Welcome back loves, its good to see that my first story back is very successful. well not to leave you anxious on what happens next, I should write, right?
Chapter 2; Train to win, Fight to kill, Love to hate, Hate to love.
Max stared down at the room before her, despite being down under the ground it had fairly new furniture. Black plush leather couches scattered around, a coffee table had been placed in the middle. The floor had a soft blue carpet that looked soft and new like a blanket, the walls were a bone chilling white. Max stood taking in her surroundings. She didn't understand why or how everything looked the way it did, but she decided not to press matters further and she watched as Liu walked passed her and he pulled off his Black hoodie to reveal a dark blue shirt that clung to his body. No sounds could be heard down there, not even the soft breathing of Max or the scuffing of Liu's shoes.
Max didn't say anything, even as Liu sat on the couch. The tension between the two were so thick that one could cut it with a huge steak knife and barely make a dent in it. Soon Liu spoke up, his voice again was smooth and deep and it put Max in a trance, making her pay closer attention to each word. "Listen, Max, You can sit if you want. training does not begin until tomorrow. Besides you need all the energy you can get if you want to be able to stand a chance against me." Liu let out a soft chuckle.
Max sighed and she rolled her eyes. "A little over confident, now are we?" Max mocked her voice dripping with attitude.
Liu shook his head running a hand through his hair and he looked at her, his eyes still dripping the same red substance. "I think somebody needs to hold down the attitude or else Mr. Liu will not be oh so nice." Liu replied his eyes narrowed as if he were glaring at her, which sent shivers down her spine and she sighed. She took a seat on a different couch, she let her wings out, the joints in her wings cracked and popped as they released the tension that they had been building up. Max let out a little moan of pleasure and she moved them a little bit. Liu jumped up and he walked up to Max, he held out a hand and he ran his hand through her feathers studying them. Soon he looked down at her.
"Bed time, if we want to start training while being well rested we have to go to bed now. You can have the room that's down that hall and its the third door onto the left, the third door onto the right is a bathroom, but of course there is no plumbing for obvious reasons." Liu said as he walked away down to a room in that hallway. Max sighed and she went into her designated room. upon walking in she found a note on the bed. She picked it up and she noticed that it had been addressed to her.
Dearest Max,
I know this may seem a little too much, but the flock and I decided that as the leader of the group you needed to toughen up. Go through proper training. Yes you are strong but with all that has been happing, we need you to be the strongest out of us all. Your important and we want you to survive.
-Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Dylan,Total, Angel, and Gazzzay.
Max sat there dumbfounded, this was a training set up by the flock so that way she could train. But what about them, surly they needed more training than she. Max sighed and decided to no over think the note and she placed it on the night stand next to her bed. She sat on the bed and she let her wings drape around her as if they were a blanket protecting her from the dark. Max sighed knowing that sleep wouldn't come easily for her as paranoia crept up and down her spine.
time skip
The next day Liu had knocked on Max's door, quickly Max flung open the door and she stared at Liu. She was ready for what ever challenge that Liu would through at her. Liu grabbed Max's arm and hauled her down into the living room. He forced her to sit on the couch and he handed her a bowl of eggs, bacon, and toast. He smiled at her slightly and sat on the couch. listening her eat, as if it were the most impressive thing ever. The way she ate it like it was the first thing that she has eaten in her life.
"Max," Liu said with a slight taint of concern on his voice. Max looked up, she stopped eating and she tilted her head to the side causing her hair to flow over to one side. "Listen, I just want you to know that training with me will not be an easy task. It will not be like it was at the secrete facility that you and the others spent most of your life in. Yes combat and running through mazes will be a big part of it, but there are things that you will do here that will make the facility seem like a playground for infants, minus all of the experiments. But don't get me wrong, you will need this in order to survive. A way to save everyone you love." Liu had said everything carelessly as if it were normal to train people randomly.
Max didn't say anything as her mind reeled in all of the details that had been pushed into her mind. She pondered over the idea of what exactly she was going to do. Max looed down at her now empty bowl and she brought it over to a sink that was already filled with soapy water and she placed it inside and even began to was her bowl. After a few more minutes of silence Liu let out a long sigh. He craned his neck to look at her and he smiled slightly. "Ok max, Let the games begin. You have ten minutes to meet me up stairs and by upstairs I mean back out side in the clearing." Liu remarked as he pushed out of his seat and he walked over to the stairs that would magically open a hole in the clearing to let him out.
Max sighed and she looked up and she tried to get in touch with her voice, with Angel! But nothing, no reply, no connection. For once Max felt empty inside, almost as if the voice was completely gone and Angel's voice never existed in the first place. It made Max feel unnerved and unsettled as she made her way to the stairs, she took one last look around her before she climbed up the stairs her head held high filled with determination. SHE would get through this, SHE would be strong and She would come home to her family to show then that she was a better leader than before.
That was a promise.
