I felt the sting of another needle in my arm. I had faintly felt an IV frío go in, but this felt more painful.
I supposed that the anesthesia was waring off.
The harsh lights made my eyes hurt, and it took everything I had in me to keep them open. Someone in a dark hooded cloak was administrating a line of needles into my arm.
The numbing pain lulled me into the peaceful darkness.
All I could do was welcome it.
I welcomed it.
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I was roughly shaken from the darkness and belted into a wheelchair. In my peripheral vision, I saw two other wheelchairs, and numerous IV drips hooked into both of my arms. The plastic hospital gown felt uncomfortable on my bare skin, but I couldn't move my arms to make myself comfortable.
The wheelchair started to move out the double doors and into a white hallway.
It smelled like bleach. I wrinkled my nose.
Why was I here?
Had I suffered an injury?
But why were my doctors covered in dark hoods and cloaks. I thought they were supposed to wear white coats and have their faces be visible.
I was roughly shaken out of my reverie when my wheelchair suddenly stopped in front of large metal double doors.
The pain coming from my back was entirely unknown, and painful.
I wished for it to stop.
A cool voice, soon accompanied by a form of tall woman with a short platinum bob addressed us.
"They are awake. Show them their new abilities."
New abilities?
I was too drugged up to comprehend what she said.
Gloved hands roughly removed the belt and held me up to a standing position. I ranked the excruciating pain an 18 on a scale of 1-5.
The unknown pain flared up again.
The hands lifted me out of my chair, and I helplessly collapsed into the hooded stranger's arms. Another hooded figure came into my peripheral and held up a feathery thing.
Wait no.
Not a thing.
It was a huge gray wing.
Like a bird wing.
The pain was too real for a hallucination. My heart beat quickened and I could feel myself blacking out again.
The last thing I remember was the woman instructing the hooded figure to put us back.
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Feathered
Science-FictionAfter she is kidnapped from her house in the middle of the night, Avalon is "upgraded" with genetically grown wings. Yes, you read it correctly. Wings. She has to protect her family, and her new friends. But what if she isn't able to protect hers...
