We were royally screwed. We were so screwed that the fact that half of you were thinking something really perverted when I said "screwed" doesn't even bother me that much.
Max and Iggy lay on the floor with a lot of blood. That was a LOT of blood. I had a sense of de-sha-vu. It felt like I couldn't move. Fortunately, one of us knew what to do: Hatori. Wait a sec! How did he suddenly get a first aid kit?
Anyway, that's how everyone ended outside, waiting for Hatori to finish bandaging the terrible-mutant two inside. I was elected to go inside and find out what the hell we were going to do and found Hatori bandaging Iggy but he had a hard time of doing it because Iggy was laughing so much. Max and Shigure were also laughing their asses off.
"No! Wait! That's not the best part!" Max says, wiping tears from her eyes, then switches to a serious voice
"'Now Max,'" She imitated, "'We both know you're parents aren't really missionaries.' Then I'm like: 'No? Well then for God's sake don't tell them that! They'll be crushed thinking they've been doing the lord's work and all!'"
The trio breaks into a fresh roll of laughter while Hatori continues to struggle against Bird-Kid Number 2.
Bird-Kid Number 1 notices me and says in an upbeat tone "Well look who came to the party!"
"You`re suprisingly happy." I say, pointing out that she had a broken leg and Iggy had a broken arm.
"Well, now I have something to do." She suddenly goes serious "But now we have a problem. Those things, M-Erasers, were obliviously sent to kill us and nothing more, which puts the rest of my flock in danger. Now, normally I would send each of you not involved off on you're merry way, but it doesn't appear you would go for that.
"So some of us are going back ta` the U.S.A to regroup and find where these freaks are comin' from."
I nodded, not really feeling like actual words were needed.
"That's where we need you!" Max said, brightening considerably, "You have something we don`t: Money and transportation! You can find us a ride and we follow along on wings!"
She tentatively stood up and grinned,
"So where to, Oh Captain, My Captain? A new adventure to save the world!"
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"So. Not. Cool."
Max sat with her arms crossed looking like I had just denied her the right to speak.
"Well what do you want me to get? A jumbo get?"
"The CMS had one!"
I sighed and looked around our train compartment. Max, Iggy, Tohru and Yuki were our current Mutant-Search-And-Rescue-Squad. We had a well-furbished room with two super-duper-jumbo sized beds. If all went to my plan, Max and Iggy would share one bed, cause they were practically siblings, Tohru and I would share another.
Yuki would sleep on the floor.
I sighed loudly, then as if on cue Max and Iggy`s stomachs rumbled in two-part harmony.
"`M gonna get som` food." Max said, and put her feet down. The train hit a huge bump and Max was reduced to sitting on her butt grabbing her injured leg.
"Not exactly super girl anymore?" I said, smirking
"Sh-Shut up! I-it doesn't hurt!" Max said, fighting tears.
"How about I get snacks?" Tohru says,
"Ya don` have to do that Tohru." Iggy says,
"No, I'm the one holding the money anyway! Ill be right back!" She beams, zips out and leaves me with…them.
I prayed to every deity Id ever heard off "Please don't let them speak. I'm going to go mental if they speak" I thought.
"So…" Max said, "Why do were two fighting?"
The question was obviously directed at me and Yuki. Before I could speak Yuki shot her a smile that would have made most girls blush and said in the most icy-est tone I've ever heard a guy speak,
"Because he's just an idiot."
"OOOOOOH!" Max said as if that made perfectly logical sense, then continued "Why is he an idiot?"
"Because he's the cat."
"……" Apparently this wasn't good enough for Max who glomped Yuki and then looked down at the small rat in her hands.
"Oh no wonder you don't like cats!"
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"….So what about you?" after a long time of awkward silence I asked this question.
"Eh?" was Max`s only reply, Iggy was sleeping,
"How do you know those things that attacked us?" Yuki continued. Max gave us both a chilly stare. Mood swings much?
"I grew up in a top secret lab called the school were I was kept in a dog crate until me and my flock broke out and ran away. Okay, we flew away but whatever.
"The Erasers were pet projects of the school that didn't turn out so great. The M-Geeks, however, were cyborgs designed as the perfect soldiers. From what I could tell those things were a sort of mix between the two…"
She looked puzzled then and put a hand to her chin,
"The bizarre thing is that this enemy would need to have access to the designs of both Itex and the "Uber-Association-Of-Rich-Badguys" that made the M-Geeks. The two were both on strictly separate levels. It would have to be someone with power and intelligence. Oh! And it has to be someone I didn't kill!" Max finished.
Damn, this was going to be a long week.
"Oh! And by the way!" Max said hastily, "Kyo, I want my clothes back."
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I`d like to apologize and thank all my readers sence I was gone a while! Lets look at my exuses!
-School is long and boring
-Ive been ill for a while
-um… I`ll think of another one eventually!
Also, I`d like to say how happy I am that this weird a cross-over has flourished! YAY! And I`d also be uber-excited if I started seeing some more Fruits Basket/Maximum Ride cross-overs! No matter how freaky the results of a cross-over is, Its always good fun! Just something to think about! Allons-y!