Title: Maximum Ride Nighingales Lament
Rating: T ( Some violence, minor coarse language, and minor suggestive adult themes)
Genre: Fantasy/ Action/ Adventure/ Romance
Summary: Chaos consumes when Ashe finds out her world is no longer safe. An excapee from The Tower. She, her brothers, and sisters must take flight before they are taken and treated like propery once again. A startling find shows them the key to unravling a bigger plot than they have ever imagined.
Disclaimer:I don't own Maximum Ride, or anything out of the book. I do, however, own the plot, the characters, and anything else. I would also like to add Rebbeca's song is in here.
Author's note - Ello my lovely readers. Did you possibly think I would leave you with that type of ultimatum?? I will continue but Ashe my be severly injured/ brain damaged due to the lack of oxygen and the water hitting scene )
Sly-Minx - This is also for you. YeahI never really liked Max bunches but I plan to have something hidden to POP up with her so hold on and also, I love the Caleb and Ashe pairing to! Keep reviewing and I'll keep updating.
Bubble blower - Here is the other chapter you asked for!
Flashbacks and thoughts are in italic.
Chapter 5- Jealousy and a pair of Paten Leather Boots
The endless field was as beautiful as its ever been. The grass was hip high and it swayed with the wind back and forth like the ocean in all its glory running up to shore then retreating back into its self. The sky was a beautiful bluish pink and the fluffy white clouds couldn't help but stand out. It was a glorious sight.
Absolutely nothing could ruin this moment. That's when I saw a blur approaching from a distance. The excitement was too much for my body to take. The hairs on the back of my neck stood and my breath quickened. I couldn't stop my feet as they rushed me forward with all my might. The blur seemed to speed up just like me and it seemed a bit colder than normal but that didn't make a difference to me.
It was so familiar to me that it didn't bother me that it brought a sense of love, betrayal, brokenness, happiness, dread or death. All that mattered was that I was close to it and we would never be apart. My long white satin tux flowed behind me like the brustling of the trees. The days seemed pleasant with happiness. The birds sang to themselves and the bees hummed with satisfaction of their hard work. The blur became clearer but still not enough to make it out so that's when I opened my wings and spread them to their full capacity 16 ft and a half.
One more long bound then I was off the ground and into the air. Just as I took off the blur took off to. We were speeding towards each other at fifty miles per hour give or take some then we collided. Feathers burst into a soft pillow that we layed on and we took a long look at each other. It was Ashe. Oh how I missed her so much. How long have we been apart? Where was she? How did she get here? Where were we in the first place?
"Hey." She said softly stroking my white hair. She sighed and looked away.
"Hi." I said back in equal softness. For some strange reason it really didn't seem to come out.
"Will he be okay?" She asked a now looming figure over us.
"I don't know but hopefully it was just like yours and he will be okay." The mysterious figure said as he stared blankly at me. I couldn't make out his face totally but I got a rough idea. He was tall. Blond hair and maybe a little bit of an Australian accent. But that all I got. "We better leave him to get some sleep." He said touching Ashe's arm and anger rose inside me.
"Yeah I guess you're right. I hope you're okay Caleb." And with that she left then every thing went black. The world twisted and the tranquility of the place went away and was filled with darkness, anger and death. It was no longer calm and the disturbance seemed to bounce off every thing leaving no place for rest or peace.
Thick vines and dead roses swirled around me and held me in place now the white on my tux was replaced with a black that can only be described as death and my veins popped up trying to keep the circulation flowing but to no avail. My breathing was rapid and my systems were shutting down. And I thought death would be peaceful but guess what? It sure wasn't.
My head pounded and I couldn't speak. That's when Ashe appeared in front of me again but this time in a black evening gown that was strapless with a dozen or so roses in her hand. She layed them on the cascet in front of her. I tried to peer inside but the persons face was covered with a thin black silky cover cantrasting with the blood red velvet lining. Ashe looked up and frowned.
"Tell me." She whispered in a voice not her own. Her eyes grew with tears that sprang from her eyes and she whispered again. "Tell me what happened... you must remember for you to move on." Wings spread from her back but they where black with holes and they wern't bountiful with feathers instead they had wire type mucles that would bleed as they moved.
"Tell you what?" I asked the not so Ashe thing as it grew with anger over my words and bared its teeth sharp as canines. Her hair went blood red with tons of black stripes. Her nails grew longer and her eyes where blood shot. Two stripes formed along her cheeks that let out blue blood.
