AN: Sorry its been so long, schools been a bitch and my mom and me have been fighting
endlessly. I also wrote this chapter to try and get rid of my horrible case of writers block.
In conclusion, this chapter probably sucks but I hope you enjoy it enough to R&R.
Thanks.
Disclaimer: I don't own it, nor do I make a profit.
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*^Chapter 5: Peril ^*
The children hiked through the forest, close to the road Max pointed out, for hours.
But luckily, on the way to where ever they were heading, they found small proofs on
civilians here and there. Small vehicles, pieces of trash, and electricity lines showed them
the way to their destination.
"How much do you think we've gone?" Max asked Jondy quietly,
"I haven't been paying attention."
"I dunno either. Definitely lots and lots of miles though, I'm actually tired."
Jondy said quietly back.
The sun was slowly retreating from the sky and it was starting to get dark.
It didn't really bother them though, having night-eye sight. All in all, though, it was
dangerous and exhausting and Zack decided it was time to rest.
"Ok. We can rest don't go near the roads though and contact me before exploring or
wandering off." Zack commanded. The transgenics began to sit down on the dirt floor and
rest.
Strange enough, Max and Jondy laid down and Jondy fell asleep. She went off to dream
land, totally oblivious to Max, whom was carefully put fallen tree leaves over her. She was
simply bored and wanted action, everyone else was resting or at least trying to; Max,
completely different, was wide awake.
Jondy, Max's usual accuse for staying up late, was sleeping soundly, covered in a blanket of
leafs, like a sleeping sled dog would do in snow.
Ben finally came over to Max to try to get her to sleep.
"Why aren't you resting?" Ben asked sitting against a tree beside her.
Max just blinked at him, he knew why.
"Okay, why aren't you 'trying' to sleep?" Ben asked her, emphasizing on the word 'trying'.
She shrugged. "Because I'm not sleepy." She stated.
"Even Jondy is ' sleeping why can't you?" Ben crossed his arms.
"I said I wasn't tired. More like restless. My legs wanna keep moving and my mind is
completely sleepless." Max said crossing her arms too, like Ben and narrowed her eyes.
Ben narrowed his eyes at her and they began a stare down.
Max, of course, won easily. All she had to do was widen her eyes and put a natural pout on
her face and he lost immediately.
"Max."
What?"
"Stop it."
"Stop what?" She asked in a stronger, but still quiet voice; careful not to wake the others.
"What you're doing." Ben sighed.
"What am I doing?" She questioned, knowing exactly what she was doing.
"You know exactly what you're doing." Ben smiled, baby sister couldn't make him mad, she
also couldn't fully break him down like she could do to just about everyone else with her
pout.
Max laid her back against the tree and frowned.
"Getting tired, Maxie?"
"No." Max stated, in deep thought she started wondering if they would ever in her life quit
calling her baby sister or Maxie. I mean she wasn't a baby anymore...
"Oh really?" Ben interrogated, he could tell she was getting tired from fighting verbally.
She could do it a long time usually but she was better at physical fighting. Max was
probably to tired to do either at the time.
"Uh-huh." Max continued to think. *It really can be annoying sometimes. But also kinda
sweet. But it isn't the same with anyone else, Krit is only a few days older and no one calls
him Krity, ugh, or baby brother.
"What are you thinking about?" Ben asked, his eyes closed.
"Nothing." Max whispered. She didn't even notice herself yawn and fall asleep.
~
~
~
Before anyone knew it, the sun came back and was slowly creeping back into it's morning
stance.
"Wake up, Maxie." Jondy shook her younger sister a little to wake her up.
"What, Jondy?" Max said rolling over and quickly sitting upright.
"Sunrise." Jondy stated turning around and looking into the orange, pink sky.
"There is a sunrise everyday." Max rolled back over.
"Of course, but this one is most beautiful." Jondy grabbed Max's arm and forced her up.
"Is anyone else up yet?" Max asked tugging her arm away from Jondy's grasp.
"No, they slept in. Wake up!" Jondy growled.
Max slowly sat up and situated herself in a more comfortable position.
"You know you're gonna pay for waking me up when I was not ready of doing so, right?"
Max whispered to her sister with a smile on her face that could pass as an evil grin.
"Maxie, how come you don't get mad at anybody else for waking you up?" Jondy crossed
her arms and peered at the red rising sun.
