Nervous footfalls pounded against the hard floor as the delicate female ran, her direction and meaning unknown even to her. Eyes remained wide open, looking fearfully around everywhere - For no place was safe in her eyes.She went by the calling of Laika, a fine name for any female such as herself, and she did infact take pride in it. A name famous amongst humans for their kind, anyway, and all about a dog, too. Statues were raised in her honour - The one who gave her life for their research in space.

But the husky was unaware of this. She just felt it had a 'ring' to it. Fair enough. She liked it anyway. But such un-related thoughts were not in her mind today. She had found herself out in the country somehow, and had strayed from the streets she knew so well. Being out in the open air reminded her of a tortured past, and she could see large foresrs in the distance - Eerily like the one that cloaked the hiding place of the labs - Her living Hell.

Slowling her frantic pace, she soon found herself outside the gates of a schoolyard. Young humans had been released from inside for lunch, and were running around, happy as can be, in the fresh air. A young girls attention soon drew to the silver dog by the fence, and she wandered over merrily, arms outstreached for a pet. But no, such a positiong reminded the dog of humans coming towards her in a simalar fashion, to remove her from her tiny metal cage, and take her away for more pain and misery. Fear filled her eyes, and she scampered away immediatly, leaving the bewildered gaze of the human cub behind her.

She raced around to the other side of the school, and to a much quieter area, behind many blocks of classrooms and corridors. A chill spring air ran through her coat, and she sighed. Safe, comparativly. No cubs were around here, and they all stayed around the playground side of the large building, forgetting about the dog almost straight away. Checking this new place was safe, the little female lay down quietly, resting her weary head upon her paws, and slept.