Can Change Be Good?
I do not own Maximum Ride
Chapter 11: CASSIE!
Max POV:
I quickly ran down my steps and towards the beach really hoping that Cassie was just playing with me, but when a another scream erupted in the night it only made me pump my legs faster and scream,
"CASSIE! I'M COMING!" But once I reached the beach I quickly froze. A black like shadow was swirling around an unconscious Cassie and looking like it was ready to end her. So I did the only thing I could think of, which was to grab the nearest stone and chuck it at it's dark form. I then started to move my arms wildly and yell,
"HEY, TALL, DARK, AND UGLY COME GET ME!" The dark shadow slowly turned towards my direction and lifted it's hand. A confused look appeared on my face, but quickly turned to surprise when a black orb like energy shot out of it's palm and started coming towards me. I quickly dodged away from the orb and watched it explode when it hit the trash can on contact. I turned my attention back at the shadow to see it raising it's hand again and then shooting a another orb out. I quickly did a flip over the orb before it could make contact with me and saw it land on an umbrella creating another explosion.
"Alright now your making me mad." I said feeling the anger bubbling up inside be. I then felt a familiar heat radiating off my hands and that's when I remembered. I turned towards the waiting shadow with a smug smirk on my face and said,
"Okay you want to play, let's play. PODER ARRIBA!" A familiar flash of light covered my body before fading back into the night. I silently praised myself for doing it right before getting into a fighting stance. The shadow then moved away from Cassie and started barreling towards me. I quickly jumped over it and spun my leg around waiting for it to make contact, but when it never came I quickly turned around and threw my fist at it instead. But all that happened was my fist going straight through it and then it grabbing me by the arms and throwing me across the beach. My arms connected first with the cold, hard sand and then followed by the rest of my body with a sickening thud. I let out a low moan before slowly picking myself up and letting my injuries continue to heal, but I also saw the dark shadow coming towards me again and this time faster. I used my super speed to dodge away from the shadow and started running down the beach. I threw a glance over my shoulder to see the shadow already gaining on me and I knew I was running out of time. I started to think about how I can't touch it, but it can touch me and how it can shoot out orbs from it's palms making whatever they touch explode. Which made me think of how I made that beaker explode in biology today...THAT'S IT! I thought. I quickly turned around and started leading it back towards Cassie. Once I reached her unconscious form, I spun around and stopped. The dark shadow stopped too, but only a few inches away and it looked like it was waiting to see what I was going to do.
"You know," I started casually, "I just started learning a little bit about weather in my biology class here and I learned how dark clouds don't mix well with light. So why not you help me test that theory." I finished and lifted up my hands. I then imagined the glowing balls of light forming on both of them and when I looked down I saw them radiating off my hands and in one fluent motion I threw them at the shadow. The shadow quickly recoiled when the balls hit him and let out a loud screech when the light exploded, but when the light disappeared so did he. I stood in shock for a few seconds before letting out a loud hoot and throwing my fist in the air.
"Well it took you long enough." ? said. I quickly spun around and saw Cassie standing up with her hands on her hips and a knowing expression on her face.
"What?" I asked confused and wondering how she's okay.
"What do you mean 'what?'" Cassie asked and started to walk towards me too.
"What I mean is how are you not unconscious and why were you timing me?" I asked now frustrated.
"Oh...that." She said with a soft nod.
"Yeah, that." I repeated.
"Well you see this was all a test and you just passed." Cassie beamed happily.
"What do mean this was all a test!" I yelled while throwing mine hands in the air.
"Well I wanted to see how well your powers were developing, so I made this test to check. Which by the way they are developing just fine." She said and gave me a cheerful hug. But I just shrugged her off and took a few steps back.
"Okay so instead of asking me 'Hey how are your powers developing?' YOU MADE ME BELIEVE THAT A SHADOW WAS GOING TO KILL YOU!" I screamed.
"Yes." She said simply. I let out a frustrated sigh and ran my hands angrily through my hair before looking back at her and seeing a sad expression on her face. My frustration then melted away and was replaced with guilt, so I walked over to her and whispered calmly,
"Look I didn't mean to yell at you, but you just made me nervous you know."
"Yeah, I guess. I'm sorry Max." Cassie said and gave me another hug which I easily returned. Once we released each other of the hug, the night became filled with a calming silence and we just looked out at the water. But then a new question filled my mind and I couldn't help but ask
"How did you make that shadow appear?"
"Oh, there was no shadow." Cassie answered.
"What do you mean?" I asked and turned towards her.
"It wasn't really there." Cassie answered acting like it was the normal-est thing in the world.
"How?" I asked feeling like the old Fang when he was only a man of few words.
"Because I made you think it was there." Cassie said turning towards me, but before I could ask how she made me think that, she put her hand on my lips and answered,
"I can create illusions."
Sorry I know I said there would be a new character, but I didn't think this chapter was going to be this long. So I promise the next chapter will be where the new character enters and I will try to get a little more Fax started. One more thing I love you guy's for reviewing and I will either get the next chapter up Thursday or Sunday depending if I have internet or not. But I would still love for you guy's to REVIEW and make my day super happy! SO REVIEW!
P.S. Do you think it should be an awkward FAX moment or a sweet one?
