Max: 19 Fang:18 Iggy:18 Nudge:15 Gazzy:13 Angel: 11
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~!#* WARNING! THIS IS A SAD CHAP! DON'T KILL ME! *#!~
Walking down memory lame of chapter 2;
Don't worry, it's Thursday, the masquerade dance is Saturday, so tomorrow, you will be going shopping for formal wear and don't worry you have this room for a week. Now get some sleep.
Alright… I thought drowsily, now that it mentioned it I am pretty tired. And with that I turned off the lights and passed out on the bed. Tomorrow: shopping. Can't wait…
Chapter 3
Pink, pink…. Oo Pink and yellow. Eew. Yes I'm dress shopping. It's not really that bad. But it was funny how everyone ran out of the store screaming when I came in… okay not screaming but close enough. I have that effect on people.
Yellow, green, yellow and green. Again, eew. I couldn't help wondering why the voice wanted me to go to a masquerade party of all things! Well, he did say a long time ago that I should get a boyfriend and settle down, yeah I know that's what I said, say it with me now, 'thins is not the voice we have drown to know and...' not love necessarily… anyway, yea he sent to this ball in Philadelphia!! Of all places. But when I came into the ball the girls all ran away with their dates and the single boys were plastered to me (it was a black leather halter that came mid-thigh and had a dark purple for a rim… and no! I was not sluttish about it! I wore dark purple tights) and got kicked out. Bummer.
White…and, okay I'm gonna stop there cause white is a total ick factor. Maybe there would be something about Itex…but oh right Itex= dead. Hmmm… I wonder what the Voice could be up to now.
Ahhh, here we are; black, blood red and purple. I looked through the racks 'till I found a blood red strapless that had an open back that had black thread keeping it together. It came about 3/4 down my thigh. I paid for the dress ($250$) and went to get accessories and shoes.
I picked lots of black and red bracelets and necklaces but also some anklets and earrings. After that I went and got some black stilettos with red laces. Then I picked up some black converse high-tops and some purple ones for after. And because I have no other clothes I had to go get 'everyday' clothes as well. And, well of coarse I bought a mask, its, you guessed it black and red and covers both eyes.
When I was done my little shopping spree I had spent 1,018$ (but hey, Jeb's paying) And it's 10:06pm. New record;! Only 3 guys flirted with me and only 2 asked me out! YAY ( notice fake enthusiasm)
So when I got into my new PJs and crawled into bed, after 2 hours of thinking about what was going to happen tomorrow, I fell asleep – but of coarse it wasn't peaceful 'cause that's what happens to humans, right?
Yep, I had a nightmare.
Max's nightmare:
Where the he-double hockey sticks- am I?! I'm wondering around what looks like a deserted city. The sky is black and it's cloudless. All that's in the sky is the moon and there are no people anywhere in sight, not even any light. A movement caught my eye. It was a form in the sky I hadn't noticed before and it was coming closer. Right when I was about to see what it was, there was a 'flash' of absolute blackness.
It was gone as fast as it had appeared. But I didn't see the deserted city. But of a random field with something in it. This image remained for about 3 seconds the next were mere milliseconds; there was the face of a what looks like an emo kid wearing all black. It was flickering between this kid, a big knife with blood and then back to the emo kid, the life was getting drained out of his eyes…
But what is this? Every so often, he's be holding the knife in a menacing way with pure hatred in his eyes, I tried to turn to the comfort of the deserted city but all I got were more images of a girl with brown hair with a white beautiful wedding dress. She was also clutching this knife but it was stabbed into her and her eyes were too, dying… but then she was holding the knife out her whole dress now a bloody red, screeching and swinging the knife at nothing.
Then there was tree. This tree was covered in lights, then it flashed and there were two people in it talking then kissing. The man, then pulled out the same knife and was about to stab her but she then just disappeared. Then it was the same emo kid, and he was dead on the ground with metal feathers piercing his skin.
But, it wasn't over yet! Not close. For, it then flashed a mask covered in, yep, blood. Weird maybe my mind is telling me something… Then there was a blood curdling scream. There was then a blinding light, I tried to move, to close my eyes but they were already closed, when I opened them, I was in a room. It was all metal, no doors or windows, I looked down and saw I was strapped to what looked like the electric chair. Crap! When I closed my eyes again, I saw the dead emo kid, the (what I guessed was) dead bride, which I now notice is the girl who was going to get stabbed and the man that was going to stab her. But there was also a giant phoenix behind them… and the people, I now realized were not empty handed. They all had that strange knife from all the other 'flashes'. How strange.
