THIS IS ME
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NOT OWNING MAXIMUM RIDE
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and that last part of the last chapter in Nudge's p.o.v. was before they were in the hospital, more on that in this chapter.
by the way, Dylan had never shown up in here, and Fang had never left.
this is thought talking, just to let you know
~Nudge p.o.v.~
(this is like before the scene in the hospital in the first chapter. like i said before.)
Max lunged before me, but I was right behind her. Even the kids were in an all out eraser fight, maybe Iggy's fighting plan worked out after all. Speaking of him, I looked over and saw Iggy had let one of the eraser get to Avril. She screamed as she was yanked by her curly, dark, dark, brown hair, looking as if, if he twisted again he would yank her whole head off. That seemed to be his plan anyway. She turned around and faced him, then did something I didn't expect. With one raise of her hand, flames lept of her finger tips, completely frying him. I made eye contact with Max and knew she knew I had a plan.
Angel, you saw that? I mentally sent her
Yeah. Kind of freaky. She replied.
NO! The plan is to let her blow up the central gas, blowing the house up. I sent back.
But won't she get hurt? she asked.
Oil doesn't burn that quickly sweet-heart, well it does,but she won't be there long enough to get hurt. After she lights the oil, the children fly up and away from the blast. I sent. She didn't reply for a few minutes, then said, in a quiet voice, or whatever.
What about us?
Hopefully we get out in time. And wouldn't you rather you die, than your kid. I sent. She kept fighting, but looked over at me with a grim determined look, then firmly nodded.
Send the rest of the flock the plan. I told her. She nodded, but left no indication she had followed my orders till all the flock looked at me with grims faces. Avril snapped out her beige colored wings. To me, her's was the most beautiful, with dark brown smudges and everything. Anyway, she glided to Ella and Drake picked both of them up and flew out of the house. It's a really good thing Max had hight ceilings. The other kids did the same with the other non-winged people, setting them gently and safely outside, and a pretty good distance away from the house. Avril shot straight to where I guess was the central gas.
"OKAY! START WORKING YOUR WAY OUT!" ,but I had barely gotten the words out of my mouth when from the back door came more and more erasers. I can't tell you what happened next, because it was full of pain, screams, and hatred for and from the beasts that were trying to kill my family. I smelled oil burning not too far from me and I saw Max indicating us to shoot through the roof. We all looked like hell, bloodied, so close to death walking two steps looked as if it would kill us, but I mustered the strength and shot up, or tried to anyway when my leg was roughly drugged down hard to the floor. I heard a sickening snap and someone's scream. I then realized that scream was coming from me. I was doggy piled with punches and kicks when I felt myself being yanked from the pain and into the air. I looked up but could barely see through my swollen eyes. I could just make out a pale face and beautiful strawberry blond hair.
"NUDGE! CAN YOU HEAR ME? NUDGE WAKE UP! PLEASE WAKE UP!" he shouted. But for what reason? I could hear him just fine. Just then a blast sounded and we both fell. I felt hands try to grab me, but they just fell right along with us. I could actually feel the ground getting closer, mocking me. Telling me something I already knew was coming. I braced myself as much as I could before I did a dive bomb into solid ground. And let me tell you people, I'm no cartoon who could do that and still live. I'm a person with breakable bones, and I could feel everyone of them shattered. I tried to look around but saw I couldn't when I realized I had fell so hard I had actually created a crater. I felt life leak away from me like a balloon with a small hole in it. In the distance I heard my children calling my name.
~Avril p.o.v.~
I searched and searched through the trees, but couldn't find where they had landed, or should I say crashed. How could five minutes ago you could be celebrating, and now you're looking for your possibly dead parents. Tears started to cloud my vision but I blinked them away and flew faster, searched faster. I. am. going. to. find. them.
"HEY AVRIL! LOOK OVER HERE!" I heard Maximum yell. I followed the direction of her voice then saw what she was indicating to. There were six, large craters barreling into the earth.
"W-what's in them?" I asked, but I already knew the answer.
"Why don't you look for yourself." she said. I hesitated, but peered into each of them. Laying broken, twisted, and bloodied were our parents, barely breathing, but their chest were still going up and down, but slowly, like it pained them to breath. I tried to swallow the lump that had grown in my throat, but the mother joker wouldn't go down.
"Guys! We found them!" I yelled, though it sounded weak in my ears. They gathered around but didn't move.
"What do we do with them?" Elizabeth asked, looking at me. I looked up and saw everyone looking at me. Twenty-three year old me, the third youngest of everybody me. I looked down at my mommy and daddy, then back at them.
"We take them to the hospital." I said and started picking daddy up.
"But we know they'll die." Nick said, taking my arm, stopping me from going further.
"But they are not going to die in a pit in the ground. I want them clean and in a bed." I said and reached in stead of grabbing daddy, grabbed mom in stead. I remember the stories she would tell us. About how she and dad got together, about Harold, about just about everything. How she was the strongest woman, next to Aunt Max, in the world to me. Now she lay delicate and broken in my arms, if filled me with pain and fury. I took to the sky and turned around and saw everyone else had taken my lead. I raced as fast as my wings would allow me to the hospital we had basically grew up in.
