Rita woke up, she was curled into a ball. It was the middle of the night, she stood up and stretched. She looked out the window, the sky was an inky black. Rita looked at her clothes, she was still in her outfit from the day before. Which, were her pajamas from the night before. Rita winced as she remembered that someone else had died.

Zoe.

Rita winced at the thought, and then pondered on how it had happened. And why they hadn't found out sooner.

Rita was so immersed in her thoughts that she didn't even hear the footsteps approaching her door. She couldn't hear the tiptoed footfalls, or see the moving shadow out of the corner of her eye. But she did hear the creaking sound of the opening door.

Rita whipped around, her eyes flitting around nervously. Suddenly she was filled with adrenaline, fight of flight instinct it was called. And this time it was literally fight or flight.

Cammi poked her head through the door. Rita felt a prick of annoyance.

I was sleeping

Rita thought irritably. But she relaxed, happy that she knew who it was. Cammi didn't look sheepish to be poking around in Rita's room. She strode in.

"You scared me."

Rita hissed. Cammi smiled.

"I know. It's in your DNA. You're a bird, and birds are jumpy. Very jumpy."

Rita stood up indignantly.

"I was not scared."

Cammi rolled her eyes.

"Your body language says differently."

Rita stared.

"How did you-"

"Read your body language? Rita it's easy. Really. I'm the smartest person in the world. I think I can figure this stuff out. And besides that you're just so.... Predictable."

Rita huffed angrily. She hated it when people found her predictable.

"It's alright," Cammi said, looking at her nails, "I can read everyone's body language."

Rita gaped. Cammi grinned.

"Your thoughts are just so clearly displayed in the way you hold yourself. And your face."

"Whatever, why're you here?"

"Oh yeah." Cammi said with a smile.

"What?"

"We're leaving."

"But we only just got here!"

"Too bad. We voted."

"We?"

"Me. Now get ready!"

"That's not fair." Rita grumbled. Firmly planting her feet in place, displaying her stubbornness.

"Dude. Our lives are a lie. We weren't even raised for the reason we believed. We were lied to and then tested on. Where was the fairness ever?"

Rita groaned and threw a pillow at Cammi. Cammi rolled her eyes as it landed at her feet and then she walked out of the room.

"Leaving in five."

She closed the door behind her. Her footsteps muffled by the carpet.

Rita packed up her meager belongings. Again. She looked at her charm bracelet and smiled at the charms. One from her real parents, the 'R'.

One from Robin.

The heart

Rita choked up. She missed him. Robin was her best friend. Probably worried sick wondering where she was. Rita thought of the stuffed bunny she had left at his house. For sleepovers. He would always end up hogging it, and Rita would threaten him in order to get it back.

~~~

"Give me Bunny."

"No."

"I said give."

"And I said no."

"We will watch a chick flick of you don't hand over Bunny now."

Robin stared at her defiantly, seeming to weigh the outcomes.

"Robin." Rita prompted, holding the movie in one hand, and extending the other to him.

"No."

He pulled Bunny closer to him falling back onto the bed.

Rita put in the DVD and forced Robin to watch the romance movie. Occasionally she would attempt at snatching the stuffed bunny. But Robin was too quick.

~~~

Rita stood at the door. Sandy was crying as she said goodbye to her brother again. She handed them all train tickets to a place where Cammi was from.

"Keep in touch or I'll be forced to come and find you. And I won't be happy." She threatened Nico half-jokingly.

They walked out the door into the night and were on their way. Everyone had received new clothes, so they looked normal enough, but they had kept their old uniforms just in case. They strolled down the street. The others glanced around nervously, unable to see far past the darkness of the night.

Soon they left the city and found the train station.

They got on and were off.

They were riding to Aspen, with only three other stops. They would be there by day break. And they were plenty prepared for the cold of January. At the first stop, three people got on, while five got off. On the second, two got off. And on the third stop. A police officer got on with his dog.

Several minutes later Rita noticed that his eyes kept looking in their direction. Maybe it was because they were teenagers alone on the train. Or maybe it had something to do with the fact that he looked familiar.

So familiar

Rita looked at Cammi, who was staring at the man with a pale face.

"Rita." She said with clenched teeth. "He's from the lab."

Rita realized that Cammi was right.

Cammi alerted the rest of them. And soon they were looking back at him indiscreetly.

He couldn't do anything, not in front of all of these people. The train continued to rock, making Rita's tired body to be lulled into a half asleep mode.

She jerked awake when she heard a soft click. Her eyes snapped open, she looked in Seth's direction, then in Cole's. Their animal hearing had detected the soft noise.

They looked at the man, he had a gun.

No

Rita leapt forwards, bent on saving everyone here. No use hiding now. Besides, they were government escapees, Rita was sure that a few civilian's lives would be risked to capture them. She had to save them. It was almost as if everyone was broken from a trance, everyone jumped back while the others followed.

~~~  

Rita wasn't sure what happened. But within seconds their luggage was on the floor, right next to an unconscious policeman and dog. They had pocketed the gun and taken some other supplies. Then they casually strode off the stain, their bags in hand. Shaking families following, hurrying to authorities. They hurried off, hiding in the crowds.