Elain
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I sighed as I leaned against a wall after we finished searching in vain for an exit. It might be the hawk part of me, but i was really missing fresh air. I started thinking about how a cool breeze would be welcome after the stuffy, unwelcoming air of this lab. I took another breath to prove to myself how bland the air was...and noticed a slight, but distinct breeze. I quickly followed it down a hall and around the corner. By then the breeze had stopped, but I was certain I had heard a slight sound coming from somewhere nearby, something like the quiet click of a door closing. But all i saw on the hall ahead of me was smooth walls for a couple yards. And it had sounded closer than that.

So I started closely searching the walls, looking for cracks, even the slightest ones, and tapping the walls now and then like I'd seen in movies when peopel look for hidden doors. Sure enough, I found one spot where the tapping produced a more hollow sound, hinting at a thinner wall then the surrounding area. I found the crack of what could be a door soon enough, and spent several minutes trying in vain to get a fingernail or talon under the crack to try to pry the door open. Then in frustration I tried just pushing the panel as hard as I could. To my surprise, I felt it shift slightly, and found that one end had sunk in while the opposite side had risen. I pushed harder, and saw the door revolve. I was about to go tell the others, but the strong breeze that flowed into the hall banished the though from my mind. I gladly stepped outside into the cool morning air.

I spent my first few moments in the doorway, taking several deep breaths of fresh air. It seemed an eternity since I'd last done so. Then I looked around, and noticed the outer wall of the laboratory was rock. It didn't look like stone bricks, either, but solid rock. Tho I knew perfectly well it was far from solid. A small sound drew my eyes downward, and I was quite surprised to find that one of the other transformed humans, whose name I think was Velox, was asleep against the wall. Not that I could blame him, seeing him asleep there was starting to make me tired, too. I surpressed a yawn, then glanced back inside, knowing that I sould really tell the others of the door I found. But the sweet morning birdsong and cool breezes made me stare outside again. Just a moment longer, I thought as I lingered in the doorway. I'll tell them in a moment...