CHAPTER 2: SEEDS OF ROMANCE AND MOULDY PICKLES!
EZI's POV
'Rick, you won't believe this! One of the Eagle experiments survived!' The sound was muffled but I heard it. 'Amazing! She's survived without oxygen for two days!' The other white coat exclaimed.
Where am I? I opened my eyes to see two men in white coats hovering around me. Why am I in this glass?I slid my hand around the dome, looking for an exit. I panicked. 'Fred, get the tranquiliser!' One of them said suddenly, a tone of impatience in his voice. I banged on the glass, I was scared, terrified! Everything these men did, it was painful, needles, experiments, tests… The white coat named Fred walked towards me with a needle and scalpel at his hand, an evil grin painted across his face. 'Okay little one, you'll wake up soon! After we've finished.' Evil cackles and I screamed, as he reached into the dome and I fell into a deep sleep.
'EZI! EZI! Are you okay?' I opened my eyes as Nudge shook me awake. I jolted upright breathing heavily. 'Ezi! Are you okay?' She repeated, clearly worried. 'Yeah… I'm fine.' I said looking around in the darkness of my room. I'm sharing a room with Nudge while her flock is here, my room isn't that big and I can only really fit in two people. Courtz and Shy are sharing with Max and Angel and Total, though Shy wanted him outside. Fang, Deek and Shadow shared one room whilst Iggy, Gazzy and Eddie shared another. We all had to share, I mean twelve people and four rooms… aren't exactly enough for one room per person. Nudge gave me a doubtful look.
'You think I'm stupid?' She demanded rolling her eyes. Yes. 'No! Why would you say that?' I asked.
'You AREN'T fine! You're ANYTHING but fine!' She shrieked, gesturing at me. 'What do you mean?' I asked, playing dumb. 'You were screaming in your sleep! 'She gave me a sympathetic look. I sighed and turned away. Had the nightmares gotten that bad? That bad that I'm screaming subconsciously in my sleep? 'Look… Fudge…I mean Nudge….. God I'm hungry… but that's not the point! I had… a different experience at the school then everyone else! I was the only one of my kind to survive!' I told her flatly, not going into detail.
'Fudge?' She asked. She giggled, 'What an odd name… I like the name Monique myself… I wish I could have heaps of names! The queen has like six! Oh! I'm so jealous! She like rules everything! Everyone listens to her! I mean- Did you know that the penalty for breaking into Buckingham palace is death? That's a bit harsh don't you think? Have you seen those guards? They like, never move! They're sort of like Fang! I think he would be good at that job! But that big fluffy hat would make him look funny! Can you imagine him in a big fluffy hat? Or how about a cowboy hat? Or a space helmet, Oh, I've always wanted to go to the moon! I wish that I could just fly up there-Ooh! We should like TOTALLY try that! Do you think it would be possible for us? Or do you think our heads would implode like Gazzy said? Maybe they would explode! What about the Sun? Or Mars! Oh! I wonder if there is life on Mars!' I grimaced, this was gonna be a LOOONG night.
'Oh speaking of Martians, have you ever wondered what they look like? Are they green? Maybe pink…? OH EM GEE! They would be so cute if they were pink!' I was starting to get a headache….
is this really how I am? Or maybe I'm worse? I wonder how Courtz and Shy deal with my chatter? It must be annoying to Shadow too! Ooh! Good Idea! I like to annoy him, I should make, mental notes of subjects, I could just drown on and on like Fudge… I mean Nudge…. Wow, I'm really hungry… Or maybe I just like Fudge? Or brownies! Ooh! Waffles! I Feel like Waffles! I always feel like waffles! I wonder if that guy is actually blind I mean, WHAT A PERV! Eww! He's so gross! More of Shy's type… Well he is 'supposedly blind' then she won't have to worry about making herself look good… Hmm I wonder if Fudge, I mean NUDGE is still talking! 'Those bunnies are such good advertising! Like, they are so cute!' Yeap… still rambling….. man I need some headache tablets, but what If I can't stop taking them and I become an addict? Oh well…..Life goes on.
NEXT MORNING
3rd PERSON POV
Courtz walked into the kitchen after waking up to the clanging of pots and pans.
