Prisoner- Chapter 73
We arrived at the house we had been staying in to find Total. Who knows if that dog stuck around here I was hoping he did, for Angel's sake.
We hadn't been gone too long, just a matter of hours. It was dark out now and probably about 10:00 at night around here.
Once Angel's feet hit the ground she was running through the front door to find Total.
"Total!" She called.
I hurried after her.
"Angel!" I yelled. "Be careful, there could still be erasers here!"
I heard her shriek and ran into the room she shared with Nudge, preparing to fight.
"Angel, what's wrong?" I asked running into the room.
"I found Total." She said hugging him to her tightly as he licked her face.
"You came back for me." He said as Angel giggled.
"Of course we did." She said squeezing him tighter. "You're part of the flock now."
I smiled at how happy the two of them were.
"Right Max?" She asked surprising me.
"Right." I said with a nod.
Her smile brightened.
"Come on, let's go tell the others the good news." I said beckoning her toward me.
She walked out of the door to the rest of the flock.
They were waiting outside while Fang checked over the rest of the house.
Fang walked out of the room we shared to walk behind me out of the front door.
"All clear?" I asked over my shoulder.
"Yeah." He said following me out.
"Good." I said with a small smile.
"I see you found Total." He said with a small smirk.
"Yeah." I said looking over at Angel and the rest of the flock giving all their attention to Total, taking turns petting and hugging him. "I didn't want to have to tell Angel that her dog was gone forever, so this is a huge relief."
He nodded. "She would have been crushed."
"Yep, but we got lucky on this one." I said with a small smile. "It's about time something goes our way."
Fang smirked and my smile grew.
"We should go eat." I said motioning to the house with a small nod.
His smirk disappeared leaving me disappointed. I turned and walked to the house, stopping in the doorway and calling back to the flock, "Time to eat."
The turned their attention to me and smiled as they made their way to the house.
After we finished eating it was time for the flock to get some sleep, so I sent them off to bed. I visited both rooms with Fang and stacked fists with them. That's when it hit me how much Fang and I were like parents to the flock.
I mean, I always considered myself a mother to the flock and I thought that included Fang, but lately it was more like Fang was a fatherly figure to the flock.
As the thought passed through my head I blushed and walked out of Gazzy and Iggy's room to go back to the room Fang and I shared.
As I passed the kitchen I saw something that made me freeze where I was. My body tensed and I felt like I wanted to vomit.
There on the ground in the kitchen was a pool of Fang's blood that appeared to have dried.
The memory I wished I could forget visited my brain.
I looked up at Fang still fighting Ari. I snuck up behind him and kicked the back of his knee making him almost fall. He turned quickly and grabbed me, shoving me at Fang.
Fang grabbed me and straightened me up.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said breathlessly.
"Not for long." Ari said pulling a gun from his jacket.
Fang and I both froze, side by side.
"Hm…" He said looking at the two of us.
"Eeny." The gun pointed at Fang.
"Meeny." He turned the gun to me.
"Miny." Back to Fang.
He stopped with the gun on Fang still, like he was still debating who to shoot.
"Moe."
All the sudden the gun was on me and the trigger was being pulled. A loud crack was heard and Fang jumped on top of me, knocking me to the ground.
"How sweet." I heard Ari growl in a sarcastic tone.
I was under Fang, his chest to mine. I looked up at his face to see him going pale and looking like he was in a lot of pain.
"What is it?" I asked beginning to panic.
His eyes closed slowly and I swore my heart stopped. I rolled him off of me and looked him over. The bullet hit him in the stomach and he was bleeding quite a bit.
"No." I said in disbelief gently touching his wound.
I saw the blood on my hand and immediately lost control of myself.
"Fang!" I yelled tapping his cheek.
"Fang, wake up!" I was now shaking him.
Suddenly erasers came and ripped me away from Fang. They took us onto a helicopter, taking Fang too.
"Max…" Fang whispered putting his hand on my back. "You okay?"
I snapped back to reality, but kept my gaze fixed on the dried blood.
He must have seen what I was looking at, because he wrapped his arms around my shoulders and turned me into his hard chest, holding me to him.
"You okay?" He asked again.
I shook my head.
He rested his cheek on top of my head, but I pulled away.
"Does it hurt still?" I asked looking up at him.
"No." He said shaking his head slightly.
"You better be telling the truth." I warned, knowing Fang didn't like to admit to pain.
"I am." He said looking me in the eyes. "Promise."
"Let me see."
"Max."
"Let me see it." I said narrowing my eyes on him.
He lifted his shirt up to show a small scar.
"See." He said giving me a 'told you I wasn't lying' look.
"Okay." I said with a small smile and a bit of a blush.
I walked back to the room we shared so he wouldn't see it.
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