Alexandria wanted to learn everything she could about the outside world. There were a lot of things that fascinated her, especially the concept of pirates her attendants talked about on a daily basis. She was the most popular subject in the facility which wasn't saying much since in her eyes the others were not as good. She didn't mean any ill will to them but at the moment her powers were the best and she was told she was the best looking subject they had ever seen. It was very difficult to get any time alone since her powers were always under observation. She had one of the abilities the higher ups wanted to fine tune for themselves or so she heard the attendants say a lot.

It was something to say that she had some pull but not enough to influence anyone to just let her out. The other girls in the place were a bit too timid for her tastes even though she could love to help them all escape. She wasn't sure they would be able to survive outside the facility. There were so many things she needed to check off but right now the most important was just getting the hell out of here. The life of the outside world was calling and this place had lost all its luster.

She let out an exasperated sigh tracing her finger on the wall. Her shapeshifting wasn't complete but there was a chance she could with practice shift certain parts of her body to give her the tools she needed to escape. That was going to take a bit of time and she would need to make it look like mistakes while she was being experimented on. That way they would just see it as a hiccup and nothing more. A devious smile crept across her face as she laid back on her body thinking of the different things she could use in the next session she had.

The next session was close and so far the animals she had been told to shift into were not that useful. She needed something that would give her an edge that wasn't what someone would expect. "Get up, let's go, and don't drag your feet." Those were the nice words said since the attendants could get pretty mean with some of the other subjects.

What was being said to her didn't matter; she was going to get out and nothing was going to keep her from that goal. She cracked her neck entering the lab. Usually there were a few guards to keep the subject compliant however she was so well behaved most of the time there was only the guard for the outside door. She clicked her tongue twice, a mental note to herself to remember to deal with that guard when the time came.

When she looked up at the animal she would be trying to shift into a sly smile crept across her face. She quickly wiped it away as fast as it appeared in order to avoid suspicion. Thankfully no one paid close attention to her which meant in retrospect she was already walking out the door. The animal in question had small needles all over its back. They must not think it is a threat since everyone is mostly covered up. However Alexandria had also been practicing her throwing skills. Of course ripping one of those needles off her body was going to hurt. She didn't really care if it meant she was going to get out of this place soon enough. She walked into her space and concentrated on the animal in front of her.

There was a bit of a delay and once the researchers had all they needed, they would shock the subject to get them ready for the next test. Of course she wasn't going to allow that to happen. She could feel her body contorting as she shifted into the animal that was before her. She breathed in deep, closing her eyes trying not to do much of anything different.

The difference here was that she was about to make an escape and if any of them got a thought of what she was doing it could be deadly for her. She moved in the new body shaking her head and biting at the air trying to sort through what it could do. The researchers watched on not saying anything yet. Thankfully there was still no one close to her to see what she was attempting to do. She wiggled her back a bit trying to shake off or lose one of the quills on her back.

"Hey, see how far you can stretch back with your head." One of the researchers' voices boomed over the loudspeaker. A small smirk crept onto her face as she started to arch her head back to her quills. The motion wasn't anything alarming at first. She bit down on one of the quills pulling it out smoothly wincing only a slight bit from the pain.

She played with the quill in her mouth a bit, spinning it towards the nearest researcher. The only thing that was open was a bit of their neck. She breathed in through her nose exhaling shooting the quill out of her mouth. It jabbed into the researcher's neck causing him to cry out in pain. She was glad it was one of the males since there weren't many left in the world causing them pain was enjoyable. She jumped up from the area slamming her back into the man knocking him to the ground. She pulled the quill from his neck with her mouth turning to the door. The guard would be coming through any moment and she was going to end her. A few moments passed and she could hear the buzzing from the stun gun behind her.

She closed her eyes again this time to see what else she could pull off. Sitting up on her hind legs extending her back up the quills engulfing the stun gun from the attendant that came up behind her. The attendant looked down tilting her head to the side. "What the hell?!" Alexandria pushed back pulling the stun gun out of the attendant's hands jumping backwards burning the quills into the woman's face. She screamed out in terror for a few moments. The body went limp under the quills as it fell to the ground. The small animal jumped away sliding on the ground not fully used to landing like that just yet.

Alexandria turned to face the door again since the only other threat would be the guard outside. The attendant who was first cut by the first quill laid on the floor by the containment area sobbing. She thought about finishing him off but that didn't matter at the moment. Her biggest obstacle would be the guard. The thought had just finished when the door slid open revealing the guard weapon up looking around the room. The small animal scurried across the edge of the room stalking her prey. The guard was in full armor with a small compact rifle filled with tranquilizer darts.

The animal's eyes examined the guard for any weakness she could exploit since merely running out the door wasn't her style at all. The door was only a few inches away when she spotted a small opening in the armor behind the knees. A devious smirk crossed her face pulling off another quill from her back propelling it out of her mouth into the area. The guard buckled from the strike, shooting two darts into the ceiling as Alexandria ran as fast as she could, jumping backwards, driving her back quills into the other knee. A scream escaped the guard's lips as she fell to the ground. The small animal wiggled free, moving to the guard's face, lifting up the face shield and stabbing her in the face as many times as she could with a quill from her back. Blood squirted all over the place. She turned and scurried out of the room dragging an ID tag she had snatched off the guard's neck.

The surviving attendant crawled his way to the alarm button attempting to press it. It was curious as to why no one had thought to do that before now. He passed the guard who had been killed trying to pull himself up when a sharp pain caused him to pause. He turned to find one of the darts from the ceiling had fallen and stuck in his leg. His vision became blurry, the room started to spin, and he hit the floor, blood slowly starting to pool under him from the wound to his neck.

The blood soaked paws padded across the floor being the only noise heard making her way down the hallway. The nearest exit door wasn't far so thankfully she could get out if not intercepted by anyone. First she needed to change back so she could use the id card to get out. There wasn't any more time to delay. She focused on the form of her true self. After a moment she shifted back a little bit of blood trickled from her lip since she bit her lip to stop herself from screaming. She rubbed her teeth against her lip as she skipped to the door, slid the id card over the scanner, pushing the door opening and out to the freedom she craved.