What Happens Next- Chapter 24?

Hmm… it is almost ending. Just this and maybe if I get reviews an epilogue.

Sorry about the late update, I just needed a break, I was seriously dreading this chapter, but the little break from writing made me feel a bit better.

Random fact for the chapter: I am watching "The Legend of Zorro" It's a good movie.

Oh and I was wondering… are any of my readers guys? Because I have a feeling that this website is mainly girls; just wondering. Oh and this story has been written over many days so it sort of sounds different in the beginning and end and middle and everywhere pretty much.

Thanks for sticking through this with me. And review. My birthday is today. So let the review be my present! Oh and the ' will be used when Max talks to Jeb. The rest of it is just Max's rants in her head and her thoughts and all that jazz.

Max POV:

Here we are. At the end. And Gazzy can't seem to get a hold of his digestive system… tsk, tsk, tsk. "Oh well, maybe if Iggy puts a lighter next to his butt, it will cause a good explosion." Total said. Not that any explosion is good for the matter, except when it saves your life… was my thought. Okay so here we were standing outside of the ITEX building bored out of our minds. The baby was late! "Hey Max," Nudge said, "What is that baby's name. I don't recall ever asking. Which is strange since I am usually the one that always asks and," Iggy covered her mouth. Twitch just gave a small smile at that.

"Oh it's James," I answered. (Some reviewer said I should name the baby after our fav author… so I did.) How did Nudge not know that… oh gosh? We just call him that baby. It would be like someone calling me 'The freak girl with wings'

Note to self: Call the baby by his god given name, James.

Okay so I was by this point freaking out. Pacing and pacing and PACING. Where the heck are the MIA members and James? "You might want to stop pacing before you wear your shoes out," was Total's little tidbit. I stopped, looked at him, and then continued pacing. Total huffed and went to pee behind a tree. (I've been leaving Total way out of this story so I'm trying to add him in again. So if it sounds like too much sorry.)

Fang chuckled and I shot him a look. That just made him grin even wider… GRR stupid boys, stupid drama, stupid ITEX, stupid life, stup… I was interrupted by Jeb saying Breathe Maximum. Just breathe. It will all be alright, just stay focused and stay on your game. 'Stay on my game! Stay on my game! We aren't freaking playing basketball here. This is life or death, we are freaking saving the WORLD. Like about 6 billion people have their lives in my hands,' Maximum. Breathe. Just breathe. I heard a chuckle. Maybe I should have made you do some yoga before we left the hotel. I tried to glare at him, but it's hard to glare at a voice inside you. 'I'm glaring at you Jeb!' I could have sworn I heard another chuckle and I could practically see Jeb smiling in my head. Max listen to me. You will be fine, just take care of your flock and go for Sam. (So you guys thought that Sam was just in my chapter randomly? No siree. He actually has a part in this story. I just kind of forgot all about him. Sorry. Maybe this will make the story better?)

'Sam? Who is Sam? Well I know that he is the guy I went out on a date with, but who is he really? What the heck is going on?' Okay now I was confused. Sam is sort of an eraser. He is actually… Jeb stopped talking. What the heck? Listen Max, it isn't important who he is. Just, get rid of him.

Okay I guess that it makes my job easier to know who I'm actually supposed to fight. Oh crap, the second that Fang sees Sam he will explode… I better go talk to him. I took a deep breath and then let it out. I shuffled towards fang and I guess he heard me behind him because he turned around. He had a smile on his face, which is kind of strange. But as soon as he saw my expression the smile dropped from his face. "What is it Max??" Fang asked me.

"Ummm fang may I speak to you?" As an afterthought I added, "in private." Iggy and Gazzy whistled and Fang shot them both a look. Fang and I walked over to a spot where we could see the flock but they wouldn't be able to see us.

"So what's up?" Fang asked me. I took a deep breath, again… I am really a chicken.

