Author's note: Thanx to all of those that reviewed the first chapter! I
really appreciate it! Hopefully this story is much better! I improved it
from the comments I received! ^_^ And hopefully it's easier to read now
that I've tried to space out my paragraphs! Hopefully the spaces show up,
coz it didn't on the first chapter! And last but not least.PLEASE R&R!!! I
NEED THE TIPS!!! ^_^
Chapter 2
"Jam Pony Messenger" said Max as she showed her sector pass to the guards.
"OK," grunted one of the guards as he waved Max through and went on with the next person in line.
Max zoomed off on her Ninja, using her eyesight to see in dark places and far off places for any sign of the 5 girls.
"They could be anywhere!" moaned Max for any clue of them at least. She still had Alec's mobile phone in her pack so she quickly rang Logan for any clue of the whereabouts of the 5 girls.
"Hey!"
"Hey Logan, I need some clue on where the girls might be."
"Wait a sec, let me see if there are anymore recent sightings of them.here we go, they were last seen at 24 Hepburn road, sector 5."
Max had hung up as soon as Logan told her the address. She zoomed off and skidded to a halt in front of the building.
"So much for the goodbye!" mumbled Logan as he got back to work on his computer.
Max left her Ninja at the front of the building and crept inside while putting her yellow sunnies back into her pack. She found herself in a long corridor with graffiti all over the walls. There was mould on the corners of the wall and ceiling and you could see wallpaper flaking off. There was an occasional echo of a drip heard every few seconds. The whole atmosphere gave you a sickening feeling and Max grimaced while she walked to the end of the corridor where there was a door leading into a big auditorium. Max stepped into the room and somehow smelt death nearby. She walked on towards the end of the room where the stage was and saw something lying on the ground. She took a closer look and grimaced at the sight. She called Logan up to tell him about it but only reached his answering machine so she left a message.
"Logan, look, I think I know what happened to one of the girls. She's right in front of me. It's gross, something's been at her. I can't stand the sight of it so I'm just gonna get out of here. Meet me at Joshua's place coz I haven't see him today. Bye"
Max crept out of the building after taking deep breaths of 'fresh' air outside, then zoomed off to Joshua's house, hoping that Logan was there.
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Logan was sitting in the waiting room of the hospital, obviously waiting for someone. He was reading a Magazine, which had the heading 'how to impress a certain crush of yours!'
"Mr, you can go in now" said a nurse at the counter to Logan.
Logan thanked her and hurried into room 205.
"Who are you?" said the woman in bed.
"Hi, I'm Logan Cale. I couldn't help but see you in hospital after I read the news this morning. I believe you were attacked by a monster, am I right?"
"Oh no! Not again, if you're one of those raving reporters who want every single detail of what happened yet change the whole story around, I don't see the point. Why don't you guys make the whole story up then!"
"I think you've got me wrong! I'm not a reporter, I'm just interested about what happened. I don't quite believe what reporters write about on newspapers. So the articles that I'm interested in, I search them up myself to get a better understanding." Logan smiled at the lady as he said this.
"Well, if you say so, I was walking down an ally way when I saw a little girl in rags sobbing. She looked like she lost her family or mother so I went and comforted her then next thing I know, I was attacked by a big, ummm, I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but it was very hairy. It had green eyes and big fangs and growled like this" The lady imitated a dog growl when angry, "and I saw a barcode, at the back of its neck. Then I fell unconscious and next thing I know, I was here." The Lady smiled at Logan as he wrote all of this down. "I dunno what the newspaper says, but that's all I can remember, hope it helps.with ummm.yeah."
Logan said he's thanks and walked out of the room. He didn't know what was going on, but somehow, this creature had to be linked with the girls. He hoped that Max would have already found them and had taken them back to his apartment.
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Max had been waiting at Joshua's place for a long time. She was wondering where Logan was if he wasn't at his apartment. Maybe he was meeting someone or going out for some fresh air. Maybe he had finally gotten over his fear of heights and decided to go to the space needle. It was a bit far-fetched but Max couldn't help but wonder.
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Logan had arrived, surprised that Max wasn't there with the girls.
"Oh well, she might still be searching for them" thought Logan to himself.
