Exile
Chapter One
By Lina
Maximum Ride characters don't belong to me.
I stood. I felt emotionless, uncaring, and torn apart. My one and only weakness, my flock, was ripping me to shreds. I could hear no longer as my brain literally shut down. All I has heard was, "We think you should leave" and nothing else. I rocked back on my heels, bent my knees and jumped into the air while snapping my wings out. I quickly gained altitude. My eyes did not see, and my skin did not feel. My senses did not register anything. There was only one thought.
Exiled.
I didn't cry, because I still am the Maximum Ride, but I knew that this would most probably be my demise. I flew not caring where I was going and letting my internal self determine the destination. It could have been mere minutes or weeks, but I soon found myself coming to a steady landing and slowly walking forward. I hummed a low pitch, my way of showing approval, as I approached my greatest fear. The place where I was created now stood before me. The School.
I went forward and rang the doorbell. Never had I ever rung it before. It was either an air vent or an explosive blowing a hole in the ground. On any given day I would have smirked, but not today. I had nothing to live for anymore. They didn't care. They had simply crushed my heart and watched as I left.
"Aha. There you are. I was expecting you to be here soon." Jeb had answered the door. He glanced behind me. I followed his gaze to see five bird kids coming our way. I turned towards Jeb with lifeless eyes.
"They can't get in. The outside is impenetrable to the bombs. No vents. You'll be safe from them. I'm not sure about the other scientists though." He frowned, and quickly pulled me inside, shutting the thick glass doors. Why glass? Well, probably because I was now looking at the desperate faces of the flock screaming, yelling, and trying to destroy the glass. I saw a bomb get stuck on the outside of the door and they all backed away. I did so too, and Jeb shut the Bomb-proof metal doors. How did I know these details? Jeb was explaining to me how impenetrable the School now was. I couldn't even hear the flock outside.
"Here. I'll show you to your new room." He turned to the left, me trailing behind him.
Along the way I looked left and right. All of the new holding quarters for experiments had the ridiculously thick glass. So, I could see each face staring at me through the glass. However, my brain was still shut down and so I couldn't register any faces as I just went on, emotionless. It felt like I had no soul anymore.
"Here you are Max." Jeb smiled a little and walked away, trusting me to go into my room. I walked in to see a nice little setup. It was like a regular room, the walls even painted a soft green with soft, almost unseen, yellow splotches. It was a welcoming little atmosphere. I even had a desk with a laptop on it. I'd probably never use it though. I lay down on my new bed. There being no windows, I only had artificial light. However, knowing that I was going to sleep, it was shut off and I slipped into a nightmare reliving the events which had only just happened.
