"Normality is non-existent" Caden said in a matter of fact tone. "We just happen to be not-normal in a different sense than most people tend to be not-normal. So what was your life like before we randomly showed up in this place?"

"It was nice....... I was going to school I had a job." Gale said bitterly. "I had what little hope of having a family! Now I am stuck here with dang wings and no hope left. Everything I had was taken from me when I was caught out at night on the streets on my way to my job!" Gale looked at Caden.

"No hope? What are you talking about no hope?" Caden asked with an annoyed tone. "We've been here, what, a day? We're not going to starve to death anytime soon, you're eating right now! And there are animals around here, so we know that there's water, to. If we can make a SOS signal, we'll be set!"

"What if we are in a cage? This is something someone sick does! Trapping teens and others in a place like this. What do they want? For us to breed to pass on these stupid enhancements?" Gale said. He found something in his jacket pocket. It was a handcrafted dagger. He took it out and it's blade was made of hardened steel. He looked at it shocked.

Caden's eyes widened at the knife. He looked into his own pocket to see that he had one as well. His hand tightened around it. "Whatever they want from us, we aren't going to give it to them" he said, his voice more certain than usual.

"Yeah at least it seems we all have a weapon." Gale said. "But only if I had gotten a bow........ I took archery before." He cut some more meat off to eat. He ate it. It didn't taste so bad as he thought it would