[Warning. Mention of blood and bone]
*deep in the poultry cave...*

I took in a deep shaky breath, tightly gripping a sword in my hand. I have been waiting for this for a while but I had not planned for it to be so...scary. My creation H12 was next to me, the artificial wing looked almost exactly how I had imagined. Metals poles in a curved line, it was in the shape of a bat wing with plastic like fabric that matched the color of my wings holding together the smooth shiny metal poles that stretched out from the base.

I finally take off the bandages around my back letting my wings stretch out, my left wing spread out fast showing off it's tan coloring that fades into a soft orange at its tips. It is in good shape besides being a bit smushed from being in the bandages for so long.

My other wing though... gosh I still hate it.
The other wing flopped to the ground like a rag doll. It was bloodied and broken with clipped feathers. The wing was also bent in a unnatural way. It makes me feel sick.

I know what I must do, I have to get rid of that wing... I swiftly chug down potions of regeneration, those potions always taste good at first like sweet cherries freshly picked but I know they do not let you off without that horrendous aftertaste of spoiled ketchup. I cover my mouth as the after taste hits me like a boulder. Fighting the want to chug milk to remove the flavor I Cary on, that is not the worst of it.

I hold up my freshly sharpened sword looking down at my damaged wing getting ready to swing. Fear swarmed my heart as I lifted the sword up feeling like I was at the top of a Roller coaster hill with no seat belt.

I take a big breath and count.

1...
2...
3.

I swing.

It is blurring....I reach out to the tangled bandages that are now spread out across the floor like a stack of hay. I pull them in wrapping what is now a bleeding stump. I try my hardest to keep my curious eyes from wandering to the wound but can not help but stare at the bare bone that was cut straight through.

I wrap it tightly, it dose not feel like anything the stump is completely numb like when you get a cavity filled and they numb your mouth so on the way home you can not feel your cheeks.

The stump is now completely wrapped..,I think...I am going to...sleep....

...

I jolt awake sitting up swiftly from the ground gasping for breath. "W-wait what...did I...
I look over at what is left of my wing, it was merely a poorly bandages stump now with a few bandages limply hanging of it. I look away trying to sort out my racing thoughts as they push around my head. My whole body felt a sort of numb pain, mostly from shock.

I looked over at H12, now all I would have to do is attach the artificial wing and...I would be able to fly again. To feel the wind flying past my face like rockets, to go through the steaming clouds as they dance in the breathtaking sky. To see the starts to close to myself yet so amazingly far as the cold night air surrounds me in completely tranquility. To-

"Wait- What am I even waiting for!?"
I leaped up like a rabbit who just found a fresh garden to raid grabbing the slick wing in my hands. I strapped it on...it perfectly fit on my wing stump almost as if it was carefully hand-crafted for me... well it was but that is not the point!

Running outside, it almost felt like a dream.... the setting sun filling the sky with oranges and reds dancing in the sky forming an array of beauty. I step out of the poultry cave to a cliff side as wind whipped through my hair without mercy, I stretched my wings. When was the last time I felt so free? It's as if a weight was lifted off my chest.

Spreading my wings I leaped off the cliff.

I was soaring above the trees, I couldn't help but cry tears of joy but thanks to the wind speed they were not there for long.

Final-

I smacked into a tree.

"...I need some practice"