spread my wings

chapter 15

i bolted upright.

It was dark.

     Darker than ive ever seen, a terrifying darker-than-a-panther-coated-in-tar-eating-dark-chocolate-at-the-bottom-of-a-bottomless-pit-dark, to quote my favorite author.

Why was i so calm? A thought struck me. Am i blind? I lifted my hand and waved it.

Nothing.

     I held it almost against my face, straining to see anything. I barely made out the outline of my fingers.I dropped my hand, relieved.  Not blind then, that's good at least.

     i felt around me. A metal dog crate, something very familiar. My arm still stung from where the IV had been placed, and my wings had a strange tingle.

I drew them in fron of my eyes to try to get a look, squinting in the near blackness.

     i was still trying to make out what had happened to them, when the lights flared on. I groaned and covered my face, bright light searing my eyes after a long time in the dark.

By the time i peeled them open again, i could see what was different.

My wings were white.

     i stared for several moments, not comprehending what had happened. It was like waking up one morning to find yourself with blue hair.

It just didnt happen.

     There was the clicking of shoe heels as someone approached. I recongized the swirling white coat as the lady that had drugged me before. Now i could see dirty blond hair pinned into a tight bun and warm brown eyes behind her glasses.

     "Yes dear, we had to dye your wings. White looks much better in you, dont you think? A couple of other experiments who got loose have been giving us trouble, and we need to present you at a board meeting to convince them to let us destroy them. And that black color was absolutely ghastly."

     she leaned down and unlocked the cage. i braced myself to fight, but wobbled and almost fell over, still weak from whatever drug she had given me.

      Instead, i warily straightened up by her, eyeing her down. I flinched as she tossed something at me, catching it out of instinct.

     A white cotton dress, not so different from the hospital gown i was already wearing. (Except the dress probably wouldnt make my ass hang out the back.)

"There. Get changed, then come with me." she said.

     i watched her, waiting for her to turn around and give me some privacy, before remembering that i was just a thing to them, less than human.

     I shrugged and undid the hospital down, letting it fall to the ground to reveal my naked body. I raised an eyebrow at the lady, as if it say "happy now?"

     She glanced me over, and gave a little scoff, obviosly unimpressed. I rolled my eyes, flushing bright red, and yanked on the dress and accompanying leggings.

They were soft at least, better than the scratchy hosptal gown.

     I gave a satisfied "fuck you" stretch, givivng my newly white wings a little flap, and follwed the lady as she turned to walk away.

She could give me that exhasperated look all she wanted.

I was getting out of here.