device. "help!" Blake yelled again as they finally loosened the restraint and took off the device. "run!" He mouthed to Anabelle and Elle.

~Annabella~

That was her que. "Au revoir," she whispered sneaking away from the chaos. She ran down the halls, eventually making it to the key room. "Room 42 A," she said smirking. She tried the door, locked as she assumed, these scientists doubted they would make it this far! But what Annabella saw in the room surprised her, it was the scientist! He didn't notice her, as he was turned the other way, so Annabella slyly and silently walked around him, sneakily stealing the keys. But on her way out he spotted her. "Crap, I have no offensive powers!" Annabella thought as he took out his tranquilizer. Annabella did the only thing she could possibly think of, the only thing she thought she could do to take down this scientist. Annabella ran up to him and swung her foot between his legs. As he fell down to the ground moaning in pain she took his tranquilizer, enjoying the expression of pain on his face before she shot him with a sedative.

When she was done she ran back into the halls, but she hesitated. "Should I really save the other two...if I run now I'll definitely escape..." she thought. They were peasants, simpletons, fools...but they saved her...so she had to return the favor. She ran back to the prison room, ignoring everything else she ran to the cages that Elle and Blake were held in. She shot the guards and scientists, including the girl that had flirted with Blake with her tranquilizer gun and she opened his cage, when she was done with his she moved on to Elle's. Once all three of them were out she smiled proud of her accomplishments. "Alright, it's time to go, the exit is right down this hall, we can get out of here," Annabella said, waiting for Elle and Blake to start moving.

Blake shot up shooting his wigs out. They tore the men off of him. He saw the darts coming cathing their movement with his eagle eyes. He grabbed the device put it on his face and shot the darts to the ground targeting them with ease. He samcked his wings on the ground getting a boost stast, this was teh first time he had "flew" for years. He smiled, he loved it. He glided to the gorund quickly. "If we don't get out the others never will. Let's get the hell outa here." Blake said. He looked around and made sure tehre were no scientists or guards at the exit only one. they were good. Blake tucked his wings again and bolted. he saw the guard come around a corner, he was expecting thats, as he raised his tranq gun Blake shot him sending him a couple feet back and onto his back. Blake kept running and as soon as he got uotside he spread his wings and not even relizing it would save him jumped and took flight before he would have taken another step off a clif into the ocean. "damn!" Blake said as he flew ove rthe blue crystiline water. All he could do was laugh. He was free. He was free. Guy felt a stinging pain in his leg thoug and he looked behind him to see a dart in his leg. "oh shit." He said as he fell to the water below. He tried to fall on his back so he wouyld survive, but he blakced out before he hit the water.

~Annabella~

Annabella followed Blake, still holding the key to open the jail cells. "Should I save the others?" She wondered to herself "No, I'm going to be free now, and they'll only get in the way," she responded in her head, keeping the keys in her hand just in case she was captured again, that way, she would just be able to unlock the cage. Once Annabella made her way outside she extended her long cobalt black wings out, soaring in the wonderful free breeze. But then she saw Blake falling down into the ocean, one of her darts must have hit him. Annabella swooped down closer to the sea and caught Blake, he was heavy for her, and she struggled keeping him up but she kept trying, she needed him to survive an attack. The outside world was pretty awesome, almost as perfect as she was. The cool ocean scent uplifted her, the breeze invigorated her, she could see the coast in the distance, but she couldn't hold Blake much longer, eventually, she used up all of her energy and they fell into the ocean. Annabella forced herself to hold Blake and herself up, treading her way slowly to a nearby island.

Eventually, they made it, she wasn't sure if the girl was following them or not but it didn't matter, the girls crass attitude would simply hold them back. If the girl was following them, she would know they landed on this island and would come here to meet them. But Annabella wasn't going to wait on the shore where the scientists would find them. She dragged Blake deeper into the tropical island, full of trees and animals. Eventually when she was too tired and dropped down, she turned to look at Blake, he was still asleep. Annabella looked down to see that her now wet white gown was pretty see through. She covered her privates with her arm and hand and stared at Blake, waiting for him to wake up, the island wasn't the safest place so they had to get out.

