I AM SO SORRY! I know i said i would get one up this weekend but i didn't. I am so sorry. I thought that Firefly was a bit more important because those readers would have to wait another week for a chapter. So i had to put something up here. And i'm glad no one complained...
Anyway... There's a twist here in this chapter. I know i'm evil. But it makes the story longer so don't get too mad.
I don't own Max Ride!
We stop on top of a roof top on the outskirts of NYC, "Not much has changed." Max sighs. I look at the massive city.
So many tall building with so much noise! "It doesn't look that cool and its still really loud and annoying." Iggy pouts.
"Can we please go shopping! There are like so many stores and malls! I want to go to the Toys R Us with the Ferris wheel in it! Max, we really need new…" Tiger stares deeply into her eyes and she stops blushing like crazy.
"Much better," Gazzy smiles, Nudge only glares at him as Tiger puts his arm around her.
Max shakes her head, "We have to get the others and get the hell away from this town ASAP!" She spreads her wings and leaps to the next building, we all follow suit.
"Where is the entrance?" I look to Fang and he smiles.
"We have to go through a man hole to the sewer." He looks at me and laughs at my disgusted face.
"I may not be a girl sometimes but this is the times when I will be! THAT'S JUST NASTY!" I frown as Max finds the man hole and looks for oncoming traffic.
"Oldest first," I scowl at Max. I was going to have to go down a dark and smelly hole? Why can't I just stay here and guard the hole.
"Dear, we won't be coming out this one again. We'll probably U and A out a closer one." Fang watches Max slide down the grimy slimy ladder.
"Ugh, fine. And stop reading my mind Fang; it's creepier than Angel's mind reading." He chuckles as he climbs down the ladder.
"Ladies first," Iggy smirks and motions to the dark hole in the concrete.
"Now is the time when you start to act chivalrous." I take one step and hear my sneaker squeak. 'EW! IT'S WET!' I continue down getting more grossed out by the second.
"God, took you." Max's voice echoes in the tunnel.
"How long does it take to get used to the darkness." I wait as close as I want to get to the ladder until Iggy comes down and pulls me close to him.
"It takes humans 20 minutes but us maybe 10." I see his pearly whites shine like the moon in the dark.
I huff, "Good, 'cause this is really creeping me out." He laughs and places his cheek on my head as we watch the rest of the chicks and flock, practically, fall down the ladder.
Damon just jumps down, "Whoa, that was a rush!"
"Damon! Don't do that again! You could have broken your leg!" Angel checks him over as I hide a smile behind Iggy's shoulder.
"Angel! Stop it you sound like my mom! I'm okay I promise!" She continues to check him over. I just beam. She's going to be a wonderful mom.
"Damon stop move…" Damon takes her head in his hands and stares into her eyes.
"I am FINE!" He shakes her head a little bit and I see her roll her eyes.
"Now, that that's over with…" Max starts to walk deeper into the dark tunnel.
Max grips Fang's shoulder whenever we near a fork or a cross roads in the tunnel.
She hears a voice that tells her where to go. Sometimes it's Jeb other's not.
Yeah, Fang told me about that. You have one too don't you?
Yes, but ever since Fang left it doesn't talk. I don't miss it at all.
I would bet you don't.
I look over to Iggy who is staring ahead thinking. His lips pursed and his eyebrows knit together, "What is it?"
"I'm just getting ready for the fight. Mentally preparing myself," He whispers back.
"Are you sure there's gonna be a fight?" I look away from him a little worried.
"Yeah, when we had to go and get Angel, there was a big thing when we broke her out but that was mostly us running away and them shooting. Oh and some Eraser's eyes torn out."
I twitch and give him a stunned look, "What?"
"Yeah, Gasman and I lead them to School and they ate the Erasers' faces off. It was awesome!" He slaps fives with Gazzy and everyone except the chicks smile.
"That's kind of gruesome don't you think?" Tay-Tay scoots away from the two boys.
"We had to get the others out and that was the only way we could think of."
"You guys are sick." Tay-Tay's lip rises as I laugh; she has seen some pretty nasty and she thinks that Wolfies dying is nasty/sick.
We hit a stairwell and Max stops for a second and sighs, "Okay guys. There may be a big fight and I want everyone protecting everyone else's back no matter what. If we get split up we can meet at the empire state building, agree?"
A chorus of 'yeah' echoes and we head down the stairs. We run sideways against the cold wall. I feel the water droplets collect on my finger tips as they trace a long line. Iggy stays close to me the whole way down.
We stop at a scary looking door, "Nudge will you please."
Max smiles at the girl and she steps up to the door and places a hand on it. She closes her eyes in concentration. After a second or two the door silently opens to reveal a computer room.
"Déjà vu, man," Iggy stares about the room.
"You didn't see it last time though." Gazzy whispers confused.
"I know, but the noise is almost the same." Gazzy nods. Iggy looks at the walls and the computers. My chicks walk around silently staring at all the files.
"Look, it's the curtain again…" Gasman stares at a beige curtain then gazes back towards Max.
"Do you want to do it again?" Max looks warily at the curtain like it holds bad memories.
"I don't hear any voices." Iggy nods and Gazzy pulls the curtain. None of us make a sound as we stare at more experiments. None of them failures at all. They all look perfectly human and animal. Yet, none of them avian.
"Well, this is new." Max walks up to the key pad and presses the button. The glass slides effortlessly to the other side.
Max rushes in and checks all the cages and stops at one abruptly. She then breaks down and sobs. We walk over to the very same cage and find a horrifying sight.
Mango is laying on his side barely breathing with cuts and bruises everywhere, "My baby!" Fang holds Max tight to his chest as he silently cries with her. I hear all the latches being open and the chicks and flock whispering to the experiments. They take off out the door.
'You're welcome,' I grumble in my head as I watch Max sob. I look towards his latch and then back to his parents. Do they want someone else to do it or one of them?
My answer is Max's shaking hand moving towards it, 'Click'. Mango shoots up and scoots to the back of his cage.
He blinks at us, "Go away, you can't be really."
Max stares at him furious and taken aback, "How dare you say that to your mother!" She softly smacks the back of his head.
He stares at her and Fang; he smiles and somewhat rushes to them, he's kind of slow but you can still see he's trying, "Mom… Dad…"
"Baby!" Both parents circle him and they all cry together.
That's when it hits me like a wrecking ball, "Where's Jelly and Bear?"
Everyone turns to Mango and he looks at the floor with pitiful eyes, "I haven't seen them since we were taken…"
I want to tell you guys that this story is now about 60 pages long. The longest story i have ever written everrrr! I hope i can continue this story and make it super long. : D