Natalia and I were going to the training room when we saw just about an army of guards crowding around Atlas and Hanna. Me and Natalia share a wary look and then look back at Atlas. We see a red dot aim at his wing and I start to run towards the guard aiming at them. Right before I grabbed him, he pulled the trigger and shot Atlas and Hanna. I growl and Natalia darts and attacks the guards in front of them while I attack the ones from behind.

Our bones popped and grew into the place of wendigo bones. Our skin stretched into place and long nails covered our hands and feet. Our teeth grew longer and sharper, along with our ears. Our speed and strength increased dramatically as we decimated the group of guards. I run past the doors and open them, then see Hanna’s hands start to glow. I run back to help Natalia hold off the guards that were coming to take us down.

I tried to attack but when I landed on the guard, I heard a large boom. I look up and Hanna was being propelled by explosions. I stared in disbelief as Natalia slammed the door shut as soon as they were out. I look back at the guard and bite his head. He let out a loud shriek as I twisted my neck and pulled his head off. Blood pooled where he was, and I spat the head out. Guards poured into the lobby, and I sighed. “Well, tomorrow this is gonna be fun.” Natalia nodded as we went to ram into the guards.

We slammed on the breaks when two guards stepped in front with flamethrowers and waved the fire in front of us. We hissed and backed into the wall. Natalia and I swatted at the fire and shrieked when the guards brought it closer to us. Dr. Emily walked out in between the two guards and smiled “Aw, are the two big, dangerous predators scared of a little bit of fire?” She giggled and I felt like I was going to puke. I reverted into my half human form and noticed that Natalia did the same.

I held my stomach as my long, pitch-black hair fell around my body. Natalia’s hair did the same, covering what it could since our clothes ripped when we turned. Dr. Emily threw us some clothes and we quickly put them on. Then Natalia and I were chained together and taken to the Lab. Each time we looked back or slowed down a little, the guards would wave the fire near us. I growled as they strapped us onto the operation tables.

Dr. Carter looked up from his desk and squinted through his already bottle thick glasses “Dr. Emily, why are these two here? It isn’t their time to be altered yet.” He got up from his desk and walked over to me. “These two helped assist the Atlas Moth hybrid and Dr. Hanna escape.” She said with a wide smile as she pulled on some gloves. I watched Dr. Carter fix his glasses and walk up behind Dr. Emily. She smiled and before she could stab a needle into my arm, Dr. Carter stabs a needle into her neck and injects her with something. I glance at Natalia and she had the same astonished look on her face.

Dr. Carter quickly unstraps us and groans “You should have left with Atlas, Joker said it would go like this, damn it! She better get here soon!” I stand up and help Natalia up, then walk to Dr. Carter “Why are you helping us Dr. Carter?” He lets out a small laugh “Alright, drop the Carter, please, I got that from a BDSM comedy show, my name is Kuro.” I tilt my head as his hair grows to shoulder length and is pitch black, he has one gold eye, and one red eye. He also is a lot taller and more well built. “I’m a shape-shifter, now... CAN WE PLEASE GET OUT OF HERE?” His voice was a whole lot more feminine than before, anyway, me and Natalia nod as we head for the door.

Alarms were going off everywhere as we ran to Molly’s cell, we unlocked the door as Car- I mean Kuro, unlocked all the cells. I hear a loud bang and look down the hallway. There was a woman hovering in the air, playing cards were impaled inside scientists and guards heads, and the metal around her was burning. She had long blonde hair, a white turtle neck with bell sleeves, black leggings, and red boots. What was most peculiar was her mask. It covered her whole face and had a zig-zag break down the middle. The left side was light blue with a sad face and a gemstone for a tear, while the right side was light yellow with a happy face and blush.

I grabbed Molly and headed for the door, Natalia had grabbed Kuro and we followed the crowd to the outside. When we looked back at the facility, it was in flames, the woman walked out the flames and looked up to us. She opened her arms to us and took her mask off, she had on a smile, her eyes were strange, black and red, and she had burns going all the way up the left side of her face, she had a very mature voice as she said “Welcome, Bishop and Natalia, to the Nightengale Clan.”