A/N: So part two is on the way. You didn't think I would actually keep all of you handing, did you? Of course not!
So really it's not rocket science to know you should read the part one first: A camping trip of a life time, to understand this. So if you have not read that, you should before you carry one. I hope you guys enjoy this one as much as the first one. It's a bit more Maximum rideish. So do enjoy.
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Short Summary: The camping trip went surprisingly well for Max, she found a boyfriend, fixed a friendship that she had lost years ago and gained trustworthy friends. What she had not planned was for her father to show up –the man who she hated, to appear on the way going home. Now Max and her friends are stuck in an unknown forest running for their lives. All they have are each other, but is that enough?
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THE LAST TRIP:
Chapter One: Little Girl Run:
You can run from your past, but you can't hide from your past.
"Run!"
"Run!"
I chopped through the grass, a gallop of feet, the thumps in tune with the pounding of my heart. Every cell in me screaming to run, get so far away, blond hair stuck to my forehead pasted there by light sweat. Oh god, how could this become my life? I haven't seen, heard or thought of my father for so long. And then all of a sudden he's here in the flash, posing as a bus driver. How more messed up could that get?
It was a blessing we got away.
My father had stared at me coolly, calculated. His brown eyes ventured up to my wing tip that had freed some point during my fall. Pride flashed in those eyes. I gashed my teeth together in anger, sickness a thick cord, coiled in a ball in my stomach. After so long, hatred still flared inside me, for what he did to my mom, me and Fang. I could never forgive him for any of it. Looking at him now, I knew he didn't care nor wanted my acceptance. He'll take what he wanted, no mercy.
"Max!"
It was Fang, my Fang. His fingers were latched on my useless, hanging arm, pulling, tugging. His voice was drenched in concern. But hell, I couldn't even speak my voice box unwilling to work. His voice sounded so far away, like it was being shoved through a long, cocooned tube, not quit reaching me. All I could focus on was my father. My basted of a father.
God, I hated him.
"How did you find me?" My mouth spoke. My brain however yelled 'run!"
I didn't.
"How could I not." He said. "Max you're my daughter. I've been keeping taps on you for some time." He muttered. He reached for me. I recoiled back, Fangs fingers clutching harder into my flesh, worried. Jeb pulled back, shaking his head. "Your mother had no right to keep you from me. No right at all."
"And you have no right to be here." I said through my tightly clenched teeth.
Jeb chucked low, and quietly. "Don't I?" He asked amused, smiling slowly, an evil tilt to his lips. The bus doors swept open. Two brute-looking Erasers joined him. "Max, you belong to me now and Fang too." He glanced at Fang, and then the others. "Your friends are just a package deal."
Cold fury zipped through me. This was personal. Between me and him, he didn't have to put the others in the middle of this. But he knew taking the others, will help achieve his goal.
To have me,
"Ohmygod!"Lissa wailed, voice hitching. "No, please no." She begged.
In the background the others stared to get restless.
"Max you up for a bit of a workout?" Fang's breath was warm, close to my ear. His soft lips brushed the shell as he asked the mellow question.
I looked at him in the corner of my eye, and then gave him the smallest nod, lucky that Jeb missed it with his rambling.
"-Now I hope you won't hold too much of a grudge. In time you will understand, I just want what's best for you."
"Yeah?" I asked quietly.
"Of course," he said adamant.
I smiled sweetly at him "How sweet of you."
It was then I lashed out. Picking my feet off the floor, I kicked him hard in the stomach. Putting all the anger and resentment in that one powerful kick. Jeb stumbled back hitting the steering wheel behind him. The bus went chaotic, a furry of movement. Fang leaped up from his spot, already on one of the Erasers. The second one I took care of. I landed a swift punching to his head; a growl fell from his peeled back lips. Ah, I still got it.
"Everyone stay back!" I yelled as the Eraser swept a meaty paw at me. I ducked "Missed." I singed mockingly, before elbowing him in the eye socket. I slammed my knee in his gut. He bent over, howling. The last punch did it. The Eraser went down in a heap of fur, stink and awkward wings. I quickly looked at Fang to see him staring down at his own collapsed Eraser in triumph.
"Max!
"Fang!"
Sam's voice cut right through my battle haze. He and the rest were huddled at the back of the bus. I blinked amused as he titled his chin at the broken window. The long square window was smashed through; glass jutted the sides like teeth. Big enough to fit a person.
I and Fang ran.
"Maximum Ride don't you dare!" Jeb yelled. I turned. His fingers were wrapped around the wheel, anger pouring off him in waves. His face was mold into a stranger. No were near the dad he should have been. "I'm your father don't run."
"You're no father of mine." I said calmly "You never were."
I turned back to the others, who already climbed through the window. Fang had one leg daggling out, waiting for me. He reached me and we linked hands. With his help we left the bus. My father's voice ringing in the sky, behind us "YOU CAN'T RUN! I WILL FIND YOU. YOU'RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWERE!"
The words stuck me cold. Because it was the truth, we totally were stuck. And I had no clue were. I put that worry in the back of my head, for later. No time, right now we had to find a place to buckle down safe, to figure things out.
"Uh…guys we have company." Zach said.
Behind us three more Erasers were already gaining up on us, eyes horned in on us. Smartly, I had to do this smartly. Up ahead, a distance away was a cave. Perfect. It was low to the ground, leaves concealing the round low to the ground opening.
"Guys!" I yelled to them. "Up ahead there's is a low cave. We are going too spilt. Meet there when you lose them, Okay?"
Everyone agreed.
"And be careful." I stressed.
We all went our own ways.
My legs burned with the workout. I was so much better in the sky, but the others had no wings. So I stayed grounded. Worried I wondered If Fang was okay, please let him be okay. When we had split, I had lost him. I looked over my shoulder. But that was fruitless. An Eraser leaped at me that moment. I yelped as we both went down, he flipped me over, straddling my hips. He snarled down at me, hands wrapped around my throat. I struggled against the hold, trying to slide free. Useless. Goddammit! It was useless. In a fit of range, I buckled underneath him, almost throwing him off. In a last attempt I shoved with one hand, and then twisted out of his gasp. Kneeling, I sucked in air, filling my deflated lungs. "You are going to pay for that." I promised.
He scrambled to his feet but I was faster. I punched him hard on the crown of his head, before he fully got grounded. Kneeing him was all it took. He thumped to the ground, dead weight.
I ran.
A had shot out from behind the tree no more than a few seconds later. I was about to deliver another punch. But Fang's voice stopped me "It's okay. It's me."
I felt like crying.
I didn't.
But it was a strong feeling that took residue inside of me. "Thank god, you're alright."
"Shh…it's fine. I won't leave you. I promised." He said quietly, caressing my hair gently. He pulled me in close. "You might wanna see this." He said grimly.
I looked up confused. He shook his head. Fang pulled back, tightly holding my hand. We both peeked behind the tree.
No way.
"It's Dan…?"
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