Caged Friendship
By A Unique Kunoichi
Hello! A few friends of mine recently got me into the Maximum Ride series – what a good series, too! I just went out and bought the second book. Anyway, I really like Ari – I cried when he died – so the idea came to me to write this. I apologize if anything in this is inaccurate, as I haven't really started the second book yet, so please be kind and patient! Thank you, and enjoy! Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride.
Chapter One
I woke up stuffed in a medium sized dog cage with a tingly feeling in my left leg. The door of the dimly lit room opened, and two whitecoats entered. I curled up in response, webbed hands hugging my knees close to me. Confused murmurs came from the others; they all wanted to get out of this place. Just like me.
"Keep him here," I heard one of the whitecoats say. "I'll come by to give him food everyday, but I want you to keep an eye on him." This one had a soft, male voice.
"Yes sir." The second voice. A female. "I'll make sure he behaves."
The first one chuckled. "Thanks, Maria." It was quiet for a moment, then I heard sounds… They were muffled sobs. Scared, shaky sobs. I remembered my first day here – I sounded the exact same way.
"You'll be safe here, Ari." It was the male voice again. Soft, reassuring… The voice of a liar.
He couldn't be trusted.
I looked up, only to restrain a gasp. Yes, there were the two whitecoats. But by the male's side was a small boy. He looked young… Four at the oldest with dark, curly hair. I couldn't see his face because he was so far away, but I knew he was terrified.
That boy had no idea what was going to happen to him. My heart went out to him.
The man ruffled the child's hair when he wouldn't walk forward. "You'll be staying next to Number 35," he said in that same, silky voice. I hated him for it.
"Dad…" I saw the child, Ari, cringe when he saw me.
That really hurt.
Yes, I know that this chapter is short. I'm deciding to make them that way because that's what James Patterson does in the Maximum Ride series, so I guess I'm using that sort of style. I hope this is good so far! Please leave a review! …Oh, and no flaming.
