I landed hard spraying dirt and pebbles then punched a tree so hard it hurt.
"Where's Fang?" Iggy asked anxiously.
"Gone," I said bitterly my throat thick with emotion. Angry, frustrated tears were trying to force their way out of my eyes. I blinked rapidly to clear them.
"Are you alright, Max?" Optimum asked.
"No! Everything was going fine until you showed up! Give me a reason not to kill you in, like, five seconds or you're gonna see what and 'alpha' to 'alpha' fight looks like," I shouted making finger quotes when I said alpha.
"Max-"
"Zip it," I said cutting him off. "I don't want to hear your stupid voice right now." At least I'd managed not to scream that last statement.
Gosh, why did my life have to be so complicated? Why did I have to lead everyone and then feel rotten when bad stuffed happened? Couldn't life be normal for, like, three seconds?
A loud crashing sound in the distance sent a message and it was a big fat NO!
Everyone tensed getting ready for an attack as the crashing sound came closer and closer. I was glad someone was coming. I ready to pound the stuffing out of whoever came out of those woods. The bushes on the other side of the clearing shook and just as I was about to leap across the clearing and-
Newt stepped out of the bush shaking the twigs and leaves out of his long hair. Darn, I was really looking forward to getting my anger out in a healthy beneficial way, now I would be forced to endanger more trees.
"This isn't the agreed meeting place," Newt said obviously annoyed that we had issues and couldn't follow the plan. "Although you sound like a hear of marauding elephants so it wasn't hard to find you."
Well sorry we have issues and can't stick to plans. I think it might be in our DNA.
"You could have at least-" Newt caught sight of Optimum. "Who's this bloody shank!?"
Optimum leaned very close to me. "Is that a human?" he asked conspiringly. I nodded, than elbowed him in the ribs.
"That's no way to talk to our friend," I hissed.
"But he's a human!" Optimum's voice couldn't be considered a whisper anymore.
Newt glared at him. This guy had a real talent for making enemies. I just hoped this confrontation didn't end up with Newt running out of the clearing like an immature child! Yeah, I'm talkin about Fang.
Newt glared at Ops briefly out of the corner of his eye then turned to me. "Did you think to get any food?" he asked quickly scanning the clearing. "No? Okay, why don't we have Chuck and I get some while you stay put."
Like we wouldn't do a thing like that. Newt and Chuck left, leaving the mutants to themselves. I wondered if it was purposeful so we had to work out our problems. What would those be know? Only the fact that the only person I didn't want to kill right now was Iggy.
"Help me make a fire would you, Max? I'm assuming whatever Newt brings back he'll want it cooked…or sterilized." Iggy said searching for wood.
"No problem, Ig. Let's build it over here. I don't think we should build it anywhere flammable."
Iggy nodded, but I think he may have been slightly disappointed. That's my boy, the pyromaniac. Optimum stared at Iggy as he collected wood and started making sparks.
After we got a great, if not slightly smoky fire, going the mazers came back carrying a whole deer between them! We were gonna eat good tonight.
"Where'd you take that down?" I yelped.
"Never mind that, what is it?" Iggy demanded impatiently.
"A whole deer," Chuck said proudly hoisting it higher on his shoulder.
I could see Iggy's brain working as he tried to process ways to cook our dinner. I was hoping for a yummy dinner. My hopes were realized when Iggy started barking out orders.
"Max, get me some onion. They'll smell like, well, onions. Newt, come with me and help me find some herbs. Chuck, guard the deer and keep that fire going nice and hot. Oh, and Max, see if you can find any salt. Salt water works too."
