Nio stood up and grunted pulling at the chain on his neck. "Don't speak." The man said and pulled him along to the fighting ring. Nio lowered his eyes and stepped out. "OUR PRIZED PRISONOR- NIO." Marcus the bane of Nio's existence yelled into a microphone. People cheered, drunk out of their minds. Nio flapped his wings as he was trained to do.

His opponent stepped out onto the ring as well. The large, muscular man smirked as he saw Nio's scrawny figure. The man was a good 6 feet and Nio was barely 5 feet tall. Marcus yelled fight and the man immediately pounced. Nio immediately noticed his fighting style. All brute force. No thinking ahead.  

The chain on his neck tightened and tied to the pole it was always tied to. Nio snarled when the man scratched him and he whacked the guy in the face. He heard a sickening crunch and the man yelled. Nio's blinked and jumped out of the way of the man barreling right past him. Nio stuck out his foot and the man fell face first onto the concrete ring floor.

The crowd cheered at a fall and Nio pinned the man down. He held the man in a headlock and started choking him. The man strained to get a grip but Nio just smacked him with his wings. The man took his last breath and Nio sighed inwardly to himself. He stood up and was covered in the man blood. Marcus groaned into the microphone. 

"Nio.. wins again." He said dryly and Nio felt himself get yanked back. He fell to his ass and the man handling his chain smirked. He glared at him and Marcus walked over. "You little bitch. Put him back in his room." Marcus said and went to go get fighters for the next fight. Nio got pulled rather roughly to his room.

It was a small room that had nothing in it. Just cold concrete walls, floor, and ceiling. He tripped over the mans feet and fell in. He heard the door slam behind him and the handler grabbed his feet. He tried kicking him but the man just clasped chains on his feet and wrists. He added a gag to Nio so he could not bite. Nio's eyes flashed as the person went and made it so he could not walk around.

Nio whimpered and the man smirked at him. "Next time don't ignore me." The man said and opened the door, slipped through and slammed it. He heard the lock click. Nio closed his eyes and curled up; using his wings as a blanket and mattress.

"Oi, is he dead??" A female voice said and Nio blinked wearily. "Nah they don't put chains on the dead ones." Another kid said. Nio twitched and sat up. "Oh look at that he's alive." A third voice said and poked him. "Hey, Jule don't do that." The female voice warned and he tried to smack them with his wings. "Hehhe. Not today pretty boy." A deep voice said and walked into  his view.

"We can't have you escaping our clutches." He said and Nio glared at him. The guy squat to his eye level and studied his eyes. "Hmm, one gold on blue. Mark it down. Seems to be in bad shape." He said and Nio heard the scratching of a pencil. "Got it boss." The second voice said and they other three came into his vision.

It was a tall fox like girl, a black haired girl(boy?) He could not tell. Oh and young red hair boy (Jule?) he assumed.. The man was obviously Nio's age and had dark grey eyes. He had a mix of blue and black hair. He smirked and stood up. "Get the gag and chains off. He seems to be the only one they kept under lock and key." The man said.

"Sure thing Boss." The female said and took off his chains. She kept the wing clamp on. Nio tried standing up, but the boos he assumed, pushed him down. "Keep the collar on." The man said and Nio glared at him. He tried reaching for the wing clamp and the man sighed. "Luce, get the chains back on him. Not to tight though." He said and Nio tried to kick her but the older boy kept him down. "MMMMMF." He screamed through the gag and the man ripped it off.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU. LET ME GO." Nio screamed and Jule looked up sharply. "Leave it Jule." the boss said and bent down to Nio's eye level. "Hmm.. well I can only do one of those things. Also he has a tracker. My name is Jay." Jay said and poked at Nio's neck. Nio spat at him. "It's not active." Nio said and Jay wiped the spit off his face.

"Alrighty, let's go back to base. I wanna show my treasure." Jay said and Nio yelped as he pulled a feather from Nio's wings. Jule and Luce tugged on his chains and took him to a van. Jay sat across from Nio as Nio glared at him. "You already know the names of two of them. The third, who I call black haired beauty; Is Bee. We are part of The Night Owls. Lucky you, you were our next target." Jay said and Nio rolled his eyes. 

"So what's your name kid." Bee asked and Nio ignored her too. Jay moved to sit next to  Nio. Nio flinched and moved further away. Jay smirked and grabbed his arm and pulled him closer. He studied his neck and prodded at the tracker indent. "Seems to be like you said. Turned off." Jay said and Bee stood up grabbing a knife.

"Even so. We can't risk it." Jay said and stabbed a needle in his arm. Nio awoke to a white room and under covers. He sat up breathing hard. He felt is neck and winced. It had a scar on it. His neck and face had no previously scars. His chest, legs and stomach were another story. "Ah your awake." Jay said and sat on the edge of Nio's bed. Nio yelped and scrambled back. 

Jay caught his foot and Nio kicked him in the face. "AGH." Jay yelled and released his grip. Nio stood up and ran out. Luckily he wasn't wearing a hospital gown. Just a shirt. His jeans were the same. He ran up the stairs and found the rooftop. Nio grabbed the wing clamp and stretched his wings out. He flapped them and took off. "OI HE IS GETTING AWAY." Nio heard someone yell but he did not look back as he started flying quickly, away from that place.

He winced his stomach hurting him from the fight. He gasped for a breath and landed on the top of a tree. He flexed his wings. There was yelling and it was becoming increasingly louder. "Dammit. HE COULD BE ANYWHERE BY NOW." Nio heard Jay yell and he stayed silent in the tree. "Yeah well we put a tracker in him so he can't get far. Ahh. I wonder... THERE HE IS." Luce yelled and pointed at the tree Nio was in. He froze and quickly jumped down and took off running. 

