Heyo! So here you go chapter 12 and we go back to Iggy! Hooray I was happy to type this chapter up trying to get it posted asap. Hope you like it, love your reviews, keep on sending! Onward! Disclaimer: You know it? Who doesn't own Maximum Ride? Yup, me.

Chapter 11: Pain and Shock

Whoa. That's all I could think, do, just anything! I just couldn't get it in my head that I was hearing that voice again. The voice of a nice girl I thought was dead. She had never left the school at all. She had been here her whole life.

Guilt ran through me as I realized I had seen freedom, I had been out of this damn nightmare, but she, she never did. She had been locked here forever.

"Oh my god it really is you Iggy." Rose gasped from my right. I turned and reached for my bars. There was another crate next to mine, with a person in it. A Rose actually.

"So it's you too? From that day seven years ago. You said good luck to me and was gone." I mumbled wishing her face would appear in my head. I could slightly remember what she looked like seven years ago, but she must look different now. This is another downside to being blind you see?

I always wonder what the flock looks like, I always try to imagine them but hey I could be wrong. But maybe I'll never know.

"Yeah wow. I can't believe you're here. I must be dreaming." She stammered.

"Don't pinch yourself. So Rose huh? I never did get your name back then; at least I know it now." I felt a smile slip on my lips. Rose laughed in her cage next to me.

"Yeah Rose. Well this is nice it sure gets lonely here." She laughed again. She shifted in her cage and her tone was serious now. "Iggy, did you guys you know? Escape? Were there really some of you who did escape?"

I grimaced. She's probably wishing she had gotten the chance to escape.

"Yeah. My flock and I escaped four years ago." I sighed beginning my tale.

"There are others?" Spark exclaimed. Oh yeah I had forgotten about them.

"Yeah there's Max, Fang, Gazzy, Nudge, Angel and I. We all broke out together and sort of stayed together as like a family. Since we had no one else to take care of us." I said launching into my story.

Rose was a very patient girl. She also wasn't jealous. That was a shock.

I told my entire story about escaping, and living in the mountains. I told her about Angel getting kidnapped, rescuing her. I told her about Ari and subway tunnels, I explained Ari dying and us going to Antarctica. She listened the whole time without interrupting seeming to actually be fascinated by my adventures.

She didn't seem mad that I had been free while she was here getting experimented on and harassed. Sometimes I don't understand people like that.

"Wow, you have so many adventures." She breathed when I had finished sounding far away like she was imagining. Or dreaming. "All of them new and full of courage."

"I guess." I smiled sheepishly.

"Iggy do you think. Er, do you think we can escape this. Only this time Spark and I could be free too?" Rose asked sounding slightly embarrassed. I paused for a moment before answering.

"Of course. When we get out you're both coming along."
"Come on keep it moving! This is your exercise for the day!" The Eraser snapped pulling out his whip that he seemed to be enjoying too much when he used it.

"Got what do they think? We're gonna get fat?" Rose hissed under her breath as we turned in the circle of mutants keeping a quick pace. It was awful how many experiments the School had. How many kids they got their dirty paws on.

I grumbled as we passed the Eraser with the whip. I bet he was just dying to use it right now on me.

"He keeps eyeing you out of everyone." Rose whispered as we circled another lap. Am I good or what?

"Figures. I tend to keep people watching me." I mumbled once the gong had been rung. Finally, it was time to stop.

"Let's go! Get back!" roared all the Erasers. SNAP! SNAP! The whip crackled in my ears as I heard the whimpers of a mutant. "Let's go freak! NOW!" SNAP! The whip struck something again now, sounding like flesh.

I jerked at the piercing cries and whimpers. The poor soul sounded young and helpless on the ground. I pulled on Rose's shirt. "What's going on? Who's hurt?"

"An Eraser is whipping a kid who fell. He's not getting up and…it's Spark! Noo!" Rose suddenly shrieked causing everyone to look at her now. She pushed past me and ran toward her brother. Oh god. That was the last straw.

I followed her footsteps hearing Spark's small whimpers and sobs below me and Rose screeching.

"Leave him the hell alone or I'm going to rip your throats out!" She roared. Laughter followed. That hideous mocking laughter was their comeback. I gritted my teeth blocking out what I could.

"Stop what? This?" I hear another sickening crack of a whip and Spark scream this time. And right then I guess Rose snapped.

I heard the steady laughter of an Eraser turn into a strangled gasp for air as though he was choking. His breathing stayed like this slowly becoming more and more gasps.

"Stop her!" Jeb yelled from wherever he was. Guess they didn't believe Rose. What a shame. There was taps of Erasers feet racing towards the strangled Eraser and Rose and all I could think was: have. To. Help.

Before I could think I felt myself already running towards Rose who was upright next to me and the gasping Eraser crawling away from us. I hid my snicker just as the first Eraser sent his claws for my head. I ducked with enough time and curled my fingers in a fist sending it to his jaw.

With a roundhouse kick I toppled him back away from me and hurled my fist again into his gut.

A searing pain in my chest stopped me just as I received a punch in my gut knocking the air out of me. I clutched it waiting for the air to slowly return but it didn't. I still felt like I couldn't breathe.

Pain jabbed my chest knocking more and more air out of my lungs until I couldn't stand anymore. I felt my knees buckle underneath me, as I fell to the floor falling into a violent coughing fit.

Dabs of blood hit my hand as I coughed into them and I felt tears welt up in the corners of my eyes gasping for air. But there was none. I couldn't stop.

Sweet chapter 11 done. I like it, it's kinda mysterious. Poor Iggy, what's going on with him? Well you'll find out soon when chapter 12 is up. I'm going to stick with Iggy for awhile now and Rose. Please send me your reviews they are loved. R&R, thanks!