A/N: HEY guys! So I drew a plan for the next chapters and I'm quite excited for them. I was thinking of giving hints towards the plot but I think I'm just going to let everyone be surprised ;)
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~Harmony
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Chapter 30: Darkness doesn't always mean Evil.
NEONA P.O.V
I couldn't move. There were flashes of people screaming, bombs going off everywhere, and the thing that scared me the most, the flock all lying dead. Was this the future? As much as I wanted to stop the horrible images playing in my head, I couldn't. My mind told me to feel fear but instead, I felt numb.
"Stop! Ahhhh!" I could hear Phoenix flailing in the bed next to me. I could hear banging against the wall as she slammed her head repeatedly.
Max's voice broke through. "Neona wake up!"
"Phoenix stop banging your head! You're hurting yourself! Please stop!"
"Angel make her stop! She'll die!"
"Fang, Iggy, hold her down!"
"Gazzy, wake Neona up, she's not moving!"
I felt Gazzy shaking me, trying to get me to wake up but their voices were smothered in the sounds of Eraser snarls and bombs. Suddenly, I felt my necklace being ripped from my neck and I immediately opened my eyes and looked at Phoenix's bloodied face.
She met my eyes and stopped. She snapped out of the trance she was in and started crying.
"It was horrible! There were bombs and the flock was dead and I was being tortured and…."
I zoned out as she began describing what I had just seen. Did this mean… was this the future? I looked at the blood on the wall of the motel. Did… did I do this?
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MAX P.O.V
I looked at the clock: 11 pm. After Neona and Phoenix both had nightmares, I had a brain attack. The first one in years. Something big was happening but I didn't know what. I had a feeling that someone else here did though. I thought about the past couple of years.
When did the kids become the leaders? When did they dictate what we did and where we were going? I sighed, knowing the answer myself. It wasn't our generation anymore. My flock, and I. Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel and I… we weren't the saviors anymore. Times had changed, technology more advanced, powers mutating to things beyond our imagination.
Neona had experienced more than we had even though we grew up in that hell-hole. She knew more than any of us. She's haunted by worse things than we had experienced. It's their time to save the world. Our time had passed… it's their turn now. Our life was rainbows and unicorns up until a couple months ago. That was the calm before the storm. And now, there was a hurricane headed our way, and although I may not be the hero anymore, I can still lead us to the right path, after all, I am what started it all. I am Maximum Ride.
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MAI P.O.V
Neona you need to get here quickly. Time is running out!
I sighed and sat up against the wall. It was filled with LED lights because they know the darkness doesn't scare me. In fact, it's how I travel and it's my home. I jumped up and scampered around the room. I've been in here for years. Years. With the exception of missions here and there. But there was one mission that I couldn't do. No matter how bad people say I am, I'm not that bad. They must have found someone else to do it… but no one else was as capable as me.
I crawled around the room to the door. The lights weakened me. Once, when they gave me food, I saw a switch outside the door. Not only did they keep me entrapped in the light but the vents in the room secreted some gas or drug that prevents me from using my power. The switch turns all of that off. I've been trying to get someone in this room for a long time… throwing fits, saying I had some information for them… I need energy. I need someone to open the door just once.
I was getting antsy… I had no more patience. I needed energy. I banged on the walls.
"LET ME OUT!" My hair sprawled across my face and my green-yellow eyes narrowed. I crawled to the mic in the corner. "I NEED TO LEAVE."
I panted heavily running from wall to wall, scratching, hoping that someone would come. I heard something. I could hear metal scraping as the door to my cell shifted.
I shielded my eyes as even brighter light fell into the room. I looked up and my shoulders fell in dejection. An eraser. Not even a human. I looked at my shaking hands. I looked at the door propped open as he flipped the switch off so he could enter. The lights dimmed and I could already feel myself getting better. I could smell the eraser as he came forward. I eyed the door. I could escape right now. This was my chance. I glanced back at the eraser coming towards me with a taser.
On the other hand, the flock was coming anyway. Where else will I get another source of energy. It's not like this eraser was a hero or anything. The eraser inched forward, being cautious.
He growled at me. "What? What do you want? You wanted someone to come."
I smiled viciously as I stepped back into the shadows. "What do mean? You didn't want to come for a visit?"
I felt my body become one with darkness and I dissolved into blackness. It felt great to be back. Human form was so… so heavy. In the shadows, everything is light. No irony intended.
"Where are you?" The eraser shifted back and forth. He started to run to the switch to turn it back on.
I stepped out of the shadows, as some black smoke followed me. I tapped his shoulder.
"Right here sweetheart." I smiled as in one swift movement, I took the taser and held it to his neck.
"HELP! CODE 901!" He wriggled in my grasp as he looked at the taser getting closer to his neck. His teeth snapped as he growled at me.
"Shhh. Why waste your energy? You need to preserve your energy… preserve it for me." I dropped the taser and kicked it to the other side of the room, hearing the scraping of the metal as it slid. I held his head in place as brought my lips closer to his face.
I told myself I would wait for a human… a whitecoat. But I didn't have patience. An eraser would do just fine.
I whispered in his ear. "Look into my eyes. Can you feel me?" I smiled. I squeezed his head as he screamed in agony. I could stop if I wanted but I needed his energy. His aura was merging with mine. "Come on! LOOK into my eyes!" I was breathing harder now.
The erasers mouth opened as he fell to his knees. His eyes pleaded for me to stop but why would I? He was worthless. He fell into a pile and his remains faded into pure white ashes. I smiled in satisfaction. My energy was restored… the darkness from him was gone... not gone per say... maybe transferred was a better word. He was pure again. I did him a favor.
The door was still open. I still had a chance. I started towards the door when 3 whitecoats came running down the hallway.
"DON'T MOVE!" The whitecoats pointed a taser at me. "We have an attempted escapee. It's Mai." The talked into their earpieces.
I forced tears to fall from my face. "No, no, you don't understand!" I hiccupped. "That eraser came in and tried to attack me! I was too weak to fight and he was taunting me. The lights suddenly turned off and I don't know what came over me! I attacked him." I fell to my knees and crawled back to my usual corner. "It wasn't my fault. I'M SORRY. It wasn't supposed to happen."
The whitecoats were shocked at my outburst. I had about 2-3 of these a month just to keep them at bay. They flipped the switch and closed the door. I smiled as the lights came on, instantly making me feel weaker.
Neona, hurry up. I can't keep taking energy from these people. I don't have any more patience.
I overheard the whitecoats talking about me outside my door. "She killed another one! What is this? The seventh one this month? She still hasn't controlled herself."
"If we plan to use her instead of specimen 2456, she needs more time to develop."
"Specimen 2456 is willing to cooperate. She, Mai, is absolutely ridiculous. We are wasting our time and effort on her."
"I agree. Mai is here rotting away in this cell while Specimen 2456 is field training and doing all the missions that were assigned for Mai. I say we kill Mai soon. She's a waste of Omega's resources."
Specimen 2456. It couldn't be. It's her. It couldn't be though… I smiled. 2456. What a gem. What did they say? She was cooperating with them? Well if I know her well, and I do, she's master planning.
I scoffed. The whitecoats… they're all idiots. When their own creation looks them in the face and destroys them, I'll have front row seats. But then again, I always do. I have a free lifetime pass to everyone's mind. What can you do.
I looked at the white ashes in the middle of the room, feeling no regret as to what I've done. Many mutants avoided me, thinking that I was evil. But as my mom always said, darkness doesn't always equate to evil…. Just as light doesn't always mean good.
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