Hahaha. So I promsied Fax in this chapter. It has to be long though. so here it is.
~Flyingvampire
(Max POV)
Finally, I could walk around of my own free will again. The doctor had released me just this morning and I was standing in the spacious obstacle course room, watching the other mutants go through it with ease. I felt a pang of envy. Why hadn't I been able to get through it just as easy?
"Amazing isn't it?" Liz was suddenly at my side, gazing at the complex web of iron, "I'm surprised that you're in here Max."
"Eh, just thought I'd take a look." I shrugged.
"Hmm... so, hows the leg?"
"Stiff." she peered at my previously broken leg and smiled. I looked at her curiously.
"What?" she shifted her gaze and gave me a quizzical look.
"How can you care about everything so much?" I asked looking at the floor.
"What do you mean?"
"There isn't anybody here who you don't know. You've memorized every square inch of the place. You know everything that goes on here. How do you do it? I can barely keep track of my own flock..." my voice turned into a mumble at the end. I realized that I hadn't thought about the flock for a couple of hours. I internally cursed myself.
"Max, its my job, and I love every single minute of it. Commitment depends on how much you want something. I want to be president of this whole organization. Therefore, I work three times harder than neccessary and care more than required to prove that I have what it takes." she rolled her shoulders and head, "But unless Professor Cokix keels over and dies, it doesnt look like thats going to happen anytime soon."
"Who's Professor Cokix?"
"She's the current president. And a real pain in the ass too." she said.
I laughed and sighed.
"Have you seen Issac around today?" she asked me, "I haven't seen him since yesterday."
"Same here." I said looking at the gigantic doorway. He promised me that he would come by that morning, but never showed up.
"Mmmm." Liz looked uncomfortable, as if she'd rather be playing with man eating sharks than making small talk with the likes of me. "I have to get going okay. I'll see you later." She waved bye and started running quickly towards the farthest wall. With a powerful leap, she launched herself at the concrete with incredible force. Then, just like Spiderman, she latched herself onto the wall and began to climb. I stared at her in awe. I had never seen anything like it in my life. Spidy wasn't even as graceful as Liz was. Noticing that I was staring, I turned away and shook my head to clear my mind. I decided to explore.
The whole underground structure was absolutely enormous. I must've covered at least four miles from end to end. It took three hours to walk around the whole building from the inside. When I finally got back to my room, the clock told me that it was five o' clock in the afternoon. Ugh. I shut the door and realized that I hadn't showered in forever and a day. I peeled off my clothes and stepped into the shower stall. The boiling water felt good on my aching body. When the water finally started to run cold I turned the knob and grabbed a towel off the outside of the shower door, wrapping it around myself. I leaned my head against the tile and took a couple deep breaths, trying to relax. I knew the reason why I couldn't seem to calm down was because Fang and I hadn't spoken in a little over a day and a half. The last time this happened, we were on seperate continents, not one floor above the other. I wanted to talk to him so bad. But my pride wouldn't allow it. I was NOT going to apologize first, no matter how long we had to stay mad at each other for.
After changing into the big t-shirt and sweats that was provided for me, I threw myself down with a big flop onto the tiny twin bed in the corner. I inhaled the scent of my pillow deeply. Crap. I had the same husky smell that Fang had. Wow, my life just wasn't fair.
I heard footsteps in the hallway. My heart sped up in hope that it was Fang, but quickly ceased as the sound continued on down the hall. I squeezed my eyes shut in search of isolation, but only found that his face was burned onto the back of my eyelids.
Go apologize Max. said the voice. Great. Now my stupid defect was preaching to me too.
No. I told it, hoping that for once, it would just go away when I wanted it to.
Right now, you and Fang combined are stronger than any force the school has. Go apologize. His pride is blocking him more than yours is blocking you Max. Be the bigger person.
No.
Do it. Do it right now. Or I can promise you that you won't ever see the flock again as long as you live. The voice threatened. It actually threatened me. As if it could just pop out of my head and make it a reality. But, I didn't want to take any chances. I groaned and rolled off the bed ungracefully. I trudged down a hallway and a flight of stairs before I reached the door to Fang's room, the whole way debating with myself whether to go through with this or not. Teeth clenched, I knocked.
The lock clicked open and Fang opened the door. He looked like he had just gotten out of bed, his hair was all messed up and his clothes were abnormally wrinkled. His shirt was on backwards and he wasn't wearing any shoes. Oh god I don't like the look of this. I thought, suddenly regretting coming down.
"What are you doing here?" he said astonished. He looked over his shoulder and back at me, eyes wider than usual. Almost panicked.
My eyes narrowed. "I came down here to apologize." my voice was spiked with venom, "What are YOU doing in THERE Fang?"
"I... uh... well... Liz..." That was all I needed to hear.
"Oh. Well, I'll go then." I turned on my heel and stalked off. Fury was rising inside me. Jealousy was becoming my best friend, and anger and I were getting very well acquainted.
"Max... Max wait! Wait, I want to... Wait!" He said desperately, jogging to keep up with me.
"I'm done waiting Fang."
"No just I... WILL YOU STOP WALKING AND LISTEN?!" He jumped in front of me just as I was taking my first step to go up the stairs. He pinned my arms to my sides and shoved me up against a wall.
"God Fang, what?!" I growled at him. I didn't want him to be this close to me. I was already close to kicking him where it hurts, but now I was changing my mind to biting his nose off instead.
"Listen, Liz and I don't have what You and I have. We haven't seen each other for two years. I see you every day of my life! I know you fifty times better than I know Liz, I know how to annoy you, how to please you, how to embarrass you! Liz is an awesome person, but she doesn't have that... something, that you do Max. Seeing you gets me up in the morning. Hearing your voice is the only reason I ever listen to anything. Your smell is the only reason I even BREATHE. It's not Liz Max, it's YOU." When he finished, he had a crazed look in his eyes.
It was the longest speech I had ever heard Fang say. I didn't know what to say. Fang let go of me and started pacing the little stairwell, his hands clasped behind his head.
"Fang... I-"
"Don't say anything, just kiss me for god's sake so that I can go back to being right minded again." And with that said he took my face with both hands and kissed me so passionately, that I felt weak in the knees. Thank god that he was holding me up, cause if he wasn't I would have collapsed right there and spoiled the whole freaking moment. It took me a couple seconds to regain my senses, but when I did, I wrapped my arms around his neck and stood on my tip toes so we could kiss better.
It was a moment that only the worst of situations could spoil.
"Fang I just got a call-" Liz burst into the stairwell and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw our embrace. She blinked a couple of times, shook her head and continued, "I... uh... just got a call. Issac got caught helping the flock escape, and now they're being held captive. But that's not even the worst part."
"Then what's the worst part?" I asked feeling a knot in the pit of my stomach.
Liz took a deep breath, "They're all sentenced to be 'retired' tomorrow night."
There was the spoiler.
HA! FAX! I told you!!!! heehee:) Wow. What a cliffie. Well leave reviewsss purty purty purty please!!!!
~Flyingvampire