Prisoner- Chapter 66

I had been flying for about an hour when I realized how stupid it was for me to take off by myself, for many reasons. Reason one: I was putting myself in danger. Ari could easily come with his flock of erasers and haul me off to the school and the flock would have no idea. Reason two: Fang, Angel, and Nudge are all going to wonder why I took off without saying anything, so I'd have to come up with an excuse before I went back.

Reason three: The Ari could kill Fang while I was gone and I would never forgive myself if I let that happen.

I could see the house now and made my way to the ground. I landed and took a few extra steps to make sure I didn't fall on my face. I could see someone waiting in the doorway.

Fang.

I walked closer to him and he extended his arm out to me to hand me a glass of water. I took it from him and sucked it down. It felt so nice on my parched throat.

"You okay?" He asked leaning against the doorframe.

"Yeah." I said nodding. "Where's the flock?"

"Swimming."

"We should go get them, it looks like there's a storm coming." I said turning to go fetch the missing flock members, plus Total.

"Why did you take off?" Fang asked stopping me dead in my tracks.

"The voice was bothering me again." I lied turning to look at him.

He looked at me with concern and I immediately knew why. I pulled up my sleeves and showed my bare arms to Fang.

"I didn't hack into my arm again." I said shaking my head slightly as I pulled my sleeves back down over my arms.

I could see his jaw relax and his eyes weren't as serious.

I was really getting good at lying to Fang. I felt kind of bad about it, but it was for the best, I think. Besides, if I told him now he'd get mad at me for trying to keep it from him in the first place.

"What did it say?" He asked crossing his arms.

Okay, I hadn't rehearsed this part of the conversation. I felt my heart begin to race and my breathing quicken. I had to think of a lie and quick.

"Well… um… it's not important."

"Max…"

"Really Fang, it was just the same old save the world speech."

"And that's what made you take off without any warning?"

"Yeah." I said giving him a 'duh' look.

"You're lying."

"No I'm not." I said giving him a disbelieving look.

He stared at me.

I looked away and turned to go get the flock.

"You know I hate it when you do this." He said making me whip around and look at him.

I just stood there staring looking at him. I didn't know what to say, he could read me like a book and that wasn't fair.

"You've been acting different this morning."

I shook my head letting out a bitter laugh.

"What's going on, Max?"

"Nothing." I said throwing my hands out in frustration.

"And stop looking at me that way." I added referring to his 'I know you're lying' look.

I turned and started walking to the lake. Within a few seconds I felt a hand clasp onto my arm and turned to look into Fang eyes.

"No more lies." He said looking into my eyes, his voice stern.

"I'm not ly…" He clasped his hand over my mouth.

"What's going on?" He asked searching my eyes for an answer and taking his hand away from my mouth.

I closed them and felt tears sting my eyes, but I wouldn't let them fall.

"Max." He said softly.

I opened my eyes and knew he could see the tears in my eyes.

"Don't make me say it." I said pleading with him.

I sounded weak and hated it, but I couldn't make myself be strong anymore. I didn't want to lose Fang, I needed him.

He stood there frozen eyes locked with mine.

"Gazzy's nightmare was a vision, I lied to you." I said looking away from him. "He saw you get killed by Ari and in the vision the kitchen window was broken, so when the window broke everything became a reality."

I turned to look at Fang and saw that his jaw had tightened and his eyes were narrowed on me flashing with rage. I swallowed hard, closed my eyes and took a deep breath. When I opened my eyes Fang was already making his way to the door.

"Fang!" I yelled after him.

He opened the door and slammed it shut behind him making me wince.

I was left standing there in my own personal real life nightmare.

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