Landing softly in the hospital we tucked in our wings and ran as fast as we could through the doors, screaming we needed help to anyone who would listen. Five seconds later, Janice, a doctor who knew all about us, came with a team of other doctors and six gurneys. We tried to go with them to the operation room, but she would have no say of it.
"You've had too many sorrows for today. Rest up in the lounge, bandage up some cuts and stuff." then she patted my cheek and ran to operation. Doing what we were told, it turned out we all only came out with minor injuries. I felt my phone vibrate and I picked it up.
"Avril! Where are you?" Aunt Jessica screamed in the phone. I didn't bother pull it away from my ear because of the loudness, I was just too numb for that.
"At the hospital." I replied. She stayed quiet longer than needed, then said,
"We're on our way." I hung up and sat in a chair by the coke machine and laid my head on it. This can't be happening, this can't be happening, this can't be happening. But it was happening, and it was time for me to face the truth. My family had one out of one millionth chance of surviving, and probably not even that.
For hours we stood in that waiting room. The cleanliness mocking us,letting us know what had already happened. Nobody spoke a word, no tears were spilled, we just stood there, too numb to even comprehend how to cry or even move. Aunt Ella and them had burst through the door, but we didn't even look up. When they saw our faces, they knew what had happened. Jake went to the soda machine, bought us all a sprite and sat down on the floor next to me, burying his face in his hands. He never really talked a lot, but I knew he loved Angel more than we could ever think. I sat my sprite on the floor and went next to him, hugging him while he cried. And just like that, everyone else was crying too.
Janice appeared.
"I'm sorry. But their wounds were too great. We couldn't do anything to save them." she had tears flowing freely from her eyes, something she said she never did, and I knew she was just as upset as we were when it came to our parents passing. "They have a few last breaths in them, use them wisely." then she walked away.
I walked slowly to the room and saw them all lined up in a row. I took in a ragged breath, then went to stand by my mommy and daddy one last time.
~still Avril p.o.v. but now we are back at the first hospital scene~
Suddenly, my daddy blinked open his eyes. They had kept their original clothes on, so when he reached into his blood splattered pants he pulled out a small jewelry box. He took in a breath and said in a husky voice,
"open it." I did as I was told and saw a ring. But not just any ring, it's mommy's engagement ring. I looked up, tears flowing from my eyes, I looked around the room and met Maximum's eyes. There were not a bit of jealousy in them.
"This was going to be my gift?" I asked.
"No actually. It was going to be a much nicer ring, but that one kind of gotten lost somewhere, so I gave you the next best thing." mommy told me, her voice so weak more tears flowed out of my eyes. Of all of them, she looked the worse, but then again she never was the best fighter. But like I said, she was still one of the toughest out there.
"Take all of our wedding rings kids. S-so you can remember us." Uncle Fang said. We obliged and slipped them on, all of them fitting perfectly. I knelt in between my mommy and daddy's bed, holding each of their hands, then looked at Maximum who didn't have a ring. I looked at mommy and daddy's ying yang necklaces then had an idea.
"May I?" asked, they nodded and I slipped them off from around their necks and gave them to Maximum. She said not a word but slipped them onto her own neck where she held them in her fist, shut her eyes tight, tears still managing to flow from them. I went back beside mommy and daddy, taking back their hands.
"Please mommy... daddy. I need you to be here with me. To see your grand children when I have them. Please you can't go." I whispered, though I know it was just wishful begging.
"We'd love to, but it's time to go for us, and it's a new beginning for ya'll. We'll always love you." Uncle Gazzy said. And with one last breath, they slowly went. I know they are stronger now and together where no one can hurt them. I looked up to the ceiling and could see them up in the clouds, Aunt Angel and Uncle Gazzy kids again, chasing each other laughing. Mommy and daddy holding each other, them too laughing and smiling down at me, and Uncle Fang and Aunt Max, in each other's arms, smiling at me, them also laughing. All of them young again, before any kind of drama had even started. Uncle Gazzy and Aunt Angel stopped playing and they all smiled down at us.
"I love you." they said slowly then they started laughing again till their image started to fade and so did their laughter till they were gone. I looked around the room and saw everyone else looking up too, tears not seeming to stop now.
I kissed my family's cheeks one last time and I laid my head down and heard weeping behind me. I slowly stood up, a new goal set in my mind. A mission I intended to complete. And no one was going to stop me.
"Where are you going Avril." asked Seth, Monique trying to look into my eyes for understanding. But I knew what she saw, hard, cold, blue chips of determined ice.
"I'm going to go kill those sorry bastards who did this to my family. You guys can come with me if you want." I said. On my way out I met Janice. Her eyes so red I could barely see the brown in them.
"Please make sure my parents have a private burial. I reached in my wallet and brought out pictures of my mom and dad, and aunts and uncles. "Here are some pictures, keep them if you like, I have a lot more." Then we strolled out and took to the sky, killing on our minds and pain in our hearts.
okay all i can say is please review. look at me, it's my story and i'm in tears.