Prisoner- Chapter 4

I motioned for Ari to take a seat in the chair placed in the corner of the room. He slowly lowered himself down looking as if he was afraid he'd break it if he plopped down too hard. He wasn't morphed into wolf form, so the chances weren't very likely for that to happen. If it did, I don't think I'd be able to stifle a laugh.

"What do you want to talk about?" He asked with a natural roughness in his voice.

"How about why I'm here." I said sitting on the foot of my bed. "What do you hope to gain from this extreme?"

"You need to see that we can be friends if we both try. I want you to show the same love for me that you show to your flock." He said staring at me intensely.

"Did you ever consider that it's too late for that?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows. I pressed on, "I mean you took Angel away from me, you almost killed Fang twice, and you tell me how much you want to kill me every time we meet. Not to mention I killed you, at least I thought I did."

"Bet you're disappointed you didn't, aren't you?" He asked harshly.

"Now I am." I quipped. Great, I never keep my mouth closed when I should. I'm supposed to be convincing him that he matters to me, yet I just told him I'd wished he'd died. I could tell Ari wanted to hurt me. Let's just say if looks could kill, I'd die right here, right now.

He unlocked the door and slammed it shut behind him, making me wince. I heard him lock the door again as I lay back on the bed. I let out a sigh and closed my eyes.

The flock arrived at the tunnels, hopping over the rail and staying close to the wall. They inched their way along the wall to the area they stayed in a few times. A few faces were recognizable, others weren't. Fang noticed the computer kid who had come up to him and Max twice before, heading their way.

"You better not mess with my hard drive." He said stopping in front of Fang.

"Back off." Fang said brushing past him. The flock followed behind him.

"Hey, where you going?" He called after them. "There's nothing that way."

"Fang, do we remember where the hatch is?" Nudge asked brushing hair from her face. "I mean Max was the one who led us to the hatch before, without her we don't really know where we're going. Unless you remember, but you may not. I don't, because I wasn't really paying attention while Max was leading us there and…"

Iggy interrupted, "Nudge, I'm sure between all five of us we can remember where we are supposed to go."

I woke up, my head pounding, gee what a surprise. I was going to have to deal with two headaches at once, the one in my head and the one in the next room. Here goes nothing. I gave the door three pounds, shortly after Ari walked in opening and closing the door in a rough manor. He was in his eraser form.

"Why are you in wolf form?" I asked sitting on the bed.

Ari didn't answer, instead just morphed into his human looking form. I could tell that it still hurt to change between forms, because he was breathing deeply and sweat was upon his brow.

"Does it hurt all the time?" I asked looking him in the eyes.

"Yeah, but it's not bad." He said once again taking a seat in the chair placed in the corner. He sat down more confidently this time, looking at Max while he sat. "You get used to it after awhile."

"I'm sorry Jeb left you." I said hoping he would believe me. I mean I'm not totally heartless. Part of me does feel bad for Ari, yet this wasn't Ari, he wasn't the same.

"Do you mean that?" He asked staring at me like Angel does when she reads my mind. Hopefully doesn't have that power or my plan was going to take a whistling dive off a cliff.

"Yes." I said nodding my head. "You didn't deserve to be left alone."

"You are opening up more quickly than I thought." Ari said leaning forward in his seat.

"Well, the truth is that I've thought about you a lot." I said slyly. "I felt a bit of guilt when I saw you had been turned into an eraser."

Ari's eyes softened, I think my plan was working. I was feeding him bull and he was eating it all up. Flock, here I come.

AN: Hope you liked it! Tell me what you think! And to answer a question that someone asked me. Ari looks like a supermodel in human form, except he is still wolfish looking. Remember? That kid thought he was Wolverine, so that must be kind of what he looks like.