Chapter 10
The only problem with the 'saving Max' plan?
The last time Max and Fang were alone together she kneed him in the crotch.
And I don't know what that's like personally, because I'm a talking-dog and talking-dogs don't usually get kneed in the crotch, thankfully…
But, remember when I was telling you about when that happened, how I ran off after Max?
Well, when I saw her fly off I ran back to Fang and found him just about how Max had left him. Curled up on his side holding himself and making agonized little wheezing noises.
By the time I got back to him he'd been sick and half-digested apples and doughnuts… Well, anyone who has been sick will know what vomit looks like…
After a few minutes he forced himself to his feet and, still holding himself, limped back toward camp.
"Fang, are you OK?" Iggy called to him.
Fang held up an 'OK' sign and limped past the fire toward the ocean, staring off in the direction Max had gone.
I stood there a few yards away staring at him in shock.
You see, at the time I didn't know he'd lied to Max. I truly believed that Mr. Fang had bumped uglies with Ms. Red-Haired-Wonder.
I could just picture it…
Not in a perverted way, but in a way that made me hate him.
So … I kind of did a bad thing…
"You … YOU!" And I lunged at him.
He turned a little and saw me coming, but by that time I'd already bitten him, and let me tell you … I bit him bad…
I jumped and chomped right onto his arm, holding on with my thumbs so he couldn't pull me off. And I just kept biting him.
He started screaming and swinging his arm, trying to knock me off but I held on.
"TOTAL, NO! STOP IT! LET HIM GO!" Angel was screaming at me in a thin terrified voice.
Angel may be able to talk to fish, sharks and control people's minds, but she can't control my mind… I guess they forgot to give her that skill.
She grabbed me and tried to pull me off of him but I held on.
I was screaming at him the whole time I was biting him, but I guess nobody could understand me cause I had my mouth full of bird-boy.
"You JERK! You CHEAT! You PIG! You better be glad I missed your-"
About that time Angel grabbed my jaws and pried them apart, effectively making me let go of Fang.
He fell and scooted away, leaving a trail of blood in the sand.
I was growling and spitting and practically foaming at the mouth trying to get back at him but Angel held me tightly, and no matter how much I wanted to rip off Fang's … Parts, at that moment, I would never hurt Angel.
Iggy, Gasman and Nudge were dropping to their knees beside Fang about then. Trying to see how badly I'd torn his arm up.
Iggy turned to Angel and shouted, "Get him out of here!"
And Angel carried me away, pressing her face into my fur and sobbing.
"Why did you bite him … Total, why!"
"He hurt Max … He slept with that Lissa girl!"
Angel sank to her knees by the fire and sat me down, wiping Fang's blood off my face. She had tears rolling down her cheeks. She shook her head.
"No, Total … He lied … He didn't sleep with Lissa … He lied."
I didn't believe her at first, not until she told me WHY he did it.
Then I felt like a real jerk … I felt like a bad dog…
Iggy and Nudge helped Fang back toward the fire and I got a look at what I'd done to his arm.
A few weeks before Angel had had a chunk bitten out of her arm by Ari … Well, now I'd bitten a chunk out of Fang.
And if that wasn't bad enough, he was crying.
He was honestly, tears rolling down his face, chin trembling, CRYING.
Everyone was staring at Angel and she glanced at Fang, concentrating on his mind.
I can tell, when Angel's reading someone's mind, her scent changes. It takes on a little bit of the person she's reading.
Fang nodded and wiped his nose with his uninjured hand. "Tell 'em … But Max can't ever know…"
Angel nodded and told everyone…
And boy, you should have SEEN their faces.