He hung his coat on the coat hanger beside the front door, placed the car keys on the kitchen table and strode into his study area, he noticed he had a message on the answering machine. He played it and the same sickening feeling Max had felt when she found the girl came to Logan.
"Someone's just so cruel to even do this!" explained Logan with pure hatred, "They're only little girls! What have they done to this world do deserve this horrid punishment, nothing!"
But Logan knew he had no right to conclude that the girls hadn't done anything. For one thing, they might have done something to deserve this torture, but for another thing, Logan might be right and the killer was a cruel cold-blooded murderer.
As Logan said this, he grabbed his coat and car keys again and headed outside to his Aztec.
5 minutes later, he arrived at Joshua's place and saw Max sleeping on the couch. "She must have dozed off after waiting for me," he thought. Max had her legs slumped over the side of the coach and her head rested on her right arm, which dangled over the other side of the couch. Her hair was out of place and a strain had fallen across her face. It moved with the breeze of her breath and she stirred for a moment to get a comfortable position. Logan couldn't help but see how pretty she was and took a ragged blanket of Joshua's and placed it on top of Max. He sat down on the other chair just as Joshua entered the room with a reasonably loud growl as soon as he saw Logan sitting next to Max.
"Shhh! You'll wake her up," whispered Logan.
Joshua growled a little bit and went on with his painting in the corner.
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Soon enough, Max woke up from her slumber only to find Logan staring at her. Her cheeks turned a deep red and she sat up properly, roughly folding the blanket Logan had put on her.
"I thought you transgenics don't sleep!" asked Logan
"Well, we do sleep sometimes, its not like we don't sleep at all!"
"Ummm, I came here about an hour ago and found you asleep so, I've been waiting for you to wake up. Didn't want to disturb your beauty rest!" exclaimed Logan with a grin.
"Oh, well, ummm.I only found one girl at the address you gave me. I was too late to save her though," said Max feeling guilty at that moment.
"I think I might have a clue on who the killer is. On the newspaper, there was an attack on a civilian, but she wasn't killed, just injured really badly. She was protecting a little girl just like those 5 you found the last few weeks! She said she was attacked by a transgenic, Max. I didn't know how to break this to you when I first heard it." Said Logan matter of factly.
It was as if Max's heart had stopped pounding.
"It's all my fault! I was the one that let those transgenics out into this world and now it seems that they're going to haunt me for the rest of my life!" said Max, feeling gloomier by the minute.
Chapter 2
"Jam Pony Messenger" said Max as she showed her sector pass to the guards.
"OK," grunted one of the guards as he waved Max through and went on with the next person in line.
Max zoomed off on her Ninja, using her eyesight to see in dark places and far off places for any sign of the 5 girls.
"They could be anywhere!" moaned Max for any clue of them at least. She still had Alec's mobile phone in her pack so she quickly rang Logan for any clue of the whereabouts of the 5 girls.
"Hey!"
"Hey Logan, I need some clue on where the girls might be."
"Wait a sec, let me see if there are anymore recent sightings of them.here we go, they were last seen at 24 Hepburn road, sector 5."
Max had hung up as soon as Logan told her the address. She zoomed off and skidded to a halt in front of the building.
"So much for the goodbye!" mumbled Logan as he got back to work on his computer.
Max left her Ninja at the front of the building and crept inside while putting her yellow sunnies back into her pack. She found herself in a long corridor with graffiti all over the walls. There was mould on the corners of the wall and ceiling and you could see wallpaper flaking off. There was an occasional echo of a drip heard every few seconds. The whole atmosphere gave you a sickening feeling and Max grimaced while she walked to the end of the corridor where there was a door leading into a big auditorium. Max stepped into the room and somehow smelt death nearby. She walked on towards the end of the room where the stage was and saw something lying on the ground. She took a closer look and grimaced at the sight. She called Logan up to tell him about it but only reached his answering machine so she left a message.
"Logan, look, I think I know what happened to one of the girls. She's right in front of me. It's gross, something's been at her. I can't stand the sight of it so I'm just gonna get out of here. Meet me at Joshua's place coz I haven't see him today. Bye"
Max crept out of the building after taking deep breaths of 'fresh' air outside, then zoomed off to Joshua's house, hoping that Logan was there.
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Logan was sitting in the waiting room of the hospital, obviously waiting for someone. He was reading a Magazine, which had the heading 'how to impress a certain crush of yours!'
