The Changed

Chapter 2

One day later.

Growling I scowled at the scientists as usual as they prepared food for us. Ashton chuckled,"Will you ever calm down." I scowled at him,"No but I will calm down when you tell the red female you like her." He glared at me as I sighed," You do realize that whoever is in charge of this is coming today right." He nodded,"Of course bro just don't let them realize that we still remember who we once were." I snorted,"I know as much as I would love to flip him off right about now. Well we can't as we only have talons instead of hands. But I suppose I could jab my talons in his stomach if he takes out to watch us move." Ashton sighed,"Promise me this bro, no doing something stupid just act like a cat or a reptile." Growling I said,"Fine you win but if he lets his guard down I am either gonna hide in the tunnel I dug or bite his arm." He sighed,"That's good enough for me."

Opening up the general mind link I heard everyone talking about escape. I sighed,"If we are going to escape we will need time which that we have plenty of we also have to wait for a perfect opening. If you don't well we could all die or the people who were being stupid are just plain stupid." Everyone turned to me since I rarely ever talked in the general mind link one of the blue wyverns glared at me as he spoke," What kind of opening are you talking about exactly Dylan." Glaring right back I spoke,"Do you really think we can get out of this without some of us getting killed." Everyone who usually planned immediately shut up," Exactly What I thought it didn't even occur to you now did it Dominic, Adrian, and Hunter. All you care about is yourself." The three wyrmlings glared at me as Hunter growled,"Are you sure you don't only care about yourself." I spoke coldly,"At least I care about everyone more than you and if you want to piss me off I will make sure I kill you myself. Also don't even think about trying to use my best friend against me. I was an artist so I know how left brained people work. A right brained person thinks out of the box and therefore is strategic and knows when to strike. The only thing you guys possess is anger which I can relate to but you guys don't know how to use your anger and unlike you I do." At the end of my little talk everyone realized as one of the females spoke,"He has a point. While I may not have been here for as long as some of you guys but I do know out of all of us he has actually sent one of the scientists to the hospital. Plus he is a true leader." Ashton spoke,"Sofia has a point. Yes what the knuckle headed idiot was... a bit harsh but he has a point he also is right. I have known him since we were eight and he has never and I mean never failed to help me. Honestly out of all of us here I wouldn't be surprised if he was the only one to get out of it alive. I am sure not any of you realized this but he has been through so much more than us. Is it alright if I will tell them Dylan." I sighed,"Go ahead bro they are gonna find out anyways." Ashton continued,"As I was saying before he has gone through so much more than any of us. He actually watched as someone broke into his house killing everyone of his family members. I wasn't there at the time but when I got back my best friend was injured in the heart and physically he received a scar so deep I thought he would never bounce back. For the first few years he rarely ever smiled or laughed even after he moved in with me. I believe the time he bounced back from depression was in seventh or eighth grade when I first started to help him learn art. Honestly it was funny watching him draw for the first time but by the time sophomore year in high school rolled around he won several art competitions, got two silver seals in VASE. Then before we were kidnapped he won a gold seal in VASE for state. He sharpened his skills to such degree he could even find the color pallet by just glancing at the picture once." All the other changed were silent as I curled up facing away from them as I covered my head with my wing as Ashton spoke,"So ya that's what happened to him."

Sofia spoke," Geez I am pretty sure none of us have gone through that kind of pain. If I may ask you a kinda personal question Dylan." I spoke,"Go ahead." Sofia asked,"It's okay if you don't want to tell us but how old were you when that happened." I replied," When I was six almost seven. But that is in the past there memories are in my heart so I won't forget them. So actually they are technically still alive in my heart. Don't you see Dominic, Adrian, and Hunter. All of us have been one another while we are weak alone but stronger together. Without Ashton I don't know what would have happened back then. Not even Ashton would know." Ashton snickered,"Well I might now what would have happened." Looking at him curiously he smirked," He would have became a stupid baboon and ran around terrorizing everyone." Everyone started laughed as I snarled,"Just wait when we get out of here I will chase you tell you slam into a tree." He spoke nervously as he knew I followed through with my word,"No thank you then I hope you don't get out." The door leading to our room opened and In came the boss as I finished glaring at my friend,"And you say I am a stupid baboon when all you do is show your red butt to the world while you walk around completely drunk." Everyone of the changed chuckled. I turned my attention away from my friend as the boss looked at all of us as he spoke to one of the main scientists," How many have made it this far?" One of the scientists spoke,"A hundred and twenty have Sir." The boss nodded," How many of each category?" The scientist replied,"Roughly twenty to thirty for each one except art which only has the newest two. The intelligence unit has one new one as well." The boss nodded,"Good and none of them remember there past." The scientist nodded,"No sir none of the older ones do not remember there pasts. We haven't tried tested the new one yet." The man nodded,"I have a sure fire way to check for the two artists." I controlled myself not to make a sound as he brought out a piece of artwork I knew all too well, my VASE piece which had a certificate on it that said that it had won nationals. I glanced at Ashton to see him curled up looking from under his wing. He put my art piece away as he brought out Ashton's piece. He nodded,"Good no reaction from them." Do we have the new intelligence units work." The scientist nodded,"We do Sir here it is." The scientist handed a paper to the boss as he showed the paper to Sofia. He man nodded,"Good none of them recognized it." I hissed softly,"Well he is stupid. If he did the organization of our kidnaps he should realize what I had gone through he should know i know how to mask my expressions." I noticed him being out a knife that was all to familiar. I narrowed my eyes as I watched that blade warily as I realized he is the one that killed my family. I hissed as my families murderer left the room,"When I get out I am gonna kill him painfully."  Everyone else turned to me as the door locked. Sofia spoke,"Why do you hate him so much." I growled,"Well let's just say I found my family's murderer." They all went quiet as I fell asleep.