Chapter 8 – Blame

Sky Needle

Max sat on the sky needle , like many times before , the cold air brushing through her hair . The quiet hum of traffic drifting past . And the odd one loud mouth hoar shouting the odds !

Max's point of view

Is it my fault ? Who else's fault could it be ? I let them out , will I spend the rest of my life trying to save them and getting them out of trouble ? People say it's not my fault , like Logan , and Loz , but they're just being nice , I'm sure . Today someone was killed , killed because I let him out in the world . What if I'd done things differently at the junkyard , what if I saved my small pep talk for later and they left before White got there . What if I waited for White and ambushed them with the others .

That's a lot of What ifs , suppose I'll never know the answers …

I just hope all the transgenics are out of the woods around Manticore , otherwise next time it could be worse . And that will probably be my fault to ... ..

Max gets up and stares into the darkness before turning away ...

Thanx for reading you lot , please read and review it not take u 30 secs ! please , im working on another fan fic called awol , im up to chapter 6 and 11000 words so hopefully it'll be tons better than this , stay tuned .