Lily woke up that morning to complete darkness instead of the bright lights of the lab, and that was when she realized something was happening. She heard thunder rumbling outside as the wind howled and the rain hit against the window at the end of the hall of small rooms she was kept in, flashing occasionally with lightning in the early morning darkness. Although it had never happened before, she assumed this storm had taken out the lab's electricity. Knowing the locks on the doors and windows in the lab were electrically powered, she opened her door and slipped out, opening other doors along her way to the window and telling the others to do the same as they scattered. She knew most of them would be caught by the guards, none of the others in her room had wings like she did, so they'd have to go out through the door and down three floors to get outside. Lily didn't have that problem, as she opened the window and jumped out into the storm, dropping a floor or two before her wings opened and carried her away in the direction of the rising sun.<br/><br/>That night, she landed in a tree, having flown all day in the grey, rainy sky. She was soaked, shivering, and cold, but too afraid to go up to the door of the house which was just a few yards from the tree she was in. She settled down on a branch, hiding against the trunk of the tree to avoid the rain and the possibility of being seen, and waited for sleep or morning to come...