Me: Sorry for the wait! I don't own Maximum Ride, I own my characters. By the way, I won't be updating Completing My Soul anytime soon because of my major writer's block. =| Sorries. Anyways, I did some things in the chapter on purpose, so I'm wondering who will notice it =D
Chapter 25: Remember Me
Fang's POV
Time: 22:55
"So," Angel said. "Are you going to tell us willingly, or will I have to look through mind to get it?"
"You can get it but once you release me, I'll tell the others and they'll relocate her," I said smirking, trying to look as cocky as possible.
"Who said anything about releasing you?" Max snarled, pressing the knife closer to my neck. I felt my throat drop to my stomach.
"What are you going to do with me?" I asked, keeping my voice steady.
"We'll see when we get there," Max barked. "Angel, where does he live?"
The little blonde girl jumped off the table and landed right in front of me. Her big blue eyes captured mine and she stared straight at me. I felt something pushing on the barriers on my mind. This time I was prepared. I closed my eyes and concentrated on blocking her. I put a wall between her and me. She was not getting in, no matter what.
"You think I'm not going to get in Fang? You're wrong," Angel snapped, sounding not very angelic. She rolled her eyes, probably hearing what I thought and probed my mind again, this time harder. I stood my ground. No way was she getting in.
Angel growled in frustration and stomped on the ground. I smirked at her temper tantrum. She must've been at least 6 or 7.
"So what if I'm 7?! I still have better powers than you!" Angel exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yes, but I have self-discipline, so I win," I said.
"UGH! Maaaaaaaaaaax! Fang won't let me inside his head!" Angel whined. Max's knife loosened a bit, but I knew that wasn't an opportunity, it was bait.
"Are you sure you can't?" Max asked.
"Yes, he's blocking me," Angel said, glaring at me.
"Would it be easier if I knocked him out?" Her voice was so nonchalant, yet the question was so serious.
"No, when people are unconscious everything becomes cloudy," Angel frowned. I look down at my watch. I tapped my watch, trying not to think-
"Max! Fang's watch has a tracker!" Angel exclaimed. I glared at her. I felt a sharp pain on my side and before I could see what it was, everything turned dark.
Hunter's POV
Time: 22:57
"Rachel," I said trying to keep my voice calm. "Can you put the other act first? I think there must've been some sort of emergency and Fang had to leave."
Rachel pouted and frowned. "Okay, but next time let me know earlier!" I smiled and nodded as I walked towards the doorway with Ghost and Iggy in tow.
"So, what do you th-" Ghost started to say before my watch started beeping. I looked at it and my heart sank.
"Fang sent out an SOS," I said, starting to run. I heard the others footsteps behind me. I followed the directions to Rachel's office and looked inside.
No one was there.
Fang's watch was though.
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Time: 23:49
I stomped into Shadow's prison and slammed the door behind me. She looked up at me, her eyes blank. The room was totally dark except for the flickering ceiling light that I've been meaning to replace. I looked back at Shadow, who looked frail and sickly, but I knew it was just an act. She packed quite a punch.
"They took Fang," I growled. I was pissed. Fang was my right hand man, my second in command, and my best friend.
"Who took him?" Shadow rasped.
"Your Leader, Max. It's so obvious that she did it. Itex wouldn't be so neat," I snapped. She knew who did it, she KNEW.
"Karma," Shadow said simply, shrugging. I glared at her and marched towards her.
"Where would they keep him?" I growled.
"Like I'm going to tell you," she growled, glaring. Now she was started to get me even angrier.
"I can always go over there and take him myself."
"Oh, don't worry, I bet Max is prepared for your ass to storm the place," Shadow snapped, standing up. She was shaking and she kind of looked like she was about to collapse.
"Shadow? Are you okay?" I asked, my anger cooling off. She blinked and straightened up.
"Yes, I'm just fine," she said. Her hands went to her stomach but I still heard it growl.
"You should eat. You're not doing anything by not eating."
"I'm protesting."
"No, you're being stupid. Now eat."
Shadow crossed her arms. "No."
"What are you, 5?! 'No, I don't want to eat my broccoli!'" I exclaimed, imitating a baby voice. I saw Shadow bite her lip to prevent a smile. "Seriously Shadow, just sit down and eat."
"You just can't go along with my teenage rebellion, can you?" Shadow asked with a ghost of a smirk on her face. I shook my head and she sat down on the floor and started to devour her food. Ghost walked into the room and looked at both of us.
"Ummm…You know who is here and he wants us to call him Marcus?" Ghost said, his voice unsure.
"Why?" I asked.
"I don't know, I guess to keep it a secret from her," Ghost said, gesturing to Shadow. "Anyways, he wants all of us upstairs." I nodded and helped Shadow onto her feet. She stumbled and grabbed onto my arm. I looked at her and she sent me a ghost of a smirk. I really couldn't read her. Was it friendly? Was she faking? Why was she so confusing?
