A strip of sunlight barely broke over the horizon as I wandered into the team lounge room. No uniform. Just blue sweats and running shoes with my music player in my pocket. Passing by the kitchen I flipped on the coffee machine and set it to latte for when Tech woke. Scribbling 'run' with a tiny heart on a note pad, I tossed it next to Ace's morning paper as another yawn escaped me. Plugging in my headphones, I left through the sliding doors.

The cool morning set my fur on end as I neared the park. Not many others were out but other joggers and the occasional early businessmen making their way through the streets. I took an unpaved, worn path deeper into the woods of the park to escape the cityscape for a while. My super-hearing did little to help get out of the city mentally, but visually the trees and nature were a sight for sore eyes.

Slowing to a walk, I passed my hand through a train of vines hanging from a high branch over the path. They curled lovingly through my fingers. Stepping back into a jog, I rounded a corner in the path where the trees grew thicker and the air chillier.

A scream pierced through my soundtracks. Sliding to a stop I ripped the buds away, ears perked, to hear the high-pitched voice.

"Is anyone there?"

My heart thumped hearing a child's voice. A small or very young girl.

"Help!"

"Hey, over here!" I called.

I leaped into the bush off the path. After a few strides, I stopped again as crashing came closer.

"Help! Please!"

The cry seemed to weaken.

"I'm right here! Hold on!"

I sprinted after the sounds. Pushing my way through the brush I entered a clearing beneath a large, old tree with branches sprawling in all directions. At its trunk, a small bunny huffed and puffed. A little girl with soft grey fur and white tufts of hair framing her face gripped the tree wearing only a white t-shirt and shorts. She shook like a leaf in the cold. Her black-tipped ears hung stiffly down her back.

"Oh no," I breathed and rushed forward.

The girl stumbled running for me.

"Please," she cried with tears draining down her cheeks, "Please help me. I don't know where I am."

"It's okay little one- Whoa!"

She collided with me. Wrapping her small arms around my waist her body quaked as she sobbed. Patting her head I kneeled.

"Hey, it's okay. We'll get you home to your parents, alright? What's your name? I'm Lexi."

Gently taking her forearms, I held her at arm's length. Tears still flowed from bright green eyes as she trembled. She couldn't have been more than ten years old.

Taking a deep breath she finally answered, "I don't know what my name is. I just woke up."

"Woke up? What do you mean woke up?"

She shook her head. "I just woke up. I was in this room in a small bed. There was nothing but a giant fish tank thing in it and lots of monitors and... and big windows. These guys in white tried to hold me down. Please... I don't know where I am. I... I don't know anything."

More tears flowed from her eyes. Wrapping my arms around her, she clung to me.

"It's okay. You probably just have memory loss from something."

I smiled down at her as reassuringly as I could.

"My friends and I can help you. A quick search with your fingerprint and we'll have you home in no time! I promise."

She nodded. Taking her hand, I led her from the confines of the chilly forest and wrapped my sweater around her small shoulders before leading the girl back to HQ.

I couldn't help but glance at her periodically. She seemed familiar. Tossing the thought aside I brought her back to the tower as quick as I could.