"ARI!" Jeb called out as the boy appeared from the hallway. He leaned against the door sill with a blank expression swept across his face.
"What did you think you were doing! You weren't supposed to do it like that!" He screamed at the boy angrily.
Ari took a stepped into the room. He looked just like a regular nine year old boy. Except his scruffy dark brown hair fell onto his bruised face, revealing a stitched up gash on the side of his head. His was hair still matted with blood from the wound.
"Ari, I told you to go there and get rid of the old Erasers. Not to destroy Max in the process! You weren't even supposed to touch Max!" Jeb's face started to get red.
Ari stood there glaring at the ground, not even flinching at the loud screams being yelled into his face. Jeb looked at him and pulled at the blue satin tie around his neck.
"You ruined our plans Ari. She wasn't supposed to find out what your new feature is yet. Now the whole flock will find out, and that will ruin everything." He then started pacing back and forth in front of his desk with his hand inside his pockets.
"Well," he said after a long pause, "I guess you did what you wanted to do."
Jeb stopped pacing and leaned against his desk with his hands on his lap. He waited for Ari to say something, but just Ari stood in front of him looking at his feet.
"Ari, do you have any explanation for this stupid thing you did? Because, well frankly, I'd like to hear it"
Ari didn't move. He hated their attempt to capture the flock, by practically killing them in the process. It was the 'eliminate of surprise', as they'd always say. They just wanted Max for themselves, since she is so 'special' and all. He hated her even more for that.
After a few seconds passed, he looked up and stared into Jeb's icy blue eyes. "No." He said firmly. Jeb looked at him, as he stood up and crossed his arms.
"No?"
"No," Ari said glaring at Jeb, "I guess I'm just a stupid little Eraser."
Jeb walked over, and stop
ped right in front of him, with Ari's nose barely touching his crossed arms.
"Okay. You can leave, I have a lot of work to do now." He said, narrowing his eyes down at him.
Ari started to walk away, but stopped at the doorway and turned around.
"Why don't you just try to add more crap onto me, Dad? 'Cause either way, you'll still get your precious little Maximum Ride.
With that, Ari turned around and walked away, leaving Jeb sitting behind his desk furious. Jeb rummaged through the pile of papers on his desk. Suddenly he froze as he picked up a single x-ray.
He walked over to the window and held it up. The x-ray showed what seemed to be a smaller version of a regular human body. He squinted as he leaned forward to get a better look. The skeleton then revealed an unusual thickness to its bone. Its rib change was wider, and its head contained a protruding mouth, with little jagged razor teeth inside. A long tail was also attached to its lower back which curved inward to make a large arch.
Jeb smiled. "Perfect."
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