Elle coke up back in her cage, per usual. Same old same old. yet, Miss know it all was still concocting a plan. Perfect. Exactly what they needed right now. Another freaking plan. Whatever. Watching as they let the girl out, she saw her mouth 'now'. ooookaaaay. Suddenly, she started banging against her cage, fluttering around with her wings, all while screaming at the top of her lungs. "What the hell is wrong with her now?" One scientist said. "Take her out and sedate her," he said, unlocking her cage. What an idiot. Pouncing out, she sent pain towards the guy ready to sedate her. He fell to the ground and she moved on to another person. She crept out as the eye kid put up quite a commotion wearing some high-type goggle thing. Unfurrling her wings, she kept low to the ground and followed after the know-it-all. She walked into a room, where a guy was standing there. Once she kicked him in between the legs, Elle couldn't help snicker. She grabbed a set of keys once she left and went back to where the mutations were held. Unlocking every door with a mutant in it, she held on to the key. Best save it.

She followed the eye guy out, and guards were following. When she swung open the door, she was greeted with cool, fresh air. She rose into the air, following behind the eye guy. She saw him fall, and her eyes widened. Crap. She looked behind her and saw guards shooting. Frantically, she dodged and swerved, then dove after him. He hit the water with a large splash and she cringed, not good. The other girl dove after, and soon lifted him up, only to fall back in. How pitiful. Elle dove after them, angling her wings. She grabbed hold of the unconscious guy and lifted him upwards, smirking to the girl. She carried him to an alcove in a nearby island. This kid was surprisingly light. What was her problem?

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Ghost looked up. Another escape? There have been way to many lately. Yet, it seemed to be working. A girl with red hair unlocked his cage. Why his cage? He had never even talked to her before. Just a nice girl I guess. He shrugged and took advantage of it, turning invisible instantly. Being invisible was amazing. Nobody shot at him, nobody even knew he escaped. It was perfect. Calmly walking past the guards, he followed the girl that had unlocked him. The redhead had wings like him. I guess all of them had wings. He had never used his wings, never had the chance. Stretching them open, he jumped out over the cliff and soared through the sky, still invisible. A guy started going down, and a girl with white hair and the redhead followed after. The red head pulled him out after the girl with white hair failed to, but was struggling. Feeling the need to help her as she helped him, he swooped down and helped support the unconscious guy, still invisible. They crashed into an alcove, but the scientists couldn't see him there, which was good.

((Hass, I'm not sure if you misunderstood my post or if you just completely godmodded me there, but first of all, there was only one set of keys because it was that one scientists room, secondly, Annabella carried Blake in the sky until she fell and then she swam with Blake to the island. Elle was behind them so they went deeper into the forest without her. The second thing I don't mind too much but I'm kind of upset that Elle found an extra set of keys and then freed every single mutant because I was planning on Luke doing stuff while still captured ._. I'm really sorry if I sound rude or mean :I))

~Annabella~

Annabella nodded towards Elle when she arrived. "Well, how do you like being free?" Annabella asked, the cold breeze reminding her of her wet gown. She covered herself up a bit more, it probably made her seem more innocent and weak anyways, that was a good way to seem, it gave you leverage over others. "Once he wakes up we can get flying again," she said glancing at Blake. She had to admit he was kind of cute all unconscious and asleep like that, but Annabella stopped staring, she wasn't some hormonal teenager. "Well, what do you plan on doing?" She asked Elle. It was probably best that they stuck together for a while, just in case they were captured again, but Annabella didn't exactly mind losing Elle, she didn't exactly trust her...she felt that she would be the one to rebel and cause problems.

Blake woke up with a start, last thing he remembered he was crashing to the ocean not knowing if he would live or die. But he saw Elle and Anna. "Mybe I'm in heaven, two angel babes all to myself." he joked. He smiled at them. then he coughed and some sea water come out of his lungs. He looked at Elle trying to cover herself. "I cane see through your clothes anyway, don't worry, I'm not a perv." Blake told her. Blake laid back, he let his wings sprawl oput under him as a sort of featherer bed. It was really comfy. He loved it, the blue sky the fresh air, the smell of the trees and the entire tropical foprsest in general, and the calming swishing of the ocean in the backround.

