Chapter fifthteen

Chapter 15: Ethan

I had forced myself to sleep; I was the only person in the group who could do it. You never know when you might get your next sleep, especially as a mutant. Lying in the back of the cave, I was woken by the sound of Storm screaming. I got up, walked over there, and asked her what’s wrong.
“Kichi just took off running!”
“Where?”
“I don’t know; she just took off.”
“Great,” I said as I morphed into a fox.
“What are you doing?” Storm asked.
“Going after her” I sprinted out of the cave and at about a hundred meters out, I started to sniff the ground for any sign of a trail. No luck. I moved closer to the cave and finally found it, and took off in that direction. I came to a clearing and sure enough, there was Kichi. A scientist went over there and picked her up; she looked like she was dead. I morphed in to a squirrel and climbed up the tree to get a better view. There were five trucks and a helicopter in the sky. I knew I couldn’t get over there without being seen. I saw a dark figure approach the trucks and open fire on them. I wondered who that could be: it couldn’t be any of us mutants: we don’t have guns. Then I knew it had to be someone else helping us. I felt a prick in my back and I reached there. I felt around and realized I was a human again. I eventually found a dart, no larger than my finger. I started to get tired and knew it was a tranquilizer dart with something else in it. I fell backwards and closed my eyes.