Io came up to me while my teeth were chattering after Xavier came back with supplies to get the collars off. I would do anything to get this stupid thing off. I hate being collared by humans!
"Moon, I'm going to try something." I nodded and shivered more. It felt like there were icicles on my fur now.
Io wrapped herself around me in her dragon form, which felt a little weird since I was freezing to death, and started to try to heat up. I had heard earlier that she could raise her temperature to a boiling 300 degrees. Oh, joy to the world.
I didn't react at first but once she rose it to boiling, I whimpered. It was starting to unfrost my skin but also burn my fur. She brought it up higher and I started to screech. It burned like hell on a good day!
She stopped and unwrapped herself from me and went on to a guy named Seth. I murmured my thanks to her as I started to lick my fur to calm it down. I could fully move now, even with my bones popping into place with moving. I felt better, but still weird. I didn't know what they gave me in the workroom, but just as long as I got better was the point. I pulled out some of the dead hair that accumulated from being frozen and being burned, and then shook out my fur. Some hair just dropped off that I didn't get to before.
I just watched what happened next. The guy named Seth, his scales and eye color changed, broke out of the cage he was in and set the guards aflame. The rest of the group seemed bewildered by his appearance. Immediately, Io screeched out orders.
"To those who can run, run! Fly! Those injured or not adept for travel, get on my back, NOW!" I could run, so I decided to follow everybody else.
I couldn't exactly keep up, but I pushed myself to maximum speed that I could reach. Even if I wasn't a cheetah, I could still run pretty fast. I wasn't exactly sure what happened next. The thing that had seemingly possessed Seth had been killed and I transformed back into my human form, ready for a fight with some of the others in the group.
Once Seth's body went back to normal, Io picked him up and put him on her back, flying out of the building. I transformed back into my leopard form and followed her out, and for once, didn't find ourselves surrounded by guards.
We ran out of the building, Xavier finally finding a way how to get the collars off. He got his off first and then started on everybody else with their collars. I got mine off, which made me shake off my collar in gratitude. I hated being controlled by humans, like I had said before, but if it was for a long time, well I almost ended up killing myself.
Io was trying to get Seth to talk to her while some people watched her and Seth while some just plopped down on the gravel and sighed out, relieved. I did that, so happy that I wasn't being controlled anymore.