The emo kid, who was in front, came running at me, knife raised, I started struggling. Nothing. I kicked. Nothing. I remembered my wings! I squeezed them out from the back of the chair. To shield myself, I put them in front of me right when he was about to strike. I looked down and almost had a heart attack! There he lay… stabbed with metal feathers.
Wow… did I just see that future… No! That can't be… but it must mean something, like signs or something.
The electric chair went on and I was electrocuted…
I bolted upright in my warm bed my mouth open in a silent scream. Wow. Is all I have about this topic. That was a 15 on my 0-10 weird scale. And I was terrified. Not a good sign: I'm never scared. Point blank. But… if I 'saw the future' ( even if the 'future' was still a dream.) does that mean I'm gonna die?! This is definitely weird; I've never been afraid to die before. Ever!
You have a new power, Maximum. The Voice offered
Oh, Jeez… another one?! I asked it. And what would that be, oh smart one?
Think about it, Max… In the dream/vision you saw many things happen, one of which came true by your own accord. So basically; you can see the future and you follow through on what it is unless you think about it… make sense?
Er… um, no!
In time, Max, in time.
What the he – no use, it's not gonna answer.
Yes, I might.
Mh-hm riiight.
Nothing.
Figures.
But on a more important note: WHAT THE HE-DOUBLE HOCKEY STICK?! I can handle burning up, and turning invisible, but seeing the future is just… Agh!
Well, let's reason this out look at the facts. Okay, so there is: an emo guy, a mad/dead/bleeding bride, that guy trying to stab the bride chick, the scream, and the phoenix for people/living things.
So, the Emo kid/guy could be Fang perhaps? Then the bride… could it be me? The comparison being me and Fang were, what I thought, going to be more than girl/boyfriend… then he…broke my heart and I felt like I was dying? But who was the person trying to stab [me]? And the scream… no clue but the phoenix could be me – I can burn myself… but only if I'm not the bride…but then who's the bride. BUT WAIT?! Does this mean I'm gonna kill Fang? Interesting. And if this is real, then I'm gonna die a painful death.
Okay, other Facts: metal room, deserted city, night, knives, a field and a bright light. So metal cage=school=frick! Deserted city=school coming back=metal cages. Deserted city=school coming back=operating at night. Deserted, blah, blah, blah… end result: Deserted city=school coming back= operating at night=knives=using a bright light=metal cages=in a random field. This is just a hypothesis. It could be a cooking show called Deserted City that uses knives, is situated in a field, is showed at night, therefore uses bright lights and is in a metal room. But somehow I don't think that's it…
I let this turn around in mind, and fell asleep, to be woken up by my alarm what seems like right after I closed my eyes. It took me a while to remember why I needed an alarm this morning then: right masquerade dance, fun…
I looked around at the hotel suite 'till I found my bag of new clothes from yesterday. I got out my black cut offs and red long sleeves shirt, took a nice hot shower and went to get breakfast at a small coffee shop called Atlantis up the street. Again people looked at me funny: I kept my wings out, I know, wings oooooh scary!! I had two lattés and stayed after for about an hour just looking around and listening to the radio. Miss Murder by AFI. Ha! That'll never get old.
Anyway, I went to the park near the coffee shop and just sat. I know me? Sitting still? But hey, there's a first for everything, right? Okay, not so much, but whatever.
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About five hours later, after wondering the whole city (did you know that Regina is bigger than you would think?), I came back to the hotel, to find about eight limos, probably for the masquerade dance. I weaved through them to the entrance and slipped in the elevator and into my room. It was three thirty. Darn! I have about three and a half hours to kill.
So I decided to read Fang's Blog. For the first time in… before I 'left' even! Wow… that is sad. I went and got my new laptop, put it on the bed, started it up and opened his blog:
Welcome to Fang's Blog!
You are person number: 120 876 652 or... something, er, high.
August 2
Wow a month from today.