"Earth to Cunter, has the spaceship landed?" Ghost yelled. Shadow chuckled.
"Cunter," she said and chuckled again. I could feel myself turning red from embarrassment and I smacked Ghost on the back of his head.
"Idiot," I muttered and walked out of the room. Shadow was still holding onto my arm but I could barely hear her next to me. She was worried about this, I could tell by how hard she was grabbing my arm.
We reached the living room and Jeb was sitting in the computer chair. At least, I believed it was Jeb. This guy had black hair and was tied into a ponytail and green eyes. His skin was dark as if he'd been working under the sun for the last few days and he had his ear pierced.
"Hello Shadow," Jeb said, his voice altered somehow. "How are you? Are the boys feeding you well?"
"Umm…Yeah, I guess," Shadow answered, looking around the room.
"So, they took Fang, correct?" Je-Marcus asked.
"Yes," I answered.
"Well, let's see if they'll trade Fang for Shadow tomorrow night. Shadow, can you please e-mail your friends telling them this? They check their e-mails every day, correct?" Marcus addressed Shadow as if addressing a child, smooth and calm. I guess he didn't want to set her off.
"Yes, I can send them an e-mail and they should see it in time," Shadow said, her voice robotic. I looked at her. All her muscles were tense and her teeth were grinding together. What was wrong with her?
"Well, I have to go now. Hopefully I'll see all of the boys tomorrow?" he said, getting up.
"Yep Marcus, all of the boys," Ghost answered. Jeb nodded and walked out of the house, locking the door behind him.
I squeezed Shadow's arm, looking for the reason why she was acting like this. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Shadow, I know you better than that." The words came out of my mouth before I could stop them. She looked at me and one eyebrow went up. The next words that came out of her mouth hurt me more than they were supposed to.
"You don't even know me."
"Meow," Lies said in the background. Iggy, Ghost and Lies all erupted into laughter and smacked high fives.
Idiots.
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Time: 06:29
Max's POV
I sat still in my chair and prepped myself for the worse. I'm not sure how Fang was going to react to me keeping him in the basement but I definitely know he wouldn't hug and kiss me for it.
For some reason, that sent happy shivers down my spine.
Ew.
Fang stirred and groaned, holding his head. He looked around the room and all of his muscles tensed. His eyes landed on me, and I felt myself straighten up.
"Where am I?" Fang's voice was deep and threatening and it didn't scare me at all. So nah nah to him.
"You're in my basement." I said simply, trying to be as creepy and weird as possible. So he wouldn't think I was fully sane. You can take advantage of sane people.
"Well, what am I doing in your basement?" Fang asked, a bit of humor in his voice.
"You decided that you couldn't stand the Fallen anymore, so you came and joined us," I said, giving him my biggest smile.
"Nice answer," Fang said, running his hand through his hair. "What do you want from me?"
"Well, I want Shadow back. Hopefully they play into my hand and either trade her for you or try to storm the place again with her as a shield. I'm going to win this round," I said, smirking and crossing my arms. No one messes with me or my crew.
Yes, I said 'crew'.
Got a problem?
"The invincible Max," Fang said, a bit of humor in his voice. "Where have I heard that before?"
"I don't know but you should tell Itex. It'll shut them up for a while," I said, shrugging and crossing my legs. I can't say that I still wasn't angry at him for kidnapping my second in command but for some reason I just couldn't stay mad at him.
Fang was looking down at his shirt, disgusted. "What is it?" I asked.
"I don't know," he said. He started to take his shirt off.
"Do you want me to leave? I asked, feeling my face flush. I have never had a guy undress in front of me before. At least, not that I remember.
"No, I'm not shy," Fang said. He took his shirt off and that's when I saw them.
Black wings.
Black feathers.
Mate.
Fang's POV
Usually when I take my shirt off, girls don't drop to the floor. I guess there's a first for everything.
I ran towards Max and picked her head off the floor. I felt for her pulse. She was alive, just unconscious.
"HELP!" I yelled. "HELP!"
No answer. Fuck.
I felt her forehead. She was burning up. Maybe that's the reason why she fainted. I checked first to see if she had some sort of shirt under. She did. I was going to feel like a pervert for this…
I slowly took off her turtleneck shirt, making sure that I didn't lift up her tank top as well. I felt her forehead again. She was cooling off. I lifted her up and couldn't help but notice how freaking light she was as I laid her down on the bed.
If she was that light, it means that she must be an avian hybrid. Or was she?
Great, I'm feeling like a curious pervert now. I mean, I'm not sneaking a peek at her boobs or anything, just her back…
Fine, just one peek, I thought to myself. I turned her over just a bit and saw her wings.
Her feathers were a tan color. They were soft and had freckles on them.
They were beautiful.
Just like Maximum Ride.
Those were my last thoughts before I started to remember what I had lost…
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