The view from the sky was spectacular. The lights from all of the city buildings below glittered like a bejeweled tapestry. I could look down and see the brightly lit streets and the ant-sized people in their shiny, fancy cars. Towers rose up into the sky and flashed lights like giant beacons.
Maybe I would have been able to enjoy it if I hadn’t been bleeding to death.
I had both hands on the wound now. Apparently, quick healing was not part of the whole girl/dragon deal. I flew, Caminai guiding my wings to keep me aloft while I stifled the bleeding.
You puny human. If I wasn’t trapped in here, I’d rip you all apart, Caminai hissed in my head.
“Hey, I’m not exactly thrilled about this deal, either.”
Yes, I saw you fighting them. But you’re too weak to be of any contest to them.
“I’m a 16 year old girl fighting against three men. One of them had a knife!”
A mental chuckle. You are so weak. I could fight off males that would flock to me in during the mating season easily, and they were much more ferocious than your “Doctor”. And stop talking aloud. You look foolish.
These are not your average stupid males. These are potential super geniuses! The doctor built a fully working animatron!
Silence. I wondered if I had somehow offended her with my contradiction of her knowledge of males. I removed my hand from the wound, which had stopped bleeding so profusely.
Is there any way to get this reversed? she finally said, I wish to be free.
So do I, but I don’t know any available geneticists. Maybe we should pop in to the FBI headquarters.
Fine. Let’s do it.
“No!” I cried aloud before switching back to thought, I was kidding. We’d get shot!
Sigh, Fine, then. Let’s at least find a place to rest
That, I was okay with. We were in New York City, which meant finding a hiding place would be easy.
Caminai banked, and I dove down until I flew behind a building. Landing, I listened.
Hearing voices I followed the sound and turned the corner, looking down a long, dark alley. I saw a couple at the very far end of the alley. They were embracing each other as the girl looked woefully at the boy, her eyes streaming with tears.
“I’m sorry, Brad, but I’m leaving you. Brian is just so much better for me,” the girl was saying.
“But…Monica! He’s my twin brother!” Brad cried, pushing Monica back.
Wow. Soap opera much?
Then I realized that I was over two hundred feet away and could hear their entire conversation from here. Not to mention that I could make out every detail of their faces and the tears pouring from Monica’s eyes as Brad turned and ran away, nearly running into me.
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Science FictionLisa isn't expecting moving to New York to be much fun, so she gets much more than she bargained for when she is kidnapped by a gang of freelance scientists. At first, Lisa has no idea what they want with her, but as their plan unfolds, she realizes...