"TELL ME!" She screamed and lunged forward. We both flew back and I landed flat on my back. I looked around and I was outside looking at the other avian human hybribs. That thing wasn't there and I sat up. Then there was Ashe but for some reason she seemed frozen in time and was not moving. I stood and then it happened. It looked all to familiar.
"Hold it. Put your hands where I can see them." Ashe rolled out of the bushes and shoved Izzy behind her. The eldest removed her hand from behind her back and no one followed her command.
"Max no!" The little blond girl screamed. I turned back towards Ashe who was clawing at her neck as if a noose was being tightened there. Her face held a flash of fear and then her political mask was back in place.
"RUN!" Ashe yelled and threw Izzy into the air who was flying around like a crow over a carcass. My attenetion turned towards the leader, Max, who ran towards the gun. I cocked my head to the side tring to get a better veiw at what she was heading for then I noticed the blank expression on her face as if she was a mere puppet.
"What the hell?" Basch said as he also noted the girl's expression. Then two sound defing shot rang through the air. I lunged towards the ground as did Basch and peered through the bushes towards Ashe. She looked like she was suspended in air and then red liquid ran from a hole in her right shoulder. I was shocked. Before any one could move I was up and running. I flew out of the bushes at a vertical angle and rolled over on my feet. I took off again towards the cliff as Ashe started to drop. I ran past 'Max' and looked down at her shocked expression. She looked as if she had seem a ghost. Her face twisted in horror at what she did. She dropped the gun and sank to the green grass. Everyone else was in shock as well.
I dove off the cliff after my Ashe. She was thrasing everywhere and then she turned over almost as if she was ready to give up.Her eyes brightened when she saw me and Basch. The her face filled with tears. She held her hands open towards us like a child wanting to be held. A type of realization flooded her face as her hands felt for the necklace she had always worn since I met her. Then I realized she'd givin up.
"ASHE! Hold your breath!" I yelled my bass voice echoing off the side of the crater. She didn't hear me instead she straightened like a borad. Her tears were suspended in mid air. I speed up becoming aero dynamic as Basch slowed to land on the bank then go in. It would be too long.
"I'm going in!" I shouted at Basch who was so focused on Ashe that I startled him.
"That's suicide! You'll kill your self!" My mind was already made.
"It's murder if I dont." With that a large splash was made down at the waters surface. Basch slowed to land on the shore but I kept a break neck speed up until I crashed with the water. The momentum sent me rocketing forward in enough time to see Ashe gulping in a mouthful of water. I grasped her limp hand. She was beautiful even when death was upon her. She blinked slowly and then her eyelids closed. I started swimming up towards the bank. Sand moved under my feet as I set her on the white ground. I started CPR even tohugh I barely had enough breath for myself. Over and over My mouth collided with her's giving her air. Over and over My hands crushed her petite chest to start her heart. Over and over I screamed her name until I felt a needle gam into my neck.
"That's enough for now mate I got it." The Australlian man said as he flipped me off her. I turned my head and watched.Over and over His mouth collided with her's giving her air. Over and over His hands crushed her petite chest to start her heart. Over and over until she sputtered up water. My world started to dim as I saw Him collect her in His arms and bring her to safety. Stars flew into my vision and then I was out for the count.
"I'm so glad you finally decided to tell her." Ashe said. She was back in her normal leather dress and paten leather boots. I was back in my normal clothes. She smiled and walked up to me. "If you hadn't of told her then that would have been you in the cascet."
"Where am I and wheres the real Ashe?" I asked in a sort of growl hoping that she hadn't have already gone though this.
"Well you are in your own mind and you will wake up very, very, very soon. Oh and as for Ashe, she is well you will most likely see her in a moment. Now its time for you to wake up." She said as she ran towards me and pushed me off a cliff. I was suspended in air as I fell and the ocean's waves hit the rocks below. "And I forgot." Ashe yelled looking down ,"It will be a rude awaking." She laughed and I kept falling until I meet with the waves and the rocks.
I stirred and rolled over on my side. It was way more comfortable than meeting the oceans waves at the bottom of a cliff. Wait a second... why the hell am I in a bed and not at the bottom of the ocean or behind some grocery stores dumpster? And where the hell am I?
