spread my wings

chapter 9

chapter 9

ruffled feathers

     without thinking, my wings flared and pushed me me forward powerfully. i streaked across the room and tackeled Emily, clapping a hand over her mouth.

her eyes went wide and a muffled "MMPH!" came from beneath my hand.

i let her go when i was sure she was paying attention.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" she yelled.

 i sighed.

     she didnt get the concept of 'dont tell anybody.' 

    "when i say dont tell anybody, i mean DONT TELL ANYBODY." i said loudly.

     "geeze, sorry. i thought they knew." she mumbled.

i sighed, trying to get my heart to slow down.

"its okay, just....they dont. they'd put me in a hospital or something."

she nodded. "i understand. your phobia, right?"

i shudder. right.

ever since i was little, i have had dreams, nightmares, that i am locked away because of my wings.

soon, Emily leaves, and i go to bed, another long day over.

three months later

      i wear a dirty hospital gown.

      i have worn it for many weeks now. people in masks walk around me, but i have given up trying to talk to them. they see me as an 'it,' not listening to any reason. 

     i am strapped to a table, my wrists, ankles, wings are clamped down, my eyelids are clamped open. i see a large scalple and several needles suspened just a few inches over my face. i dont know what is happening, but it is not by far the first time, the first experiment.

     then i hear a voice say

     "test 1 - subject is a recently discovered hybrid. we have attained government permission to with hold dissection until further tests have been held. today we will be testing if the subjects eyes. if our speculations are corects, the subjects eyes should be about 20% stronger then a normal humans. we will be taking samples, and if possible, improve its night vision."

     A shudder goes through me.

my eyes. they were going to cut open my eyes.

the scalpel finds its mark and begins to lower.

i feel it enter my eyeball. needles go next making me feel like a pin cusion, chopping up my eye.

 it hurts so bad.

the pure disgust and violation of it hurts more than anything. by this time, i am screaming and screaming. the needles are in for thirty-five minutes. fourty for the other. thats when i pass out. i wake up back in my cage, bandages covering my eyes.

i cant see anything. i dont know if i am blind or if the room is just dark.

i hunch in the corner, crying out the pure horror of it all. my throut is raw from screaming and sobbing.

that when i wake up.