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ᴀᴜᴛᴜᴍɴ ᴡᴏᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ sᴛᴀʀᴛ, ᴀs sʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ. sʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴀɴᴇᴅ. "ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʟʟ ɪs ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏɪsᴇ?" sʜᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴜᴘ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴅ, ʀᴇʟᴜᴄᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴅʀᴏᴏᴍ ᴅᴏᴏʀ.

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The winged kid jumped to a tree with his wing unfolded and landed on it. "Made it" he sat on it and let his feet hang down off the branch his wings still unfolded.

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sʜᴇ ʜᴜғғᴇᴅ. "ᴛʜɪs ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ʙᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ᴍᴇ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴅ." sʜᴇ ǫᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ sᴛᴇᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ. sʜᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ, ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ sɪɢʜɪɴɢ. "ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɪᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏɪsᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ? ɪ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sʟᴇᴇᴘ, ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ᴀsᴋ?!"

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A feaher or two fell from the kids wings. His eyes watched the clouds.

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Just run... Run as far away as you can... Don’t stop, don’t ever stop until you’re safe... Run... Keep running... Get away from that place... Danger, grief, failure, and pain awaited there... Mirai was on the run, hoping to escape the assassins who had taken her in and gave her a place to stay. She had to, there was no other choice... This one mission was her escape, the only way she could sneak out without being stopped... Her face had no expression other than a blank, cold stare as she ran. She knew she should’ve been feeling... something... like fear, or regret, or maybe even nervousness. None of that came naturally to her anymore, though. As she continued to tread past a village outside of the forest she was previously in, visions of that day kept filling her mind. Something bad would’ve happened if she had stayed there... The odd part about it was, it seemed to be further in the future than she had seen before, but she didn’t know how far. The thing that scared her is that this was the only way to hopefully be safe. Every other timeline would end in tragedy if she didn’t leave. Part of her wanted to get away from the place that tortured her, conditioned her to feel nothing in order to do their bidding. Not only that, but the experiments they did to her was excruciatingly painful, all because she had some sort of power... Then again, the place took her in when she needed it. They gave her food, shelter, something to give her life purpose. She even made a friend there to make it all better... No, that was all in the past now. She couldn’t dwell on something that would lead to her failure...

ᴀᴜᴛᴜᴍɴ ɢʀᴜᴍʙʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ ᴀs sʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇ. sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ, sʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ. sʜᴇ ғʀᴏᴢᴇ. sʜᴇ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ sʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ. "ᴡʜᴏ... ɪs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ? " ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡᴀs ɴᴏ ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ ᴏʀ ɴᴏɪsᴇ. sʜᴇ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀʟᴋ. "ɪғ ᴀɴʏʙᴏᴅʏ's ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ... ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ..."

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The winged kid sat in a tree watching the clouds roll past. Every Now and then he flapped his wings.

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That feeling... That sound... Someone had noticed her presence, probably due to the leaves crunching below her feet as she ran. Should she keep running? Should she stop and acknowledge the voice? She didn’t even know what it said or what it sounded like... She was too focused in her own thoughts, she let her guard down. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, looking into the different timelines to make her decision. She hoped it was safe to find the maker of the voice, or else she would have to keep running and hope they forgot about her... So far, it looked safe to slow down. She didn’t see anything that would cause her harm... The only condition was that she had to cover her face and hide her weapons, since it seemed as if giving her identity would endanger her. Left... Right... Where did it come from...? Up... Down... Which way should she go? Maybe it was to her right? She slowly walked in that direction, hoping to find whoever called out to her... The presence of another human being seemed closer, indicating she had almost found them. Wait... another human being... No, that wasn’t right... Or was it? Was Mirai a human being? Was a “gifted” a human being too? That... that was a scary thought, something she didn’t want to think about... Being a heartless assassin just made it worse, as she was always told that people who kill weren’t even human... Without realizing it, she had slowly walked up to Autumn and nearly ran into her. She said nothing, no apology or any response to her call.