So, We're now somewhere in Washington right now. I am bored out. Of. My. MIND!! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, (a/n so am I!) so here's an update! Angel is still as cute as ever! Gazzy has found a liking in Anime… Hmmm. Nudge still talks non- stop but Iggy usually shuts her up with his… er… mouth. Yeah awkward! And I'm still the leader as I was three weeks ago, since I wrote last. Um so... no one really talks 'bout Max anymore. So since everyone else is out I'm gonna admit something. Just don't tell the flock!! So you all know me as Mr. Tall, Silent and Handsome right? Well since its been about 4 years since I saw her last I've...* GASP *.....cried. Yep I said ..er.. wrote it. Yeah I miss her. But I mean I really do think that she needed a break. And if she couldn't take the fact that the others thought she was just....tiring out (?) then I don't know.........
Well that was interesting. Okay well I've had enough of that! I don't need them! They kicked me out so they can go and suck it! (a/n sry we say that allll the time school!) I mean I will always love them... I'm just not the loving type. Ya know?
So I decided to just start getting ready. I put the dress on and then my stilettos. I put all of my accessories on and then putting my hair up in scene hair. After that I put on some make up; red eye shadow with it kinda spiked black. (a/n okay don't know if you know what I mean... check Sky Sweetnam in Human, its somethin' like that.) Anyway, by the time I was done I had like 45 minutes.
It took maybe half an hour to get there and get in so I had maybe 10 minutes till it actually started.
I made my way over to the punch thing and got a drink it tasted disgusting but I drank it anyway. People were looking at my wings/me funny, but didn't run away. Weird. The microphone squeaked and everyone groaned. Even though I have sensitive ears I didn't mind. The speaker guy started talking but I didn't pay any attention. Soon people started dancing and swaying to the music. There was a tap on my arm. I turned around to see a guy about 20-ish, he was wearing a black tux with a lime green outline. He had blond hat hair (I think he did it not a hat) and a green/black mask. He was about my height and looked pretty skinny but it was dark so how knew?
"You all alone tonight?" He asked. Oh gosh!
"Umm, yeah..."
"Well so am I and its getting hot and very crowded in here. So you wanna go out for a walk? We wouldn't be long." He asked moving closer to me. He looked nice enough, so I nodded. We headed outside and started walking. We made small talk for about an hour, we got to know each other very well. He was a worker at Chapters, has no siblings and moved out three years ago.
"...hey, do you want to go sit on that tree over there?" He asked pointing at a big tree. We were at a park near by that had little to no people in it.
"Sure." I said and flew up. I gave him my hand and helped him up as well.
"I've had a really good time, Tasha."(Fake name!((his is Ian))) "I wish that you lived here, though. It would be fun to know each other better and...um.." He looked a little awkward. "I dunno maybe get together?" He basically asked looking up with pleading (?) eyes. Oh wow. I did really like him. (BTW they haven't taken off the masks)
"Well... I'm here now..." Oh gosh. You have got to be kidding me! I am so stupid! His face lit up, and he started leaning over. Again, notice panic to left. But ya know? I started leaning over too. I was millimetres from his face. All I could see was him. He brushed his lips against mine.
Then it hit me.
I've seen this before!
S**t!!
I went invisible and jumped up and to the left and turned. His arm was outstretched in the air on the right side where I used to be. It was bloody. He looked up but didn't see me. I flew at him and kicked the knife out of his hand, and turned visible, bad move. He turned to me and pulled out another knife in less than a second and stabbed it into my side. I let out a scream of pain.
Nobody came for me. My scream was too high pitched. Well crap!
I fell to the ground limp. Ian! Came over with an evil grin on his face. I moved my hands from my side to my mask to take it off with shaky fingers. While I undid the strap and pulled it off to look at it. It was freaking bloody all over! Ian's grin faltered and he got a glazed look. He looked down at me and fell to his knees beside me.
"Max...?" He whispered. I was seeing spots so I closed my eyes, but saw him put his head in his hands and start shaking. "No, no, NO!!" he was whispered. "Oh no! You tricked me!" Wha...? "you tricked me into killing Maximum Ride!" I then blacked out to the sound of Ian sobbing? And ambulance sirens, with that bloody mask in my hands.
(a/n I was gonna end there but decided not to. Oh and there's a pun at the end. Did ya catch that? Anyway THIS IS IN IGGY'S POV! IT'S ABOUT 3 HOURS BEFORE!!!!
Iggy's POV
"...what do we have to do?" Gazzy wined. We were in a hotel somewhere and we don't know what to do. We were soo bored. I looked over at Fang. Yes I looked over at Fang. FYI I CAN SEE!
