My first songfic, guys. Go easy on me. If you like my writing please tell me, and check out Cloverfield.
"This ends now, Jeb! You can't control me anymore!" I screamed, the waves rocking my body. I saw Fang flying towards me, the ocean mist hitting his wings, slowing them down. He'd be too late.
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
"I can't save the world! I'm only fourteen! If you had never put bird DNA in me, I'd be a normal teenager, with normal friends, and a God-damn normal life!" I grabbed a gun from a Flyboy's dead form.
"Max, think about this. If I'd never done that, then you would never had met Fang, or the rest of the Flock. You would never had gone on adventures, or…" Jeb tried to back away from me, but I just kept coming.
"Adventures? Adventures! My whole life had been one great big adventure! Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, it'll take me five minutes to figure out where I am! I grew up in a cage, Jeb, and you're trying to tell me about adventures?!" I laughed manically.
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
Fang was getting close now. I'd better finish my little speech and get the job done.
"Do you know how many lives I've killed? More than you and your experiments, for sure! All the Erasers, Flyboys, Ari! I killed my own brother. Twice! How do you think I feel? And it's all your fault!" I shrieked, cocking the gun.
"Say your prayers, Jeb, cause by the looks of it, you'll need to if you want to get to heaven."
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take
"Max, this is all a big misunderstanding. Just thing about it. I'm your father. You can't kill me." Jeb tripped over a dead Flyboy, and fell to the ground.
"Wanta bet?" I aimed the gun at his chest, ignoring Fang's shouts.
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
"I don't care anymore, Jeb! The world can be damned! I'm going to expire, just like all the Erasers! It won't matter, even if I do destroy Itex! Everyone's a failure!"
And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
Fang was only two yards away. Jeb looked sadly at me and said, "I'm sorry for having to do this, Max, but it's for your good." It was then that I realized Jeb had a gun. He aimed, and fired.
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I spun around. Fang was lying on the beach, gasping for air. I ran to him.
"Fang, I'm so sorry! This is all my fault! If I'd never…" He shushed me.
"Max, it's not you're fault. You need to save the world, Max." Blood was seeping through his shirt.
"No! I need to save you! You have to help me save the world. I can't do it on my own." I babbled through my tears.
Fang gave me a small smile. "You won't be on your own. You'll have the Flock. Save the world for me, Max. I love you." Fang shut his eyes, and his breathing stopped. I screamed as I layed my head down on his bloody shirt and sobbed.
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be