Okay, I am guessing that many of you have heard of the Ipod challenge. It is where you set your Ipod (or other music playing device) on random and write a short story for whatever song pops up. You have to stop when the song stops. You do it ten times. I am going to give it a try, except I will do ten one-shots. I will end them when they end, not when the song ends (all of the songs I listen to are to short to get a good story.) So, here you go!
This first one is about ten years after MAX. Fang has been gone for three years, because he was in the army. America was in a war (completely made up) and a draft was necessary. Fang got pulled in and had to go. He is now coming back. (I have no idea if the army actually does any of this stuff, but I am using artistic license.
Fang POV
Well, I was finally going home. Apparently, even though I was only 98% human, I still qualified for a draft. So, I was pulled and sent off three years ago. I sat on the bus as it drove to my house. I looked again at the letter I had. It was from Ella.
Fang,
Things haven't been the same since you left. I don't think you can stay much longer. Max...isn't doing well. She hasn't been sleeping enough, or eating enough. She just sits in her room and stared at the last letter you sent. Whenever a new one comes, she always gets to it first. She reads it, then lets me have it so I can read it to the Flock and Mom. Max has been sort of half-asleep, half-awake. The only time she shows any emotion is when another letter comes. Angel says that getting the mail is the best and worst part of her day. That she wants a letter from you, but is terrified that a letter will come saying you died.
Okay, you need to get back here as soon as possible. Mom just found out. Max needs you. I don't care how you get out of service, but you will and you will get your butt back home. If you don't, well, I can't promise you will come back to all of us. Get back here soon as possible, or I will send Gazzy after you. Hurry. Please.
See you soon (or else!)
Ella.
I frowned. Ella's letter worried me. As soon as I had gotten it, I had gone to one of the officers and explained. When they heard that my girlfriend might kill herself if I didn't get back, they apparently had a big problem. They couldn't really send me back, but I definitely couldn't stay. Eventually, the choice was taken out of their hands. I got shot through the shoulder, and so I had to go home. I smiled. It was going to be a big surprise for everyone. The bus had a radio playing, and a new song came on.
I spent 20 years trying to get out of this place
I was looking for something I couldn't replace
Who says you can't go home I went as far as I could, I tried to find a new face Who says you can't go home I been there, done that and I ain't looking that It doesn't matter where you are, it doesn't matter where you go Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
I was running away from the only thing I've ever known
Like a blind dog without a bone
I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone
I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold
I been there, done that and I ain't lookin' back on the seeds I've sown,
Saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone
Who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone, who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
There isn't one of these lines that I would erase
I lived a million miles of memories on that road
With every step I take I know that I'm not alone
You take the home from the boy, but not the boy from his home
These are my streets, the only life I've ever known,
who says you can't go home
There's only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone, who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
It's been a long long road
Feels like I never left, that's how the story goes
If it's a million miles aways or just a mile up the road
Take it in, take it with you when you go,
who says you can't go home
There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, its alright
Who says you can't go home
Who says you can't go home
Wow. That song was freakishly accurate. I had been looking for a way to get out of the place where I was, mentally, for the past twenty years. But, I was finally going home. And this time, I wasn't leaving ever again, no matter what.
The bus pulled up right in front of my house. The whole Flock was out front, and they looked up curiously. It had been awhile since I had seen any of them. There were a couple people that I didn't know, but I completely forgot about them when I saw Max. She was thin, almost unhealthily so. She was staring at the bus.
I stood up. My stuff was being brought by a different bus tomorrow, so I didn't have to grab anything. I hurried off the bus.
Once I stepped off the bus, the whole Flock froze. We stared at each other for a few moments, then Angel shrieked.
"FANG!!!"
All of them swamped me. But I only had eyes for one face. Max was staring at me like I was a ghost. As soon as I could, I walked up to her. We stared at each other for a few moments, then she flung her arms around me. She buried her face in my shoulder, and I wrapped my arms around her. I felt wetness on my shirt and running down my cheeks. I bent my head and whispered in Max's ear.
"I'm never leaving again."
"I thought you-you-"
I lifted her chin so we were looking in each others eyes. I grinned, the grin I saved for Max and only Max.
"Who says you can't go home?"