"I'm hungry. Can we go eat. I like food...." I just tuned out Nudge for the billionth time.
Hello Iggy
Angel?
No Iggy. This is your voice.
What the he-double hockey sticks?
"Guys I'm going for a walk. Be right back." I called. Fang nodded.
Iggy, you okay? Oh thank goodness that was angel!
(a/n Iggy: bold/italic; Ig's voice: italics/underline; Angel: italics.. got it? Hope so.)
Yeah. I'm fine. Please get out of my head.
Whatever. Then she was gone.
So...voice are you like, Jeb or what?
Oh no. I am not the same as them. I am a different voice.
Alright. Well what do you want? Well this is...weird.
First you cannot tell Fang about this. It said. That's fishy...
Reason being; he will not believe you and might possibly think you are making fun of Max and kick you out. It answered matter-of-factly.
Okay... so what do want. I won't tell him. Promise.
You need to listen to me very carefully. There is a threat that you need to get rid of. You need to fly to Regina and buy nice clothes to go to a masquerade dance. Once there you need to find her. (I will help you with that) Once you see her you need to get her alone. Before you go though, in the hotel you find you will find a knife which you will bring with you. That's all I will tell you now. But I will help you later on.
Can you tell me why she's a threat or will you ignore me like Max's does? I didn't really expect anything so it surprised me when it said,
Yes I will tell you whatever you need to know. She is a threat because she is working for the last Itex Branch. She is planning on going there to kill everyone there then move on somewhere else. She has many allies that will be locking everyone in. Once she is done there she will move on to Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. There is no telling how many people she will kill. That is why you must do what I say before it's too late!
Well, Max's voice was never wrong, and if it helps saving the world, then alright. I headed back to where we were staying and found everyone in the boys room playing a card game.
"Alright, guys, I think I know where our next move is." I said walking in. Fang turned around and lifted and eyebrow.
"How far are we from Regina from here?" I asked
"Well we are in Saskatoon so... about an hour maybe. I was looking it up on Fang's laptop –"
"Thank you Nudge." I said so she would get the hint. She blushed but stopped talking.
"Okay, so we need to get out butts off the floor and get moving there. Once there we are going shopping— " Nudge: eee! "—for formal cloths. Then we're gonna go to the masquerade dance. Got it?" I finished.
Fang got up. Crap. "And why are we going to the dance, exactly?" He asked.
Crap. Voice what now? I asked
Tell him you saw a flyer and you think Itex could be part of it.
Alright... I thought uneasily.
"I saw a flyer down town. It looked like an Itex thing I think. So I think we should go." I replied calmly I think he bought it 'cause he nodded and the kids jumped around. I put up mind blocks so Angel wouldn't know and tell Fang. She looked up at me but shook it off.
"Hey, Gazzy I need to talk to you." I said to Gaz. I decided I should probably tell him and ask him what he thought. He is 13 I think he can handle it. So me and Gazzy walked into the lobby (the others thought it was about bombs.)
"....and that we don't know how many people she could kill." I finished after explaining it all. Gazzy was wide eyed.
"Well then. We can't tell Fang... but I think we should tell my sister, or at least Nudge, she is 15, she can handle it." Huh. That's what I'd thought about him too. He looked pleading.
"Okay, but how do we make it non suspicious that I'm talking to everyone except Fang?" I asked after a while.
"How about we tell Angel and she can tell Nudge in her mind." My partner-in-crime said. Wow. Aren't I smart. Jeesh.
So we started explaining to an 11 year old...
So three hours later and we are walking out of the Southland Mall, in Regina, after spending more than 200$ on dress and everyday clothes. But because of the voice (I think) I found and Iggy credit card! But I didn't let Fang see I went to an ATM and got 600$ And said I got it from Max's account.
"I cant wait till tonight! I get to dress all pretty. Even though we'll probably have to rip it off with out other clothes underneath it will still be coocjewiuoafe" Gazzy put him hand on Nudge's mouth, thank goodness!
" Okay so lets find a hotel to stay in and get changed. We only have an hour." Fang said as we got into a taxi.
An hour later I walked out in a black tux with green hem with, Fang in all black, Nudge had a long dark purple halter dress, Gazzy had his black tux open with a blue shirt, and Angel had a dark pink dress that went below her knees.