Blake looked at them. "Plan time. Tonight we rest, any others who didn't escape we need to get out, since we don't know if anyone didn get out, you'lol need me, I can see through the walls and check for them. The militarry was doinfg those expariments on us, they wanted to harness our abilities. Which reminds me, Blake or Hawk, don't care, and Sight." He told them "your up." He said pointing at elle. Blake shot up though, he heard something. he turned on his thermal vision and he saw another person coming. (Ghost) "We have anothger playmate." he told the girls.

~Annabella~

"W-what? If your not a pervert then how do you know that you can see through underwear?!" Annabella stammered. She thought what he said there was bad but then she heard the pervert peasants plan. "Are you insane?" She snapped angrily at Blake. "We just escaped that horrid place and now you just want to waltz back in and save the others?" She asked dumbfounded. "If they're of any use they'll be able to escape without us, the guards are probably already looking for us, so I say after tonight we leave," Annabella stated calming down. "I saved you guys after all, the least you can do is do what I say until we get completely away," Annabella finished taking a deep breath. "We have another playmate." After Annabella heard the she quickly reverted to covering herself, she didn't see the guy coming so who knew what he was doing now...

**Luke Logan**

Luke was jolted awake at the sounds of screaming and yelling from the patients and the scientists. Luke looked around but he couldn't even get a view of who was escaping and what happened. But he did hear one thing "Damn! They got away!" Luke gasped when he heard this. "They...they actually escaped...you can escape this place?" Luke thought. He was overwhelmed with awe and just knowing you could escape made him dream of running outside.

His dreams broke away as well though at the sight of another test subject, Tobias. He had never seen another test subject before, so he was kind of timid to start a conversation...but they could possibly work together to break out...Eventually he mustered up his courage and began to speak, "Hey," Luke whispered, loud enough for only Tobias to hear. "I'm Luke...did you see what just happened there?" He asked, he was pretty sure that someone escaped but it could have been a cruel joke by one of the scientists...He hoped the boy would respond, they might as well make the best of the situation they had here.

Elle shoot off her wings, splattering the walls by her wet wings. The eye guy finally woke up, and she smiled happily. "Mybe I'm in heaven, two angel babes all to myself." She heard him say. "Funny," she said, wrapping her hands around her more. "I can see through your clothes anyway, don't worry, I'm not a perv." he continued. Elle raised an eyebrow. "Okay, but the minute I catch you staring at me, you will be very sorry," she said as a warning. When Blake said his plan, she nodded thoughtfully. It would be very risky. She didn't know how they would do it without getting caught...but they did need to help the others. They must be going through hell. "Ok, well, I'm Elizabeth Parsley. But don't call me that, ever. I hate that name. I prefer Elle. Even Lisa or beth would be better than Elizabeth. I can inflict pain on people, without touching them." She said.

"Are you insane? We just escaped that horrid place and now you just want to waltz back in and save the others? If they're of any use they'll be able to escape without us, the guards are probably already looking for us, so I say after tonight we leave. I saved you guys after all, the least you can do is do what I say until we get completely away," Elle heard Miss know it all say. Elle folded her arms and pushed her lips together tightly. "Ok, I'm only going to say this once. I don't know who you think you are, but you are not the boss of me. Sure, you 'freed' us, I guess, but that wouldn't have happened if we hadn't helped you. I'm kind of cold hearted, but even I know that the right thing to do is save the others. I don't know what petty power you have under that pretty little head of yours, but I can tell you this. it doesn't hurt nearly as much as mine does," she said, hostels flaring, a scowl on her face.

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Ghost watched as a little spat unfolded in front of him. It was tempting to scream cat fight, but he just smiled in amusement. However, the guy was looking directly at him, almost as if he could see him. Could he? "We have another playmate." Ghost took that as a yes. His eyes widened. Busted. He appeared suddenly, and the redhead jumped to face him. Suddenly, pain ripped through his body and he collapsed on the ground, writhing in pain.

