My Pet Human {UNDER SERIOUS EDITING}

Escape Plans

'If you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones. 'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs.' ~Daughter

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~Axel~

I shudder to myself, envisioning poor Exodus Seth -or Jesus, as he is now- trapped for eternity inside Godpheus's chest, cocooned in a tiny ball of yellow liquid. I recall the few moments I had to stare at the contraption that was Godpheus's chest before he'd shrunk me further, remembering the bubble containing what I'd thought was some kind of starfish. The reality of it all hits me hard, to the point where I find myself gasping in shock and disgust.

"That's not right." I mutter, loud enough for Cain to hear. She grunts in response, agreeing, but doesn't look up. It's clear that retelling her story after so many years of confinement has taken its toll. I wonder to myself why Godpheus even bothered to shrink her again anyway; was she a threat to him at her regular size?

"I was a threat to him." Cain replies suddenly, catching me off guard. My head snaps up to shoot her a confused look. How did she know what I was thinking? Before I can ask her that myself though, Cain speaks up again, looking a little embarrassed. "Oh, right... I can hear other's thoughts. It's another side effect to my mutation." Her gaze drops to her perfect hands, which are clasped together to the point where her knuckles are white. "That, and the powers of an Exodus... and the wings..."

"Oh." I say stupidly, mouth dropping open. So many of the people I'd met in the past few weeks have had strange abilities; and now I guess I'm one of them, with these golden claws and all. A part of me wonders whether there is more to my so called mutation. Is it possible that I too can read minds? I squint for a moment at Cain, trying to get a glimpse at her thoughts. Unfortunately, the only thing I get is a raised eyebrow. Putting myself back on track, I turn to Cain again and ask: "So why were you a threat then? Godpheus couldn't have humanised you again for nothing."

She shrugs lightly in response. "You know, I've never really been a good girl... erm, boy."

"You misbehaved?"

"No, no." Cain says, her expression darkening again. "After Seth was taken, I grew angry... started yelling and cursing at Godpheus. Eventually I..." She breaks off to take a deep breath. "Eventually I tried to escape, as Abel once did. But I wasn't as... subtle."

I smile sadly, picturing The Director floating quietly out of his enclosure and slipping down a drain, only to come across the resistance base for the first time. The thoughts almost bring me back to the present, the reality of my future. This is it, Axel. I think dryly. It's only a matter of time before Godpheus comes back...

Waverly. My mind whispers.

Adam.

"I'd bottled up my rage for so long that... when the time came I couldn't control it." Cain continues, ripping me out of my head and into existence. "A few weeks after Godpheus destroyed the only person I could know and love, I cracked. Something shifted inside me and I unleashed my power- the power I didn't even know I had. I let it all out and managed to rip down the walls of my master's lab. As soon as Godpheus realised I'd discovered my abilities, he wasted no time in shrinking me again." Her eyes brighten. "But that doesn't matter now, Axel. We're getting out of here as soon as Godpheus gives the clear for the humanization. We'll go back to his lab and reverse what he's done to us."