Chapter 9
Max P.O.V
I was painfully chained back onto the wall of the airplane. Angel and Dylan were on one side and me and Fang were on the other. They chained me and Fang on so tightly that we couldn't even move our body. Fang was deathly pale and either unconscious or sleeping. I hoped the latter.
I could clearly tell he was in pain and that he was going to think it was his fault that we couldn't escape. I kept sending reassuring thoughts to Angel. When I heard Fang slowly stir next to me, I turned to him. I was hoping that the next side affect was not too bad.
Boy was I wrong. In a few minutes, Fangs chest rose up and down unevenly. I wanted to look him in the eye so he would understand my confusion, but his were squeezed shut. "He can't breathe." Angel whispered from the other side of the room. His chest continued to rise unevenly until he finally calmed down again.
He stared straight ahead. The door slammed open and Ari came inside, yet again. His dramatic entrances were really starting to annoy me. Couldn't he at least be original? "Well you two sure caused some trouble out there now didn't you?" He taunted.
I tried to sneer at him with duct tape on. Let's just saw it didn't work so well. "I just wanted to remind you about what I said before. Try anything and he gets hurt." He nodded at Fang. "You're weak anyway. I won't be hard to contain you." He directed this at Fang. He was in for a serious wake up call.
"Well anyway, we're almost here so I'm gonna put you down now." He took out a handkerchief and out and plastered it over Fang's nose. He tried to resist, but his attempts grew weaker and weaker as Ari held the cloth on his face. Fang's eyelids started drooping and in a matter of minutes, he was out cold.
Then Ari came over to me. I struggled, but I felt the sweet stench making me dizzy. The last thing I saw was Ari's ugly sneer, and then the darkness pulled me under.
A while later…
I groaned loudly. The antiseptic smell of the school burned my nose. I felt like lying down and crying. When I finally forced my eyes to open, I was in a cage of course, but when I looked to my side I saw none other than Dylan in the same cage as me. He was asleep thank god.
When I looked over, I saw Fang and Angel sharing a cage next to me. Fang was awake, but Angel was asleep.
Fang's midnight eyes were alert and hard as usual, but I could clearly see the pain, fatigue, and even a little fear in them. I gave him a small smile and tried to reassure him, but he was too tired to reply.
I saw Angel stir next Fang, and his eyes softened as he saw Angel's well, angelic face. She opened her eyes, and tears immediately began to well up in them as she realized where we were. I wanted to hold her so badly, but I was kinda trapped, so Fang did it instead of me.
He gathered her up and held her into his chest, muttering comforting words in her ear. Then Dylan woke up. I turned to him and glared. He smiled back. What an idiot. Nobody smiled at the School. It just doesn't happen. Then he looked around and fear registered in his eyes.
"Max… Where are we?" He stuttered.
"Welcome to our childhood hell Dylan." I replied to him. Then Angel looked up from Fang's arms.
"They're coming! They want to take me and test out how much pain I can handle. They want to kill me!" She sounded so scared and helpless.
"Don't worry Ange. We won't let them take you." My voice sounded convincing, but since she could read minds it didn't have much impact. She looked like she was about to reply but just then, the door to the room we were in slammed open. Three whitecoats and Ari walked into the room.
I snarled at him, but he smirked and kept walking. "Stop. Take me instead! Please don't take her." I screamed. The whitecoats ignored me and kept walking towards Fang and Angel's cage. Fang had a protective hand in front of Angel. The look in his eyes was murderous.
"Move aside. We need to get to the girl" A whitecoat with nerdy glasses and salt and pepper hair said. "Over my dead body." Venom was dripping from Fang's words. "May I remind you that you're weak? You have the liquid in you. You'll live another two weeks if you're lucky." The whitecoat stated matter-of-factly.
"I'm strong enough to handle you." Fang said, unphased. The whitecoat looked like he was ready to argue some more, but Ari interrupted. "Fine then. I don't mind hearing you scream. Forget the girl. I'll take you instead." Fang's face remained impassive. Ari yanked Fang out of his cage and dragged him away with one of the whitecoats.
Two other Erasers came into the room. They dragged me out and slammed me into Angel's cage which was slightly bigger than mine and Dylan's. I pulled her close and rocked her on my lap. "Is he going to be okay?" Angel asked looking up at me.
I smiled at her. "He's Fang. When is he not okay? He'll be fine. He's a strong boy." Angel shook her head. "But they're going to test his limits. They want to know how much pain he can handle. What if they push it too much?" She was on the verge of tears and to be honest, so was I.
Fang's P.O.V
They dragged me through the School silently. I winced as I saw some of the failed experiments on either side of me. How could people be this cruel? They took me into a bright white room (surprise, surprise) and held me against a wall. Ari had my hands above my head. The more I struggled the harder they pushed.
Restraints were snapped onto my wrists and ankles. A whitecoat walked to a switch near the wall. She was about to flip the switch when she turned to me and said, "Oh yeah. This may hurt a bit." With that she pulled up the switch.
A starburst of pain flashed before me. I clenched my teeth together. I wasn't going to give them the satisfaction of hearing me scream. Suddenly the pain stopped. I couldn't move my body and I was sure that if it wasn't for the restraints I would have collapsed onto the floor.
After a few seconds, the pain came back. I clenched my teeth and tried to ignore the pain. It stopped again and this time, I had no energy to even pick up my head. I let it hang and braced myself for the next round of pain. I heard footsteps coming towards me.
I managed to lift my eyes and saw Ari, looming over me. "How does it feel to be helpless bird boy?" He questioned. "How does it feel to know that you've lost?" Then the switch was flipped again and somewhere in the middle of the next seven flip switches, I lost consciousness.
I was jolted awake by something. I was still restrained, had absolutely no energy, and Ari was standing right in front of me. He roughly undid my restrains and I fell limply to the ground not even bothering to catch myself. Ari chuckled and shook his head as he threw me over his shoulder and marched out of the room.
Max's P.O.V
Me and Angel were then transferred into a small cell. It wasn't too big, but it was better than a cage. Dylan was moved to a cage right next to out cell. At least I didn't have to share with him. Then Ari walked into the room with Fang carelessly thrown over his shoulder.
"What did you morons do to him" I shouted. He smirked, opened our cell and literally threw Fang into it. Fang landed on his face, but with difficulty, he managed to turn himself over so he was on his back. Angel ran over to him, and he stroked her hair.
That tiny action seemed to take away all of his energy. I ran over to him and knelt down. "What did they do to you?" I breathed. He looked at me and then his eyes fluttered closed. I gently picked up his head and laid him on my lap. I stroked his hair, patiently waiting for him to regain his consciousness.
Angel's P.O.V
Gazzy, Iggy, Nudge? Where are you guys. We need you now. More than ever. Please hurry. Fang needs you. We all need you.
I know it was short, but I kinda wanted to update since it's been so long… Did it seem rushed? Please review.
