Prisoner- Chapter 41

I felt at a big disadvantage with my ribs being bruised as bad as they were still. Moving and ducking had my stomach flaring with pain and I wished I could just collapse right here and now.

I dodged another punch that was thrown at my cheek only to get a kick to the ribs, just what I didn't need. I crumpled to the floor in pain. I could feel tears come, but I held them back. They wouldn't fall, not now.

I was on my knees clutching my stomach and sucking in every breath of air I could get. I felt like I would never get the air back in my lungs.

Another kick came to my ribs, but to what was my good side. It wasn't hard enough to crack a rib, but it still hurt and made me wish I was anywhere but here.

I staggered to my feet to see the other me throw a kick at my shoulder. I ducked and put a punch to her cheek.

She spit out blood and sent me a glare.

"I'm going to make you bleed a lot more than that soon enough." I said narrowing my eyes on her.

"I'd like to see you try." She spat back.

I put a kick to her knee and resisted the urge to smile when I heard a crack. I had broken her kneecap. She fell to the ground in obvious pain.

"Now I'll make you the offer again." I said looking down at her, breathing hard. "We don't have to fight."

"I told you." She said sweeping my feet out from under me, so I hit the ground on my back. I tried my best to breathe as she stood up and looked down at me. "I want to."

(ruler still isn't working)

The flock stood outside Itex looking for their way in.

When the other Max was with them, she had led them through a fan. Fang considered their best shot, because it was either that or walk right up to the door, knock, and demand Max back. Bets are they wouldn't just give her back, so that plan didn't seem likely.

"What are we looking for?" Nudge asked walking right behind Fang in the shadows.

It was dark out, so they had a good chance of not being seen.

"The fan we used to get in when the other Max led us here." Iggy said trying not to sound annoyed at Nudge's constant questioning. That had been her third or fourth question in the last two minutes and it was getting old, very quickly.

"Oh." Nudge said turning her head back to look where she was walking. "Shouldn't we look for a stick then, because that's what Max… I mean the other Max used to make it stop spinning?"

"We'll worry about that later, Nudge." Fang said looking for the fan.

"Yeah, if we can't find the fan, then we don't need a stick." Iggy said glaring at where he could feel Nudge to be.

"Here it is." Fang said pushing back the bushes to reveal the fan.

"Now we need a stick." Iggy said talking to Nudge.

"Here's one." Angel said picking up a rather small stick.

"It needs to bigger, Ange." Fang said looking down at the six year old.

"Like this?" Gasman asked holding up a larger stick.

"Perfect." Fang said taking the stick from him and jamming it in to stop the fan.

"Well look what we have here." An eraser growled from behind them, already morphed.

"Busted." Gazzy said getting ready to fight.

"I wouldn't fight if I was you." Another eraser said walking beside the first.

"Why not?" Nudge asked giving them attitude.

"They're why." The first eraser said pointing behind him.

There were hundreds of erasers making a mob behind them.

"U and A?" Iggy asked obviously sensing the tension and that the plan had been blown to bits.

"No." Fang said shaking his head. "They have guns."

The erasers grabbed Fang and then Iggy. They hauled them off first then grabbed the younger bird kids. They were taking them into Itex, but not to Max.

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