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Tabby and Zeke are mad science experiments in Rockeye's new world.
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So they're all escorted back to their rooms. The wolves' are... Nice enough, though everything here is selected for being very durable.

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They're looking rather glum about being separated from the others, Tabby especially.

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"Dont worry, I'm sure they'll let us play together again soon. Maybe outside!"

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"Only if you do well in lessons and tests, though, children."

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"We will, promise!"

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They're left alone besides a delivery of dinner until bedtime.

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They eat with their usual voraciousness, and climb into bed, happier than they've been in a long time. 

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Good. Hopefully also more obedient than they've been in a long time.

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They are. Even Tabby tries a lot harder.

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Good! They can have some more play-dates, clearly patterned on when they behave well and do well in lessons. A few more of the children here get introduced, to make up for when Angie and Joey don't earn socializing time. Sam is very well-behaved and continues to show improvement. They treat her well - they want to see how her body reacts to puberty, if she even goes into it at the appropriate age. Zeke learns a little more magic, but it's hard and complicated - he can't do anything big yet. Tabby continues to not develop any special ability so eventually they give up trying to poke her into it and mutter about whether she's as good for the program as they once thought.

 

And then one day, looking very upset and rushed, Dr. Abraham bursts in and says, "Uh, hate to spring this on you two, but we've got to move to a new facility. Everyone's packing up and going. Here's, uh, okay sorry no time, grab your favorite toy and let's go."

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The twins each grab a stuffed animal, while Zeke tucks their mum's letters into his pocket.

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"We're being attacked by meddling supers. Hurry, this way... There's a bunch of trucks."

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"Why would superheroes attack us?"

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"Did I say they were heroes? They're shutting down our research! Just, just shut up and hurry to the trucks!"

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The follow along.

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A lot of other kids, many scared and confused, and scientists grabbing bundles of notes and things, are in the halls.

There are half a dozen armored trucks down in a section they've never seen before. They can hear explosions and fwoosh sounds in the distance.

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Zeke clutches his sister's hand tightly, while they look around for their various playmates. 

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Sam is here, wrapped up in some kind of plastic bubble. Her legs are a pile of goo and she's shaking, eyes closed.

Angie and Joey went into that truck whose back just closed and is driving off. Other playmates vary - they only spot a few.

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Zeke thinks about calling out to them, but he finds himself unable to speak. 

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And now there are two unfamiliar supers here - a woman in a yellow costume with lightning bolt motif and a man in power armor of some kind.

They gape in mild horror at the assembled experiments before them. They knew Lionheart's reputation, but this...

Someone shouts, "Perimeter down! Scrub the samples!"

Gunfire from the more thuggish looking 'scientists'.

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Zeke screams and covers his ears, eyes screwed shut.

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Tabby's fingers meanwhile have suddenly manifested what look like talons made of light, which she immediately puts to work tearing out the guards' throats.

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Everything is chaotic. Twenty seconds that feel like ten minites.

When it's done the guards are dead or disarmed, all but two trucks are screaming down the road, the heroes are shouting at the children in Spanish, and most of the still-mobile experiments and 'scientists' are scattering in every direction.

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