"Mr, you can go in now" said a nurse at the counter to Logan.
Logan thanked her and hurried into room 205.
"Who are you?" said the woman in bed.
"Hi, I'm Logan Cale. I couldn't help but see you in hospital after I read the news this morning. I believe you were attacked by a monster, am I right?"
"Oh no! Not again, if you're one of those raving reporters who want every single detail of what happened yet change the whole story around, I don't see the point. Why don't you guys make the whole story up then!"
"I think you've got me wrong! I'm not a reporter, I'm just interested about what happened. I don't quite believe what reporters write about on newspapers. So the articles that I'm interested in, I search them up myself to get a better understanding." Logan smiled at the lady as he said this.
"Well, if you say so, I was walking down an ally way when I saw a little girl in rags sobbing. She looked like she lost her family or mother so I went and comforted her then next thing I know, I was attacked by a big, ummm, I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but it was very hairy. It had green eyes and big fangs and growled like this" The lady imitated a dog growl when angry, "and I saw a barcode, at the back of its neck. Then I fell unconscious and next thing I know, I was here." The Lady smiled at Logan as he wrote all of this down. "I dunno what the newspaper says, but that's all I can remember, hope it helps.with ummm.yeah."
Logan said he's thanks and walked out of the room. He didn't know what was going on, but somehow, this creature had to be linked with the girls. He hoped that Max would have already found them and had taken them back to his apartment.
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Max had been waiting at Joshua's place for a long time. She was wondering where Logan was if he wasn't at his apartment. Maybe he was meeting someone or going out for some fresh air. Maybe he had finally gotten over his fear of heights and decided to go to the space needle. It was a bit far-fetched but Max couldn't help but wonder.
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Logan had arrived, surprised that Max wasn't there with the girls.
"Oh well, she might still be searching for them" thought Logan to himself.
He hung his coat on the coat hanger beside the front door, placed the car keys on the kitchen table and strode into his study area, he noticed he had a message on the answering machine. He played it and the same sickening feeling Max had felt when she found the girl came to Logan.
"Someone's just so cruel to even do this!" explained Logan with pure hatred, "They're only little girls! What have they done to this world do deserve this horrid punishment, nothing!"
But Logan knew he had no right to conclude that the girls hadn't done anything. For one thing, they might have done something to deserve this torture, but for another thing, Logan might be right and the killer was a cruel cold-blooded murderer.
As Logan said this, he grabbed his coat and car keys again and headed outside to his Aztec.
5 minutes later, he arrived at Joshua's place and saw Max sleeping on the couch. "She must have dozed off after waiting for me," he thought. Max had her legs slumped over the side of the coach and her head rested on her right arm, which dangled over the other side of the couch. Her hair was out of place and a strain had fallen across her face. It moved with the breeze of her breath and she stirred for a moment to get a comfortable position. Logan couldn't help but see how pretty she was and took a ragged blanket of Joshua's and placed it on top of Max. He sat down on the other chair just as Joshua entered the room with a reasonably loud growl as soon as he saw Logan sitting next to Max.
"Shhh! You'll wake her up," whispered Logan.
Joshua growled a little bit and went on with his painting in the corner.
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Soon enough, Max woke up from her slumber only to find Logan staring at her. Her cheeks turned a deep red and she sat up properly, roughly folding the blanket Logan had put on her.
"I thought you transgenics don't sleep!" asked Logan
"Well, we do sleep sometimes, its not like we don't sleep at all!"
"Ummm, I came here about an hour ago and found you asleep so, I've been waiting for you to wake up. Didn't want to disturb your beauty rest!" exclaimed Logan with a grin.
"Oh, well, ummm.I only found one girl at the address you gave me. I was too late to save her though," said Max feeling guilty at that moment.
"I think I might have a clue on who the killer is. On the newspaper, there was an attack on a civilian, but she wasn't killed, just injured really badly. She was protecting a little girl just like those 5 you found the last few weeks! She said she was attacked by a transgenic, Max. I didn't know how to break this to you when I first heard it." Said Logan matter of factly.
It was as if Max's heart had stopped pounding.
"It's all my fault! I was the one that let those transgenics out into this world and now it seems that they're going to haunt me for the rest of my life!" said Max, feeling gloomier by the minute.