I am banging against the glass trying to get HIS attention. Of course, he nonchalantly walks up to the glass case I'm trapped in and snaps his fingers. “I'm trying to sleep darling could you keep it down?”, he says calmly. ”LET ME OUT” I snap back at him! Oh, not this again we've discussed this. I did not imprison you, I created you. You are here for my entertainment you don't belong anywhere else he chuckles. “Please”, I cry. “I..I just want to be free.” Tsk tsk tsk. “Humans will never accept you”, he says with the utmost confidence. “I can conform to their desires!”, he says. “You gave me these powers you of all people should know.” “But then I'd be LONELY AGAIN”, he screams. “You will never leave me”. Tuh. He spits his gum into the garbage can. “You are nothing but a shadow”, he whispers to me. He leaves the room. My knees buckle, I look at myself in the reflection of the glass. I look like a human girl but my skin is completely black and shiny, the only thing you can see is my piercing navy blue eyes. I run my fingertips up the sides of my arms, then lay down and fall asleep. When I wake up he is sitting in front of my cage. “Wakey wakey”, he says in a sing-songy voice. “Time to practice”, he says. I get up and start stretching, then he shows me a picture of a lion. “Shift” he says in a loud voice. “I don't like turning into a lion”, I sob banging on the glass. “I get squished in this tiny cage.”, I snap at him. “Fine”, he says annoyed. He shows me a picture of a starfish. I squeal with as much excitement as an imprisoned girl can have. “Starfish is your favorite!”, he boasts. My body melts and then quickly reforms as a starfish. “Very goo-” before he can finish his sentence his phone rings and goes to pick it up. He spits his coffee all over the glass case. He walks out of the laboratory without saying anything to me. I turn back into my natural form when I realize how to escape. The coffee is leaking into the case which means if I transform into my liquidated form I might be able to slip through the cracks of the glass case. I imagine a puddle of water and whoosh my body liquifies. I am then able to quickly sneak through the cracks of the case. I can hear footsteps so I jump into an empty glass that is on the desk. “I'm sor-”, he drops his phone as he realizes the case is empty. He then runs out of the room. I see another scientist walk in frantically looking for something. “Me I suppose”, I chuckle to myself. I solidify behind him and hit him in the head with the glass. Thud. He hits the ground. I open the glass case and throw him inside and shut it. I look around. I see a coat that I quickly throw over the case so no one could see what's inside. I transform into the scientist and walk out the door. He greets me, “Did you find her?”. It takes every ounce of my strength not to wrap my fingers around his neck and squeeze until it’s lights out! But in my most convincing panicked tone, I was about to say no. But then I realized I never had the chance to hear his voice. In a low raspy voice, I scoff, "no". I can feel beads of sweat rolling down my forehead with him staring into my eyes. "Shit!" he exclaimed angrily and turns left into the supply room. "Phew!" I say relieved. I then place my fingerprint on the door handle, the LED shines green and the door clicks open. Then, I am surprisingly greeted by fresh air and a slight breeze. I walk out the door and shut it behind me. I see 4 teenage girls about my age, 12-13. I look at their key features and piece together a body. I duck into the closest and turn into a girl with medium blond hair shaved on one side with a blue blouse along with sunflowers on a pair of jeans and a pair of animal skin boots. And of course my piercing blue eyes.
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