The Human Dragon

Ch. 2

I woke up and found myself on a bed. My vision was still splotchy, but I saw a boy with brown featherly wings in a cage next to me. He was admiring my wings. They had been extended so i would't crush them. He  was about my age and had brown hair, green eyes, and brown tinted skin, unlike me. I had dark red hair, black wings, and freckled covered skin. He looked calm, but I don't think he was. Who would be calm inside a cage? Looking around, I saw with shock that the room was full of cages. Noticing movement out of the corner of my eye, I refocused on the boy. He had reached out to touch my wings. Trying to say hi with a broken rib i do not recommend. I opened my mouth, but all that came out was a painful groan. Startled, the boy drew his hand back with a blushed face. I tried to get up, but I was chained to the bed. That's a major thing to miss, way to go detective skills.  I sighed and put my head back down. I looked over at the boy and he was smiling. Properly making fun of my inconvenience. I said "you look downright cheery." He chuckled and said "at least I'm not chained down." Becoming annoyed i asked him his name. His face turned dark and he looked down. He quickly looked up with a smile trying to hide his pain. I knew i shouldn't have asked him his name. The doctors take that away from him. He said "642" but then said "call me Coal." "Coal?" i ask, what kind of name is that?" He said "at least it's better than a number."

"So, Coal.." i said. "Where are we, I've never been to this part of the facility before" Coal said "welcome to Hell." I looked around again. It really was Hell. The cages were to small for the animals/people. It looked horrible, even Coals cage looked to small for him. He was smushed. He must be a combination of a animal to. I looked over to him and said "what animal were you?" Looking wistful, Sam said," I used to be a hawk." But, the doctors took that away" There was no remorse in his voice. Suddenly the door at the end of the long hallway opened. Coal's happy face turned dark and sad. He moved to the back of his cage.

Out came a women followed by three doctors. Coal sat uneasily in his cage. I stared at her. She had white hair, but she looked about thirty. She was wearing a pencil styled red dress. She was holding a clipboard. The doctors were holding various sharp, scary looking things and had strange looks on their faces. I did not want to meet those people at conference meetings.

Walking over, the women clicked open her pen and said "My, My""We sure do have a record here 241." Making moves to extract a vial of my blood the doctors closed in around my bed. I struggled against them, trying to move away from the needle. The women stared at me intently, then wrote something down on her clipboard. I said sarcastically "what's my diagnostic, doctor?" The women ignored my comment then said "so, i heard you tried to escape?" I looked at Coal but he wouldn't meet my eyes. Nervously, I looked back at the women. She raised her eyebrows and said "not many people survive a wound from a gold blade, especially your kind." "Isn't that right dragon?" she said. Coal looked up surprised. I wasn't surprised. Not many dragons were left when i was taken. I remained silent at her comment. Keeping a straight face the women said "prep her for surgery." I screamed angrily. I was not going to be put through horrible pain again. I struggled against the doctors who were trying to inject me with a sedative. I knocked it away, but one of the doctors punched me in the face. I took this opportunity to pretend I was knocked out. I needed the doctors to unties my chains so i could escape. As the untied the last chain from my chest I sat up and brought my wings together. I knocked out two doctors against the metal frame on the bed.  I jumped off the bed and flipped the third doctor. Then I turned around and punched the women in the nose. She had had a surprised look on her face. hmm, interesting, i had pegged her for a person with no emotion. I ran for Coal's cage and ripped the door off.  I pulled him out by his hand and we ran for the door. The hallway was slick, barefooted  we ran anyway. We were almost to the door. We reached the door, but it was locked. No doubt. Who would leave a door open in a room full of caged animals. I looked up with desperation and saw a window. It was big enough to fit Coal and me, and luckily it was glass. That won't hurt much. I looked over at Coal still holding his hand. It was warm. His wings were fully expanded and looked beautiful in the sunlight. (What? I'm not being plucky or anything.) I told him"we're going to fly through that window" i said pointing up. He tried to make a surprised face, but i stopped him by gripping his hand harder and shooting through the window.  We were almost to the clouds,but Coal was flapping aimlessly. He must have been rusty since he had been in a cage for years. He was yelling a pulling me down with him. I pulled and into the clouds for cover. I told him how to glide and we flew higher. We burst through and into the sunetting sky.