Testing Chamber

[Ilsa]

Where cruel expiraments take place.

[Ilsa]

A scientist pulled Becca into a testing room. "We're going to do some Maze-work, okay?"

[[deleted user]]

((Thnx))

"What's that?" Breccia asked in a small voice.

[Ilsa]

"Send you through a shifting maze, shock you for every wrong turn." He let her out of the cage.

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Breccia turned around in shock. "What?"

[Ilsa]

"Get going." He lifted a baton.

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Becca hurried into the maze. It was a large rectangular area. She finally had room to stretch her wings, so she did so. She walked forward and reached the first turn, left or right. She went right.

[Ilsa]

They zapped her... no matter what turn she made.

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Becca sighed in frustration. She ignored the zap and pressed harder, continuing through the maze.

[Ilsa]

The zaps increased in pain! They were having fun, weren't they?

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Becca grimaced. She pressed forward. She has to get out of here. Suddenly she had an idea. She started to flap her wings as she took to the air

[Ilsa]

The zapping became constant~!

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Becca gritted her teeth. She couldn't take it anymore. She collapsed to the ground and fainted

[Ilsa]

They, of course, splashed water on her. They wanted her to continue!

[[deleted user]]

Becca jolted awake. "What the hell do you want?"

[Ilsa]

"You haven't solved it, keep going."

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Becca scowled, but she had to do what he said. She went back to the beginning and took a left.

[Ilsa]

They zapped her, anyways.

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Becca yelped. She kept going

[Ilsa]

It seemed to be random! But the ending was eventually visible.

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Becca pushed toward the exit of the maze. She collapsed through the gate.

[Ilsa]

"Five minutes for maze reconstruction." Someone announced. They dragged her to the bench and offered her a water bottle.

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She snatched it and drank greedily

[Ilsa]

The guy in the corner was planning the next maze.

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Becca collapsed onto a bench

[Ilsa]

She could read minds.

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((Okay I get it))

Becca penetrated the man's mind. She had to know how to get through the next maze

[Ilsa]

And... He was totally just feeding her the info! Three rights, alternating left and right a couple of times, and then two lefts, and she was through!

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She smiled to herself. She was ready

[Ilsa]

They grabbed the bottle and pushed her forwards again.

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Becca stumbled forward. She took a deep breath then plunged into the maze. She ran through the maze with confidence. She ran through the other end triumphantly

[Ilsa]

They stared, in shock. "How did she do that?" someone asked. They grabbed her and crammed her in the cage.

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Becca didn't fight them. She just smiled

[Ilsa]

One of the doctors' phones rang. "You found her? Oh, thank goodness. How bad- oh, that's bad. We'll get the surgery room ready."

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Becca listened carefully. She tried to read his mind to find out what was going on.

[Ilsa]

They had Ava, whose wings were still mutilated.

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"Fuck," Becca said aloud. She had done all of this for nothing.

[Ilsa]

A few hours passed, then, if Becca tried, she could feel Aza's mind in the distance.

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Becca searched for Aza. 'Aza, are you okay?'

[Ilsa]

Aza was in pain, but very relieved to be home. At least, this was the only home she'd ever known. With the flock, she'd been beaten for kindness and maybe even led te dancers there. "I'm fine," she thought, "You should get out."

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'Not without you,' Becca projected

[Ilsa]

Aza felt rather despairing, like she wanted to stay. "It is worse to be out there," she projected back, "and they will always find me, anyways... They can track me, I am sure."

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Becca's answer was simple. 'I don't care. You're flock, you're family, and we never leave a member behind.'

[Ilsa]

"Please leave me," she thought, desperately. "Being a member of your flock means constant agony and..." She had a flashback to the attack and receded into her mind, as if she was trying to shut it or by shutting down.

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'Even if I wanted to leave, I don't know how.'

[Ilsa]

It took a while for her to respond. "If you can get the cage upside down, the bottom is weak. Use the base as a bullet proof shield. They have the shield down for shipments at 8 AM."

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Becca shook her head in amazement. This girl seemed to know everything. 'Come with me.'

[Ilsa]

Aza was very scared. "My prison has no escape," she sent back.

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'There is always a way. Didn't Nickolai help you lay time? Maybe he'll help you this time.'

[Ilsa]

She sighed. "A doctor did. I think they killed him. I'm not in my cell yet, though..." She was in the hospital ward.