Taylor's POV
I'm not even sure how, but somehow we ended up in the shack.
I pulled of his sweatshirt, and he slid off my jacket. I then took off his shirt, and we both kicked off our shoes. He laid me on the bed in there, and he kissed my neck. He slid off my shirt, and I took a deep breath. He slid off his pants, and I pulled off mine. He was in boxers, and I was in a bra and underwear. His hands moved around to my back, and he took off my bra. I froze for a second, but then he kissed me, so I just went with it. He slid off his boxers, and then I slid off my underwear.
I won't go into details, because you probably don't want to know. And, there might be little kids reading…
"Jesse," I whispered. We were under the covers on the bed. He had me pulled close to him.
"Hmm," he breathed on my neck.
"I love you," I said turning to face him. He smiled and looked at me.
"I love you Taylor. More than you could ever imagine." He kissed me again, and we both fell asleep.
I sat up the next morning quickly. Jesse did too. He smiled and brushed my hair behind my ears. I pulled the covers under my arms.
"You know, we should probably hurry before they wake up," he whispered. I nodded.
"I love you," I said sweetly. He smiled.
"I love you too. Taylor, did we seriously get married last night?" I nodded and he laid back down. "Wow." I laid my head on his chest, and he took a deep breath.
"I hope they don't ever ask me stuff in my sleep anymore," I whispered. He nodded.
"I know. That would suck." I looked up at him.
"Well, you know, eventually, we'll have to tell them," I reminded him. He sighed.
"I know. So should we just go ahead and get it over with?" he asked reluctantly. I shook my head.
"We'll tell them when the time is right," I said softly.
"And I think the time is right," Kyra whispered from the doorway. Oh crap.
"Kyra," I said sitting up. "What are you—"
"Looking for you two," she said nervously. I made sure to hold the covers under my arms. Jesse was staring at her.
"Um…this isn't what…well, Kyra, the thing is—" I was stuttering. What was I supposed to do here?
"You two, wow, I, uh, don't really want to know," she said putting a hand up.
"Kyra, just listen," I said urgently.
"I don't want to know what you two did last night!" she insisted.
"You mean got married," Jesse said softly. She looked at him, and then me.
"You…what?"
"Kyra, you can't tell a soul!" I pleaded. "Please!"
"I won't," she promised. "But you will."
"Later," I said softly. She sighed.
"Fine." She walked out.
"Dang it," I muttered. He nodded and kissed my forehead.
"We should get up now," he said reluctantly. I nodded and kissed him.
"Love you," I whispered. He smiled.
"I know. I love you too." I smiled, and we both quickly got dressed. I looked at Jesse and laughed.
"What is so funny?" he asked raising an eyebrow. I smiled.
"Your hair," I
said sweetly. He grinned.
"I hope it doesn't look as bad as
yours," he teased. I frowned and ran my fingers through it. I put
it in a quick ponytail, and I helped him fix his.
"There. Now it looks sexy," I said happily. He smiled and grabbed my hand.
"Let's go," he suggested. I nodded, and we walked to the tree house.
Kyra saw us and flew
up to wake everyone up.
"Guys, time to go," she announced.
The guys all sat up. They had bed hair like crazy! It was hilarious.
Kyra giggled, and they looked confused.
"Interesting hair styles," I complimented. They all blushed and started messing with their hair. Jesse grinned.
"It seems we all
have bed hair. Wonder what Kyra's looked like," he said looking
at her.
"For your information, I don't have bed hair,"
she said firmly. Me, Austin, and Mattie burst out laughing.
"Kyra, your bed hair is worse than anyone's," Austin said after he had managed to stop laughing. She frowned.
"Okay. So maybe I
do," she muttered. I smiled.
"Maybe?" She rolled her
eyes.
"Let's go," she muttered.
Fang's POV
"Okay. Taylor's debit card records say she used it a few miles outside of Colorado two nights ago," Max announced. Lissa nodded.
"Do you think they went to Vegas?" she asked curiously. Max shrugged.
"Maybe. But there isn't much they would do there, and by now, they could be a hundred miles away," she said, obviously frustrated. I sighed.
"Do you think she's trying to confuse us?" I asked curiously. Max looked at me.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well, the day before she left, she told us she didn't want to go to Alabama, right?" Max nodded. "Maybe she was just saying that to throw us off."
"Why…that could actually be right," she said softly. I nodded.
"Or maybe she really doesn't want to go to Alabama," Ella said. "With Taylor, you can never be sure." Max sighed.
"I know."
"I got in touch with Mattie this morning," Iggy said quietly. We
all looked at him. "He wouldn't tell me anything except they're
all fine, they're together, and it's our fault."
"And you're just now telling us, why?" Max asked curiously. He shrugged.
"I didn't really have a chance till now," he said simply.
"Next time he calls, please let me talk to him," Ella pleaded. He nodded.
"I will. I tried to get him to let me talk to Taylor, but he wouldn't," he said sadly. I sighed.
"We could try Alabama. Knowing Taylor, that's probably where they're heading," I said rubbing my hands over my face.
"So, what?" Lissa asked. "We fly to Alabama, then what? It's a big state. How would we know where they were?"
