Chapter Ten
My thought wouldn't quiet, though. I checked my watch: it read 8:13. Oh well, I guess I was in for another sleepless night. Yippee.
'Max?' a tiny voice called out in my head. It was Angel-my little girl.
'What sweetie?' I asked automatically, extremely tired.
'I just talked to Iggy!' she exclaimed in my head.
'What?' I pondered, fully awake now.
'They're coming, Max! Iggy, Nudge, and Total are coming to save us! And Max, Fang is alive! He's waiting for us in a clearing,' she stated elatedly.
It took a second for it all to sink in. My thoughts were going everywhere. They are coming. Fang's alive. We're gonna get out of here. Fang's alive. They're gonna save us. Fang's alive.
"He's alive," I breathed. I was going to get a second chance. I was going to be able to tell him how much I loved him.
And then I thought: Shit. Fang's going to kill me when he finds out about the necklace.
Then I heard a tinkling laugh inside my head as Angel said to me, 'Don't worry, Max, I'm sure he wont be that mad at you.'
'Oh, thanks,' I replied sarcastically as Angel projected her sweet grin into my head.
'Max? We need to wake up Gazzy.'
The Gasman proved to be very difficult to wake up. It wasn't until Angel screamed in his head to wake up that he actually awoke. Or maybe I should say threatened, because one second he's snoring peacefully; the next, Gasser is popping up screaming, "No! Please, no!" over and over, while his little sister had an evil smile on her face. Needless to say, I stayed out of it.
Around thirty minutes later-though, it felt like a century-Angel's sweet little head popped up.
"They're coming!" she quietly bounced up and down with her enjoyment. Thank you, whoever's up there, watching us. Thank you, for my second chance. I prayed silently.
As we waited, I began to hear the usual signs of a rescue mission-padded feet; light, tough breathing; and so on.
Then we all heard what we had been waiting for;
Nudge's voice saying, "Ok. That was room 132, and across from it is 131. So that means that this is it,"
A moment or too later, after a couple more words were passed, the door was pushed open.
It was all over in a flash though-cages were unlocked, the flock scrambled out, ad we actually got out without beating up anyone.
That is until the two guards (they're really slacking on their security these days) showed up. They were out really quick. Just a swift uppercut to one, and a twist of the neck to the other.
Then, we burst into the sky, me leading the group with Nudge by my side, and Iggy and the siblings behind us.
As we flew into the night, I imagined what I would say to Fang. It wasn't until Nudge told me that we were there that I realized she had been quiet the entire way. I called the others down and we landed, me waiting breathlessly for what was to come next.
Then, he stepped out of the shadows, and in to the moonlight, towards me.