Looking left then right Kagome heard the guards' footsteps coming from the left. That was the way out, unfortunately. Taking a breath, Kagome ran towards the right and prayed for a miracle. She turned corner after corner, passing cell after cell, not bothering to glance at all of the other captives. Suddenly she came to an abrupt stop due to a dead end. Turning her back to the wall and staring the way that she had just came from, Kagome glanced at the cell to her left and froze when she saw a tiny girl. This little girl couldn't have been any older than seven. How young were they conducting experiments? The little girl stared at her with mild curiosity and Kagome couldn't help, but be reminded of her little brother. She could at least try to get one other out with her, and then if she escaped, she could help the others later.

"Stand back." Kagome told the little girl, who obediently stepped away from the bars. Kagome grabbed one bar and cut it away and silently sat it on the ground so the guards wouldn't hear. She then motioned for the little girl to some through the bars. "Quickly now." Kagome whispered while helping the little through the bars.

"Who are you?" Whispered the little girl.

"My name's Kagome. I'm gonna get us out of here. Okay?" Kagome noticed that the little girl was staring at her ears and added. "I'm not gonna hurt you."

"I'm Rin." The little girl said as she grabbed Kagome's clawed hand.

Kagome heard the alarmed shouts of the guards as they found her unoccupied cell, and tugged on the little girls hand and pulled her back down the hallway. She stopped each time she came to the end of a hallway and peeked around the corner to make sure the coast was clear. She was vaguely aware of which way to go and she caught sight of the guards' backs once, and about had a heart attack when one paused. Adrenaline and demonic blood rushing through her veins, Kagome wasn't tiring; however Rin kept stumbling, and the constant tugging at Kagome's arm alerted her to the tiring child. Pausing for a mere second, Kagome knelt down, eyes scanning the hall, and Rin stopped with her while trying to take air into her heaving longs.

"Piggyback time, Rin." Kagome whispered, while Rin nodded and wrapped her arms around Kagome's neck. Kagome hopped up easily, grabbed Rin's legs, and took off at a fast jog. She turned another corner and paused when she saw a closed elevator door at the end of the hall. Heart thumping rapidly with relief, she started down the hall. She was almost there when all of a sudden she hear the shouts of the guards. Whipping her head around to look, she saw that they weren't that far away. Panic overcame her and she started for the elevator and that's when her miracle happened. The elevator dinged and the doors slid open to reveal the person who brought the lunch every day. Unaware that Kagome was there, they backed out of the elevator and started to turn around. They were startled to see Kagome running past them at full speed, and dove out of the way. Not sparing them a glance Kagome darted through the doors and pushed the first button her hand came in contact with. She turned to look out the door that wasn't closing fast enough for her liking. The guards hit the door just as it sealed shut and she jumped back in fear at how close she had come to getting captured. Taking a shaky breath, she repositioned Rin.

"That was too close." She sighed.

"Kagome…you pushed the number eight. That's high. What are we gonna do when the doors open and we're eight stories up?" Rin asked with worry.

"We'll run." That's all Kagome could thing to say because they were already at six. Seven. Eight…Ding. The doors slid open and Kagome was faced with the bustle of many business people walking to and fro with files and coffee. Stepping out she did her best to not draw attention as she walked for the door that had STAIRS titled on it.

Unfortunately, you tend to bring a lot of attention to yourself when you're wearing a white jumpsuit stained with your own blood and you're carrying a white jumpsuit clad child on your back. Or maybe it was just the fact that she was half demon. Doubtful, but half demon coupled with bloody jumpsuit and a child on your back turns out to make you the new attraction. Within moments everyone was shouting and guards were flooding out the other elevators around the room.

Kagome dashed for the stairs and was able to race down a total of four flights, before she heard guards coming from below and above her. Looking over the railing, Kagome saw that these guards were armed.

'Shit.' Kagome thought frantically. 'What do I do?!' She gave Rin's legs a comforting squeeze when she heard the small girl cry silently. Her eyes scanned every inch of the place looking for any way out. Finally her eyes focused on a small window at the end of the next flight of stairs, only two flights away from the approaching guards. If she was going to act it was going to have to be now or never. Not wasting a moment, she ran down the stairs and was faced with the guards not even twenty steps below her and they were moving quickly. Getting a better grip on Rin, she braced herself and kicked the window as hard as she could with her bare foot, grateful for her new unnatural strength. The glass shattered, cutting her foot and ankle that she had used to break the window, and she grabbed the window's edges and pulled Rin and herself swiftly through. She ignored the way that the glass bit into her palms and feet, causing blood to flow freely from the open wounds.

Rin gave a startled cry as Kagome swung out the window and onto the ledge.

"Don't look down and just hold on tight, Rin." Kagome told her while inching along the edge. Keeping her eyes trained on her feet, Kagome was thankful that she wasn't afraid of heights.

