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Chapter 4: Forgotten
I was silent as I looked out of the car window. I had taken a shower, and for once I was actually clean. Hey, don't act so surprised. I'm still a girl, you know. Well, 98% percent of me, anyway.
Blondie (I decided to call her Anne only to her face) was currently driving me to school. It was a shock, that was for sure. I have no idea why this, in any way at all, would help me in my so called destiny to save the world. It might make me more tolerable toward people maybe, since I don't have to paranoid of an eraser lurking behind me everywhere I go.
Who knows, this might actually be fun . . .
As my mind wandered, I immediately thought of the flock.
What are they doing right now, I wonder. I hope Fang isn't having any trouble. I hope Angel isn't missing me too much, no matter how much I am. I hope Iggy and Gazzy aren't blowing everything up (though probably too much to hope for). I hope, I hope, I hope....
I shook my head in frustration. I have to--no, I need to--forget about them.
I did this to protect them.
If I want to keep them safe, I need to be stronger than I have never been before.
I need to let them vanish from my thoughts, to let them be protected by an invisible, unbreakable shield.
I need to forget the past 14 years of my life.
Starting today, Maximum Ride has vanished from the face of the earth...
I looked down at the floor between my dirty converse. What's wrong with you, I scolded myself. You've been in more life and death situations than you can count but you can't look a few kids in the eye. Well, I can't really blame myself. After hearing the news, I wouldn't want to even glance. When I told them about Max and how Jeb had her, their reaction to it was totally the oppisite of what I had expected. I had expected to see dumfounded, grief stricken faces.
What I saw, however, was a cold, murderous glare from every single winged kid in the cave.
A few moments later, I deducted it was safe enough for me look up.
Iggy let out a long string of colorful curses that even the devil would flinch away from. Nudge had her mouth closed (who would ever expect that) in a grim hard line. Gazzy had this face and I could almost see the evil plots going on in his head, and I felt a small, tiny, little bit sorry for Jeb. But that feeling vanished in an instant. Surprisingly, Eli, who had only known Max for a little bit, looked ready to make eraser shish kabob. Even Angel, the angel of the flock, had look of pure hatred in her eyes that I thought I would never see on such an innocent face.
I was so surprised, it almost showed on my face.
Almost.
"Fang," said Angel, "She didn't have a choice. Jeb blackmailed her. He-" She hesitated.
I gave her reassuring glance to let her go on, which was also backed up with the flock. Angel took a deep breath, as if saying the next few words would take a lot of energy.
"He said that all of us had chips inside of us."
I let my surprise show this time.
Angel seemed to ignore our reactions and went on.
"He said that they c-could track us wherever we went," she said, her voice shaking, "And t-that he would kill us if M-max didn't go w-ith them." She burst into tears. All of us leaned into her in a big group hug, though not one of us was cheerfull at the moment. Jeb, I thought, my voice bitter.
You are so dead.
Hope you guys like it. I put in some Fang in there to please you guys. I really don't know what Eli's role will be in the long run, but either way, she'll be adding a bit of action. I know it. Well, anyway, the next chappy will come out when it'll come out. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