I almost forgot the knife! I ran back and looked in the kitchen drawer. I found it and it was all bloody. Creeeepy! When I got back I told them I just needed a drink real fast.
We got to the doors right when the speaker started.
"You may go in." The guy told me. "How old are they?" I heard him ask Fang. "11, 13 and 15, Why?" He responded, "No-one under 17, sorry." I started to head back but Angel came into my mind and said...er thought
Don't worry, Fang'll stay with us. We can go back to the hotel and wait. We'll be fine. You have your Razr? Yes I got a V3 black Razr.
I nodded and they left, even though it looked like Fang didn't want to. Darn mind control. Whatever, I'll deal with her later. Now I have to find the threat.
She's over by the punch bowl. The Voice told me. I weaved my way through the crowd now dancing, to the threat. When I saw her I knew it was her. She looked really hot but also kinda evil. I tapped her on the shoulder when I got there. She didn't even jump.
"You all alone tonight?" I asked, smirking at her grimace, she must be asked that a lot.
"Umm, yeah..."
"Well so am I and its getting hot and very crowded in here. So you wanna go out for a walk? We wouldn't be long." Ha! Whatever. I won't be long. I moved closer to her, but not in a stalkish way. I needed her to trust me. She nodded. We headed for the door and went outside. For an hour we just talked and got to know each other by small talk. The voice told me the cover story so it was all good. I'm Ian. She said her name was Tasha.
Okay, listen up. There's a big tree in that park. Keep talking until you get there, when there ask if she wants to sit on the branches with you. When your up there, there'll be an extra knife in the trunk in case. So you half to sit there, her at the end. So after that, you somehow have to get her to kiss you or something so she's preoccupied. When she is take the knife from the hotel and stab it in her back so it goes through her ribs and through her heart. It needs to be precise because her bones will not break they are much too strong.
Umm, okay? Anything else?
If anything happens I will inform you. You are so close to ridding the world of evil!
Umm, well this will be hard. I mean I've killed lots a things before, but I ju –
We came up to the tree.
"...hey, do you want to go s it on that tree over there?" I asked Tasha, pointing to the large tree.
"Sure." She said. Thank goodness for that! She flew up and gave me her hand. I took it and made it seem as if I was struggling. I mean I am only supposed to be a human, right?
I got up and sat at the trunk of the tree. Show Time.
"I've had a really good time, Tasha. I wish that you lived here, though. It would be fun to know each other better and...um.." I made it look like I was uncomfortable about saying this. "I dunno maybe get together?" It came out as a question. I sound so much like a weenie! Jeesh! I looked at her pleadingly. Pleading for what? I have nooo clue. It actually looked like she liked me. Pff!
"Well... I'm here now..." She said slowly. Yes! That's what I wanted to hear! I started leaning forward, and so did she. We were so close and I raised the blade to her back. Her eyes widened a bit and I brushed my lips with hers and stabbed...the air?!
WHAT THE HE- DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS?!?!
Then the knife was knocked out of my hands and she appeared. So fast that a human would probably have missed it, I grabbed the other knife and stabbed her hard in the side. She let out a loud shriek (too loud for human's I bet) and fell to the ground in a crumpled mess of blood.
Very good, Iggy, very good indeed. Now jump out of the tree and make sure it's dead. And don't worry you will be rewarded!
I grinned evilly and walked over to Tasha, holding her side, she would probably die of blood loss any time now, and we were off to the side so no one would see me or her.
I watched as she shakily pulled off the blood covered mask and look at it. When I was the face behind it I almost had a heart attack!
Well done, Iggy,
I fell to my knees beside her.
"Max...?" I whispered to the now not moving frame of our beloved leader.
you helped destroy Maximum Ride. The director will be pleased.
I saw her eyes close. "No, no NO!!" I whisper-yelled. "Oh, no! You tricked me!" I actually yelled at the evil voice sent from setan. "you tricked me into killing Maximum Ride!" I yelled again starting to sob uncontrollably. Ambulance sirens reached my ears, but I didn't care. I curled up beside my maternal-figure and just kept sobbing.
Okay. It will get better. I promise!! Again DON'T KILL ME PLZ. Ya see I said plz!
So I am sooooooooooooooo sorry I haven't updated in months. Plz forgive me! I will be updating .net/s/5065457/1/concerts_and_new_looks soon, so check it out!!
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