I know I promised to make this chapter long and action packed… but I've kind of been putting off writing this because I kind of lost that whole creative thing for a while…
The thing is though I set myself a deadline (tomorrow), and I swore to myself that I would meet it. So I decided to write a quick chapter, I would have done longer, but I have no time today - Because I'm packing. Me and my family are going away for a few days. This also means I won't be able to update for about a week, until I get back. But, we are doing A LOT of driving, and all my time in the car will be spent with an I-pod on my lap, and a notebook and pen in my hand. So if all goes as planned, I'll have a few new chapters ready to post up when I come back!!
Also, it has been pointed out to me that my description of Rome is very unrealistic and lacks that certain wow factor. This is because I have never actually been to Italy, so pardon moi...no wait that's French... Hmm I don't think I know how to say excuse me in Latin...
p.s. the names and places in this chapter are not made up, I used Google Earth to get actual fact.
Well before I make you all go brain-dead with the constant stream of babble, here is the next chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Maximum Ride
It
was midnight and we were flying high over Vatican City. The view was
overwhelming. There were still so many lights on, even at this time
of the night. As we flew over Saint Peter's Basilica, I glanced
around at my flock. Angel was clutching Celeste and flying without
even looking down, she was missing the view. Nudge and Gazzy were
talking to each other and pointing at things on the ground
occasionally. Iggy was looking out to the West at the dark Italian
landscape and the sea. Fang, he looked deep in thought, eyes not
moving at all, looking straight down, eyebrows ever so slightly
furrowed and mouth grim. I'll give you three guesses as to what he
was thinking about.
I shook my head and turned my gaze back down to the ground. We were now flying over less lit up areas, and when I looked back, I saw that we had left Rome behind. We kept on flying south-west toward the ocean.
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We had just flown over the beach and were now flying over the sea. I could barely see the dark land mass far ahead, which had to be our destination, Sicily.
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"We need a map." Gazzy stated plainly.
I rolled my eyes. "You don't say!"
We'd been flying around Sicily for 15 minutes now, trying to find Itex. Needless to say, we have been highly unsuccessful so far.
"Okay guys, land now, we'll go into that town over there and look up Itex."
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We walked into a library in the Italian town of Siracusa. Nudge hopped onto one of the computers and immediately started doing her magic, while the rest of us watched the screen in slight confusion. After only about 30 secs, she sat back smiling. "This is it Max, exact location of Itex headquarters. Oh look, how interesting, it's no--"
"Nudge!" Fang sighed and rolled his eyes at me, causing me to go red, and then a second later, him too.
I shook my head to clear my thoughts and studied the computer screen. It turns out that the Itex wasn't actually in Sicily. It was looked to be on this small island to the south of Italy. I scrolled in on that island and saw that it was actually three islands, Malta, Comino, and Gozo. Itex was on the Eastern tip of the smallest one – Comino. According to the information blurb, apart from the Itex Company, there were only about four people on that island. Sounds like the perfect place for a secret facility planning to take over the world.
I memorized the map and led the flock out of the library. Squinting my eyes from the sudden brightness of the sun, I turned towards the rest of the flock. "How about we start heading towards Comino?"
"Max, can we please just rest up, we've been flying all night and half of the day. Can we like, I dunno, get a room in a hotel or something? And get some food??!? Food would be so great right now. I'm really hungry."
"Max, she's right. We're all tired and hungry." Fang said in a barely audible voice.
"I guess… fine. We'll go tomorrow. Right now, let's go get something to eat."
"Can we go to like a pizza joint or something?"
"Yes Ig, we can."
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(A/N sorry for interrupting, but I'd just like to say, this was the thing I was looking forward to the whole while… ordering the food!! Also I have actually included real Italian pizzas, not ones I made up.)
The waitress came up to our table with a very fake smile. "Hi, my name is Cathy, would you like to place your order now?"
I began, "Yeah, sure," Feeling adventurous I went for a really interesting sounding pizza – one that included artichokes– "I would like three Capricossas, a strawberry milkshake, and a diet coke."
"Let me just clarify that, three capricossa's strawberry milkshake and diet coke. Your order won't be long."
"Umm…sorry I just ordered for myself. The others still have to go." She turned back to us with a pained expression on her face. "You want three whole pizzas for yourself?" I nodded at her and motioned for Angel to place her order. "Can I please have two Naplotenas, and a spider." She smiled sweetly.
"I'll have the same as her." Gazzy put in. scribbling that down, Cathy then turned to Nudge, looking extremely confused but managing to keep that fake smile planted on.
Nudge took a deep breath and began. "I would like two of these… Alla Fiamma. And a Regina. But I also wanted to get this other one. Okay scratch that. I'll have one –not two, just one – Alla Fiamma, one regina, one ortollona, and one quattro formigo. Oh and I also want a spider, a fanta, and some bottled water." I could see Cathy's jaw muscle twitch as she looked expectantly at Fang. " Just three Margerita's please."
Cathy asked him in a strained voice. "any drink with that?"
"Two glasses of lemonade."
When she turned to Iggy, I tapped him on the back of his hand to let him know it was his turn to order. "Uh… I'll just have the same as him." He said quickly, jerking his thumb at Fang.
Cathy turned back to me, the smile completely wiped off by now. "Are you sure you're not over ordering? I mean, usually one pizza is enough to feed two or three adults, and here you have ordered…17 pizzas…just for the six of you. That is a lot of food."
"Look… Cathy is it? Cathy, we're just really hungry. Now I have the money to pay for all of this. And we have big appetites. We'll be just fine, finishing the food. Oh and also, could you just add garlic bread to the orders, a lot of it? Thanks."
Looking slightly disturbed she walked off to the kitchens without another word.
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After that big dinner, and more stares from Cathy, we exited the restaurant and looked around for a hotel. Angel looked like she was just about to drop dead from exhaustion so I just took us into the first one I found. I got three keys from the reception and we filed into the elevator. Again I was faced with the rooming problem but Nudge came to my rescue. "I want to share with Max this time. Is that okay angel?"
A sleepy looking angel nodded. "I'll go with Gazzy then."
That left Fang and Iggy. Perfect.
As soon as we got into our rooms, everyone fell asleep. That probably wasn't the best idea, because that meant…no one was on watch.
There you go… a mini cliffie to last you the week.
What did you guys think of the chapter? To me it felt kind of forced, but that's one opinion. Needless to say reviews are loved!
Well until next time!! (god knows how I shall survive an entire week without fan fiction..)
Love Juhi