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Elle was interrupted by Blake chiming in that someone else was there. How? She couldn't see anyone else... As if out of thin air, a guy appeared with black hair. Startled beyond belief, she instantly sent him to the ground in pain, expecting him to be a guard of some sort. However,as he writhed on the ground in pain, she noticed multicolored wings on his back. Immediately, she stopped the pain and the guy wearily got up, practically glaring at her. "What the hell was that for?" he said accusingly. Elle shrugged. "I thought you were a scientist or guard or something. You can't just appear out of thin air like that," she said. "What's your name?" She asked, curious, as she recognized him as the one guy she could free. "Call me ghost. You can probably guess what I can do," he said.

~Annabella~

Annabella's eyes flared. She knew she should have left that rotten prick of a peasant in her cage to rot! She probably would have been able to manipulate Blake into not going back, but this Elle girl was too arrogant. Annabella held her tongue, daring to call the peasant Elizabeth but she decided against it, the Ghost boy seemed to be in pain when he was hit by her powers. "Well, you can go there without me, rescue all the mutants you want but there's no way I'm going back in that facility," Annabella snapped. "How do you even plan on getting the keys to unlock all their cages? I threw the ones that I stole away," Annabella lied, she had the keys concealed with her but she wasn't going to let them know that, "And the keys that you stole were specifically designed to only open up Ghost's cell," Annabella added matter-of-factly "Trust me, I know; the petty power I have under my little head is clairvoyance, all I have to do is touch an object and I'll receive a ton of information on it, and I've touched your key," she finished, looking at Elle to see what the redhead would say next.

Damon was awakened by a loud commotion from outside his cage. He must have fallen asleep. His surroundings remained dark even after opening his eyes. He reached up and his hand made contact with a lead box. 'The damned scientist must have forgoten to take it off.' He thought bitterly, tugging at the box placed firmly around his head. He sighed, 'Why the hell not.' He stood as high as his cage would allow, slamming back down to the ground. It took a few attempts but eventually he was able to slip his head out of the box, allowing him to see the chaos unfolding before him. Scientists scrambled about and he noticed three of the cages near his were open and empty. Damon grinned, just staring at the cages. They escaped, so that meant it wasn't pointless, they all must have had a chance for escape. A scientist slammed his fist against the cage, obviously pissed as hell, glaring at Damon, "What are you laughing about? Common, we're going on a little trip." The scientist unlocked his cage and before Damon could react, pulled out a tranquilizer gun and shot him in the arm. Everything slowly faded to black for Damon.

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Damon's eyes slowly opened, a man and a woman standing before him, both wearing lab coats. He was strapped to a table again. He looked from his restraints back to the people, a stonic and almost bored expression on his face, "You guys know this doesn't do anything, my power isn't strength or some fighting ability, duct tape would be enough, I don't know why you go all out every time." The woman smiled, "Its just standard procedure nothing personal. Now, regaring the recent escapes, you were fairly close to the others cages. You wouldn't have happened to... hear anything, did you?" Damon sighed, resting his head against the table, "Alright, here's the deal, the thing is..." Damon looked around, then leaned forward, guesturing the science fists closer, slowly they both inched closer, leaning in as if Damon was telling them a secret, "I didn't hear shit. One of your coworkers left the box on me, I couldn't have heard anything even if I wanted too." They both backed up, the man scowling and the woman almost having a worried expression on her face. The man spoke this time, "Look, Damon, you've got to be holding something back. if you spill, you can earn... special privages." Damon glared at the man, his temper rising, "Look, Mr. Scientist, or whatever the hell your name is, I dont know why you think you can bribe me into selling out people who had gone through the same demented tourture I went through. And really, your definition of privlages is also known as human rights. Besides, do you really think that you can get me to help the people who torture me on a daily basis for some extra slop?" Damon was quickly becoming angrier
and angrier, finally losing control of his ability. The lights in the room shattered, making it rain glass over them, the scientists infront of him scurried away, ducking and trying to find a place to hide. The lights were all broken, leaving the room in darkness but not silence. Shrieking could be heard and people scrambling about. Damon couldn't regain control, and just shut his eyes closed and tried to get calm.

