Well, I'm gonna just continue with this story, and it could very well become around 70 chapters long, who knows! lol Anyway, here's chapter 33, R&R and enjoy!
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Dr. Martinez flicked her pocketknife open and brought the blade to Ella's throat. "If you move, I'll kill her," the doctor said, menace filling her voice.
I gasped and started forward, but stopped short when the blade came within a hair's length of the little girl. "You wouldn't…" I choked out, trying to stay strong while formulating some kind of plan in my head. Unfortunately, nothing was coming to me. "You…can't…she's your…your daughter!" I was letting all my rage go now, yelling at the top of my lungs, oblivious to the fact that the flock was right behind me, listening to all this. "How can you do this? She's your daughter; she's just a little girl! At least she has a chance at life ahead of her! You didn't give Roland a chance, and look at what you've done to him!" I stopped yelling as Fang put his hand on my shoulder, calming me down instantly. Honestly, I was still pissed at the doctor. "I always…WE always wanted to be normal, to be like anybody without wings. I always looked up to you, thought of you as a mother…but now…" My voice trailed off as I fought back tears again.
"Max, you don't understand the big picture," Dr. Martinez said in a quieter, motherly tone. I almost fell for it. "You don't understand that what I'm doing will change this world for the better. You don't understand that I'm not the one you want to kill. Max, you can trust me."
My heart throbbed as confusion, anger, and distress overwhelmed me. She couldn't be telling me everything, could she? "I know I don't understand what you're doing, doctor," I said. My voice grew stronger and I stared with hatred right into Dr. Martinez's eyes. "But I understand that I have to stop you from doing it."
What happened next lasted only a few seconds, but seemed to take an eternity. Dr. Martinez, with a crazed look in her eyes, raised the blade she held high over her head and brought it downward. It was only an inch away from Ella when Fang darted in and knocked the doctor over, cracking her arm backwards and sending her spiraling to the floor with a crash. Quickly I retrieved my own knife and readied it, moving quickly towards where Fang and Dr. Martinez had landed. "Stay there!" I shouted to the rest of the flock, who were moving in as well. The last thing I needed was for one of them to get hurt.
Fang rolled over the doctor and yanked the pocketknife from her hands, which flailed wildly, trying to find something to use as a weapon. "Don't move!" Fang yelled, holding the pocketknife over the doctor like a samurai. Dr. Martinez got the message and stopped, staring at the blade with anger in her eyes.
"Max, you wouldn't really kill me, would you?" Dr. Martinez said, her voice now filling with panic. I had the upper hand, and she knew it. She was powerless against Fang and I. "You don't know what I can do for you! The things I can finally show you, the things I can finally teach you! You and I can be invincible together!"
I wasn't even listening. I moved closer, keeping my eyes in line with the doctor's, keeping from flinching or blinking. "If I ever had a chance to be invincible, I'd never share it with you," I said, sounding more defiant now. "If there's anything you've taught me, it's that nobody can be trusted." I sighed. "Not even someone you thought of like a mother."
Dr. Martinez suddenly broke and began laughing. Fang and I looked at each other in confusion, and then focused back on the doctor, who spoke again. "You really are clueless, Max. My dear, dear Max. Haven't you figured it out yet? Haven't you realized why we're so much alike? Because we are, whether you want to believe it or not, you and I are almost identical."
I thought this sounded crazy, and I didn't quite understand what she meant, but I paid attention anyway.
"Max, Roland told you about me, didn't he? He told you about how I had a daughter besides Ella. Yes, fourteen years ago, Roland and I birthed our own child, not too long before I used him to create Type 1. I knew the child could very well be the perfect being I had been searching to create for so long, but I decided to wait. The child became part of 'The Angel Experiment', as I soon named it, a series of tests I ran, beginning with my husband." I didn't like where this was going, and braced myself for what I dreaded would come next. "My child became Type 26 in the Angel Experiment."
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MUAHAHA! How many saw that one coming! How evil am I? lol Don't worry, I'll probably update again later today if I have time.