Third instalment, cheers for the reviews guys! They mean a lot, so thanks to everyone who did! Once again, hope you like this part, sorry it's a little short, but my chapter usually are lol. The next section may be uploaded a little later cause I have some GCSEs going on this week arrgghh!!!! So have to knuckle down and get some revision done, but will be on at any available time to check reviews and maybe upload the next chapter! So warning if it takes a while there's a sorry in advance. Keep the reviews coming! x.
Disclaimer: I'm not JP; don't own Max Ride, only own my own characters. Get it? Got it? Good.
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Okay, I found Nudge's reaction a little OTT, but there you have it. That's Nudge all over. Basically before us we had a battered, bruised, bounded and gagged winged kid before us. She was pretty and had midnight black, short hair in a funky style. "Why is she here?" I asked confused.
"To replace you." He sounded just like a broken record. I found those extremely annoying.
"Hate to break this to you dog boy, but I'm not going anywhere!" That set him off.
He lunged at me kicking the girl out of the way. I launched myself at him, putting all of my fury into a roundhouse kick that snapped his jaw to the side. I saw Fang and Iggy untie the girl and move her out of harm's way. Seeing I was distracted Ari II placed a sharp punch to my kidneys making me double over. I forced myself up, sucking in air trying to ignore the burning pain. I hit some hard punches to Ari II's ribs, neck and face causing him to choke and finally scuttle into the shadows.
I was breathing heavily and still feeling the pain from the blow to my kidneys. Fang noticed and came to help me walk. We all sat down and as the leader everyone let me speak to the bird kid first. Joy!
"Uh….so….care to explain who you are?" I said with my usual tact, okay I wasn't completely comfortable with her and had a sinking feeling she was here to stay. Which would be awkward, to say the least. Her eyes searched us, obviously trying to see if she could trust us or not.
"My name's Phoeno" She pronounced it Feeno "It's Greek for purple, so I've been told. And I'm guessing you don't need to know this but basically I've lived in a hellhole where they made me have wings. Sound familiar?"
Before I could reply, nudge beat me to it "Oh my god! That's the same as us! Were there other like you? Do you have anywhere else to go? Do you know anything about your mum and dad? Boy, I sure like your hair and your name it's soo cool!" A hand from me signalled her to be quiet.
"Woah, she sure does like to talk huh?" Phoeno replied. Nudge smiled apologetically. "No, I think I'm the only one. I don't have anywhere to go and I don't know who are my parents. Don't care really."
Uh oh. I knew where this was going. Which one of the little buggers would say it?
"Want to come with us?" Fang said.
Fang! Fang! Of all people Fang?! I sure was not expecting that. Why was he asking her? Did he fancy her? Oh god… Listen to yourself Maximum. Get a grip. So what if he does? Not like it matters right? But it did….it dawned on me…it totally did. I'd just got him back, I didn't want to lose him again…no to anyone. Please say no…Please say no!
"Really? That'd be great! Thank you so much!" Phoeno grinned.
Crap. The whole group's going to change now. Everything would. None of the others seemed to think of this as everyone was greeting her warmly. What the hell was I going to do?!
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