Coincide- Chapter 10
Immediately after Fang had left the room, Jeb came in, looking anywhere but my eyes.
"What do you want?" I asked, wiping the tears away.
He looked up at my face, but still stared at my nose, my forehead, my cheeks. He was nervous about something… but what? Shouldn't he be begging my mercy and trying to make up for lost time with the few minutes we had left?
He swallowed. "Maximum, I love you." He grabbed me into his arms. I was an unbending statue, like Fang usually is when someone tries to hug him. "I'm sorry, but this is for your own good."
"Wha…" But before I got it all out, a needle was in my neck, then all went black.
FLOCK P.O.V.
The flock, minus their fearless leader, was taken to the room where all the pain and havoc was supposed to take place. Fang's pulse was quick from the constant thoughts of Max's life being put in danger. His memories kept showing him Max's face just after their last kiss, the uncertainty and worry etched into her face. Her eyes, swirling with emotion trying to reassure him, but nothing could ease the tension he felt now.
He looked to his left, looking upon the flock. Angel sat next to him, holding tightly onto Total, who was muttering something about evil grandma whitecoats and cookies. Angel wasn't paying attention to her furry black friend, he noticed, she was staring off at the table in the middle of the room, where a whitecoat stood, needle in hand.
The Gasman was next to her, describing the room to Iggy, swallowing hard as the word's sunk into his own, eight year old mind. Iggy would wince or go motionless as Gazzy described something threatening or disturging (a.k.a. the needle or the table with metal restraints).
Listening to the description made Fang all the more uneasy, he needed to find a way to save Max from this. There was no way she'd escape this alone, even if she is the great Maximum Ride.
Nudge was the last in the line, crying silently as she drunk in the scene of the room, bit by bit. Except for her sobs, she was completely silent. It seemed the Nudge Channel was experiencing technical, scratch that, emotional difficulties.
Jeb and Dr. Martinez entered the room, coming to stand next to the flock. Max's mom rubbed Nudge's back as she cried. Jeb just stood, staring into space. Maybe he'd finally seen what his actions had brought them to. Fang's hands clenched into fists at the sight of Jeb, the man who had betrayed them… the man who was Max's father. How could someone as good as Max come from the evil of Jeb. She must have taken fully after her mother's side.
A whitecoat came in, carrying Max over to the table while The Director and Dr. ter Borcht followed behind, then a few flyboys.
Fang's heart clenched at the site. Max wouldn't be able to put up a fight if she was unconscious. He immediately threw himself against the glass that separated them, banging furiously and yelling out the name of their doomed leader, the girl he had fallen for (sometimes literally).
They strapped Max to the bed with the metal restraints and then the whitecoat with the needle prepared to inject Max.
The Director spoke. "This needle contains a poison… it will kill Max within seconds. We'll have her hooked up to a monitor so you can hear her heart slow and finally quit beating altogether."
"You touch her and I'll kill you!" Fang yelled, once again throwing himself against the glass.
The monitor hummed with Max's heartbeat, music to Fang's ears. She was alive and healthy… for now. But then the needle pricked her skin and the whitecoat emptied the yellow substance into Max's system.
The monitor was unaffected at first, then Max's heart began to slow.
"NO! MAX!" Fang yelled as the flock gasped and cried. Total and Angel were yelling reverently.
Then her heart stopped altogether.
MAX P.O.V.
When I came to, a whitecoat entered the room with the Director and Dr. ter Borcht following behind. After them, a small group of flyboys filed in, surrounding me.
"We've come to an agreement." The Director announced.
"Congratulations." I muttered with heavy sarcasm.
Ignoring my comment, she continued. "We've decided not to terminate you."
"What!?" I shrieked. "Did Fang put you up to this? I swear if you lay one finger on him…"
"Max!" She yelled interrupting me. "Fang and the others have no idea, they're watching you be killed at this very moment."
Ok, I'm stumped. "Again, I say 'what'?"
"You're clone vas terminated..." Dr. ter Borcht stated.
"In your place." The tortoise finished.
I felt my breath hitch. Looking over all of their faces, I could see they were completely serious. I just didn't know why they would want the flock to think I was dead when I wasn't. They seemed set on killing me. Why not follow through?
"I don't understand…" I breathed, rattling my head.
"Your flock will be set loose on what they'll think was an escape." The Director explained. "When in reality, we know of their plan and plan on letting them go."
"Why would you let them go?" I asked dumbly.
She smirked, making her look that much more evil. "We have you, that's all we need."
A shiver crawled down my spine. I tried to hide it from them, they couldn't know that the all powerful Maximum was actually freaked out by The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Mother and her pack of evil musketeers.
"What do you want from me?"
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