"CHRIST WHAT TRAINING DID THIS KID HAVE." He heard behind him. "HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE SHOES ON." He heard Bee yell as Nio sped further into the city. he hit someone and mumbled an apology. "AHA." Jay yelled and grabbed his arm. Nio used his wings and smacked Jay in the face. Jay released his grip holding his nose.

Nio smirked and started to flap his wings. He started flying upward and the gang stopped to look at him. "Christ get him Jay." Luce said and Jay unfurled his wings. They were dragon wings. Nio realized his mistake and sped off. He heard the flapping of wings behind him, rapidly catching up.  Nio flapped his wings harder and tried to get some distance. "Shit." Jay mumbled under his breath and grabbed one of Nio's feet. 

Nio yelped and tried to kick him. Jay knew the drill and held his face away. Nio growled and strained to get away from him. They were still flying and Jay smirked. He grabbed Nio's other foot and used them as a spring. He pulled Nio back and wrapped his arms around Nio's torso, making it so he could not flap his wings. "Gotcha. Raven boy." Jay whispered in his ear and slowly lowered Nio to the ground.

Jay ignored Nio's screams and yells of protest as he gagged him to shut him up. He quickly grabbed a wing clamp and clamped Nio's wings down. He grabbed a pair of handcuffs and put them on Nio's hands. Luce made it so Nio could not kick anyone and they hauled him back to the building. "Good work guys." Ray said smirking and just grunted. The four of them pulled Nio back to the room he escaped from and locked the door. Nio looked around it and realized it had five beds. They were loft beds; with a desk under each one. 

Nio got plopped in his and Jay took off the handcuff and ties to his feet. He took the gag from Nio and hopped down. Nio noticed that his tail and wings were still out. Nio grunted and pulled the covers over his face. The four of them exchanged glances and whispered to themselves. "Huh... wonder who sold him to that place." Jule whispered and Nio yelled. "I was born into it asshole. I can hear all of you." Luce blinked and Bee giggled. Jay sighed and sat at his desk.

"I gave the notes to May. She said we should never leave him alone. Mai said she watched this kid escape from that place so many times. She said that to put handcuffs on him and clamp his wings. As much as it hurts, it's better than those chains." Jay said. He didn't bother whispering knowing that Nio could hear him no matter what. "It says that he is a raven hybrid. Explains the wings, his hearing is just exceptional. So are all his senses."

Luce read off the notes board. "Honestly. Why the hell did we bother with this kid." Bee said and Jay smirked. "He is not a kid. He is eighteen." Jay said and Bee blinked. "Seriously. He is fucking like 4'11." She said and Jule giggled. "Yeah but.. says here his blood had a serious lack of nutrients. I suggest we bring him to the mess hall." Luce says and Jay gets up from his desk. He goes to Nio's bed and pulls him down.

"OI. I'M NOT-" Nio get's interrupted but the door opening. May pokes her head in. "Ah...." May walks in and closes the door. The lock clicks and Nio pushes himself away from Jay. "WHo the hell are you??" He snapped and sat on the floor. "Uhhh........" Jay stuttered. "Well hun. I'm Marcus's brother. Although we aren't really that alike." She finished watching Nio stand up and go pale. "Let. Me. Go." He snarled his voice trembling. "I'm not going to get away form that hellhole only to be held captive again." Nio finished and May sighed.

"Fine. Let him go." She said and Jay stuttered. "Look. The kid obviously doesn't want to be here. Just let him leave." She said softly and Luce opened the door. Nio quickly fled and ran to the rooftop. He took a breath of the cool winter air and flapped his wings, letting himself into the air.

Jay blinked at May. "You make us go and get him and then let him go!" Jay yelled and Bee made Jule and Luce leave with her. "LOOK I SAW THAT KID GROW UP. I CAN'T FACE HIM OK. I THOUGHT IT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY TO FINALLY SEE HIM FREE. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BE FREE. YOU HEARDHIM; HE WAS BORN INTO THIS LIFE. HE CAN'T BE SAVED LIKE YOU." May screamed and a tear rolled down her cheek.

Jay stuttered. "I... I just though-" "YOU THOUGHT WRONG." She yelled and stomped out of the room. Jay sighed and sat down. He remembered when he was at that same place. He remembered seeing Nio like that. He sighed again and rubbed his face.

He remembered seeing Nio escaping the first time. Jay had gotten out in the commotion. He knew Nio would never remember him. Jay was just a kid back then. He wasn't treated as roughly, never to the same extent. He sighed once again. He really did think that maybe one day Nio would show up in his life again.

He stood up and climbed up to the rooftop. He saw a black dot flying towards the ocean and sat watching the sunset. Nio had a stoic expression on his face as he flew towards the ocean. He smelled the salt and saw families packing up and going home under him. He stopped over a deep part and stopped flapping his wings. He closed his eyes as his body fell straight into the ocean.

~A day later~
"Hey did you hear what happened?" Jule asked and showed Jay the paper. "Bro a kid was found half dead in the ocean. How the hell are they alive..." Luce wondered out loud. Jay shrugged and May walked over. "Jay. We need to talk." She said and Jay followed her to her office. "It was Nio. We found him. Our divers who were swimming found him. Someone saw a picture and put it on the news. He gave up hope. I- I..." She stopped. "It's not your fault mom. He needs time to process." Jay said and hugged her. 

"He's in the med ward." She yelled and he gave her a thumbs up. He walked to the med ward and found Nio there, awake, and yelling. "Shut up for once." Jay said and Nio turned. "JUST LET ME DIE." He screamed and buried his face in his knees. He was shaking and Jay walked over. "Go away." Nio's voice was muffled when he felt Jay sit next to him.

"You probably don't remember...."