AN: *Tsparks walks out on stage again, Faith in his arms. He stops in the middle of the stage and does the Rafiki-raise from The Lion King.* "Bow before the all adorable Faith!" Tsparks says trying to stifle laughter, "For so far she is winning the poll on my page. Shocker!"
*He returns to holding Faith the 'correct' way and Faith giggles.* "Stop bowing, I was joking," Tsparks said to those in the audience who actually bowed, "As you all know this is my 50th Chapter. I regret to inform you that it is also the beginning of the darker part of the story. Faith will now do the disclaimer."
*Tsparks set Faith down and knelt behind her, to show he wasn't going to leave her side. Faith looked nervously out into the crowd, and the whispered something in Tsparks' ear. Tsparks rolled his eyes and scoffed.* "Like you left the oven on," Tsparks says, "Just get it over with Faith, and then we can get ice cream."
"Otay!" Faith said, more inspired, "Tspawks don't own Mommy or Daddy or the Flock. He 'owns' me, Bones, *shudder* Celia, ZZ, Gwama, and everybody else in Roofunsvillie."
*Faith beamed and then turned back to Tsparks.* "Done! Let's get Ise Cweam!"
"Fine," Tsparks sighs, as he picks her up to walk off-stage.
Chapter 50: Lifeline
Faith POV
Daddy drove us back to Bones' while I was sweeping. I started to wake up after the car stopped moving. I was still in Mommy's arms while we went in. Mommy and Daddy took me upstairs and put me to bed. I was almost asweep again before my arm hurt, like back when we were at the Bad Place with the Monsters.
I cried out in pain. My wist hurt a lot.
"DAAADDDDYYY!!!"
Fang POV
"DAAADDDYYY!!!"
When I heard Faith's cry, I ran back up the stairs. What the heck? We just put her to bed. What could've happened?
"Didn't we just put her to bed?" Max asked, right on my heels.
"Yeah," I said, "I even did a quick 360. I didn't see anything. I guess I missed something."
"How?" Max asked. I ignored her question as I used my shoulder to force the door open. Faith was sitting up clutching her arm. She was also rocking back and forth a little, and tears were flowing down her face.
"Faith," Max and I breathed, relived she wasn't taken. Celia is still out there.
I tired to pick Faith up, but she shrank away, still clutching her arm. I looked back at Max confused. All I got was a mirror of my own look...you know what I mean.
"Faith?" I asked quietly, "what's wrong, Baby Girl?"
"Arm hurts," She complained. I tried to pick her up, more carefully this time, and succeeded without aggravating her arm. Faith buried her face into my chest.
"Make it stop," Faith begged, "hurts too much."
I immediately got worried. Faith hardly begs, in fact I haven't seen her this worked up since...oh no.
"Faith," I said softly, "Where exactly does it hurt?"
"M-my wist," she whimpered, "make it stop, Daddy."
I carefully hugged her back. I looked at Max. Based on her face, she was thinking the same thing as me.
...Faith has her own chip.
Those bastards! My thoughts grew even more enraged when I thought about what Faith would have to go through to get the chip out. Max's surgery was gruesome enough. I looked over a couple of times to see what Dr. M was doing, I regretted it every time.
The thought of Faith having a chip in her arm, just infuriated me. Max's touch snapped my attention back to reality.
Max held her arms open slightly. I carefully, and a little reluctantly, handed Faith over. I heard a car door slam and some shouting come from downstairs. Bones is home.
And based on the sound of his voice, he's already heard about Faith's chip from one of our minds. He doesn't sound so happy about it. In fact he sounds much angrier then me. And I was already plenty pissed off. You could only imagine how mad Bones was.
...On second thought, don't. You might accidently scare yourself to death.
"I don't care!" Bones shouted, "We'll explain to her later! Val, take Ig and Zack with you to get the stuff. I'll have taken the X-ray by the time you get back. No excuses! GO NOW BOY!"
"Bones is mad," Faith whimpered, "Who's he mad at?"
"I don't know," I said, "but I'd hate to be the idiot that's not listening to him."
"Amen," Max said. Faith giggled, and then whimpered again.
"Who do you think Bones was talking about?" Max asked. That's a good question.
"I don't know, but I don't think anyone else knows who Celia is exactly," I said, "so let's hope it's not Celia."
Max and I, Faith in Max's arms, went back downstairs. Everyone was back, minus Justin, Gazzy, and Stacy. I relieved Gazzy of his duties to Faith so he could go on a sleepover at the Myers' house.
There was also another person there I defiantly didn't expect to see. Of all people, it was none other then...
