Prologue- The Escape
A/N: English and Russian
Third POV (This is a seven months in the past.)
Unique ran through the forest, his feet bare and his wings hitting the tree branches. The shrubbery scratched at his skin and the cold wind made the pain worse. He stops for a minute, listening to hear for the Russian voices of the guards. Suddenly, he hears something. The sound of rustling and cracking sticks were heard coming from his left, the direction that which took him back to the Hydra base. As quickly as he could, Unique transformed into a small squirrel. His little body scurried up a near by tree. His small body shook with fear and the cold. As he watches, a group of 10 men were walking around the area where Unique had been previously. The group came together under the tree Unique was hiding in.
Ты уже нашёл мальчика? (Have you found the boy yet?) one of the guards asked the others, insinuating that he is the leader.
Нет, сэр. Но в этом районе были следы отпечатков. Однако из-за снега они исчезают. (No, sir. But there were traces of prints that ended around this area. However, the snow is making them disappear.) another guard responded. Unique concluded that that was the second-in-command.
Ты не вернешься, пока он не будет у тебя. Это понятно, солдаты? (You do not not come back until you have him. Is that understood, soldiers?) the leader demands.
Сэр, да, сэр! (Sir, yes, sir!) the soldiers responded, saluting him before running off to find the boy.
Unique stayed in the trees until the leader of the squad had walked away to return to the base. His body was beginning to become numb from staying in the tree in his animal form in the cold. He transforms back and spreads his wings out of his back. He spreads them, as if to stretch, before flapping them to take to the sky. Once he is about 5,000 feet in the air, he heads east. He begins his journey to the place he last saw his family... New York.