Nylat nodded, following. She was amazed at what the wolf hybrid had done, but let it pas.s for now and followed. These windows were much closer to the cground, and Nylat figured she'd be able to reach them if she jumped with enough force. She shook her pelt, coughing slightly in  the cloud of dust she disliked so much.

She padded ahead of Zyano, much happier in the light. Her tail swished back and forth in delight, and her happy hums accompanied this rhythm. She grinned back at them, and looked carefully around her. This room was much less furnished, which didn't bother her much.

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Jevak growled. Light. He hated it. How he'd sneak out without notice, he was unsure. But he knew that following them would prove very useful, once they escaped. he could wait. He could track them after leaving. He just needed one thing. Patience.

Zyano continued to mumble as Naigi giggled, watching the small cloud of lab dust fall around her in the shafts of light falling through the windows. She agreed silently, she also needed to bathe, she just couldn't resist poking a little fun at the giant wolf hybrid.

She glanced over her shoulder, dark blue eyes alight as they met Zyano's golden ones, but before she could come up with another witty comment, Nylat dissapeared from beside her. Turning her black, ferret like head, she watched as the fox jumped from floor to table, then straight out of one of the windows.

Glancing once at the male wolf, she shrugged, flaring her black and white wings and taking to the air, gliding through the window and coming to swerve just over where Nylat now stood.

It was better than she had expected, the air out here was so easy to navigate as she flew in circles, laughing. The scents of fiolage, water and earth dirt made their way to her nose, and she rolled a few times before diving and coming to a crashing halt by Nylat's paws.

