Heaven can wait
We're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?
-Alphaville, Forever Young
As time passed the box grew hotter and hotter. I had yet to answer Fang's question, but I don't think that was what he was thinking about at the moment.
My head ache had slowed to a sore throbbing with the beat of my heart.
"Sorry I got you in to this." I whispered to Fang. He didn't say anything, just glanced at me, and then turned back.
Footsteps entered the room, followed by the sound of a rolling gurney. We both looked up to the top of the box, which was soon opened by more doctors hidden behind gas masks.
"Hello kitties." A boy's voice called to us with a British accent.
We just sat there, blankly staring at them. "Quiet ones, aren't they." The other doctor said, revealing the same British accent. The two doctors laughed, and then turned back to us.
"I'm Duck," the first one said. "And I'm Goose," Chimed in the second.
"Ha, Duck, duck, Goose." Fang joked. This was all too confusing, but Fang seemed to be fine with the random British boys.
"Are you…" I began, trying to fathom what was happening. "…even doctors?"
They looked at each other and laughed and pulled off the gas mask revealing identical faces; shaggy blond hair and blue eyes. "Nope." I looked at Fang who was smiling at the two jokesters.
"What…Why…?" I felt like I had so many questions to ask them, yet nothing was coming out. "Wh-" Fang cut me off. "What the rolling bed for."
"Gurney." I corrected as I stood up and climbed out of the cramped box.
"It's your escape." Duck said. "But," Goose began. "We can only take one of you."
I looked at Fang. "You go. I escaped before I can do it again." I lied knowing, it'd be impossible to escape again. An unreadable expression crossed Fang's face, as if he was considering something.
"I'm not what these people want, they'll let me go." He said as he stepped back from the gurney. Sighing I walked up to duck and Goose. "Do you have a sedative?" I asked.
Nodding, Goose reached in his pocket and pulled out a syringe. "What do you need that for?" Fang asked as I popped the cap off. "Sorry fang." I said as I walked up to him. His face went pale showing he realized what was happening.
Swiftly I stabbed the needle into his arm. Not long afterward his limp body collapsed into the ground. "Help me get him onto the gurney." I told Goose when he came to stand beside me.
Hauling Fang's body onto the gurney with the help of Goose, I looked down at his peaceful pale face. "Goodbye Fang." I said as I kissed his forehead. He mumbled something, surprising me that he was still conscious.
I sucked in a deep breath, and checked to see if the hall was clear. "See you on the other side." I said to Goose and Duck before I disappeared to the end of the hall.
The sound of wheels drew my attention to the door I just came from. Goose and Duck were pushing Fang's limp body down the hall. They looked like doctors and I knew they'd get Fang safely out of here.
Pushing through the large metal door, I stepped into the dim lit hall. "Well, well Maximum is getting out again." Nudge's familiar voice chimed from the end of the hall.
Slowly I turned to face her, and the quickly forming rows of masked doctors behind here.
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