Sharon.
........My luck is for shit.
Sharon POV
Okay, I came over to the bar to congratulate Zoë on her engagement. She's so lucky, getting the guy of her dreams. I wish I could get that lucky.
...Then I saw them all come downstairs. Nick, Faith, and Max. Max may have won the battle, but she has yet to win the war. I just hope that I still have a chance.
"Max," Bones said, "lemme see her. Come here, Squirt."
Max carefully handed Faith over to Bones. Bones cradled her in his arms, Faith snuggled closer to him, and Bones started walking out of the room. What did I miss?
Max's eyes landed on me. ...Have her eyes always been green?
"What are you doing here?" Max growled. Seriously, she growled at me.
"Max," Nick said, "calm down. She didn't do anything."
"Not yet," Max growled, her green eyes locking with my blue ones. She narrowed her eyes at me. It kind of ticked me off.
"Listen," I said, getting into her face, "I don't know what I did to make you mad, but back OFF!"
Nick stepped in between us his hands on our shoulders, keeping us apart. He turned to me, his eyes slightly narrowed. Uh-oh.
"Sharon," he said in his soft (sexy!) voice, "Don't. Just don't."
Nick turned his attention to Max, who was trying to glare at me over his shoulder. Nick turned his attention fully over to her. He put both hands on her shoulders, making her look at him.
"Max," he said in an even sexier voice, "calm down. Sharon didn't do anything. Calm down, Max. Calm. Down."
Get this, Max's eyes changed back to brown! Like, one second her eyes were green and the next they're brown!
WTF!?
"Nick?" I asked tapping his shoulder, "Did you see that?"
Max's eyes snapped back to green ...and she lunged at me! Thank god Nick was there to stop her. He tightened his arms around her waist.
"Dammit Fang!" Max shouted, "Let! Me! GOOO!"
"No, Max," Nick said, "Not until you relax. I need you to relax, Max."
"NO! She needs to learn!" Max shouted, still struggling against his hold.
Fang carried her out of the room into the back. Zoë came over to me.
"Z," I said, "Care to tell me what the Hell that was all about?"
"Sorry, Shar," Zoë said, "Not my secret to tell."
I glared at her. She knew something. Something big. And I wanted in on it.
Max POV
Damn Fang and his strong arms. He carried me away from that...that...that Bitch! How dare she try to take my Fang! Sharon and Celia need to get it through their thick heads, Fang is MINE! Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine, Mine, MINE!
"Max, stop struggling," My Fang said, "you're only making it harder on yourself."
"No! She needs to learn!" I said again, "You're mine! They need to learn!"
I heard Fang sigh. I wonder what his problem is. All I'm trying to do is show those whores Fang is MINE!
"For the love of God," Fang mumbled. Then he shocked me almost to the point where I went back to normal. Almost.
"Maximum!" Fang shouted. I stopped moving. Fang hardly said my full name. In fact, he's only said it at most four times. Including now.
Fang put me down, and turned me to face him. I looked deeply into his eyes. His gorgeous, dark brown eyes.
"Re-lax," Fang said, splitting the word into two syllables, "They don't matter to me. I'm yours. No one will ever change that. Ever."
Fang embraced me in a loving hug. I hugged him back. The foggy feeling I felt whenever my bird DNA went wild started to vanish. Oh, the things Fang does to me.
"There," Fang whispered, "better?"
I nodded my head against his chest, not wanting to leave his side just yet.
"If you want," Fang said softly (like he was talking to Faith), "I can ask Sharon to leave. How does that sound?"
"That sounds great," I said matching his tone. I inhaled his scent and calmed down even more. He smells like that Old Spice deodorant I've seen in department stores. And that's just Fang Au Natural. You should smell him after he showers.
...On second thought, don't even try it. I will find you and hunt you down.
My slightly increasing detailed thoughts were interrupted by a whimper that breaks my heart nonstop.
Faith.
Fang released me so we could face Bones, who had a worried look on his face. That doesn't bode well.
"What's the conclusion?" Fang asked. Bones just shook his head and carefully handed a sleepy Faith to Fang. Faith snuggled closer to Fang, and Fang started to rub circles in her back.
"Nothing," Bones said, "I couldn't find anything. Technically, she's fine."
My eyebrows knitted together. I spoke my thoughts, "So she doesn't have a chip?"
Bones shook his head, "Nope. I haven't a clue what was wrong but for her sake, I think we should keep an eye on her. Just in case."
"Like I haven't been doing that before?" Fang said sarcastically. Bones and I smiled.
