Chapter 6

Max's POV, yet again. :P

I rushed over to Fang, who was groaning. He screamed, "Jeb, you lying bastard!"

I stared at him. Never before had I heard him curse. Nudge was looking at me, as if wondering what to do or say. It was silent for a moment. Finally, I decided on "Nice to see you too, Fang."

He looked at me. I had him in my arms. He sat up and propped himself up on his arms. "Sorry."

I shrugged. Before I could say anything, Gazzy spoke up. "It's true."

I laughed. Then I stopped. "Wait, what?"

Fang looked down and sighed. He was in all black again, of course, looking sort of emo-ish. As always. He cleared his throat and didn't look back up. "Jeb set us up."

I was shocked. Then again, a year ago I wouldn't have been. I guess it wasn't really that big of a shocker, which was why I didn't break down crying. I just nodded. "Well, that sucks."

Everyone nodded, exhaling ad-libs of agreement.

"Now. Fang, do you know where Angel and Total would happen to be?"

"Total is in my pocket. And I have no idea where Angel is," he said, standing up.

I nodded. "Let's blow this joint and find out."

My POV

Angel had been running for hours. Those stupids couldn't catch her, no way. Not after she had put the guards to sleep and simply ran out. When a guard on a tower saw her and was seemingly going to fire a gun at her, she began sprinting. But nothing happened. She thought he heard him shout, "Peace for all!", but she really had no idea about anything. She had no idea where she was. Around her, trees reached out, as if to slap her. With every step, her breath came harder. Every time she put her foot down, she worried that they'd hear her, her the leaves crunching underneath her feet. But so far no bullets had zinged off the trees, no hounds had been barking. She hadn't heard any shouting or growling noises behind her back.

But she dare not look back.

She kept running.

Guard's POV

I was listening to my MP3 player when I saw the little thing seemingly run across the open yard towards the front gate. I was about to shoot her without a second thought, when I heard the wonderful music of Cat Stevens come into my ears.

Now I've been happy lately,
thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
something good has begun Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be,
some day it's going to come

That I had. How wonderful would the world be if we could just all get along together? The next verse rolled in.

Cause out on the edge of darkness

There rides a peace train

Oh peace train take this country

Come take me home again.

A tear rolled down my cheek. All the thing was trying to do was escape, to live a good life. I sighed. It'd be better off for her dead. I aimed my gun.

Oh peace train sounding louderGlide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller

Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train

Get your bags together,
go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer,
it soon will be with you

Now come and join the living,
it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer,
soon it will all be true

The tears began to fall. I uncocked my gun. "Peace to all!" I shouted. "Good luck!"

Cause out on the edge of darkness,
there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country,
come take me home again