Nudge was sitting at the counter on a stool wide-eyed, staring into the kitchen area as Courtz approached her. 'Nudge? You're up early, where's Ezi?' Courtz asked. Nudge slowly turned to her with fearful eyes. 'Uhm, Ezi insisted on making breakfast…' she said nervously tapping her fingers on the bench hearing cackling laughter from the kitchen. 'What is she a bloody witch?' Deek muttered sitting down on the couch. 'That's…. weird…' Courtz thought. Then it struck her. She raced into the kitchen to see Ezi brewing something bubbling, green and moving? She looked at the ingredients. Rat poison, olive oil, dried apricots and mouldy pickles… lovely. 'Uhm… Ezi-' She started to say but she was cut off when Eddie strolled into the room.
'Man! Two windows? Do you know how much my life sucks because of your irrational urge to smash glas-' Eddie narrowly dodged a butcher-knife that was heading straight for him. Instead it hit a framed picture of him. Right in the head…. Ouch. 'ARE YOU KIDDING ME?' Eddie shouted. Courtz raced out of the room to find Shy.
'SHY! SHY! CODE RED! EZI! KITCHEN!' She screamed pointing to the doorway. 'You're kidding! How bad is it?' Shy asked getting to her feet.
'SEE THIS KNIFE! IT'S GOING THROUGH YOUR HEAD PIPSQUEAK!' They heard Ezi scream like a banshee from the kitchen. Shy pushed Courtz aside ran into the kitchen. Ezi had Eddie pinned to the wall by his shirt a knife at his throat.
'EZI! CALM DOWN. AND GO TO SLEEP!' Shy demanded through gritted teeth. 'OR I'LL HAVE THAT KNIFE THROUGH YOUR HEAD!' She threatened. 'Is this how you solve every issue in this house? With knifes?' Nudge said, looking like she was in a mental house. (She had NO idea…) She nearly jumped when a hand, stiffly placed itself on her shoulder. 'Nudge, back away and don't make a sound.' Deek whispered to her, himself backing away slowly.
Ezi glared furiously at Shy and slowly lowered the knife and dropped Eddie on the ground with a thud. She walked away mumbling darkly 'Keep Fudge AWAY from me while I want to sleep.' She said slamming the door and going to sleep. A relieved sigh passed over everyone.
Ezi had at least four hours sleep and emerged from her room, whistling and singing to herself. She walked to the door of the lounge room to see Shy pressing her ear against the door. 'Watcha doing?' Ezi whispered to Shy. She just shook her head fighting back laughter and gestured for Ezi to listen as well. Ezi did this, and listened to the voices of Courtz and Shadow as they talked in the lounge room.
'Courtz… I don't think I can tell you…'
'Shadow! I'm your friend you can trust me with anything!'
'But this is different! I really like this girl and I don't want to screw anything up!'
'Shadow! Please I'll keep it a secret! Just tell me!'
'I… I can't… I just can't tell you anyway…' Shy and Ezi heard Shadows footsteps heading towards the door. 'Oh CRUDMUFFINS!' Ezi whispered frantically. 'Leg it sista!' Shy laughed running for her life, Ezi at her side. 'Banana split!' Shy said as they sprinted down opposite hallways. Shy was lucky and jumped into the nearest closet. Whilst Ezi, somehow forgot the layout of her own house in her panic and missed most of the doors she passed. She finally managed to grab hold of a door knob and swing it open, slamming it and accidentally colliding with someone and falling on top of them. She looked down at the person she fell on and it appeared to be Fang…. Shirtless…. In a towel…. Yet the only words she could find were… 'AWKWARD!' She squealed loud enough for only those two to hear. Ezi couldn't help but let her eyes drift to his totally ripped chest. At the sight of an eight pack, she collapsed on the floor laughing, (Why, you ask? Some people laugh in the face of danger. Ezi just laughs in people's faces.) 'Uhm… wow… kinda ripped there aren't you?' She stammered nervously, RED in the face as she tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear. 'Yeah, I'm gonna go….' She mumbled quietly turning around to see Shadow standing in the doorway.
'Bye!' She squeaked running down the hallway looking for Courtz and Shy's room.
Shadow glared at Fang. Fang had gotten dressed and was about to leave when Shadow pinned him to the wall. 'STAY away from Ezi! You touch her, you DIE! Got it?' Shadow spat.
Fang snickered, 'Trust me, I'm not interested. But what's it to you anyway?' Fang smirked, as he saw Shadow shake his head furiously. 'She's…. It….. Doesn't concern you.' He growled storming out of the room.