The foot steps are right behind me. I hear them. Why? Why me! "Come back Anne! We need to do more tests." A man with red eyes and black hair yelled as he chased after me. "No! Stay the fuck away from me. No more tests, no more torture. I am leaving!" I say as I speed up to a full sprint. I trip and fall but get up quickly and continue to run again. The foot steps are closer this time and they grab my small bag I am carrying. Releasing it I shift into my white cheetah and sprit faster. I hear a gun shot and everything goes black.
*Wakes up breathing intensely* "Hey, hey calm down everything is okay Anne. Just breath. I'm right here. Your best friend is here." I look at my best friend Nile with tears down my face and hug him. "Why me?"
My friend Nile is a beast hide shifter. We both are. We are also known as monsters. He was captured when he was only five and was tortured by his family before he was taken for experiments. He is a wolf. A common shift animal to have but not any thing less than beautiful. His wolf form is black with white splotches over him. His wolf is huge too.
"You almost did it. I-I can't believe you almost escaped." He said sadly as he hugged me. I looked at him and whipped my tears. "We... we almost escaped. Not just me. All of us almost escaped. I- I failed again." I looked down out of shame.
He looked at me and smiled. "Yeah... we.. almost escaped." He said with his beautiful gray eyes starting to water. "Don't cry Nile. I promise one day soon, we will ALL escaped and go back home. And you and I will create a pack for all shifters." I said sincerely and smiled. "Get some sleep okay? We will get out soon. I'll think of another plan and then go to sleep as well." He looks at me then nods.
Nile goes back to his side of the cement cell and lays on his hard mat that is on the floor. "Don't get yourself hurt ok, Anne?" I let out a dry laugh. "I can't promise not getting hurt. But I won't die. That I will promise." He laughs and drifts off to sleep. "Good night." I whisper.
How am I going to make another plan? The one I made was practically flawless. I scheduled and wrote down all guard routines and guarding paths. Each day of the week was different but it was a repeat of each week. They get different routines and paths on different days but those days are in a schedule. Maybe, I need to call Herin. She might know what to do.
"Herin." I say in my mind. "..." No answer. (All talk text on are in her head) "Herin!" I hear a growl. "What?! Don't you know that cats, especially big cats, like their sleep! This better be a damn good reason for you waking me up!!" Damn she sounds pissed.
"Look, I need help. I devised the last plan by myself. You need to help me. Please, I-I need to get the others out of here." She sighs. "I'm sorry Anne. Don't cry okay? I'll help you just, just don't cry." I sigh thankful she is going to help. "What plans do you have in mind to help Herin? Do you have any ideas?" She doesn't speak for a moment but begins to speak when she thinks of something. "Use your last plan again. Except this time, use me. Use my power to help you. When I am used, we are unstoppable." I freeze in shock. "Herin.. you know I can't do that! We- we aren't suppose to use our animals in anyway they see unfit. Y-you said not to use you for stupid things. I- I don't-" "Do you want to stay in this god awful place? I see this place more unfit than your situation. They torture us. They have killed HUNDREDS of us... enough is enough. Use me and the others will use their animal." I sigh in defeat. "Are you sure I can use you to your potential Herin?" She simply nods and gives my a cheetah teething smile. "Alright!" I say determined. "Herin, get lots of rest tomorrow we fight to our fullest extent. They want use at our full power, so we will show them who is the higher race!" And with that I drift off into a well needed slumber.