Chapter Twelve
The door at the top of the stairs opened. A figure stood in the doorway for a moment then walked down the stairs. At first Max thought it was Dr Dracon but as her eyes adjusted to the light more detail was revealed of the figure. IT had a muscular build and was rather handsome. An Eraser. As he reached the bottom of the staircase another Eraser appeared. The youngsters of the flock scuttled over to Max for protection. The Erasers positioned themselves at one side of the room, each opposite the other. Dr Dracon entered the dungeon with a smile on his face. "Where's Eris?" he asked casually. "What?" Max asked. "Where's my daughter?" "She's not your daughter." Max snarled. "She is. No matter what she says or thinks. Now where is she?"
"I could askyou the same question." Max spat. "Don't play coy with me!" he yelled. "Where is she?" he signaled to one of the Erasers. The Eraser walked over 5o Max and grabbed Angel-pulling her out of Max's grasp. Max was about to yell but Dr Dracon cut her off. "No harm will fall upon her if you tell me where Eris is." "I don't know!" Max screamed, "All I know is that Erasers were trying to get Angel Eris saw them and she and Iggy went to save Angel and the ended up getting caught. We came here thinking that we would find them." Max told him all that she knew.
When she had finished telling Dr Dracon what she knew, Max took a step towards the Eraser holding Angel. However she was pulled back. Not by an Eraser or Dr Evil but Fang. Max almost turned to slap him until she saw the reaction of Dr Dracon's face. He clearly didn't like what he had been told and was looking ...what's the word?...pissed off.
Eris and Iggy sat quietly in their cages as an Eraser patrolling the corridor, glancing at Eris every time he passed. She would smile smartly and was always pleased with his reaction when he would snarl and continue down the corridor. The swinging doors burst open and Jeb entered looking very delighted, "I thought I'd never see the day when you're in a cage again." Jeb smirked as he spoke to Eris, "One of the Erasers inform me that you have a surprising ability."
"Yeah, what's it to you?" Eris asked rudely, not really caring if he answered or not. "Everything, it seems our experiments are becoming more advanced," he informed her. "What, are you afraid they'll over throw you?" Iggy asked. Jeb chuckled, "Quite the opposite," Jeb stated. "Would you show me?" he asked Eris. "Why would I?" she asked rudely. "Because if you don't something unfortunate may just happen to your new friends," he stated. "No!" she whispered. "Yes," Jeb said. Eris willed herself to become invisible and when Jeb's eyes widened she presumed that she was invisible. "Amazing," Jeb muttered then walked out of the room, leaving them in silence.
"So what do you think he meant about it being the opposite?" Iggy asked. Eris sighed, "I don't know, maybe he's going to use us for something." "What, like an army?" Iggy smiled. "Yeah probably," Eris agreed in humour, "what do you think they'd call us... Mutants in Arms..." "Nah," Iggy chuckled, "I was thinking something more along the lines of 'Kids with Guns oh and we've got wings... who knew. They may have a problem with putting it together though. It'll be like "Hey we're the KWGOAWGWWK... and we're here to kill you with our crazy mutant powers and massive wings". Eris released a short burst of laughter. It felt good to laugh. True, they were mutants in a cage, but sitting with Iggy alone made it almost worthwhile.
Max banged on the heavy door and shouted threats and cursed at the Erasers outside. When Dr Dracon and his Erasers had left they had taken Angel with them. "Don't you hurt her, you bastards," Max screamed. One of the Erasers chuckled. "This must be so amusing!" Max yelled sarcastically. "Max, maybe you should calm down," Fang said quietly from behind her. "Calm down?! Don't you tell me to calm down Flyboy!" She yelled at him.
Suddenly, Angel screamed. "I swear, I'll rip your arms off if you touch her!" Max threatened and threw her weight on the door in hope that it might open. And surprisingly it did. "Will you shut up?!" An Eraser yelled in her face. She wasn't the slightest bit fazed by the growling Eraser, "Where's Angel?" "Your precious little twirp is fine. Now will you shut up!" He slammed the door closed in her face. She kicked it in frustration, then yelled in pain and grabbed her foot. "So Mr. Calm, what do you suppose we should do now?" Max asked Fang. "Well I think you've finally realised that yelling won't get you anywhere," Fang said and Max glared at him through the darkness. "You two knock it off already, we need a plan," Nudge said silencing Max and Fang's further argument.
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