Prisoner- Chapter 38

THREE DAYS LATER

It was three days later and I couldn't be happier about it. We would leave in the morning after breakfast. Anne would be off to work, so I'd just leave a note and we'd be gone.

I shivered, feeling a cool breeze waft over me. Wait, was my window open?

My eyes shot open and a hand clasped over my mouth. My eyes widened as I looked into Ari's eyes. He had a sickening smile on as he motioned for an eraser to bind my hands and feet. After they were bound a piece of tape was put across my mouth, making me unable to scream.

"It's time to go back to school, Max." Ari said smugly.

I looked around to see five erasers, Ari, and… the other Max.

When I turned to look at Ari again I was met with a swift kick to my head and all went black.

(AN: Insert ruler here, it still isn't working.)

Gazzy rose from his bed covered in sweat. He'd had a nightmare, but it was like one of his premonitions he'd had twice before. He needed to go tell Max and now.

He jumped from his bed and headed down the hall to Max's door. He knocked softly, but there was no answer.

"Max." He called jiggling the locked door handle. "Max, are you in there?"

"Gazzy, what are you doing up?" Fang asked coming out of his room.

"I had another one of those dreams." Gasman said looking up at Fang. "I think Max is in trouble."

"What'd you see?" Fang asked crossing his arms.

"Max was fighting the other Max with a group of whitecoats watching." He answered looking worried.

"So you came to tell Max?" Fang asked.

"Yeah, but she's not answering the door." Gasman said looking confused.

"Max." Fang called knocking harder than Gasman had. "Max, open the door."

There was no answer.

"Gazzy, go get Iggy." Fang said keeping his eyes on the door.

"Max, are you in there?" Fang asked jiggling the handle like it would magically open.

"What's going on?" Nudge asked with Angel behind her.

"That's what I'd like to know." Iggy said walking over to the door with Gazzy just behind him.

"Max's door is locked and she won't let us in." Gasman piped up from behind him.

"So, you want me to pick the lock?" Iggy asked with a small smile. "And who's gonna stop Max from killing me?"

Iggy began to pick the lock with everyone standing to his side or behind him watching intently. They were all wondering what they would find behind the door when they opened it.

(AN: Another ruler would be here.)

I came to in a large bright white room with glass walls. I was lying on the ground and I had a huge headache. Ari would pay for that. My ribs weren't exactly letting up on pain, either. The pain had worsened, my guess being they bumped my bruise a couple times when bringing me to this room. Breathing hurt so much, every time my lungs expanded with a new breath of air.

I looked at my surroundings to see whitecoats and erasers outside the glass walls. Jeb walked in through an automatic sliding glass door behind me, but it looked like it only opened when he entered the right code on the keypad.

"Max, it's good to see you're well." Jeb said walking over to me and offering a hand out to help me up.

I got up on my own with my back to him, so he couldn't see me wince in pain.

"No thanks to the mutt behind you." I said turning around and sending a hard glare to Ari as he walked into the room to stand behind Jeb.

"Yes, I heard about that." Jeb said nodding. "Don't worry Maximum, Ari and the rest of the erasers are not here to harm you."

"I'm not worried." I said looking at Jeb.

"No, of course you're not." Jeb said with a disbelieving nod.

"So why am I here?" I asked crossing my arms.

"To fight." Jeb said as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

"I thought you said the erasers wouldn't harm me?" I said furrowing my eyebrows.

"Oh, no dear, you're not fighting the erasers." Jeb said walking closer to me.

I took a step back and asked, "Then who?"

"Yourself." He responded as the other Max walked into the room. "We told you, there can only be one Max."

"And I told you I wouldn't kill her for you." I said narrowing my eyes at him.

"You have no choice this time, Max." He said looking at me like he cared. It was fake if you asked me. There is no way he knew what it was like to care for someone. He let his own son be turned into an eraser. He has no real feelings of love or caring for someone. That had become obvious to me in this past year.

"Really?" I asked rolling my eyes. "Why is that?"

"Because neither one of you are leaving this room until there is only one Max." He explained. "If you want to live Max, you have to fight."

I was frozen on this new information. I would have to fight or I would never see the flock again. I couldn't let her take my place.

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