I woke up to dark figures tieing my hands and feet. Enraged, I tried to scream, but the duct tape kinda blocked it.
Squirming, I tried to free my hands and feet, but, besides from being tied together, the also had a flyboy sitting on them. Well crap!
I looked up and saw Jeb… grinning in triumph? So much for the good guy, huh.
I tried to flip him the bird (inside joke, hehe!) but that's a little hard with a mechanical robot thing sitting on your hands.
I was lifted up and taken away from the campsite we had chosen for the least they weren't taking my Flock, too. When we were well out of even Iggy's earshot, they sat me down.
"You are going to write a letter to them," Jeb told me.
I tried to say, "And the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy will unite to save the world from tooth decay and infection," but it came out as a series of grunts. Jeb seemed to notice the sarcastic quality of my grunts.
"If you don't cooperate, I will order the flyboys to go kill the flock while they're still asleep."
Ouch.
"Do you agree to do what I say?'
I nodded my head.
"Good. Now, I am going to dictate to you what to write."
Another head nod.
My hands were untied, but I wasn't goingto tryy to escape. The flock's lives were worth more than that to me.
"Dear flock," Jeb began. "The Voice just told me how the flyboys are tracking us. I have a tracking chip in my leg. I can't stand putting you in danger like that. Please don't come after me.- Max"
I copied it down on the paper that he provided. With a shock, I realized that there were tears in my eyes.
"Get up," Jeb ordered. I tried, I really did, but there's only so much you can do when your feet are tied together. As soon as Jeb saw pulled me to my feet, he had a flyboy pick me up. Then stab me with a needle. Everything…started…..to….go…black...
