Thankies so much for the reviews so far. Im glad theres some people out there who actually like it. And yes I do realize that this seems more like a humor fic than an angst, but hey its sad lil Max wont talk. Oh and yes this IS still a Max Rei story, Tyson is just loveable(especially with Kai .). Ok well heres the new chapter!
Ocean Blue Depths
Max P.O.V.
After Rei and Kai managed to separated me and Tyson from the deadly bear hug he gave me, we decided to go down to the cafeteria for dinner. We managed to get a table for just the four of us since it was a little later than when everyone else usually ate. The guys were nice enough to ask about me and what I liked with yes or no questions so I could nod, and they seemed like they were actually trying to be my friends. 'its weird, its like I actually belong for once, theyre treating me like one of their friends'. I smiled down at my food when I realized I was looking at Rei, and I decided that im going to stay here as long as possible.
Normal P.O.V.
The boys showed Max how to clean up after meals and walked down the hallway to the living room where Tyson saw his friends Kenny and Hilary sitting on the couch watching TV. "Hiya Ken! Hows it goin Hil?" spouted an overly cheerful Tyson ashe eneterd the room. "Oh hey Tyson, Kai, Rei,… uhh whos this? Asked a confused Hilary. "Oh we didn't tell you? This is the new guy Max! try not to scare him off kay Hil." Hilary got up and smacked Tyson on the head for the comment and walked over to where Max was. "Hi my names Hilary, and the short one with the glasses over on the couch is Kenny, nice to meet you." Said hilary as she extanded her hand to shake his. Max shook her hand but said nothing, just a sweet smile graced his lips as Rei came over to them.
"He dosent really talk much Hilary, but hes really a great person. I know we'll all be good friends in time, we just gotta get used to it." Stated Rei as he saw the look of confusion once again upon Hilarys face. "Well that's no problem, Hilarys always the one talking anyway, hahaha" said the bluenette as he ran out of the room. Hilary growled and ran after him screaming "That's it Tyson take it back rite NOW!" Kai, Rei, and Kenny sweatdropped when they saw the all to common display of Hilary chasing down Tyson, and Max gave a laugh. When he finished, Max saw the look of utter shock on the 3 boys' faces. "Max, we haven't heard you laugh before, I think were actually making progress already!" stated a very proud looking Rei. Max just smiled in return and nodded.
"Alrite boys get to bed now, breakfast will be ready at 7 for you earlybirds." Said Mr.Dickenson as he shut the boys room door. Max was in his pajamas and Rei was in the bathroom brushing his teeth, Tyson and Kai were playing chase as some might think, but Kai was just trying to catch Tyson and beat him up for another dumb thing Tyson just HAD to say. Everyone finally got settled in and Max and the boys drifted off to sleep.
Max's Dream"MOMMY! Mommy no are you okay? Mommy say something pwease." The helpless 9 year old Max said to his mother as she laid on the floor bloody and beaten. "M-Max? I need you to run, okay hunny. You need to get away from your father and get help alrite?" "No mommy I wont leave you here with him" "Max you have to dear it's the only way you'll be able to…" "There you are you little Brat!" the drunken man came around the corner of the hallway and stared at the little blonde with glazed eyes. "This'll teach you to disobey me and talk! I told you , that you had that privilege taken away 2 years ago now didn't I ?" the drunk came closer to the now shivering boy as he watched his mothers last few breaths fade away… "MOMMY NO!"
Max jerked out of his Nightmare as he felt a hand over his mouth. The blonde lay there and stared up with horrified eyes as he realized it was Tala that stood looming over him. Tala leaned down to Max's ear and whispered to him "Do you think we can talk outside for a bit? I would like to apologize for what happened earlier." Max gave him an unsure look but nodded anyway. 'Maybe he really is sorry, everyone else around here is nice, why shouldn't he be to?'
Outside
The two walked outside to the back of the house where the small playground and benches lay. Max stopped when he saw Tala did also, and he waited for the other boy to start talking. "Max I do apologize for over reacting in the hall today, you just happened to catch me in a bad mood, but ya know it was your fault after all." With that said Max froze. "I mean sure you didn't see me, but it was your fault for not looking, I expect an apology from you also." Tala got a smirk on his face that looked like he won a war. 'Oh no, what do I do now? I can respond to him, I wont.' " Oh that's rite, I heard you cant talk, well what do you say we put it to the test.. and see if you can scream." The smirk only grew into a sick smile as 3 more boys came out from the building, one with a wooden bat in hand.
Max tried to run back into the house, but was caught by one of the unidentified boys. " Hey blondie where ya goin?" said the boy as he squeezed Max's arms tight enough to bruise. Max winced as he struggled to get free of the boy. Another boy ran to hold Max's other arm while Tala sized him up from the front. Tala tossed the bat to the third boy and closed the gap between him and Max. Max gave up struggling and just hung his head waiting for what was to come, when he felt Tala's hand raise his head so he could look at his face. "Such beautiful eyes, its like looking in the ocean. I'll try not to hit ya in the face to much ok. I still wanna see those eyes of yours blondie." Max then just stared at Tala as his fist came crashing into his stomach, Max fell the ground not making a sound when all four of the boys started kicking him. 'Least they forgot about the bat…' was the last thing Max thought before his world drifted into darkness.
Back In The Boys' Room
Rei woke up as he usually did this time of night for his bathroom break. But when he returned to his bed, he found something missing on the bottom bunk. "Max? where'd he go?" that's when he heard the snickering of the boys in the other dorm. Rei walked up to the door that separated the two dorms and put his ear to the door to hear the conversation on the other side.
" Man Tala we sure got him good, that kid had no chance, but that's what he gets for pissin you off huh?" "you got that rite, nobody makes a fool out of me and gets away with it, hopefully others can learn from this and we wont have to waste our energy on punks like him." 'Tala? What did they do?… Oh no, Max!'
Rei ran to the bedsides of Tyson, Kai and Kenny and told them what Talas gang had done. "Hurry up guys, I think it was Max they attacked" "Alrite Rei hold on a sec, we need shoes at least." Stated the half asleep Kai. The four boys walked outside as quietly as possible so not to wake anyone. They got outside but there was no sign of Max, or anyone for that matter. "Max! hey are you out here buddy?" with no reply the bluenette gave a sigh. "We should split up and look, we'll find him faster if we do." "Good idea Kenny, I'll go over this way." Stated Rei as he walked off toward the playgrounds.
Rei was about to give up when he saw a small patch of yellow in the corner of his eye. A patch of Max's hair was poking out from undera bench, and Rei was there in a flash. "Max! there you are, are you okay?" the boy that was huddled up in a ball, opened up a blue eye and gave Rei a weak smile before he drifted to darkness once more. 'Well, he looks to me like he'll live, im glad.' . Rei picked up Max's small form and carried him inside so he could get help.