"I was talking to Jeb," Fang rolled his eyes at this, "and he told me that Sam is here." Fang's eyebrows rose at this. "I know I know what you are thinking. Well what I wanted to tell you Fang is that, I have to be the one to beat him. We have some unfinished business. I don't know why, but it has to be me. I know you aren't very happy about this, but it's just the way that it has to be."

Fang frowned at me, and then slowly nodded. "I don't like it, but fine I'll let you beat him." But for even a second that I think that you are going to lose, I'm jumping in and you can't stop me." Fang sternly replied. But then his voice lowered dramatically, "Please be careful Max, I don't know what I'd do without you." And with that, fang spun around and walked over to talk to Iggy.

That's when I realized that Fang was a little bit shy. I was about to laugh out loud (lol) about this little piece of information but realized that Fang would not take that nicely. But it's actually kind of adorable… I know Fang would die if he knew that… but it's really adorable. I heard Angel giggle and looked over at her. Fang was giving her a confused look and she started to full out roar with laughter.

Oh gosh, this day was turning out nicely. I heard a slight pop as James and the rest of the MAI members showed up. Wow! Finally now we can save the world. "James what was taking you so long?" I hissed in impatience.

"Well there was a slight change in plans darling." Hey did I ever mention that James has a sort of British accent? It's actually quite funny, since he is like a foot tall and still drinks from a bottle. Oh gosh I just got a funny image of James with a huge cigar in his teeny little hands instead of a pacifier. I full out laughed; I was close to rolling around on the ground.

Everyone looked at me like I was nutso crazy. I then sent the picture to Angel in her mind and soon she was rolling on the ground with me too. Angel then sent it is EVERYONE else. I mean everyone. Even James got it. Soon we were all chuckling, or in some cases dying from laughter. I soon had to stop before I died, my stomach was quite angry with me actually. As I lay there I looked up into the sky at the sun. The sky was getting pretty blue now instead of the ugly gray. (My story timeline is seriously messed up, so let's say it is the end of winter… almost spring.)

I took a moment to just absorb my surroundings. The sun had come back from a long break where it was there but pale and cold. I closed my eyes listening to laughter around me and people talking. We were hidden behind some like hundred year trees that were huge so we were out of the range of sight. I could feel the suns warmth on my face through the branches. I took a deep breath, held it and then exhaled. I heard someone lay down next to me. My eyes were still closed but I didn't bother to open them to see who it was. I already knew it was Fang. I heard James and Twitch going over something. Angel and Nudge were giggling, and talking about how excited they were to finally be done with ITEX forever. Gasman, Iggy, and Lily were talking about bombs. Total and Light were having a debate about what is food and what isn't. Total is a fan of chicken, and Light finds that revolting. Who would eat a bird?

I felt someone looking at me so I opened my eyes and glanced up at Fang. What is it Fang? Say something. Vocalize; Fang don't just look at me I said in my head. Fang just raised an eyebrow and said, "Absorbing the moment?" I slowly nodded astounded that Fang understood me so well. I gave him a tentative smile and he slowly grinned then sat up and helped me up. As my hand touched his I swear I felt electricity pass through us. Fang just chuckled at the look on my face. I think I was gaping and looked like a fish. Oh great!

(Half an hour later)

Iggy and his little team of bomb people sneaked into the building. I had made everyone study the map of the building until everyone knew it better than their own faces. I don't seriously understand why people say the back of their hand. Does anyone really know the back of their hand that well? I don't think so. At least I know I don't. So we sent in a group of eight people to place bombs around the building. The rest of us were waiting for them to come out and then we were pretty much planning on running in like our butts were on fire and keeping flyboys busy while Nudge and some other techy mutants were getting info from the computers. I could practically hear James Bond spy music in the background. Fang snickered. What the heck? He couldn't have heard that! Right? "Wrong," was Fang's reply as he looked at my face. IF you think I looked like a fish BEFORE, now I probably looked 20 times fishier. A thought crept into my mind before I crossed it off my mental list as impossible.

"Anything is possible Max."

"Oh my god! Fang if you don't tell me what the heck is going on I will hurt you. You can't read minds right?"