But of course it didn't work very well. He could hear the sound of thing setting themself on fire and he dared to open an eye, the room was slightly luminated my fire and things were still combusting. The room was being evacuated and the scientists filed out, leaving him to die. His brows furrowed, his anger rising again, "Hey you assholes! You left something in here!" Damon looked around, the fires were practically surrounding him, but he couldn't feel the heat much. He fell from the table and landed on his hands and knees. His arms were flaming and he realized that he had set himself on fire, and burned through the restrains. Damon booked it for the door, bursting through the door, he could already hear others going through the other entrance to extinguish the flames in the room. He ran down the hallway,leaving firey footsteps behind him and, still not quite having regained control of his powers the lights behind him bursting as he ran down the hallway. He sprinted down the hallway and burst through several doors, eventually running into a few guards, one pulled out a switch knife, running towards him. Damon dodged, slapping the other guard and, apperently, burning him as the guard fell holding his cheek. He ran away, finally reaching the outside and bursting upward towards the sky, his black wings flameing along with te rest of him.((how cool would that look!!=D))

Damon could see blood dripping down into the ocean below him and he looked to his shoulder, a gash in his arm. He hissed, grabbing the wound. He could see a small island in the distance and tried to fly faster, getting lower and lower as he reached the island. He landed a few yards off the shore, the water extinguishing his flames and he hissed as the saltwater got in his wound. Damon freaked out, swimming to the shore in a panic, shivering. He walked more towards the inland, trying to get away from the water. He stopped when he saw a group of people talking, he could reconize some of them, but hardly. Damon walked forward slightly, clearing his throat, but not being able to think of what to say. Finally he muttered, "Hey..."

~Annabella~

Gosh, there were peasants rolling in one after another weren't there? Annabella knew that if she was ever going to take control of this group she was going to need someone strong to back her up. She wasn't sure who Blake was going to follow but she knew that Elle was going to compromise everything they worked for. So, she smiled at the new mutant. "Hi there," Annabella said happily "It's good to see that someone else escaped that hell hole," she said laughing. "If you want to go back fly with her, she's going to try and save the others," Annabella said glancing at Elle. "I'll be staying here though if you don't wanna risk anything," she said smiling lightly. She had enough of Elle's attitude already and hoped that she would get captured when she went back.

"I agree with Ell." Blake said. "Plus i can just see what scientists have keys. and look at the inside of the locks to see which one matches." Blake said. "I'll be the scout and Intel. We went through hell, i will not put that upon someone who can be helped." Blake said. "And ghost is it, feel free to help us, we could use a sneaky guy to get the keys I find. and you Miss bossy." he said glaring at Anna. "We could use your smarts. i know you don't want to, but you can go live all alone forever in hiding, or you can live with friends that protect you. and we all fight together for our freedom choose." he told her glaring right at her. he stared into her eyes. he caught a glimpse.

Everything looked odd for a moment, he felt her, he went through her hard bossy shell and inside saw a nice sweet person.

Blake snapped out. "Anna, help us out." he asked her.

"Nobody needs to go back to the facility," Ghost said, glancing at apparently Anna. "Except me." He said. "Um, Anna, I really doubt you threw out a key that unlocked practically every cage. Being the smart person you are, it is probably hidden on you rigt now in case something bad were to happen and you'd end up back in that hellhole." He said pointedly towards anna. "Give me the key and nobody else would have to go back in. I sneak in invisible, release a mutant, lead him out, sneak back in. No alarms will be raised, no fighting will be necessary. No lives will be lost." He said. "I know you don't want to go back there. None of us do. But there are a lot of people back there who want out." He said.

He knew this Anna chic wants to be a leader, but a leader is different from a dictator. "If you don't give me the keys then sure, go live alone on this stupid island while the rest of us go on a rescue mission." He said. His plan would be quick, easy, and simple. Get the key, unlock some cages. If worse came to worse he'd release all cages and let hell spring loose.

~Annabella~

Annabella glared at the group, she had to think of her options. She could either leave the group and move as an individual unit, hiding from the scientists. The upside to that was that the scientists would probably go after the larger group first and she would be harder to detect, but if they did happen to find her she wouldn't be able to protect herself. If she stoke with the group they would be detected much easier but she would be safer and more protected, but she would also have to deal with the arguments between group members, most of which she could guess would be derived from Elle...She decided she would probably survive longer if she didn't stay with the group. Annabella was about to get up and leave but she hesitated, she stopped thinking about herself for a second and started thinking about the other mutants that were still stuck in that prison...Annabella moaned in frustration, "Fine, I'll help," she said sighing. She stayed on the ground though, thinking of a plan, she could make things a lot easier and just give them the keys but what if they failed and lost them on her, she needed those just in case she go caught...