"We'll watch from the sky," I said simply. "We can have some people all over the state. I mean, we've got ten people, six of those have wings, so we could do this."
"But what if they aren't going to Alabama?" Sam asked curiously. "We're there waiting, and they don't even show up. What then?" I sighed.
"I…don't know."
"Right now," Iggy said standing up. "It's our best option."
Sami's POV
"Peter, when do you think we'll get out of here?" I asked quietly. He sighed.
"Never." I nodded.
"That's what I was afraid of."
I am fourteen years
old, and I have been at the School along with my brother, Peter, for
as long as I can remember. Why couldn't they just let us out? Were
they trying to kill us?
"Who are the older experiments they
keep talking about?" Peter asked curiously.
"You never
heard the story of Maximum Ride and her flock?" I asked, stunned.
He shook his head. "Well…"
Taylor's POV
"Where are we?" Mattie asked curiously. I shrugged.
"I don't really know," I said honestly. There was a strange building…in the middle of nowhere.
"Should we check
it out?" Jesse asked quietly. I nodded.
"Probably. But
don't let your guard down," I ordered. They all nodded, and I
looked around.
"We should fly up there," Jesse agreed, reading my worried expression. I nodded, and we all took off.
"This place smells like a hospital!" Kyra whined. I shushed her, and I turned everyone invisible. We walked through, seeing either doctors or scientist walking around everyone. From the smells, it smells like a weird lab.
We ran by a room with a single female dog in a cage.
"Hang on. Don't laugh," I muttered. I turned myself visible, and I looked at her.
I started speaking in dog language…literally.
"Where is this place?" I asked.
"I have no clue, but bad things are happening to my friends," she said sadly. I sighed and opened her cage.
"Come on, sweetie." She licked me.
"Thank you so much," she said happily. I smiled. I turned the two of us invisible, and everyone was staring at me.
"Wow," Jesse muttered. I nodded, and I picked her up.
"Should we get out of here?" Kyra asked quietly. I shook my head.
"Let's explore a little more," I said curiously. She nodded.
"Where's the dog?" I heard a scientist ask from the room. We took off running.
"Who let her out?" another one asked.
"In here!" I exclaimed softly. I quickly opened a door, and then shut it once everyone was in.
"Who's there?" I heard a quiet voice ask behind me. I turned and saw two cages…with kid in them.
I turned visible, and I looked at them.
"Who are you?" the little boy asked. I smiled.
"I'm here to help you," I said sweetly.
"Help us what?" the girl asked.
"Get out of here,"
I said simply. She stared at me.
"Why?"
"Because, my parents went through the same thing," I said simply.
"Who are your parents?" she asked eagerly.
"Well, my mom's
name used to be Maximum Ride," I said proudly. "But she married
Fang, so it's Lawrence now."
"Aw!" she exclaimed. I
smiled and ran to their cages.
"Come on," I said after I had opened them.
"Okay." I turned them invisible, and then I realized…I couldn't make myself invisible, and all of them. Oh well.
"Let's hurry," I said quickly. They nodded, and we all ran out the door.
"Hey! Who are
you?" a man asked me. I bit my lip.
"Keep running," I
muttered. They nodded. Oh yeah. I could see invisible things too.
"Hey!" he shouted. We burst through the doors, and we took off. Jesse quickly grabbed Jake, and we all flew off.
"We have to hurry!" the little girl said nervously. I nodded.
"Yes we do."
Suddenly, there was a weird droning noise behind us.
"Dang it!" she yelled. "Flyboys!" Oh crap.
They had told me about those, and they didn't sound too pleasant. Jesse bit his lip, and I remembered I had to make them all visible again.
"Uh…what should we do?" he asked nervously.
"We need to get out of here," I said firmly. He nodded.
"Let's go," the girl shrieked. I nodded, and we all flew off.
Out of nowhere, there was a gunshot. I let out a sigh of relief…it hadn't hit any of us. Jesse looked panicked.
"What?" I asked.
"Mattie," he said nervously. I looked at Mattie, and I saw he was in pain…it had hit him…in the…back. His eyes fluttered shut.
"Mattie!" I shrieked. I quickly handed Kyra the dog, and I flew towards him. I grabbed him, and I flew back up with the others.
"We're better off on the ground," I whispered with tears streaming down my cheeks. Jesse nodded, and we all landed.
I put Mattie on my back, and we all took off running.
"Do you hear them?" the little boy asked. We all stopped and were silent.
"No," I managed to choke out. I sat Mattie down, and I took off his shirt. He…wasn't breathing. I checked to see if he had a pulse…no!
"No!" I
shrieked. I burst into tears. "Mattie!"
Everyone, well
Jesse, Kyra, and Austin, all started crying too.
"Mattie," Kyra whispered. We all sat there crying for…who knows how long, and laying beside Mattie.
"No," I said
shaking my head. "Mattie." Jesse looked at me.
"Taylor,
what now?"
"We need to go back home," I said sadly. He
nodded.
"What about—"
"We'll figure that out," I interrupted. He nodded.
"So, what are your names?" the little girl asked quietly.
"Oh. I'm Taylor, that's Jesse, Kyra, Austin, and Jake. Yours?"
"I'm Sami, and this is my little brother, Peter."