Fang must have taken mercy because he sighed and answered me instead of just leaving me hanging, "No Max I can't read your mind… though Jeb can."

I wasn't following so I told him so. "Huh? What does Jeb reading my mind have to do with anything?"

"Max you are pretty slow do you know that? Jeb is telling me what you are thinking!"

"But that would mean that Jeb is in your he…" my voice slowly faded away as understanding dawned on me. Jeb talked to Fang too, but why? None of this is making sense, why does it seem like suddenly the world is spinning out of control. "What else don't I know about huh?" I hissed out venomously. "So what has daddy dearest been busy telling you about huh?"

"Max please calm down. I didn't tell you before because it just started when we met Light. I wanted to tell you, but I was afraid you would over react like you are right now!" I glared at him and shoved myself into a sitting position holding myself up with my arms. Fang just raised one of his eyebrows and gave me this one look. I then realized that I would have done the same thing and lay down again.

Fang accepted that as an apology, or at least as close as he was going to get from me . "Max he just wanted me to look after you and whenever I came really close to wanting to strangle you Jeb would tell me what some of your thoughts were so I could understand where you were coming from. He also said that I need some help in the 'love department,' whatever that means since I'm Mr. Tall, dark, handsome, and silent." Fang smiled and I just had to smile back.

(Some time later)

I ducked and avoided a flyboy's kick. I swept his feet down from under him while punching another one on his back. Gosh saving the world is though work. Just then the flyboys parted just like the red sea. There on the opposite side of the yard was Sam. Half human looking half erasery. I felt rage envelop me. My blood started pounding, he is one of THEM. Those monsters that go after my family so we can't live normal lives, and have almost killed us on many occasions. Okay so yea he was a decent kisser… but he's a bad person. "Hello Maximum," was Sam's greeting.

"Hello disfigured puppy," was my greeting. Just then I noticed Jeb run into the yard and hurry over to me.

"My, my, my, that's no way to greet family Maximum. Didn't you father teach you better?" I was now officially confused. I looked over at Jeb and he was glaring at Sam. I raised one of my eyebrows. "Jeb why don't you tell her who I am? Doesn't she have the right to know who her own uncle is?"

"Leave my daughter alone. I knew the day you were born that you would be trouble. Listen Maximum, he might be my brother but you have every right to rip him to shreds. He's a traitor and deserves to die."

Okay are you confused? Because I am. "How could he be your brother? You're old and he isn't. Oh my god!!!! I kissed my UNCLE!" Ewwwwwwww I started making gagging noises. Sam just sort of laughed and Jeb turned red while still glaring. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and looked over to see Fang looking at me. Apparently he has heard and I had his full attention now. I just spun back around staring from Jeb to Sam, from Sam to Jeb.

"Okay someone fill me in now!" Jeb sighed and Sam raised one furry eyebrow.

"He isn't your uncle genetically. He was supposed to be a super eraser. But he didn't meet expectations. That's why they started on Ari. I felt bad for Sam and always tried to help him out whenever I could. I started to grow fond of him. He was only three. He soon started to call me his big brother. I always made sure he was always better off than the other erasers and got special treatment. He was such a sweet boy and I felt as if he was my brother. We became really close. But then the director," he practically spat at that, "turned him to the dark side. She saw potential in him that the others didn't. She apparently saw that he could be swayed and told him that if he worked for her as a private spy she would adopt him and they would rule the world together. He was only eight when she made her proposition but I thought he knew better. But he's a traitor. He practically sold his soul to the devil! Now it's his job to kill you and then he'll get to rule with his 'mother.'"

Oh my, that's a lot to take in. That's when Sam lunged for me. Somehow I saw it coming and ducked. When his fist punched air just where my face had been two seconds ago I kicked him in the stomach and then elbowed him in the spine with my elbow. I spun around and kicked down on his head while he was bent over recovering from his back injury. Sam threw a hard punch that hit me right in the abdomen. Ouch! "Max!" Fang called out.

