Taken

Chapter 25

Max's POV

The silence was almost too much to take. It had been that way for the past three days. I have no idea what happened to Viper but I am glad that he is gone. I had had no contact with anyone though. If it were six years before now, I would be dying of hunger but since I had lived at the school the past two years, I had become used to the ability of being unable to eat for days at a time. And when I did get food, I had to give it to Ghost so he could eat.

I was losing my mind though, not even for sure were Ghost was. I know that Fang is not anything like Viper but still. Fang tends to run off and do stupid things. I know he would never hurt Ghost but is he even caring for him? Or is he out looking for me?

Nudge's POV

We were all in Ella's room, going through box's of old toys, deciding what were suitable for Ghost to play with. Dr. Martinez had taken Ghost with her to the store, along with Iggy. Ella, Angel, and me were on the floor, looking at the toys. Gasman, on the other hand, was leaning up against the wall, not wanting to participate.

"How about this?" Ella asked, holding up a dinky looking teddy bear.

"Ew." I started. "It smells and looks nasty. Toss it."

"Hey, I love him okay." Ella said, hugging the bear. "Me and him go way back."

"Then put him way back and find something nicer." Angel said. I high fived her as Ella stuck her tongue out at me.

"Why should he get nice stuff?" Gazzy spoke up. "All he does is mess everything up."

"What are you talking about?" Angel asked.

"The fact that if it wasn't for him, things would be normal again. He ruined everything!" Gasman yelled at his sister.

"Hey, you watch it!" Ella said. "You know as well as I do that Ghost didn't do anything to us."

"You watch it! If it wasn't for your stupid mom and her friends, we wouldn't even have wings!" Gazzy's face turned a dark shade of red.

"Shut up!" I screamed at him. "You are talking about things that you don't understand."

"No, you shut up Nudge! You know that if it wasn't for them we wouldn't even be here!"

"Yeah, but think about this Gasman," Angel intervened. "If we hadn't had been at the School, only you and I would know each other. You want that to happen?"

"Yeah, because then none of us would have to worry about her!" He screamed before running out the door. It was obvious he meant Max. Man do we need her, now more than ever.

Fang's POV

I walked into the restaurant, not really thinking about anything except for the fact that I was failing miserably. I hadn't found Max or even a trace of her. Where the crap did, they take her?

Order my food and sit down once I get it. I silently eat, looking around for anything suspicious. Nothing. I see this kid walk in with his dad.

"Daddy?" The boy asked.

"What?" The man replied.

"I hungry." The boy told him.

I have no idea why but that made me feel really bad inside. I hadn't even called to check on Ghost since I left. No telling what's going on with him. I decided that when I finished eating that I would find a phone and call them. Not because I care about Ghost or anything. He's just some kid.

Dr. Martinez's POV

I walked in with Ghost in one arm and some of the groceries in the other. Iggy was behind me, with the rest. I sat Ghost down and he immediately took off to go get Snowy, which I told him to leave home. He did not want to at first but did when I said the she was sleep. I forgot how easy baby's are to fool.

"Mom! Is that you?" Ella called, rushing into the room.

"Yeah, what's up dude?" I had heard some kids at the store use that and asked Iggy if it would be okay to say that from now on. He said sure, as long as I use it in front of Ella's friends. He's such a great boy!

Ella gave me a questioning look before saying, "Gasman ran off. He's upset about Ghost being here."

"Where'd he go?" Iggy asked, from the kitchen, where he had walked.

"I don't know. Nudge went to look for him but I think he may have gone to one of his friends houses."

I sighed. "Well, I'll talk to him when he gets home."

I heard Ghost squeal from another room.

"He must have found his toys." Ella said.

"What toys?" I asked her.

"Oh, I went through some of my old things and found some stuff for his to play with."

Ghost came running, or more like stumbling, back into he room with Snowy, two teddy bears, a stuffed dog, and a stuffed cat.

"All mine?" He looked up at Ella.

"Yes, if you want them." She told him.

"Okay. Me go pay." I was pretty sure that he meant play, so I watched as he walked into the kitchen.

I was going to say something to Ella about saying 'dude' from now on when the phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered it.

"Um, hey Dr. Martinez. Is Ghost there?" Fang's voice was unmistakable.

"Fang, where are you?" I was truly worried about him, though, unlike my daughter, thought that he should be out looking for Max.

"Um, Arkansas. Is Ghost there?"

"You've been keeping your wounds covered, right?"

"Yeah, where's Ghost?" He seemed to start to get annoyed.

"In the kitchen." I said, walking that way.

Once I was in there I saw ghost was talking to Iggy as he put away the groceries.

"Hey, Ghost? You want to talk to Fang?" His eyes got really big.

"Yeah. Where he? Me want him?" Started looking around for Fang.

"No." I said, realizing that I had confused him. "He's on the phone. Here"

Fang's POV

I heard Dr. M explain what a phone was to Ghost in the background. I was calling on a payphone outside that place I just ate at.

"Hi!" I heard Ghost's voice say into the phone. "You gots Mommy?"

"No, not yet buddy. I'll get Mommy and then come back, okay?"

"But, me want you." He whined.

"I know but I'm busy right now." I told him, gently. "You're being a big boy right?"

"Yeah. Me miss you." He said.

"I know. I miss you too." I muttered, not believing I had just admitted to missing anything. "You keep behaving okay?"

"Oh a. Bye bye." I heard a beep. He hung up on me