Chapter 21- The Truth About the School Pt 2

"That went better than I thought I would," I said. We were now in cages, locked away so that we wouldn't casue any more trouble. My mom and Ella were, of course, nowhere to be found. At least Iggy was here, instead of in some unknown location.

"They are still being experimented on," Iggy said. "I'm sorry, I tried to stop them,"

"It's okay, Ig, you did your best," I assured him.

"Max? What do you think is going to happen to Ella? And your mom?" Nudge spoke up.

"I don't know..." I mumbled. "I'm getting out of here," In three seconds flat, my cage was unlatched and I was standing on my own two feet again. Fang followed suit. It seemed that nobody else was able to figure out their locks, so we reluctantly left them behind and went out of the room.

"I hear something...think your mom is this way," Fang murmured. Several hours had passed since we entered the School. It was close to dawn, I could feel it. Fand moved off down the hall, probably going to rescue my mom. I continued walking, listening for Ella's voice or breathing. Only a few rooms down, I simply swung into a room by chance, and found her there with wings sprouting out of her back and facedown on an experimentation table. Tube of all kinds came from machines and stuck into variuos places on her body. She looked very pale and drawn with pain, but alive and conscious.

"Max," Ella croaked. "What did they do to me?" I noticed her wings were exactly like mine, except darker at the tips.

"They...gave you wings," I murmured. "Now you'll never get to be normal again." Ella barely reacted to this news. The door banged open. I was unsurprised to see a white coat standing there.

"Relax, I was sent in here to be in charge of things," I lied smoothly. The white coat was unconvinced, of course, and ventured into the room further. Mistake number one.

"Get back to your cage," he ordered. "You aren't authorized to be in here," He left the door wide open with his back to it. Mistake number two. I cracked my knuckles. The white coat didn't seem to be taking the hint. Three strikes, you're out. I kicked him in the chest with all my strength. The guy slammed into the wall with a loud bang and slid to the floor, unconscious on impact. I thought I heard his spine crack along with several ribs. He didn't look alive anymore...but then I heard a low moan and sighed with relief. I was no killer. White coat taken care of, I turned around and started yanking the tubes out of my sister.

"Where's Mom?" Ella whispered, struggling to her feet. She had to lean on me for support.

"Fang's getting her out. You're going to have to learn how to fly pretty quickly, because that's your ticket out of here." Ella nervously glanced at her wings.

"Why did they do this to me?" she asked.

"It's all about me saving the world. They seem to think having you and Mom as part of the flock will help me."

"I don't want this," she whispered sadly.

"I don't either," I muttered. "Now let's get out of here. First of all, Nudge and the others will be wanting out of their cages. Then we'll meet up with Fang and Mom. Lastly...we escape."

Fang POV

"No...don't..." Dr. Martinez moaned. It was getting harder to carry her, but luckily Iggy had gotten out to help me, having heard my thoughts from Angel.

"Damn, she's heavy," Iggy panted. "Good thing we aren't flying, right?" I ignored him. Dr. Martinez was starting to wake up. I could see that she had dark brown wings that had ripped out of the back of her jacket, which now hung it tatters along with her shirt. I took off my own shirt and put it on her, hoping this would help matters. Dr. Martinez slowly opened her eyes. Fang let her fall to the floor. Iggy leapt back, a little startled by this.

"What...what happened?" she moaned, trying to stand up.

"You have wings now," I said. "Looks like you got what you wanted."

Max POV

"Yay, we're free!" Nudge cried out, climbing out of her cage. Angel and the Gasman followed suit. Iggy's cage was empty.

"Iggy went to go help Fang," Angel explained. "Now, let's go find them. Ella was able to walk a little easier now, but it was clear that she was still in a lot of pain.

"Alright, let's go," I said. The others grinned at me, ready for action.

"Max, I still can't fly!" Ella protested.

"You got wings?" Nudge exclaimed. "Wow, really? How does it feel? Are you excited? I bet you can't wait to learn to fly for the first time! I remember when-" As Iggy was unavailable to quiet her down, Gazzy slapped his hand over her mouth, making a nice subsitute for the task. She pulled his hand away, getting the point.

"Iggy still has better aim than you," she said sniffily. "And he's blind!" This started an argument between Nudge and the Gasman the whole walk over to where Fang, my mom, and Iggy were located. Angel whispered instructions in my head, which I followed very carefully. Finally, we managed to find them without being seen by anyone, a very unusual thing.

The scientists are at another facility performing experiments on themselves underground. Only a few remain here to watch over the other mutants.

Thank you, Voice, I mumbled in my head.

"Max, what are we going to do now?" my mom asked.

"First off, you two need a flying lesson. How do you like being pushed off a roof?"

AN: YAY! Another update!