Okay, I'm FINALLY updating this after a never-ending stream of Volunteer hours. Thanks to Unlabeled for bringing my attention back to this!!
Sacrifice
Chapter 2
Emotions ran through me at a pace I didn't know was possible. Guilt, anger, Curiousity, joy, hope, and hurt.
I don't know why, it can't be her, I told myself. But Angel didn't think so. She ran forward across the street wit protests from passing cars that nearly hit her.
"Angel!" I yelled and I followed her followed by Gazzy and Nudge. We ran across the street and looked for Angel.
We found her halfway up the block and when we got to her, she was crying and staring across the street to where the girl who looked like Max got on a bus. Angel sobbed as she watched the bus drive away.
"Angel-" I started
"No, Fang! You don't understand! It was Max! It was!! I swear it was! She's real and alive and we have to find her!!" She yelled not taking her eyes off the small speck in the distance that was the bus.
I didn't know what to say. If it was Max, why did she walk away? What if she didn't want to see us? None of us could take that type of pain. What should I say?
"Say you'll do it. If you don't I'll do it by myself. But either way, I'm gonna find her Fang." She said, her jaw got tight the way it did when she was going to get stubborn.
I nodded, and then Nudge gasped. She ran across the street and picked up something from the bus stop. She ran back with it in her hands and handed it to me. It was one of the books that Max was carrying.
I opened the cover and in the cover there was a label:
This Book Belongs To:
Maximum Ride
If Found please return to:
Doom 5, room 6b at NYU
I traced Max's neat handwriting. I knew it was her. But I could help but be a little doubtful.
But I had to try.
"Okay, let's go get Ig, and we'll all go." I said, still looking at the book.
But I can feel their smiles, and before I can stop it, I feel mine.
We were finally going to see Max again.
When we get to Iggy's we don't even both to take our soaking jackets off. We just tell him. It first he was hesitant to believe it like I was, but he wanted to give it a try too.
So we took the book and left. The drive to NYU was basically uneventful. Everyone was antsy and nervous. But all of them looked excited.
We pulled up to the school and parked. The flock couldn't get out of the car fast enough.
"So where to." Iggy asked
I looked in the book again. Dorm 5.
"We're looking for dorm 5." I said looking at all of the building numbers. I couldn't see anything through the rain so I decided to go take the flock inside and ask for information there.
We walk in soaked. There was no information desk but there a lot of people around. Looks like we came across a dorm. I stopped a redhead girl passing us.
"Excuse me, can you tell us where Dorm 5 room 6b is?" I said
She wasn't looking at me, but busing herself with some papers she had in her hands. "Um yeah, your in it and 6b-" She looked up and then lust filled her green eyes. Oh God. I haven't dated much since Max disappeared, and those were mainly dates that my parents made for me, because they decided that I was depressed and need to get out the house. But that didn't stop the constant flow of girls on my tail.
Obviously unconcerned with the papers anymore, she put them away and proceeded in a pathetic and useless attempt to catch my attention. "Um, yeah, I live next to 6b actually. Let me show you the way." She said with a flirty smile.
And then we just stood there a minute with her looking at me like 'don't you want to ask me out or what?'
And I looked at her like 'or what.'
"So….." I said, dragging it out, becoming impatient.
"So….." She said in the same way I did, stepping closer.
I was about to just walk around her a tell her I would just find it myself when Angel, a pissed off anxious Angel may I add, stepped in front o me. Angel is a really nice girl but when you piss her off she tends to…got very…devilish.
"Look lady, I don't know what your problem is, but he's obviously not interested. So you should just take us to where we want to go, and turn your pretty little self around and walk away. If you have any questions don't ask them because they're probably stupid anyway. Are we clear?" Angel said her arms crossed in front of her. Ever since she found out about Max she hasn't exactly been all that nice. As a matter of fact, sometimes she can be down right mean.
The girl like a deer caught in the headlights of a car before it gets ran over. And then her face cleared up and she looked back at me. "Nice kid. Is she-" She started
"Oh My Gosh!! Your wasting my time lady!! God, your useless. And no! I'm not his kid, I'm his sister, stupid! Goodness how dense can you get!!" Angel said starting to walk around her.
I stopped her with my hand. "The sooner she leads us the sooner we see Max." I said looking at the girl in a way that said, 'I agree'
The girl looked defeated but turned around to lead the way. I mentally thanked angel, and she nodded her head a little as a your welcome. We walked up some stairs and down a couple of hallways before we stopped in front of a door with 6b painted on the door.
The girl turned around, and smiled. "Well here you are."
Angel muttered, "It's about time."
Angel and the girl glared at each other.
"Anyway, my name is Jennifer. I live next door, and if you need anything." She said reaching into her purse and gave me a slip of paper with her number on it. "Just knock or call."
I was about to hand it back, when once again Angel stepped in. "Let me take care of that for you." She took the piece of paper out of hand, ripped it in fours, let the pieces fall to the floor and then stomped on them.
Iggy and Gazzy were giggling uncontrollably now, and Nudge murmured "Oh! Would you like some ice for that burn."
Angel glared at Jennifer defiantly and said, "Now that that's done. Move. Out of. The Way."
Jennifer was furious now, and looked like she was about to say something, but I wasn't paying attention to that.
Because the door behind Jennifer opened.
And there stood Max.
My Max.