I woke up in daze and fogginess. Where am I? what is this place? Why am I so tired?

I tried to sit up but only to see a pair of huge red wings, as well something long blocking my vision in the middle "WHAT AM I?!"

I spoke out loud to only hear a squawk come out of my mouth. "Ah I see that 1875 is awake" I heard a voice, I realised I was in a bird cage in a grey concrete room with a large window.

what IS this place?

I Panicked and flocked all over the place. My arms are now wings? I looked down to see two Large powerful talons, where are my feet? I realised I was a glowing bird about the size of a whopping 3.5 metres tall.

"well this better not die, MARGARET GET THE PF!!" the man shouted, he was near the window, he looked like the old wrinkly man I saw at the bar who tried to get me a drink.

I felt rage at the man, I glowed even brighter, I felt hotter.
I suddenly saw a woman came into the room I was in and placed some seeds, they had the faint smell of raspberries.

"I'm sorry" the woman whispered to me. I can feel and see her guilt for me as she walked out of the room.

seeds? They looked like sunflower seeds, but more smelly? And they expect me to eat them? I crave berries more than anything. I am not those types of birds, but I am hungry. I guess I should eat it since it what they are giving me.

I bowed down to attempt to eat the seeds to only have three in my mouth, Wait I can't chew... how do birds chew?? I struggled and gave up on trying to chew them and tried to swallow the three big seeds.

I ended up choking on them and spat out the three small seeds. they look small but feel big. I decided to swallow one seed at a time. This is going to take a while.

After 2 hours of swallowing each individual seed, I finished my batch of food. I felt thirsty and looked around my cage, I felt uncomfortable with the old man watching me.

Noticed a huge bucket of water in my cage. I bent down to have a drink and ended up having my beak underwater. I took a mental note that I don't have lips.

I self-taught myself how to drink with a beak and ended up looking like I was dancing with water.

as I was done drinking I looked at the window I had to see the man still looking at me.

I can see his name tag on his chest. it reads 'Brayden Gables'. I stared at Brayden with a scornful look.

I see him admiring me and to my formal glory. I felt hatred to him. I felt hotter and hotter. he put me in this position. I cooled down as he walked away. and heard a door slammed.

I could hear his voice through the walls. I eased dropped his conversation to hear the following.

"So our progress on the 'Phoenix project' is going splendidly!" he exclaimed

"do you think a human life is a good vessel?" a woman's voice called

"we tried other animals! and they are hard to get! Animals from overseas aren't cheap you know? aren't we walking animals anyway?" he said jokingly

"but sir! I'm worried that it has the brain of a human! what if it understands us? It may be smarter than us!" she cried out.

"don't worry! The poison would kill it. Besides, if it can reincarnate then it probably won't remember a thing! My dream of a real-life Phoenix! coming true~!" He sounded like he was determined "But sir! you're missing the point!" the woman's voice became stern

"NO, I spent my whole life for this! I will kill you if you think you can object me!" I heard a crash of some glass breaking

"you understand?" "Yes, sir..." the woman's voice whispered. "we are dismissed" I heard a door opened and slammed again followed by footsteps that were fading away each minute.

I felt shocked. Walking vessel? Poison? ANIMAL??? and he thought I was Unintelligent! UGH!

I felt the heat all over my body as I raged out.

he took my LIFE for this! and what POISON! Why did he try to POISON me? And Phoenix? IS THIS GUY CRAZY? I WAS a SIMPLE human girl! I had NOTHING to do with this!

Every part of me felt I was on fire, it burned every limb, every feather and every organ of me. I felt like I was on fire!

I felt like I can breathe fire. Moments later I was burning the metal that I was encased in, melting the birdcage from my body, now a flaming torch.

I realised that I was on fire and panicked. why am I on fire? Am I going to burn alive?!
I questioned everything, the metal I melted had some residue on my body.

I freaked out but I somehow cooled down and the little bits of melted metal was now burning me alive.

I flapped around trying to shake it off like water. it didn't succeed. I groaned a squawk and decided to make my move to find a way to get out of here.

I notice the door was metal, I can see the streaks that was left behind that door cast. or I could go through the vent. I debated if I should go through the door or through the vents.

Well, maybe the vents are more sneaky than the door but it is high up.

or I can melt through the door and try to escape there, tho it is less sneaky, and he is bound to hear it.

my thoughts stopped as I heard footsteps inching closer. Vents it is.

I tried to walk but ended up falling face flat. my nose hurts now, or beak.

the footsteps break into a stop, followed by a door slam. he's right at the window, isn't he?

I slowly turned my head towards the window. I knew it.

there he was writing like lighting about this scenery with an amused face. guess I wasn't going to escape that easily.

I felt rage took over me as I tried to stand up, feeling warmth covering me. until

PEW!

something shot my leg. I stumbled across the room. Struggling to hold my body, until I fell onto the cold floor.