A red dot caught her attention and she followed it back to its source. A moment later Kagome was letting herself slide down the wall to quickly avoid the tranquilizer dart that bounced off the wall where she and Rin had been seconds earlier. Where her feet had been on the ledge, Kagome's hands now were and she was a sitting duck. Knowing she didn't have any time, Kagome did her best to use her hands to scale the wall, but her hands were slick with her blood.

She heard Rin's fearful cries and knew that there was no way she was going to let the little girl get captured and experimented on. She was too young to go through any of these traumatizing events. Taking a breath she trained her eyes on the next ledge down. It was at least twenty feet down…she let go of her ledge just as another tranquilizer was fired. Rin let out a scream as they fell down and Kagome thought it was the loudest thing she had ever heard. Ignoring the ringing in her ears, she groped at the wall, grabbing for anything. What happened to that ledge? Wasn't it only a measly 20 feet away? How long did it take to fall that distance? Gasping when her fingers hit the ledge, Kagome didn't take time to celebrate, and she jumped down the last twenty feet and landed in a crouch. She hopped up and Rin was still crying, but mercifully had stopped screaming.

"Kagome, hurry! They're coming!" Rin yelled as a dozen men ran around the corner. Kagome turned and ran the opposite way into the woods, sprinting as hard as she could. Trees blurred past her and the cool air blew on her face as she dodged trees and jumped over fallen logs and bushes. She could still hear the men behind her and they were getting closer.

'Why are they getting closer?' Kagome thought with alarm as she came upon a group of birds who scattered with startled chirps. 'Are they demon?' her legs were starting to tire and her breathing was becoming labored.

Demon or not, she had been caged for three long years without exercise or adequate food. Her adrenaline was withering and she started to realize just how cool the air was. It had to have been mid-fall and the trees were dropping their colorful leaves. She could feel her body slowing down and knew she couldn't keep a quick pace for much longer, but she couldn't stop. Wouldn't stop. Wouldn't allow the guards to get their filthy hands on her and Rin. How could she? Not after making it this far.

Her bare feet made silent thudding noises on the damp ground and she was beginning to feel Rin's weight now. All forty-five pounds of it. She refreshed her hold on the young girl, who had finally fallen asleep.

Her eyes water from the air blowing into them, constantly drying them out. They sky was cloudy, blocking the sun, but it had to have been around six in the evening, because it was steadily getting darker. Kagome darted through a dense brush pile, and came stumbling out onto pavement.

'Thank goodness.' Kagome thought with relief. Civilization meant safety.

Looking down and up the highway, she saw headlights and ran out in front of them, ready to jump out of the way if the person wouldn't stop. It was dangerous and stupid, but she was tired and all she cared about was getting as far away as possible from that place and the guards who were close by.

Putting one hand up and using the other to hold Rin up, Kagome waved to the car and hopped up and down. She got the drivers attention, thankfully and the car slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road. Relief overtook Kagome as she ran over to the driver's window that was slowly rolling down.

A girl with brunette hair and a wary face was in the driver's seat, and looked from Kagome to Rin and back to Kagome.

"Thank you so much for stopping. Can you give us a ride to the nearest town?" Kagome asked in a desperate voice while glancing at the woods she had come out of. She noticed the wary look on the girl's face and her heart sank slightly. "Please." She pleaded, making eye contact with the girl, before glancing back at the woods. She could hear shouts now as her captors got closer. Kagome looked back at the girl, who was now looking at the woods with a look of curiosity and worry.

"Get in." the girl said. Kagome's heart raced as she ran to the passenger side and opened the back door to slide Rin into the back seat. She buckled Rin in and shut the door, before hopping into the front passenger seat and buckling herself in.

"Thank you so much. My name is Kagome. I am sorry for the inconvenience." Kagome said while offering the girl her hand to shake, but pulled it back when she saw the blood from her cuts. She could only imagine how rugged she looked from running through the woods and already being covered in blood.

"I'm Sango." Kagome was pulled from her worrying, by the girl's voice. She looked at Sango, who had just looked away from her bloody hands. "If you don't mind me asking, what exactly happened to you two?"

They were driving now and Kagome kept glancing out the side mirror, which didn't go unnoticed my Sango.

"I was being chased." Kagome answered.

"By who?" Sango asked while tightening her grip on the steering wheel. If she was helping a criminal or this girl was psychotic she was going to have problems with her future career, if she was caught.

Kagome paused and stuttered slightly. How was she supposed to tell someone she had been kidnapped by crazy scientists and she had her DNA fucked with? She would sound psychotic. She looked over at Sango and saw a frown on her face.

"I'm not a criminal or anything like that. I swear." Kagome said with desperation in her voice. She needed Sango to believe her. "It's complicated, but if you insist I'll do my best to explain…Even though it sounds crazy. Well it is crazy." Kagome gave a short laugh that lacked any humor.

Sango looked at Kagome with a serious look. "I do insist."

WOOOHOOO! Two chapters in one night! How do you like me now world?! I am feeling such inspiration...along with some tiredness...and hunger...I hope you liked this chapter as well!