bruised hope

ch 1:Found

WHUMP! I yelped as a foot connected with my stomach again. Much to the amusement of the three men behind me. One stepped forward and kicked me again. I heard something crack and everything went white. Flashes of lightning in my eyes.

"You think your human?" The one who kicked me pulled me up by my hair, "we'll just put you out of your misery, cause you never will be." dropping me they started discussing what to do with me as I slowly dragged myself to my box.

"Why isn't he begging. All the others begged" one turned to me, "do you speak you little shit?"

I just curled up into a ball and tried to hide.
I'm going to die. I thought as they continued laughing and discussing the....'details' of what to do to me. So I let my mind drift.

Three years ago. Humane PHARMACITICLS created the first anthro. Slowly creating more of them. Not releazing they where sealing humanity's doom. Two years after the Anthros, or furs as others called them, rebelled. In just to months humanity was in crumbles. Armies destroyed and normal people being captured. Ether as slaves. Or 'pets'. Now small groups of humans stuck together. All the kind people where gone. Leaving cold hearted bastards like these guys. It wasn't my fault I couldn't talk. But they took it as disrespectful of me to not answer their questions. So they decided to teach me a lesson.

"So. I'll kill him" the other two nodded and smirked as I fumbled to get away, tears and blood streaking my bruised face.

He pulled out a pistol from behind his back as I squeezed my eyes shut. jumping when I heard two shots. Then yells and another two shots.

I slowly opened my eyes to see all three bleeding on the ground. Curling up farther into my box as I heard soft mechanical like footsteps. Then several voices.

"Captain, still getting a heat signature." I heard the footsteps stop. Sweat dripped down my face and my heart races so fast I thought it would burst out of my chest.

"Search the ally drake" the garbled voice obviously came from their helmet. And one set of footsteps started closer. And I heard the high pitched whine of an energy rifle powering up. Slowly they approached. Untill I saw the pair of boots stop in front of the entrance to my hiding spot, and I held my breath.

"Westville anthro police department, come out slowly." A voice ordered, I stayed still, "now. Or I will drag you out." I didn't move. Now terrified of this figure. When suddenly a large hand reached in and grabbed me by the throat, pulling me out and pinning me to the wall. Stars burst In front of my eyes as my head knocked against the brick.

I desperately clawed at the hand cutting off my airway as he lazily called back, "got it. This one's a kid." As the others approached he shook me slightly and hissed, "you run I'll kill you" and put me down, I put my back to the wall and stared at him in pure terror.

"You sure you want to take it cap? It's pretty scrawny." One said with some weird goggles on their helmet. I cradled my ribs as I watched them all warily. The 'captain' seemed to notice caused they turned and ordered another person with a red cross on their helmet, "doc. Scan him"

As he reached for me I panicked and tried to run. Only to be thrown into a wall by Drake. I curled up into my signature ball as they surrounded me. The red cross man held something untill it beeped and flashed red.

"Uh.....cap?" He showed her and she looked at me sharply, "drake get him in the truck"
She turned around. "We're going to the human center"

Drake started to pick me up roughly untill goggle helmet took me from him.

"Drake he's a kid. Not a POW" she carries me gently and sat in a seat. Red cross sitting next to her. Talking to the captain.

"Dehydrated, malnourished, three broken ribs." He shook his head, "no one is going to want him. He's gonna be put down cap." They sighed and removed their helmet

I coughed suddenly as the truck hit a bump and jostled my ribs. She looked at me and I shrunk back.

"Are you okay?" Goggles asked gently, I only shook my head in response. She frowned slightly, "you can speak, we aren't going to hurt you." This got a snort from drake, "well we won't let drake hurt you" and again, I shook my head. Not trusting them enough.

The team continued to idly talk until the truck stopped a few minutes later and drake hopped out, reaching back for me.

"Let's go mute." He said as he picked me up. More carefully this time. Upon entering something happened and everything went black. Muffled voices and yells surrounding me as I drifted off.