"I do."
"Zack?"
"He's the C.O, its just part of his duty." Max explained.
"Ben?"
"He tells me stories, plus the only times he wakes me up is if he has something important
to say." Max looked at her sister who continued.
"Tinga?"
"She tells me if someone is coming and warns me before hand if she finds out
if an instructor is gonna be angry or make it another hard day. Jondy, are you going to
keep asking me or are you going to watch the sunrise?" Max asked and looked back to the
distance.
"Actually I was planning on asking you more, but since you are already 'going to make me
pay' for waking you up early, then I'll shut up." Jondy smiled.
"Thank you." Max nodded.
"No problem."
~
~
~
The walk wasn't to bad, they were almost fully healed, the weather change did make a big
difference. They started hearing sounds along way down the road and more cars were
speeding by. Zack was hesitant on bringing them so close to civilians now, but it was now or
never.
When they reached the edge of the town Zack stopped them.
"We'll move on when it gets dark." He recieved the understanding nods of agreement of all
the other's and sat down on a tree stump.
From their position, they could see the people among the streets going home and to their
jobs. They were all different sizes and colors and it made the children open their eyes even
more at the town. Is this what they did all day? Scurry around town in little cars and
carrying suitcases? None of the questions mattered till later, right now they were only
supposed to sit patiently till night falls.
~
~
~
The thing that woke the X5 and catch Zack completely off guard was the high-pitch quick
sound in the sky. It happened three quick times and then everything was deadly quiet.
Some of the children all stood up and looked beyond the trees into the town, others stood
safely in the back by the protection of the others.
What they saw was strange and unbelievable. People began to swarm from their homes and
buildings like ants from a drowned anthill. They were all over the streets yelling at their
neighbors- or to them, frowning and throwing things at their telephone wires. Things his
worse when the news crews, in TVs around town, shown of a national problem that left
people going mad. Though the sky had already darkened, they began to run around town in
hordes breaking in windows as TVs and lights flashed on and off.
~~~~~~~~
I know this chapter is very short but I've already wrote almost all of chapter 6 so it doesn't
really matter. R&R!!!! I seriously need sleep. Goodnight people.
endlessly. I also wrote this chapter to try and get rid of my horrible case of writers block.
In conclusion, this chapter probably sucks but I hope you enjoy it enough to R&R.
Thanks.
Disclaimer: I don't own it, nor do I make a profit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*^Chapter 5: Peril ^*
The children hiked through the forest, close to the road Max pointed out, for hours.
But luckily, on the way to where ever they were heading, they found small proofs on
civilians here and there. Small vehicles, pieces of trash, and electricity lines showed them
the way to their destination.
"How much do you think we've gone?" Max asked Jondy quietly,
"I haven't been paying attention."
"I dunno either. Definitely lots and lots of miles though, I'm actually tired."
Jondy said quietly back.
The sun was slowly retreating from the sky and it was starting to get dark.
It didn't really bother them though, having night-eye sight. All in all, though, it was
dangerous and exhausting and Zack decided it was time to rest.
"Ok. We can rest don't go near the roads though and contact me before exploring or
wandering off." Zack commanded. The transgenics began to sit down on the dirt floor and
rest.
Strange enough, Max and Jondy laid down and Jondy fell asleep. She went off to dream
land, totally oblivious to Max, whom was carefully put fallen tree leaves over her. She was
simply bored and wanted action, everyone else was resting or at least trying to; Max,
completely different, was wide awake.
Jondy, Max's usual accuse for staying up late, was sleeping soundly, covered in a blanket of
leafs, like a sleeping sled dog would do in snow.
Ben finally came over to Max to try to get her to sleep.
"Why aren't you resting?" Ben asked sitting against a tree beside her.
Max just blinked at him, he knew why.
"Okay, why aren't you 'trying' to sleep?" Ben asked her, emphasizing on the word 'trying'.
She shrugged. "Because I'm not sleepy." She stated.
"Even Jondy is ' sleeping why can't you?" Ben crossed his arms.
"I said I wasn't tired. More like restless. My legs wanna keep moving and my mind is
completely sleepless." Max said crossing her arms too, like Ben and narrowed her eyes.
Ben narrowed his eyes at her and they began a stare down.
