Eris: Those of you expecting another chapter, this is... sort of one. Ina actuality it is a snipit from my story IGGY: A Maximum Ride Novel book 8 also posted under this catagory. This story has action, angst, suspense, adventure, and a good bit of romance. Including Fax and I/E and Ratchet/Star and a good bit of OC/OC!
Iggy: She's really excited about this story, so I suggest you read it or else she'll explode.
Eris: There will be OCs, but they're necessary! Fang's group will appear and The Flock and a new group called THE COLONY (a bunch od bat/human hybrids)! It'll be exciting! But, anyway, I will let you read this and there will be the summary of the actual story below.
"Do you think it's time?"
"We've run a lot of tests; I think it's stable enough to try movement."
"How did it manage to survive the explosion?"
Voices. Noise.
Where am I?
"It's a shame that it got so ruined. It would be so much easier on the eyes had it not burned from the explosion…"
"Yes, a… necessary evil, but now it's more advanced. It's more special than the others and that is why it survived."
I am not an "it"…
"Dr. Camerose just got a message from her son: the remaining experiments from the Chiroptera Project survived and they will all be eliminated save experiment VP01. He also says that he will bring the flock in as well."
The flock… my family… they're in danger! I must… help them…
"Take this experiment to a crate."
"Yes, sir."
I could feel myself being lifted from the examination table and after being suspended in air, thrown into a wooden crate quite harshly. I couldn't help the moan that escaped my lips.
"Careful! It's a valuable piece of machinery! DON'T mess it up or Dr. Camerose will. Have. Your. Head."
"Y-yes, sir."
I gradually heard the voices leave and I was soon left in silence. My eyes, still closed, opened, but I couldn't see a thing. Everything was dark and fuzzy, and my head hurt… I reached up to grip my head and when I opened my eyes, my vision slowly began to return to me.
I was in a small crate in a large white room. More crates surrounded me, but they were all mostly empty. I pulled my hands away from my head and a flash of silver caught my attention. Tentatively I looked over at my left arm and screamed.
It was made entirely out of metal.
My right arm was normal and I frantically searched my body finding one eye, half my skull, and parts of my legs and stomach were also made out of metal. Terror seeped into my consciousness when I realized I was no longer human; I spread my wings, finding them not there. Instead, my back had two metallic wings with metal feathers grafted on a metal back.
I screamed again, covering my face with my hands as I broke down. Tears fell from my human eye while the machine one remained unresponsive.
I wasn't human.
I was even more of a freak than before.
I was a… what do you call it? A cyborg.
"Hey, are you okay?" a voice asked from beside me. I turned to look at them, seeing a teenager with black hair and green eyes staring at me in concern. Slowly I nodded, noticing another boy in the crate on the other side of the one who spoke.
"What, what's your name?" he asked. I stared at him through my fingers, my mind going blank.
What was my name? Who was I?
Flashed of color came into my vision; I saw a tall blond girl with brown eyes smiling at me and telling me I was her favorite. She felt like my mother, but she was too young to be so.
I saw a teenage guy with dark eyes and dark hair kissing the top of my head as he tucked me into bed.
I saw another teenage boy, but this one had strawberry blond hair and sightless blue eyes. He lit a match and made a bomb.
I saw an African American girl with messy brown hair grabbing my arm and laughing with me over something I couldn't hear. She hugged me and told me things, things I couldn't hear nor could remember, but she was so familiar. I felt a strong kinship with her.
I saw a boy that looked like me. He held my hand as we walked down the streets of… somewhere…
I saw a little black dog, a Scottie, with equally small wings curl up on my lap and fall asleep.
I saw a bear with wings that I instantly picked up and held to my chest.
The blond, motherly girl came back into my vision. She smiled at me and lifted me into her arms, carrying me because I had skinned my knee when I had fallen down. I was crying and she hushed me gently.
"It's okay, it's only a scratch." She assured. I sniffed and looked at her.
"But it hurts!" I wailed. She smiled before stooping down to kiss my sore knee and place a band-aid on it. I stopped crying and looked at her. She was still smiling at me and helped me stand.
"Better?"
I nodded my head. "Better."
She laughed, a sound that was like a familiar melody. "I love you, Angel."
"I love you too, Max."
I looked at him. "Angel. My name is Angel."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Angel." And then he smiled at me. "I'm Finn and this is Otto."
Eris: so this is summary, as I said:
SUMMARY: Everyone has their skeletons in the closet, even Dylan. What happens when his comes back to haunt him? And it seems that Iggy's new friend has a few secrets of her own. Is it up to Iggy to save the world this time?
Eris is desperate; her family's been kidnapped and the only hope she has lies in the arms of a blind pyromaniac and a robotic bat ironically name Sparrow. While she and the youngest member of her family work together with the flock, her "brother", Cale, runs into Fang's Gang and the rest of her family find Angel in ITEX, but she's a little worse for wear... Dylan's not all that he seems and Eris is determined to prove it. Is murdering him her only way of saving herself from the insanity that threatens to consume her? And, her long dead love comes back to life and is out for her blood. Why can't she just leave in peace for once? Is she doomed to die, or can Iggy show that he's the most fit for the "hero" position? Read to find out!
Eris: I really hope you decide to read it. It would mean the world to me! Besides, if you loved this semi-two-shot, you'll love this story even more! I hope you check it out!
