Final Test, Chapter One: Something's Wrong.
Max POV:
Okay, to state the obvious, I really hate Itex. We are all trapped in dog crates at the school. Just recently we were kidnapped by Erasers, and they just did shock treatments on Angel. I kicked the cage door open and gave two of the guys concussions, and I may have killed one of them, but I'm not sure. Now the bars on the cages have electric currents going through them. I learned that the hard way.
"Max? You okay?" asked Fang. Yeah, we were cramped in a crate together. Iggy was with Nudge, Gazzy with Total and Angel.
"What? I'm fine, why?" I asked. He looked at me with a hint of something in his eyes. Worry, maybe. Great, what was wrong with me now?
"You're shaking," he said. I looked at my legs, and sure enough, I was trembling. I didn't think I broke anything, and even if I did, I didn't usually get shaky. Fang took two fingers and rested them on my wrist. For a long second or two, he studied my pulse.
"Your pulse is really fast," he looked at me "What happened when you went into the shock room?"
"I beat the guys up. I may have killed one of them," I said coolly. A quick grin flashed across his face so fast that if you blinked, you would have missed it. His expression was suddenly serious. He put his hand on my forehead, and I closed my eyes, taking in the sudden cooling sensation spreading across my head. He took it off, and I returned to the previous burning feeling.
"You're about 102 degrees. Something's wrong, Max." His dark brown eyes pierced into mine. I opened my mouth to say something, when the Voice popped into my head.
Get closer to Fang, Max
"What?" I said aloud. Fang looked at me quizzically, and I tapped my head, indicating the Voice. He looked down again.
Fang's core body temperature is approximately 97.3 degrees. If you get closer to him, it will lower your core temperature, and your heart will beat slower.
That might be a little awkward… "Fang, I need to get closer to you to get my heart beat normal," I thought back.
Just do it, Maximum.
I sighed and turned towards Fang.
"Uh, Fang?"
"Yeah?" he answered.
"This may sound really weird, but, uh, the Voice said to get closer to you because you have a lower body temperature and all, and well, I'm seriously not making this up!" He chuckled a little.
"It's fine, Max. I know I'm…cold," He said. I laughed, and inched myself next to him. I laid my head on his shoulder, feeling the instant cold feeling, and in the comfort of it slowly drifted to sleep.