She was unsure of what to do until Ghost began speaking "Um, Anna, I really doubt you threw out a key that unlocked practically every cage. Being the smart person you are, it is probably hidden on you right now in case something bad were to happen and you'd end up back in that hellhole." Annabella stared at the boy, apparently not all of these people were idiots. "Give me the key and nobody else would have to go back in. I sneak in invisible, release a mutant, lead him out, sneak back in. No alarms will be raised, no fighting will be necessary. No lives will be lost." He even thought of the plan that she was thinking of...Annabella took him as a threat...no that was a simple strategy...he probably wouldn't be able to think as advanced as she did when it came to it, he got out of the prison merely because he was lucky and Elle got a key to open his door while following her...but that being said he could still be dangerous. Annabella suddenly had an idea, "Calm down I was going to give you the key anyways," Annabella revealed the key in the palm of her hand, while she was holding it she remembered the exact dimensions of the key, if Ghost happened to lose it or steal it for himself then once they got out of this island she would make a new one or at least hire someone to make a new one. She tossed the key over to Ghost, she looked around and it was pretty dark "Leave now, there will probably be less guards at night, even after we all escaped, plus, everyone might be getting tortured right this second," she said concern oddly in her voice.

Damon looked back and forth to the different people talking, they had cranked out a rescue mission in no time. He scratched his head, keeping the same stonic expression the whole time. "Well they certianly wouldn't be expecting us to go back that's for sure. It could be a little more difficult, seeing as they'll most likely focus the bulk of their men towards the center, or rather the mutant's holding center, in fear of another escape." Damon took a seat, leaning back on his palms. "If I may suggest, we could go in groups. Group 1 to sneak past and try a more defensive approch, Hmm, possibly you and you," Damon pointed to Ghost and Elle, "Then Group 2 for offensive purposes, Me, you and you." He pointed to Blake and Annabella. "It wont be safe for anyone to stay alone, especially you," Damon pointed to Annabella, "Being smart or whatever your power is, isn't exactly a defense mechanism, not a good one anyways. This island is probably the first place they would look, seeing as I didn't see anything else besides ocean for miles." Damon could start to feel a pain in his arm again and leaned forward to hold his wound, his indifferent expression never faltering. "By the way, I'm Damon, spontaneous combustion and shattering." He was a little surprised at himself, he really hadn't spoken that much to... anyone before, he certianly hoped his opinions didn't sound too bossy.

~Annabella~

Annabella used her finger to write the dimensions of the key in the dirt of the island, if anyone happened to look at what she was doing they would think she was crazy because she was writing numbers onto the dirt. When she was done the other kid who came in after them began talking. Annabella took offense to Damon's statement. She gave them a key and now he wanted her to fight for them as well! "No, that's not going to work, though you do bring up good points, if we're going to do this we have to be covert," Annabella said rubbing her temples. "My power isn't being smart, but it isn't for offense either anyways," she stated formulating a plan...eventually she had one she just needed to think who would fit where...no that plan wouldn't work if they did that plan one of them would be stuck there...wait no...that could work...

"Okay, this is what we're going to do," Annabella said, her plan was finally perfected and she was ready to see how everyone would react, "Alright, first, Ghost and I are going to fly to the facility into the prison room, Ghost will be invisible, I won't," she said calmly. "I'll say that you guys betrayed me and that I want to give information on where you're all hiding, hopefully, the guards in the room will take me away for questioning, Ghost will silently take out whatever guards are left in the prison then, exactly seven minutes after we leave for the facility, all of you will go to the facility, and give Ghost back up. Ghost will unlock all of the cells, once he's done that he'll leave the key in my cell under my mattress just in case, and then all of you guys will escape," Annabell said pausing for breath. "After ten minutes or so, when you guys should all be gone, I'll request that I get some privacy and only be with a few scientists to give the information, hopefully, they'll think that because my powers aren't offensive then I won't be able to hurt them...however, I have a little hidden something," Annabell said as she revealed the tranquilizer gun that she had stolen, "Once I shoot them with the tranquilizer darts I'll escape out the window, or anything else that I can find to escape. If I fail in escaping there, then I'll be able to escape with the key under my mattress," Annabella concluded. Her plan was foolproof, and if they rejected it they were foolish. "If you want to free everyone else this is what we'll have to do," Annabella said. Her plan was perfect, and she was sure it wouldn't fail. "Whoever doesn't want to go in for back up doesn't have to, the back up isn't a necessity, it just makes things a bit safer," Annabella added.