"Ow..." She grumbled, breaking out into another fit of excited giggling. This was great!

~~~

Flicking an ear, Zyano rolled his eyes, a small, amused smile making it's way onto his features as he walked towards the table. He was tall enough to be able to stand on the table without too much difficulty, and was about to place his paws on the polished wood when he was interrupted.

"Wait, please. Would you mind another joining your group?"

Turning his head, golden eyes narrowed, his gaze came to rest on an unusual creature. It looked like some sort of big cat, with the black markings of an ocelot. It's fur was silver, though currently it looked much duller thanks to the dirt that seemed to cling to all of the creatures who existed in the lab room.
His tail, while retaining the markings of the ocelot, actually looked very much like an otters, and Zyano also noted that he smaller than Nylat. About the size of a large dog.
The wolf

blinked before nodding. "I don't see why not." He replied slowly.

The ocelot hybrid smiled, before jumping the entire space between him and the table, then jumping from the ledge with no hesitation or seeming thought.

As the giant, sand coloured wolf came to land on the soft earth not far from Nylat, he shook his pelt as the silver ocelot sat and smiled at them, flicking his otter like tail. Naigi was looking at the newcomer with a tilted head. "Who are you?"

"My name is Aceiteo." The ocelot replied with a chuckle, pulling off a rather flamboyant bow of the head. "You may call me Ace, however. Aceiteo can be a bit of a mouthful."

~{New bio. xD! This one came to me while I tried to sleep last night. xD}~

Nylat glanced momentarily at Naigi before another hybrid leapt from the window, but it wasn't Zyano. She flicked an ear at the smaller, cat-like creature, who then introduced himself as Aceito. She turned away from the new 'member' of the group, now wishing to find the water. She tilted her head, listening carefully. It was slightly north, and by the smell of it, not too far away. She barked sharply in joy, a grin spreading across her muzzle.

Jevak watched warily as another hybrid joined the rest. He narrowed his eyes. How many of them were there? Oh well, he'd pick them off one by one later. He bristled, grinning evilly. There was a strip of shadows along the wall, ending only at the shattered window. He slipped along these shadows, and flashed into sight for a second as he leapt from the window, aiming for and landing in a tree's shadow. Those on the ground, unless looking up, would never have seen him.

((Oh yeah. Forgot to post yesterday. XD))

Jevak watched as yet another hybrid joined them. He hadn't expected so many to live. He glanced quickly at the open window as the sandy wolf leapt out. Flitting over, her silently leapt, landing in a shadow, only to be seen by any looking up, though he doubted any had been. He grinned eviliy. Sure, there were more now, but the night of the new moon was approaching, and then...he'd be invisible until the dawn came. He'd pick them off one by one if the need arose. But he hoped it didn't.

Nylat flicked an ear as another, more cat like, hybrid joined them, and she turned away as Zyano leapt down. She tilted her head, and closed her eyes, concentrating. The water wasn't far from here, a stream, if her judge of the noise was correct. She glanced over her shoulder and silently flicked her tail before starting off at a trot in the direction of the water, following her nose.

~{No worries. xD}~

Naigi smiled at the distant Zyano as he began to pad toward them, just as Nylat headed off towards the general direction of water. Shaking her fur and feathers, the lemur hybrid grinned to herself at the thought of getting clean.

Coming to sit on Nylat's head, she glanced around as the fox walked. She wasn't entirely sure where they went after this, whether they'd seperate, or remain together; The thought almost seeming to make her nervous. Sure, she could probably get used to surviving alone... But she would much prefer it with the others. Afterall, none of them had been out of the lab, and each of them had something to learn. Sticking together had to be the best plan...

Glancing to Nylat's side, Naigi flicked a small ear at Ace, who was trotting along merrily beside the larger fox hybrid, who currently was speaking.

"Water. Good idea, I'm parched, not to mention my fur feels icky."

Naigi snorted. "Icky?... Hey Nylat, how long do you think it'll take us to get to the water?"

At that point, Zyano caught up to them, his huge form walking on Nylat's other side, ears alert, eyes narrowed.

"What's up with you?" The lemur asked, Ace looking around Nylat's still moving paws at the wolf.

Zyano glanced for a mere moment at them, then turned his eyes back to the path ahead, flicking an ear in the general direction of where they'd come.

"Nothing. Don't worry about it."

Nylat ignored the idle chit-chat, answering only the question directed at her.
"Not long. Probably about 10 minutes. Shorter if we run."
She glanced at the two beside her, then whispered to Naigi in a low tone, barely loud enough for the small hybrid to hear.
"Hang on tight."
She suddenly darted forward, wanting to run after so long cooped up. To her, life outside was perfect. She flicked an ear, changing her course ever so slight;ly to direct her path directly toward the stream. Soon enough, she found it--by landing in it. Having just broken out of tree cover, she had not seen the water until she had met it. Landing nearly flat on her face, she stood, shaking a slight bit of mud from her paws. The water was clear and fresh, and there was a thin cover of pebbles and rocks before there was mud. She bent down, allowing Naigi to get off before she actually started to bathe.

Nylat smiled, and chose a spot in the stream, just downstream of the others, not wishing to cloak them in mud. After waiting for Zyano to wash, she lightly stepped in, not too caring about the water. After all, she was part cat. She shook her fur while submerged, only her head above water. She inhaled deeply, then closed her eyes fully diving under. She smiled at the clarity of the water. She could look up and see the sky as if she was on a skyscraper. The freedom was perfect. She, needing air, broke the surface, taking a deep gulp of air. She jumped up the the bank, shaking her fur. No longer was it a dusty gray, but a beautiful red-gray, with faint gray tabby stripes, and faint tipped ears, tail, and paws. She smiled, then sat, curling her tail over her feet. She raised her head too the moon, howling. It was raspy, due to a fox not being able to howl, but rather bark, but she was part wolf, which allowed it.

After howling a bit, she stopped, licking a paw and flashing it over her ear, drying herself out. She continued in this manner until every bit of fur was no longer soaked like a drowned rat. She stood, padding upstream a bit, sniffing. She was hungry.
"Hey, guys, I don't know about you, but I'm hungry."
She sat down again, glancing at the moon. It was a crescent...getting darker each night, she knew, from her few days looking at papers and graphs drawn out by the people who'd imprisoned them. Before she'd fallen asleep for...who knows how long?

Nylat, indignant at being left behind, cleared the river with a leap, then strove to catch up. Her strength lended her the edge to catch up and keep up, and she flicked an ear, tilting her head curiously. She thought she'd heard something beside her...She shook her head. She was just imagining things. She realized she'd fallen behind a bit, and picked up her pace, catching up again. It was tiring, trying to keep up with Zyano, but she managed. She lifted her ears, her hearing being better than her smell, and tried to find out which animal it was that Zyano was hunting.

Jevak ran silently beside his targets. They were hunting. And so was he. The coming moon was dark, and he'd be undetectable. He'd prey on them. Killing one, then the next. All in one night, he'd be rid of them all. Starting with the fox. She had fought him before. She was no match for him. He grinned, red eyes flashing, unseen to the four travelling hybrids...

Nylat, having missed out on many of the deer, had to run a ways before she finally caught one. She did not use tooth or claw to kill it, merely ran up beside it, matched its pace, then suddenly rammed it sideways at the right time, knocking it into a tree, snapping its ribs. She then leapt onto its back, breaking it, and killing it quickly. She carefully took its neck in her jaws, dragging it back toward the clearing. She shivered, just realizing how cold it really was. She shook her pelt out again, looking at the sky momentarily. It was almost nighttime. They'd have to find someplace to shelter soon.

She reached the clearing and dragged the buck to the middle of it. She set it down and tore off a back leg, carefully setting it between her paws before knawing on it, one paw over it to steady it, while one stayed under. She glanced over at Zyano, who also had sucessfully killed him meal, then glanced at Ace. He seemed to not have caught anything. And she sureley wouldn't share.

Jevak grinned as he slipped past the deer, taking one in his jaws as he did so. He ate it, almost whole, then picked off another, eating it aswell, before taking another, this time, only eating half of it before leaving the last half of the caracas to rot. He had to have strength for that night. He'd catch them unawares, then strike. Sure, it'd be hard with that wolf around, but once the fox was gone, the main power would be too. She was strongest of them, he could tell. Then again, he hadn't fought the other three. Oh well. They'd die tonight. No matter what happened, they'd die at his paws.