Me: Hello there everyone. I'm finally back!
Hunter: Uh-huh...
Shadow: Kim doesn't own Maximum Ride. JP does.
Hunter: But she owns me, Shadow, Chris, Cass, Annabell, Ghost, and Lies.
Me: Yeah so...the story starts now.
Chapter 4: Stalemate?
Max's POV
Okay, so here I was, barefoot, in the middle of the street, covered in dust and surrounded by boys that are out to get me.
You can tell that today, is not my day.
"You're surrounded. There's no where to run," Hunter said,
"Well no freaking duh," Shadow snarled. I smirked, despite the situation.
"I doubt that you'll escape," Ghost said, a cocky grin on his face. Stupid human.
"Well then I guess you don't know us," I said. Shadow was pointing to the sky but I shook my head. The Fallen cannot find out about our wings. They don't know and I would like to keep it that way.
"We want the information," Hunter said.
"Well Brian, we didn't get it since someone blew a hole into the wall," I said.
"I wasn't addressing you, Maxine," Hunter said. He stared at Chris.
"Well Crystal, give it to us or get captured," he said. Chris sent Shadow a look. Shadow pulled out the pill. Yes, the pill. And if you're wondering what pill it's the suicide pill. She passed it to Chris and Chris dangled it over her mouth. Immediately, all of the Fallen tensed except for the blind one.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Chris has a suicide pill out," the little boy said. Iggy sucked in air.
"Easy with that," he muttered. Chris scoffed.
"So what? Let her take it. There's the other two," Ghost said.
"We were lookout. We didn't see anything. We don't know where she put it," Ella said, her eyes narrowed. I smirked. She lies good. The boys hesitated and Chris put closer to her mouth. But then Fang smirked. I swallowed. He probably found a hole...
"Okay. Take it. But if you do, your friends won't have any information either," He said crossing his arms. Chris cursed and threw it on the ground. If she didn't then they would get suspicious. And they would interrogate us. Shadow was now desperately gesturing to the sky. I was even starting to consider it.
No, bad idea Maximum. Don't do it, Jeb said. Ugh, great.
Well, do you have a better idea? Silence.
I thought so. I turned back to the boys and scanned each of them. There was a hole between Fang and Hunter. Hmm...
"You want this?!" Chris asked, pulling a paper out of her backpack. My eyes widened. She wouldn't...
"Glad you see it our way. Now give it to us," Hunter said, a superior smirk on his face. Chris smiled, a really evil one that made my stomach go uneasy. She pulled out her lighter, and burned it.
"No!" Hunter cried out and reached for it. He broke the circle. I shoved him out the way and ran for it. I felt someone right behind me. I looked to see Shadow right behind me with the others and behind them was Fang.
"USELESS!" Hunter shouted. My eyes widened and I looked at Chris. She was smirking and she gave me a thumbs up. I blinked and looked back again. Fang, Hunter and Iggy were in the lead with the little boy behind them and Ghost behind him. Huh? How could Ghost be all the way back there?
Have you ever considered that the Fallen may have some experiments on their side? Jeb put in. That almost made me stop in my tracks. I looked back to see Hunter and Fang gaining on Chris and Ella. Yep, they're either experiments or damn good runners.
"Sha-Sky!" I called. Shadow looked in my direction. "Help the others!" Both of us slowed down and...Shadow screamed.
I looked at her. She was gritting her teeth. I looked down and saw blood on the ground in the shape of a footprint. I heard her curse under her breath. We both slowed down until we were in the same speed as Chris and Ella. I grabbed Chris's arm and Shadow grabbed Ella's. We both sped up. I looked back and saw Hunter and Fang's amazed expressions. I looked back and saw Shadow, her face pale.
"Take this!" Nudge said. I looked at her. She was holding a smoke bomb and she threw it down. White smoke filled the area. I knew just to run forward. Chris was coughing hysterically. Once we were out of the smoke we ran down the block to another alley. I pulled her in and spread my wings. I grabbed her, jumped off and took off.
Let me tell you, humans aren't light. I was exhausted by the time I reached our house. Yes, our home. We dropped down and I pulled out my keys from my purse. I unlocked the door and went in. Almost instantly, I was attacked by a blond haired, blue eyed six year old.
"Oh gosh! Hi Max! How was it? Did you succeed?" Angel asked. She was fascinated with all of our missions.
"I can't tell you now, sweetie. I'm exhausted," I said walking to the living room and flopping on the sofa. Angel looked a bit disappointed.
"Did you bring a souvenir?" Total asked, trotting up to me. Total is special. He's Angel's dog. Her talking dog. One word explanation for him. Itex.
"I'm ho-ome," Nudge called. She came in and flopped next to me on the sofa. Cass came in, wiping her hands on a towel. She was tall and had light blond hair and light gray eyes.
"Rough night?" She asked. I nodded. Then I heard Ella and the door opening.
"What's wrong? Tell me! Are you injured? What happened?" Ella said. Both her and Shadow came in. Well, Shadow limped in.
"Where's the bandages?" She asked Cass.
"Bottom left cabinet," Cass said. "But why-" Shadow had already limped into the kitchen. She came out with the first aid kit in hand. She limped to the bathroom and this time I followed her.
"Okay Shadow spit it out. What's wrong?" No answer from her. I looked back and saw a blood trail. She sat on the tub edge in the bathroom. She started looking closely at her foot. Her bloody foot.
"Tell me what's wrong Shadow. That's an order," I said. She looked at me and looked back at her foot. Was she disobeying an order? I felt the others behind me. Shadow concentrated, pulled on something, and gritted her teeth. She pulled again and I saw blood fall onto the dress.
"What the hell are you doing?" I cried out. She smiled even though I could tell she was in pain and yanked again. Shadow breathed out in relief and held up...
A long piece of clear glass. I looked away. That must've hurt.
"Lovely," Cass said, from behind me. I heard a thump and looked towards it to see that Cass fainted.
"So todays your night off?" I asked Shadow. It had been a few days since the our adventure at the Hilton Hotel. We found out that it was a blank paper that Chris burned up and not any information. Shadow and I were in our room and tonight was her night off. So she didn't have to be on stand-by waiting for Jeb's order. We only get one of those each month.
"Yep," Shadow said. She was wearing combat boots, a short black pleated skirt, a black top and purple corset. I was wearing a plain red shirt with jeans.
"Where are you going?" I asked. She grabbed her purse.
"The club. I may sing there tonight," she said. Yes, Shadow sang. And yes, we went to a club. That's where we get all of our gigs. Sometimes we sing together. Angel "convinced" the club owner that we were 18 and we sing there sometimes for the money. It's good cash.
"Alright be careful," I called. Shadow turned back, smirked, and said:
"What could possibly go wrong?"
Me: Now you know somethings going to happen. But you won't know until next time. But until then...review:)