THE EPILOGUE OF MAXIMUM RIDE
How the series is supposed to end
A/N: The following story comes next after FANG and ANGEL, when Fang decides to leave Max and the flock with a promise that he and Max will meet each other in 20 years at the cliff where they learned to fly with the hawks if the world is still intact.
WARNING: This story may contain OOC-ness. I apologize in advance :)) If you happen to encounter an Out-of-Character scene.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Maximum Ride. Credit goes to James Patterson and Little Brown and Company.
I landed with my right foot at the cave's entrance on the cliff. I suddenly felt a warm rush of nostalgia brushing in my mind.
I can clearly remember the days we spent here as if it happened just two minutes ago. Oh how I remember the time when we flew together with hawks. How we joined them in their loose formation. How we mimicked the banking of their wings. And almost how we mimicked how they ate raw desert rats for dinner! Well, at least one of us did it. Fang. I can't help chuckling about how Nudge went like 'eww' over his strange appetite. Maybe he was a little bit more avian than us?
That's when I realized how close I was with this Fang guy. (Get it? Fang guy? Oh, nevermind) Yes, I admit, he was once close to me. He was like a brother to me... and even a lover. He even used to protect me from all danger. But he is out of the family picture now. The once safeguarding wall to my sandcastle is now washed away by the rising tide.
I began to see his face again in my mind. His dark eyes which obscured his pupils. His lopsided smile that he always made when our eyes met. His powerful black wings which shone purple in the sunlight. His mysterious everything.
I shook my head to erase his face in my mind. I dropped to my knees. At the same time, I began to cry my heart out.
Okay, this is not the Maximum Ride many of you know. Maybe the Max you know is someone who's strong and undaunted. That's quite true. Even if all of my ribs get broken, I won't shed a single tear. But this is different. This pain is much worse than having a cracked spine. Because it hurts deep inside. (A/N: I know it's getting emo in this scene but in ANGEL, she got mild depression so I think this is still appropriate for her to do. I mean, she was hurt so much. Isn't it natural for her to do this scene? LOL)
I slammed my fist onto the rocky ground. It was an ouch. But I have something else inside me to cry for. Because when I lifted my view towards the cave's mouth, no one was there.
I felt half of my life drain out of me. I flew through distant miles just to get here, to see him, but he's not here. Maybe he's running late? No, he couldn't be.
'...I'll be there, waiting for you. You bet on it'
Those were the last words of his promise to me. But where is he? Could he be hiding?
I stood up and went in the cave. I almost tripped on a stone because I was walking carelessly. "Fang?" I called out his name, "Stop this hide-and-seek at once. Aren't you satisfied yet at what you've done to me? Come out and show me your face. Fang!"
I hoped for a response but there wasn't any aside from the echoing of my voice.
I desperately searched for him. I approached the darkest corners of the cave just to check if he is using his camouflage-in-the-dark powers. But every time I felt for a Fang in every shadow, I didn't touch any part of him.
I fell to my knees again, weeping. Then, I heard the sound of flapping wings just outside the cave. I turned around to see who/what was it.
There, at the entrance of the cave, I saw a winged fellow descend.
To be continued...