"Stay out of it Fang until I die!" I yelled at him while hitting Sam straight in the nose. Ha take that dog boy. I saw the sun hit something metal and realized that Sam had a knife. Time seemed to freeze… he was about to stab me in my heart. I let my wings out a little bit and jumped up as high as possible and moved me wings to where I went over Sam and landed on his other side. I swept my leg under him and knocked him over. I saw him fall over and CRACK his head hit the ground… and he landed…. he landed…..on the knife he was holding.

Sam looked up over at Jeb with tears in his eyes and whispered, "I'm so sorry brother…" before his breath caught and his eyes closed for the last time. Time seemed to stop. I heard Iggy and Gasman tell everyone to get out of here. That they had five minutes. I saw MAI members running towards James grabbing hands. I stood frozen… I was the reason someone died. If I hadn't knocked him over he wouldn't have landed on his knife… I felt arms come around my waist and Fang murmured in my ear, "It was you or him Max. You had to do it." Fang then released me only to grab my hand and start running; he then jumped into the sky. I had no choice but to follow. I saw Jeb disappear with the rest of the MAI members in a flash of bright light. Only my flock and I were left. We rose up high into the sky and then Gazzy and Iggy started counting down… 5…4…3…2… BOOM!

The building went up in flames. Even up in the air we heard the roar of the fire and the sound of the explosion. Iggy and Gasman high fived and I heard them give the explosion a 15 out of 10. Nudge and Angel were in tears from joy at the fact that we were finally free and I saw Angel staring at me.

We were finally free. It was either me or Sam, and now that I think about it, it's the way that he would have wanted to die, fighting.

I looked over at Fang and smiled… he knew I was okay and smiled right back, god I love that boy. I looked over at Angel and Nudge; I saw two heads poke out of Angel's backpack. One black furry one and one much smaller head. Ohhh hey I think I forgot to mention… Light is a girl… I always figured that bird was a guy… but it's a girl. According to Total anyways… yea I don't know how that will work out at all, but what can ya do. Nudge flashed some papers at me and I knew she got the info we needed. I had talked with my flock before we left and we all decided that we didn't want to go back to our real families. We were the only family that was needed. But some of the other kids from MAI wanted their info so we got it for them. We didn't want to get involved with this stuff again with parents. We were just happy together.

I think it will all work out. Then I saw a flash of bright light and Ari. He has pure white wings stretched out behind him and he said "Thank you Max. Now I can go to rest in a better place. I will always love you and every now and then I'll peek down to check on you. I'll always be with you, even though I died young; I'm glad that I was fortunate enough to have known you. At least for a little while. Don't worry, everything is fine. You saved the world just like you were supposed to. You fulfilled your destiny and now you are free to live a happy normal life. Never let go of your family. Oh and don't give dad such a tough time. He has made a lot of mistakes in his time, but he has a good heart and he loves us, even if he forgets to show it sometimes. Enjoy your family and your life sis. Life is too short to worry. Good luck, Ari flashed me the most angelic smile in the universe and I didn't see him anymore. I saw my flock members looking at me in a strange way. I lifted a hand up to my face and realized that it was wet with tears.

"Guy's don't worry. I was having a moment, and I'm so grateful that we are all safe and together." I looked around at my flock and everyone had a smile on their face. Thank you god!

Sooooooo what do you think. Did you like it? Come on you have to tell me. It's my birthday people. So what did you think of the ending. I know I added a twist with Sam. But I personally like it. I think it is a fitting ending. Well as good as it gets from a teenager with my sucky writing skills at least.

So I'll post an epilogue later if you all want. I still have a couple ideas up my sleeves. And I might be back with another story if you all want. Oh and this is my longest chapter yet. I think at least. 7 pages on word! My best. And it is mostly story and I didn't add a bunch of dividers that take up space.

So did you like it or hate it? I personally don't care because I like it. But I'll take reviews because I want other people to enjoy it too.

Until next time,

Amethyst-Violet

Thanks for reading