~Annabella~

Foolish simpleton, once she made a perfect plan there was no way it could fail. "If Ghost gets caught then he has a key you dimwit, all he has to do is keep it concealed," Annabella snapped, she didn't like it when people rejected her ideas. After she calmed down a bit she restarted. "I can defend myself, I have a tranquilizer dart gun," Annabella said waving it around. "Thirdly, you won't be left out, I said that you guys will all come seven minutes after we fly away, if Ghost gets caught then all of you are going to have to break into the facility and start attacking so he can unlock himself out and free the others," Annabella said. Blake was getting more and more annoying by the second...

Damon had his arms firmly wrapped around himself, the more time past the darker it got and the more ominous the jungle around him felt. "There's no reason to argue, we should all be together as a team now." he stated, "While Blake makes a good point I think I might agree with you, If only for the point in the plan that I get to kill off some guards." he ran his fingers through his hair, "You know... What if we lure some guards to this island. Smoke signals or something. You know, less guards there the better.... or not... whatever you guys think up I'll go along with it." he admitted, glancing around the group, "Whatever we decide to do, we should act fast."

Ghost closed his eyes. This was horrible! Why didn't they understand? "Ok, here's the deal. First of all, Anna, what if they don't take you into a room for question or allow you privacy? One little flaw this whole plan could come crashing down. Secondly, Guards don't walk around with thermal imaging goggles. Yes, they know what I can do, but they don't walk around with goggles. They do have a thermal camera on my cage, however. Maybe once things started going south, they would have people come out with thermal goggles, but I would take out the people in the control room first. The ones who controlled the alarms, security cameras, etc. Then I would get a tranquilizer gun, but not with dinky little tranquilizers. More like the stuff to take down elephants. I don't want them waking up while people are still escaping. I don't want to kill them a either. I don't know how to shoot a gun and beating them to death would draw to much attention. And even if offensive people were to go in, I would place Elle over her on the offense list," he said, giving her a glare.

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"Only one problem. Don't you think if people started falling unconscious to the floor, people would notice?" she said. This Ghost guy was as big headed as the Little Ass Anna. What a great nickname. Ooh, how about Annabitch? Assabelle? They were just a dandy little group of misfits. "Your right, Blake and new guy, we should work together. to two going. We should just storm the castle. They wouldn't be able to handle all of us at once. Ghost could sneak off and unlock cages, adding more to the fight."

~Annabella~

Annabella glared at Elle, she didn't get what her problem was, but she was such a hindrance to everything that they were trying to do. Annabella stood up, her gown now dry. "Listen," she said, trying to calm down all of the rampant talking. "Go ahead Elizabeth, storm the castle, have all the fun you want trying to take down an entire scientific facility by yourself, but you know what? I'm not going to be part of it. You want to know why you've had so many failed escape attempts? It's because you're so ignorant and conceited that you think you can do whatever you want. There are guards and scientists lining the walls of that facility, your not going to be able to rush in there and just defeat all of them, you'll be captured," she said, her voice calm but full of force. "If you want to have a well thought out plan, if you want to actually cooperate with each other to make an elaborated plan that will work, then come with me. I really don't care if you don't, because if you don't then your just going to hold me back," Annabella finished.

She left the group going deeper into the forest, she decided if anyone was going to join her then she would help the others escape, if not then she would fly away from this rotten darkening island and find somewhere safe to hide. If they were captured again...they would be brutally tortured...she couldn't go through with that again...she didn't want to feel that pain again...a small tear rolled down her eye as she sat down next to a lake, the light of the moon glistening off the reflective water. If anyone was going to be smart enough to join her it was probably going to be Damon, he was the only one who made the littlest bit of sense.