The Angel Experience
By Holly-Batali
Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride (for the eighth time) but I DO own Kat. (So stick that in your juice box and suck it, James Patterson!)
Authors Note: Sorry for the really long delay in posting, sharing a computer with five other people, two of them brothers and one a younger and barbie-obsessed sister, doesn't work too well. Read and review, and please give me suggestions.
Chapter 8: Decisions
Kat and the flock decided to spend the night in the park. They were all comfortable in the trees, even Kat. As they stacked hands that night, Kat couldn't help but feel a little lost. She had no idea what she was doing, had no idea where to go, and still felt in a daze about Feng Chi and her escape. She was never one to show emotion though, and kept it to herself. She was raised not to be sentimental, and she held to it.
She rolled over slightly, struggling not to fall out of the tree, and tried unsuccessfully to fall asleep.
Iggy and Fang were talking softly when Max woke up, and were absolutely no help getting Angel, Nudge, and Gazzy up. When they finally were, they were getting ready to split when Iggy said, "Yeah, uh, guys? What about Kat?" There were a few 'oh yeah's' and 'whoops'' and such.
"I'll get her up," offered Angel and Nudge at the same time. They hopped over to Kat's tree and started gently shaking her. "Kat," they said quietly. "Kat get up." After a minute or two, Gazzy rolled his eyes.
"You guys aren't getting anything done that way. Here let me do it." He climbed over to Kat's tree and yelled "HEY, KAT! UP AND AT 'EM! Hey," he added, "I sound like Max."
"Chuò," she muttered. Stop.
"What'd she say?" asked Iggy. He got five unintelligent shrugs as a response.
"We're shrugging, Iggy." said Max.
"Sterquilinium," growled Kat.
Gazzy suddenly brightened. "Hey, I've got an idea!" He came up behind Kat, and looked down at her tail. "Uh-oh," said Angel, and she and Nudge jumped out of the tree. Gazzy grabbed Kat's tail mid-flick and yanked. Kat suddenly sat bolt upright and hissed. She extended her claws and took a blind swipe at the Gasman. "Gyah!" cried Gazzy as he fell out of the tree.
After several Mandarin curse words, Kat growled--quite literally--"If you ever do that again, I will personally claw your eyes out and force feed you raw fish." Max and the others, excluding Gazzy, were too busy laughing hysterically to care about that threat.
"You overslept," Iggy informed her as Kat helped a sheepish Gazzy back into the tree. "We're gonna bail, you coming?"
"That depends," said Kat, "on where you're going. My plan is to burn Itex, and everything and everyone in it, down to the ground."
The flock exchanged glances. "Yeah," said Max, "we kind of figured you'd want to do that. We don't really plan on burning it, but bringing it down is definately on the agenda."
"Good," said Kat confidently. "Then I guess I'll stick with you guys for a while, if that's okay."
Max nodded. "Sweet. So, where to first?"
Kat gave an evil and humorless smile. "Going to Itex is first."
Max nodded again. "A'right. We'd better get going then. Come on guys, up and--" She stopped mid-sentence. "Oh, yeah. Up and away isn't really going to work, is it?" she asked Kat.
"No," said Kat. "But that's what public transportation is for."