Chapter 11 – Maddy

"Maddy?" Tally asked softly.

The older woman stepped even farther out of the shadows. The light from the dimly lit room reflected off her face and Tally noticed she was giving Tally a warm smile. Not a cold or a sympathetic smile, a true happy, warm smile. Tally felt her own lips starting to curl up into a soft smile showing her glistening sharp teeth.

"I knew it was going to be you the moment the door bust open like that. You always did have a thing for dramatic entrances and exits." Maddy chuckled.

Tally's soft smile turned into a grin by that point. She felt that for once Maddy didn't hate her anymore. Maybe David was right, maybe she did like Tally now. Maybe she had forgiven her.

"Well yeah I guess I do but for some reason they always get me into trouble." Tally said.

"What do you mean?" the older woman's smile started to fade slowly and a look of worry was taking its place.

"Well the only problem with dramatic exits and entrances is that you don't have time to think things through. Or just dramaticness period." Tally said. "Like I think I may have broken Dr. Cable's neck…" Tally said shyly. She stared down at the ground.

A low chuckle started coming from the other side of the room where Maddy was standing. After a few moments Maddy couldn't contain her laugher anymore and it was a full-fledge laugh.

"Its about time someone showed her who is boss!" Maddy laughed.

Tally laughed along with her, "Yeah but now I can't ask her where David is…" Tally said.

"What do you mean?" Maddy immediately stopped laughing.

"Well she caught me when I went to let the Cutter's go and put me in a cell. I guess while I was in there she somehow found David, Croy and Ryde who were waiting for us outside the city. She came to my cell after the stinger wore off and I woke up. She told me she is going to make David Pretty and is going to erase his memory just like…" Tally trailed off at this point.

Maddy nodded, Tally figured that she probably already knew and there was no need for her previous speech. Maddy's smile slowly coming back.

"I couldn't let that happen." Tally said.

Maddy walked over and wrapped Tally in a hug.

"You really love my son don't you?" Maddy said.

Tally nodded and then Maddy continued. "I mean you broke some doctor's neck because she was threatening to hurt him. You really care about him and I know he cares so much about you too." Maddy said softly.

Tally looked at Maddy, "What do you mean?"

"Did he ever tell you about what happened after you decided to stay with you friend Zane at Fort Smokey?" Maddy asked.

Tally shook her head. "No he didn't."

"Well I literally had to drag him and had to stop him from going after you at least 5 times. He didn't want to leave you behind but I knew that the Specials would have been there by then and it wasn't worth risking him getting caught." she said. "Besides I always told him that you would be okay and that you would see each other someday soon. He almost didn't believe me but you should have seen the smile on his face when he saw you again. Even though you were Special and he was very disappointed on how the city had made you become I could still tell that he was so happy to see you again." she said softly.

Tally grinned. She never knew that but it was almost a relief to know that David had missed her and that he never stopped caring.

Then Tally remembered why she had come in there in the first place.

"So if David isn't here then why is his antenna here?" Tally asked.

"Oh he was here but they took him to get operated on a little while ago and they left the antenna here." Maddy said sadly. "They were going to have me go first but he kicked one of the Specials when they tried to take me out of the room and then they decided that he would go first." she chuckled. "He always was a fighter."

Tally grinned, it sounded just like David. Always protecting the ones he loved, no matter what could possibly happen to him as of discipline to his actions. It didn't really matter to him, as long as the people he cared about the most would be okay.

"So where would they take him?" Tally asked. "I'm going to make sure I actually get the information before I make another dramatic exit." she giggled.

Maddy smiled again, "They took him to an operating room that they set up in the building. It's the 'operation room'; well that is what the gold label says anyways. He should be in here." she said.

Tally nodded and gave Maddy another hung, "Thanks for you know forgiving me and everything and thanks for telling me where he was at." she said.

Maddy nodded, "Go save my son." she said in a caring tone.

"Will do. If you can go find the other Cutters, they are trying to escape too." Tally told the older woman.

"Okay we will wait for you guys." she said.

"Oh wait, what about Croy and Ryde?" Tally asked. She had completely forgotten about them.

"We will find them just go find David." Maddy told her.

Tally nodded, "Alright." and with that she was gone but this time she had all the information that she needed and the feeling in the bottom of her stomach that Maddy would always blame her from Az's death was now permanently erased.