"Don't you have a song you wanted to show Zack, Fang?" Bones asked. Faith woke up completely after Bones said "Song" and "Fang" in the same sentence.
"Did 'ou make a new song, Daddy?" Faith asked, a gleam shining in her eyes.
Fang smiled, "Yeah, it just came to me earlier in the car. You were asleep."
Faith escaped Fang's grasp and grabbed his hand, tugging on it towards the Bar.
"Come on, Daddy," Faith said excited, "Wanna hear 'our new song."
Fang smirked, "Okay, Baby Girl. We have to wait for Uncie Zack though."
Faith pouted, "Really?"
Fang nodded. Faith brightened again, "I can 'ait!"
Bones and I let out soft laughter as we watched Fang get dragged back into the Bar so he could sing.
Faith POV
It took foreva for Uncie Zack and Nana and Iggy to get back. Bones pulled Nana aslide to talk to her, but I went up to Uncie Zack and told him about Daddy's new song.
"So have you heard it yet?" Uncie Zack asked me. I shook my head.
"Daddy said we had to wait for 'ou," I said, then I cwossed my arms like Daddy does, "What took so long?"
Iggy started to laugh. Zack stammard for words.
"Aw, Faith," Mommy said, "leave 'em alone, Daddy's going to sing now."
"Yay!" I cheered. I know I just listened to Daddy sing earlier, but Daddy hasn't sung by himself for a while.
Daddy walked over to a stool with his 'Coustic Guitar in his hands.
"So what's the song called?" Uncie Zack asked.
"I call it Lifeline," Daddy said.
(AN: The song is Lifeline (Acoustic EP) by Papa Roach. One of the best bands out there.)
When I was a boy I didn't care 'bout a thing
It was me and this world and a broken dream
I was blaming myself for all that was going wrong
I was way out there on the wrong side of town
And the ones that I loved I started pushing 'em out
Then I realized that it was all my fault
I've been looking for a lifeline
For what seems like a lifetime
I'm drowning in the pain, breaking down again
Looking for a lifeline
So I put out my hand and I asked for some help
We tore down the walls I built around myself
I was struck by the light and I fell to the ground
I've been looking for a lifeline
For what seems like a lifetime
I'm drowning in the pain, breaking down again
Looking for a lifeline
Is there anybody out there?
Can you pull me from this ocean of despair?
I'm drowning in the pain, breaking down again
Looking for a lifeline
You know a heart of gold won't take you all the way
And in a world so cold it's hard to keep the faith
I'm never gonna fade away, yeah
I've been looking for a lifeline
For what seems like a lifetime
I'm drowning in the pain, breaking down again
Looking for a lifeline
Is there anybody out there?
Can you pull me from this ocean of despair?
I'm drowning in the pain, breaking down again
Looking for a lifeline
After Daddy's song, everyone clapped. I almost falled asweep. Daddy's singing voice is so pretty. I love it when he sings a 'coustic song, they'we my second favowite type of music.
Daddy walked back over to where Mommy and I were sitting. Mommy handed me over to Daddy. Daddy hugged me and I hugged him back around the neck. Daddy kissed my head.
"Ready for bed, Faith?" Daddy asked me. I nodded against his chest.
Daddy and Mommy took me upstairs after we all said goo' night.
Daddy put me in bed and kissed my head again. He and Mommy took turns changing into their jammies. Mommy and Daddy kissed before they laid down in bed.
"Night Fang," Mommy said, turning on her side facing away from me, "Night Faith."
"Night girls," Daddy said. He wrapped his arms and wings around me, "love you."
"Nigh-nigh Mommy," I yawned, "Nigh-nigh Daddy. I 'ove 'ou."
We all falled asweep, me safe in Daddy's arms and wings. I didn't have any nightmeres that night.
Celia POV
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yes," they said, "we can be there by Thursday."
"Good," I replied, "you'd better be here. Otherwise, I'll tell the master You're the reason Fang hasn't sided with us yet."
I hung up after that. When those two get here, Max will no longer be a obstacle.
Soon, my Fang, very soon. The End is near, and our time together is soon.
AN: Well, shit. Celia has another screwed up plan. Hopefully Fang and Max will be able to stop it.
Thank god Faith doesn't have a chip, huh? That would have majorly sucked.
My chapters updates might slow down, sadly. Blame schooling not me.
...Okay, you can blame me too. I honestly could care less. But as long as you keep reviewing, I'll keep updating.
Keep an eye out for a Christmas Special Featuring Faith, Bones and the Flock. I'm going to start writing it tomorrow. If I'm lucky, I'll have it up next weekend.
Keep on Keepin on
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