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Chapter 2
Max's POV
Last time on CBTM:
I heard someone coming back up the stairs and another person stepping out from behind a cubical. "Max?"
I turned towards the voice I had heard so many times in my head and in my dreams. My heart sped up and I heard my flock gasp behind me. I almost didn't want to believe it.
Max's POV
"Fang," I whispered, daring to hope that it was him standing there.
The footsteps kept getting louder then they suddenly stopped. I wanted to turn and look, but my eyes were captivated by the person standing right in front of me. "Tails!" I heard the other person shout and they ran over to the girl, who I suppose was Tails, laying in front of me.
I quickly glanced at the person dragging Tails over to the side of the room. He had red hair, red wings, and many freckles. I could see that he was very muscular but was still lean in that bird kid sort of way. Almost the same build as Dylan.
Nudge and Angel had recovered from the initial shock of seeing Fang here and had run up to him tackling him with a hug. Gazzy quickly followed the two girls while Iggy stood beside Dylan emotions playing out on his face.
I just stood there not believing what I was seeing. I wanted to run up to him, to really truly be with him again, but I was also mad at him for leaving me after he promised he would never do it again.
My heart ached for his warm embrace, and I could see that he hadn't taken his eyes off of me yet. Not even to check on the girl Tails. I instantly felt my heart ache with the thought of him being with her.
I heard the girl screech in pain, and we all turned our heads to her. "Stop! Please stop Sam!" she cried.
"I can't, I have to set the bones or else it won't heal right!" the redhead told her. That was the first time Fang seemed to notice the girl.
"Tails!" he cried and ran over to her, "What happened?"
Tails pointed to me, "She slid into my ankle and the bones cracked and then I fell while you stared at her. I'm pretty sure it's broken." She told him.
"Iggy do you think you could take a look at it?" Fang asked him.
"Um sure, can't exactly take a look, but I can you know feel around and set it in place." Iggy told him. I could see he had made his decision about how he was going to feel about Fang. He was angry with him, and I could totally understand that.
Iggy walked towards the sound of Fang's voice and knelt down beside Tails. She winced as he felt along her ankle. "Yeah, it's defiantly broken. You'll probably be out for about a week, but I suppose that depends on your healing rate."
"A week sounds about right." She growled.
"You need to get back to your home, prop it up, and ice it." he told her. She nodded but of course Iggy didn't see it.
"She nodded Iggy." Fang told him.
"Ok Fang." Iggy said icily. I had taught the boy well.
For the first time since Fang had noticed Tails he looked over at me. "Do you guys need a place to stay for tonight?" he asked me.
I looked at my flock. Most of their eyes looked at me pleadingly. I nodded, "Yeah I guess so, but for tonight only." I said looking at each one. They cheered and Angel and Nudge started jumping up and down and hugging each other. I sighed hoping I could handle this.
Fang reached over and picked up Tails who crossed her arms and glared at him. He shook his head and jumped out of the broken window with Sam and my flock behind him.
We landed on the roof of their apartment building, and waited for Sam to unlock the roof door. I sat down on an empty crate while we waited thinking about our situation. I had been counting down the days until I would meet Fang in the cave where we first flew with the hawks, and now we had crossed paths. I had no idea how I would handle having to leave him again.
The door flew open and Sam motioned for us to follow him. My flock went in behind him and I waited for the last of them to go through the door before I looked at Fang still holding Tails. He motioned for me to go ahead of him and I walked forward not even turning to see how close behind me he had followed.
A few floors later we arrived at their apartment. I entered it and began to look for escape routs; two windows in the living room three bedrooms two bathrooms and a kitchen that connected to the living room.
Fang came in soon after I did and laid Tails on the couch in the living room. Sam went to get the first aid kit. He returned quickly with it and some crutches. After her ankle had been set and wrapped up everyone seemed to relax a little.
I was curious, despite my better nature, about where these two mutants had come from and weather they had any special powers like the rest of us.
"Fang, Max is curious." Tails said." I looked at her wondering if she was a mind reader like Angel.
"Curious about what?" he asked me.
"About them. Where did you find them? Who are they and do they have powers? Why does she look like you? How old are they?" I let my flood of questions out but still refrained from asking the real questions I wanted to ask.
Fang looked at Sam and Tails, "Well I found them in a branch of the school in Texas. They are Tails and Sam. Yes they have powers. Tails is my twin sister. There 17 like you, me, and Iggy. Anything else?"
"Ok, what are there powers? Why is Tails named Tails? And why is Sam named Sam? How long were they in the school?" I asked because he only gave me the information to my first questions.
"Tails can sense emotion, who it's coming from and who it's directed to, and she can broadcast some of her own emotion. At the moment she is working on trying to control other people's emotions. Sam can shoot acid or more accurately venom out of his tail. Tails is called Tails because she is part canine and has a grey tail. Sam stands for Scorpion Avian man. They were in the school for 15 years before I rescued them."
Wow in dog crates for 15 years, I thought starting to feel a little sorry for them.
"Yeah, it was pretty brutal." Sam said looking at Tails. She just nodded with a far away look in her eyes.
"What about you Max?" Fang asked me, "What have you been doing all these years?"
"You know the same old same old. Running from bad guys, trying to save the world." Trying to heal my broken heart and keep from falling apart in front of the flock. I thought sadly. Fang seemed to know what I was thinking and he looked away sadly.
"Wish I could have been a part of it." he said quietly.
"Yeah well you have your own flock now." I told him. He nodded and stared out the window. I realized then how quiet my flock was being. Dylan hadn't said a word since the phone call and neither had Nudge amazingly.
"What's for lunch? I'm starved." Gazzy piped up thankfully disrupting the awkward silence that had been created.
"There's left over pizza in the fridge." Tails said, "And I think we have some toaster waffles in the freezer. I'd be careful though I have no idea how old they are."
Iggy sighed, "Is that all you have?"
"Yeah pretty much," Sam told him.
Iggy shook his head, and opened the window, "I'll be back in like five minuets, Gazzy you coming?" Gazzy jumped up and just about knocked over a lamp sitting on small table in the corner of the room.
"No bomb supplies!" I yelled after them, and closed my eyes. Today had been a long day, and it was only half over.
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