I jolted up and rolled off the bed. It must have made a loud thump because I heard footsteps out side. 'Wait until they come in. Wait for them to come to you.' I told myself. The door burst open and the figure looked around. Thats when I lunged for it and grabbed its throat shoving it aginst the wall. It gagged and tried to speak but couldn't. Thats when another person stepped through the door and turned on the light.
I looked back at the figure I was holding and it was Ashe.
"Ashe!" I yelled and dropped her. She colapsed into my chest and I held her close. She gagged some more and tried to speak but it only came out as a small croack. "Dont speak." I whispered to her and layed her down on the bed.
"What the hell did you do that for mate?" The guy behind me asked as he stepped forward and touched Ashe's throat trying to cheak her pulse but I growled and he backed away with his hands up. "Just tryin' to help mate."
"I don't need your help so back off." I said staring him down as he backed up trying to figure how long it would take to take him down then find an exit and get Ashe out of here.
"Caleb..." Ashe said in a very small cracked up voice. I turned to her but kept a ear open to the movements of the guy. "Caleb hes okay he saved you and me and The rest of us." She said looking horrible. I sighed. I knew I had to give her some type of reassurance that I wouldn't beat the crap out of him.
"If you trust him I'll trust him." I said now eyeing him suspicioulsy.
"Well since all that is passed let me see if he reopened your..." He reached out and pulled up her shirt. My anger shot through the roof and I grabbed his hands and shoved him aginst the wall.
"Caleb no!" Ashe shouted grabbing my arm and pulling me off of him.
"What do you think your doing?!" I asked ready to pumble him if he tryed to touch Ashe again. Thats when Ashe stepped between me and the guy.
"He's just trying to help, Caleb please listen to me." She begged and pushed me gently back until I was sitting on the bed. "He gave me CPR and bandaged both of us up. So please don't hurt him you owe him your life and mine so dont kill him and plus hes one of us." I gave her a skeptical look of non-belife.
He lifted his tan wings out from their hiding place and expanded them their full length. I let out a laugh and he tilted his head. This was starting to be one hell of a messed up joke. Oh well, lifes like that and it sucks.
"So Ashe are you okay?" I asked looking her up and down.
"Yes." She said then led me out into the living room.
"I was just wonderin' how long yall would be mates." The guy said giving me a plate full of food and it smelled delicious. I looked at it then back at him. He sighed and shook his head. He cut a piece of burger out and ate it. He didn't kill over nor did he have an alergic reaction. I took it over to Ashe and she took it gratifully. He handed me another one.
"Let me try it first." I told Ashe and she waited paticently. I took a huge bite, chewed then swalloed. "Well I guess its okay." I took another bite and another and another. Soon with in five minutes we ate all the food and started on the second helpings.
"That was delicous thank you Iggy." Tess said to Iggy.
"You'r welcome now you should probaly get some sleep now." Iggy said and Ashe shook her head yes and layed on the couch. I removed my plate and let her lay her head across my lap while I stroked her hair.
"I'll take first watch tonight." I whispered to Ashe and she shook her head and nodded off. "So Iggy, how old are you and where is everyone else?"
"I'm fourteen and everyone else went to town shortly after they found this place." I shook my head in a gesture of understandment. "Figures they would leave the blind one huh?"
"You blind?" I blurted out before I could catch myself.
"Yep mate. I can cook to." I laughed and felt sympathetic for the kid. Only fourteen, blind and a mutan. What the hell is this world commin to?
"Get some sleep kid. I'm on first watch." He layed on the sofa acros from me and Ashe and dozed off. I turned and looked at the clock on the wall. Nine A.M. It was gonna be a long night. I looked around taking in my surrounding when the doorknob giggled and the clanking of keys sounded outside. Car lights hit the house and shone through the window landing directly on me. I looked up only to mommy dearest walk through the door and let out a blood curling scream.
"Damn." I mumbled.
Author's note- Ohhhhhhhhh! A cliffie! Hahaha. I am soooooo evil! I know some characters may be a bit out of character but hey, I was feeling frisky. Did you like the dream sequence? It took FOREVER! Well only an hour but it felt like forever! Here is the next installment so I hope yall are happy! I absolutley thrived all night on the jealousy of Caleb. Yall know what to do! R&R and the next chapter may come fast or SLOW! Read my other story Masquerade PLZ! Once again R&R!