Part 2 – Max vs. The Man
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"Fang, Fang wake up!" I called quietly to Fang, who was lying motionless on the ground next to me. The rest of the flock was scattered around the room, all still unconscious. I guess they had lost in their battle against the Erasers and Jeb. That is, assuming it was Jeb.
"Fang, please wake up." My voice grew softer, more desperate, and I gave up in trying to bring Fang back to me. Slowly I sat up and immediately noticed the same pain coursing through me that had awoken me a few minutes ago. It felt as if every bone in my body was made of rubber, burnt rubber, and it took every ounce of strength just to open my eyes and look at our new home.
Ah yes, the infamous cage style house. I had known this home only the first few years of my life before Satan (that's Jeb) rescued the flock and I from the School. Before he turned on us, of course.
Now here we were, back in a giant cage, and who would've guessed it'd be Jeb that brought us back?
"Max, where are we?" Fang's voice came from behind me, and I whirled around painfully to see him sitting up with his legs crossed.
"Good question," I answered. "Looks like we're back in a cage." Fang gave me a look that said "well duh!" I chuckled a bit and continued. "As to where the cage is, I have no idea."
"Hmm, it doesn't look like the School, does it?" I shook my head, and Fang looked around again. "But it's definitely not Itex, it's too old."
Any ideas? I asked my Voice. No response, of course.
"That man said he was taking us Home." Angel's weak voice startled me a bit, and I looked to my left to see her sitting up close to Fang and I.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" I asked, feeling as if I had ignored her, which I hadn't. She nodded, so I continued on. "What do you mean, Home? Did you hear him say that or did you pick it up in his head?"
"He kept saying it in his mind. He kept going on about 'I gotta take them Home, I gotta take them Home.' I dunno what he meant by it though." Angel was silent a minute as we all thought about what this could have meant, then suddenly a frightened look crossed her face. "Where's Total?"
Panic filled my mind and I looked to Fang. "Was he in your backpack in the subway?"
"Yeah," said Fang. "But they must have taken my backpack after bringing us here."
At that moment, a knock came from the cage's small iron door. I stood up, pain still attacking my legs, made my way to the door, and looked through the glass window. It was Ari.
Without a single word (which completely surprised me) Ari pressed a button on his side of the door and the glass window opened. "What do you," I began, but Ari held up something. It was Total, still sleeping soundly in Fang's backpack. I was wary for a moment, but then hesitantly reached my arms out. Still shockingly enough, Ari did and said nothing but hand the backpack to me, along with something else that Angel recognized immediately.
"Celeste!"
Okay I need help on this one. I wrote this but realized I need to re-read the 1st book. Can someone help tell me if she ever did get Celeste back? If not, that's what I'm going for, but I'll change it if she did. It's been a while since I read the book and I just can't seem to remember lol!