Max, of course, won easily. All she had to do was widen her eyes and put a natural pout on
her face and he lost immediately.
"Max."
What?"
"Stop it."
"Stop what?" She asked in a stronger, but still quiet voice; careful not to wake the others.
"What you're doing." Ben sighed.
"What am I doing?" She questioned, knowing exactly what she was doing.
"You know exactly what you're doing." Ben smiled, baby sister couldn't make him mad, she
also couldn't fully break him down like she could do to just about everyone else with her
pout.
Max laid her back against the tree and frowned.
"Getting tired, Maxie?"
"No." Max stated, in deep thought she started wondering if they would ever in her life quit
calling her baby sister or Maxie. I mean she wasn't a baby anymore...
"Oh really?" Ben interrogated, he could tell she was getting tired from fighting verbally.
She could do it a long time usually but she was better at physical fighting. Max was
probably to tired to do either at the time.
"Uh-huh." Max continued to think. *It really can be annoying sometimes. But also kinda
sweet. But it isn't the same with anyone else, Krit is only a few days older and no one calls
him Krity, ugh, or baby brother.
"What are you thinking about?" Ben asked, his eyes closed.
"Nothing." Max whispered. She didn't even notice herself yawn and fall asleep.
~
~
~
Before anyone knew it, the sun came back and was slowly creeping back into it's morning
stance.
"Wake up, Maxie." Jondy shook her younger sister a little to wake her up.
"What, Jondy?" Max said rolling over and quickly sitting upright.
"Sunrise." Jondy stated turning around and looking into the orange, pink sky.
"There is a sunrise everyday." Max rolled back over.
"Of course, but this one is most beautiful." Jondy grabbed Max's arm and forced her up.
"Is anyone else up yet?" Max asked tugging her arm away from Jondy's grasp.
"No, they slept in. Wake up!" Jondy growled.
Max slowly sat up and situated herself in a more comfortable position.
"You know you're gonna pay for waking me up when I was not ready of doing so, right?"
Max whispered to her sister with a smile on her face that could pass as an evil grin.
"Maxie, how come you don't get mad at anybody else for waking you up?" Jondy crossed
her arms and peered at the red rising sun.
"I do."
"Zack?"
"He's the C.O, its just part of his duty." Max explained.
"Ben?"
"He tells me stories, plus the only times he wakes me up is if he has something important
to say." Max looked at her sister who continued.
"Tinga?"
"She tells me if someone is coming and warns me before hand if she finds out
if an instructor is gonna be angry or make it another hard day. Jondy, are you going to
keep asking me or are you going to watch the sunrise?" Max asked and looked back to the
distance.
"Actually I was planning on asking you more, but since you are already 'going to make me
pay' for waking you up early, then I'll shut up." Jondy smiled.
"Thank you." Max nodded.
"No problem."
~
~
~
The walk wasn't to bad, they were almost fully healed, the weather change did make a big
difference. They started hearing sounds along way down the road and more cars were
speeding by. Zack was hesitant on bringing them so close to civilians now, but it was now or
never.
When they reached the edge of the town Zack stopped them.
"We'll move on when it gets dark." He recieved the understanding nods of agreement of all
the other's and sat down on a tree stump.
From their position, they could see the people among the streets going home and to their
jobs. They were all different sizes and colors and it made the children open their eyes even
more at the town. Is this what they did all day? Scurry around town in little cars and
carrying suitcases? None of the questions mattered till later, right now they were only
supposed to sit patiently till night falls.
~
~
~
The thing that woke the X5 and catch Zack completely off guard was the high-pitch quick
sound in the sky. It happened three quick times and then everything was deadly quiet.
Some of the children all stood up and looked beyond the trees into the town, others stood
safely in the back by the protection of the others.
What they saw was strange and unbelievable. People began to swarm from their homes and
buildings like ants from a drowned anthill. They were all over the streets yelling at their
neighbors- or to them, frowning and throwing things at their telephone wires. Things his
worse when the news crews, in TVs around town, shown of a national problem that left
people going mad. Though the sky had already darkened, they began to run around town in
hordes breaking in windows as TVs and lights flashed on and off.
~~~~~~~~
I know this chapter is very short but I've already wrote almost all of chapter 6 so it doesn't
really matter. R&R!!!! I seriously need sleep. Goodnight people.