The winged girl was forever scarred by that night,two years earlier. She was deaf. At first she had hoped that it was only a temporary side effect,but that hope was soon extinguished.

The scientists had done other things to her that terrible night. Now she could retract her wings into her skin. The only evidence of their existence were two identical long white scars going down her back.

Even though she was now deaf,the girl was still able to understand her captors. She could read lips and 'hear' by using vibrations,so she was always up to date on the scientists' plans. They weren't very careful with information around her due to her...disability. Because of that,she knew that they were going to attempt something that would be rather...interesting,to say the least.

The little bird recombinant sat in the center of the all-girl group of mutants. The oldest, at age nine,was a bear recombinant. The youngest was a two year old lizard girl. The ones closest to the bird girl's age were the cat and fish recombinants. All of them knew each other well. The bird girl often communicated with the older ones by using something similar to Morse code. The deaf five year old Korean mutant would sense the vibration and interpret the message. That was all there was to it.

The little group was shoved inside a small glass containment area. Minutes later,some other mutant kids were shoved in with them. But these kids were boys. They had never met boys before,and the boys had never met girls. That initial introduction had resulted in a lot of staring and awkwardness. Neither group knew what to do with the members of the opposite sex.

Their second meeting was slightly more successful. There was less staring and awkward silence,and more actual talking and interaction between the older members of the mutant clans.

So it continued. Every week,the tension between the children unraveled somewhat, until an entire year had passed. Now they were ready to put their plan to work.

They knew it was risky. But still,it was worth it. Just about anything was worth it to escape from that hell of an existence.

And escape they would.