A/N: Um, hey guys….

Should I start begging for forgiveness?

*cowers in corner*

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"Holy hell!" I screamed, which is very hard to do under water.

You see when the voice speaks you can't tell whether it male or female, young or old, etc. When Angel speaks in my mind, it's the same as her regular voice. This voice or whatever is not the voice or Angel because this one sounded dark and menacing and sends chills down your spine whenever you hear it.

'Who the hell are you?!' I asked trying to start swimming again so I didn't float to the top.

'I'm you.'

'No, you're not, I'm me.'

'Well I'm the darker side of you. I'm your adrenaline, your bloodlust. I'm the part of you that makes you a fighter.'

Now, I'm seriously freaking out. This must be the reason I've been more moody lately, I get angrier over the littlest things and I can't help it.

'Focus, Max. The science lab is up ahead and you need me to figure out how to get in.'

'What makes you say that?'

Is it weird to feel a voice smirk in your head?

'Just trust me.'

I just know I'm going to regret this.

'First, swim up close to that pointy rock over there that juts out from the side of the cliff.'

I did as I was told and swam up to it.

'Now grab hold of the spike, with both hands and turn it all the way right, then all the way left, then turn it back until it stops.'

I turned it surprisingly easy and when it clicked back it drew itself into the rock wall and opened up a passageway.

"Cool….." I said, or rather bubbled.

'Now swim inside.'

I looked into the dark abyss that was before me and did the exact opposite of what my gut was telling me to do. I swam forward.

About one foot inside the cave I felt a rumble and I turned around about to swim out of the cave, when I realized what made the rumbling noise. The cave was closing me in.

It was already too late to swim out; the opening was barely big enough to fit my hand through.

I felt my chest constrict like I couldn't breathe, you see being a runaway lab experiment has caused me to become extremely claustrophobic since I was kept in a dog cage for most of my younger life, you add some darkness and a crazy evil new voice in my head and I'm surprised I haven't had a heart attack by now.

'Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming, what do we do we swim-'

'KNOCK IT OFF!'

Dang ever since I watched that stupid movie with the flock, every time we go to the beach Angel and Nudge sing that. It's almost as annoying as that new song Call Me Maybe, which Nudge is in love with by the way.

To escape the hurt that was bubbling in my chest from being alone I swam forward as hard and as fast as I possibly could.

Of course doing that in the dark isn't the smartest decision I've ever made.

"OUCH!" I yelled rubbing the front of my face after swimming into a wall.

After calling the wall a few choice words I put my hands out and felt the place where my face hit.

It was smooth so I knew it wasn't made of rock, but it didn't have metal feeling, or anything to it. I swam closer to it to see if I could get a better look at it from up close.

"AH!" I yelled in shock. I thought I saw my clone, Maya and I freaked out. I approached slower and moved my hand and the other Max moved hand too.

'Huh it must be a window.'

I started to run my left hand along it as my feet and right hand started to propel me side-to-side and up-and-down looking for an opening or something that would allow me to get in.

'Go all the way to the right wall and there will be a door there that's not used anymore by the scientists, but it still works.'

I swam over to the right and hit a cold and metallic smooth-like surface. I figured it to be the door.

I ran my hands on the edges looking for a button or something that would open the door, when I felt two different buttons.

'Push the first one.'

I did and there was a sucking noise as the door opened letting me and some water inside, also. When I was inside and the doors shut, the water was drained out of the container and a second door opened revealing a long hallway that branched into two other hallways.

'Go right, left, left, right.'

I made my way through the hallways, wincing every time my shoes squeaked on the permanently stained white floor.

When I was on the hallway that the other Max told me to go to, I was faced with a door. It was black and really stood out against the rest of the building.

'Go up to the door and put your hand on the handle.'

I did so and almost had a heart attack when an automated voice came on and said, "Name?"

'Say, "Shay Blaze."'

"Shay Blaze," I said wondering how the heck this was going to work.

"Voice key: incorrect."

'What do I do now, smart pants?'

'Open the door.'

'What do you mean 'open the door'?! It just said-'

I heard a creak and saw that I had opened the door. How the heck does that make sense?! It said my voice was incorrect and it's unlocked?!

"They need better security around here," I mumbled under my breath.

I opened the door and what I saw almost made me scream in pure shock.

Iggy and Alex were spooning on the floor, asleep.

I went over to them and shook their shoulders, "Iggy, Alex, let's move!"

"Max!" Iggy shouted and started firing questions at me, "Where's everyone? Are they okay? How did you find us? Why-"

"Iggy! Calm down, your worse than Nudge right now!" I said laughing and hugging my favorite blind bird-kid.

"Hey Iggy, what's this wrap doing around your eyes?" I asked

"They operated on my eyes and they said that after three days they would take off the wrap and I'd be able to see again. Can you believe it, Max? I'll be able to see!" Iggy said, excitedly.

I was in shock from this, but like the good flock leader I was I said, "That's awesome, Ig!"

"Sorry, but can we continue this later? I'd like to see my brother now," Alex said in anxiousness.

I went up to her and whispered in her ear so quiet-like that she could barely hear me and Iggy was sure not to, "Jason's been worried about you."

Alex nodded and when I pulled away, she mouthed, "Thanks,"

"No problem," I said in my normal voice, "Now let's make a banana and split."

We exited the door and it slammed shut behind us and said, "Have a nice day!"

Okay, so what it lakes in security, it makes up in hospitality? Ok, these people really need a new security provider.

"Good, Maximum. You did exactly as you were supposed to."

I tensed up and slowly turned my head to look at the man I despised more than anything in the world.

"Jeb," I said, "Long time no see?"

He smiled that smile that used to make me try harder so I could see that smile again. It made feel proud of myself. Now it did nothing but annoy me.

"I know you have a lot of questions, Max. I can answer them if you just give me-" Jeb was interrupted by a siren screaming.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!"

"Son of a b-" Alex started.

"Now is not the time for cussing, Alex!" I yelled at her.

"Now is the perfect time!"

"Both of you shut the hell up!" Iggy screamed at us, "Now can someone knock him unconscious," Iggy pointed at Jeb, "So we can get some answers from him later!"

"Good idea, Ig," Alex said already brushing mine and her argument.

Alex hit Jeb in the temple with the heel of her palm and said, "Can I get some help over here?!"

I ran over there and grabbed his right arm and threw it over my shoulder as she did the same with his left arm.

"I found the intruders!"

We didn't stick around any longer after hearing that voice, so we ran in the opposite direction which was down a hallway with windows that looked out into the ocean.

'Go all the way up this hallway and take the elevator that's going to be at the end.'

"There's going to be an elevator at the end of this hallway," I relayed to Iggy and Alex.

I knew they heard even though they didn't say anything because we all started moving faster.

I suddenly felt a searing pain in my abdomen.

"I shot one of the girls!"

I looked down and saw that I was bleeding.

'Come on Max,' I pep talked myself, 'you can make it!'

My vision was narrowing and I could hear someone trying to talk to me. I think it was Iggy.

I saw elevator doors open just in time because I passed out as soon as we were in the elevator.

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