Why, hello there! So, this is my story and I decided to add some Twilight in it. But, the Twilight isn't coming until after the ninth chapter. Sorry guys, but you'll hang in there, right? I'd like if you could read this and review since no one is reviewing! Please guys, I worked hard on this, and it really hurts me that no one is reviewing...
Plus, I stole J.J.! COme on, you have to review now!
J.J.: Hey, just because you stole me doesn't mean that they have to review.
Me: Shush it or I'll castrate you!
J.J.: I'm a girl...
Me: Oh, really? I haven't noticed...
*SMACK*
Hey! What was that for!
J.J.: You know exactly what that was for! Now, on with the story!
Wolf-Max POV:
Today was training.
"All right," Lucas said. Everyone was standing in a semi-circle around us. Dr. M and Ella were off to the side, watching. "First, we're going to see what you've all got. Who's up first?"
Angel and Nudge raised their hands. I nodded and they made their way forward.
They stared at each other for a few moments; then Nudge sent a roundhouse kick to Angel's chest. But Angel saw it coming and ducked, her fist coming out and hitting Nudge in the arm. Nudge backed off and jumped up, feinting a karate chop to Angel's shoulder and punching Angel in the stomach. Angel snap kicked Nudge in the back of her leg and she collapsed.
Nudge swept Angel's feet out from under her and punched her in the face when she was down.
"Alright!" Lucas yelled. Angel's fist stopped an inch from Nudge's nose and they both looked up at him. "That was very good. Now who's next?"
Iggy and Gazzy jumped up from sitting cross legged on the ground. I swear I saw Sarah blush a little when Iggy winked her way. I cocked an eyebrow—only a millimeter high—at her and when she saw me, she stuck her tongue out. "Aren't you a little too old to do that?" I mouthed to her. She shrugged and turned back to the fight.
Gazzy sent a series of punches to Iggy's chest and Iggy blocked all of them. Then Iggy sent a right hook to Gazzy's head and it caught Gazzy off guard. Gazzy's head snapped left and Iggy snap kicked him in the chest and Gazzy went down.
He then swept Iggy off his feet and left hooked him in the nose.
"Enough!" Luke barked. I was impressed and I could tell Luke was, too. "Nice job. Now, Max and Fang, your turn," he instructed.
"Don't hurt him too bad Max," Nudge called out. I almost smirked. Keyword being the almost.
"Come on Fang," Iggy said. "Don't let a girl beat you!"
"We're pretty even in a fight," Bird-Max told Luke and I. We just nodded and motioned for them to continue.
They stared at each other for a few seconds, and then attacked in a flurry of fists and kicks. They were fast and the attacks were powerful. But they needed to work to get faster and stronger. They just barely made it to the fighting vampires' level.
They fought like they were dancing. It was graceful, powerful, fast. I have to say, I was deeply impressed. They fought so fast that I could barely see the moves. But because of my enhanced eyesight, I could.
"Alright!" Luke yelled when Max's fist was an inch away from Fang's kidney. He had her in a head lock and his knee was aiming to hit her in the stomach. "Alright, I'm impressed."
Fang let Bird-Max go and she stood back up, taking her hands to herself. I saw a pink tinge to her cheeks and I saw that Fang was just as embarrassed, if not more. Well, I can't blame them. They did stop at a very intricate position.
"You guys are barely at the level for fighting vampires. All you need to work on is speed, and try to hit harder. I saw that you were holding back. We need you to fight at your best, not holding back," I said.
They nodded. "Gazzy, Iggy, you both are fantastic, but you need to work on strength and speed," Luke said. They nodded and went back to whatever they were doing. I saw Bird-Max narrow her eyes at them and the corner of my mouth twitched..
"Nudge, Angel, you have a lot of work to do. But," I added as their faces fell. "That's alright, because you'll all be training. And it's expected because of your age. Gazzy, too."
"Okay," Bird-Max said.
"Alright, since I haven't been able to show you the Irisia because we've been interrupted," I said grimly. Sarah winced and gave me an apologetic look. I nodded. "I think it's time to show you how to use it."
Luke pulled the leather rod out of his pack and handed it to me. I ran my thumb over the rune and pure silver grew out of the sides to be around 5'6" long. "Like I said, this is a rune and the long rods are pure silver. As you know, some things about werewolves are stereotypes," I said. "But this is not. Silver burns our flesh. And the runes that run along the silver are deadly to vampires. So if a vampire touched it, it would burn."
I circled my hand around it and listened as my flesh sizzled. I tightened my hold on it and ignored the pain by setting my jaw. "Max, that's enough, I think you proved your point," Luke said. I released it and shook my hand out.
The air smelled of burning flesh and the flesh on my hand was burnt away, it was very pink and bloody. The blood was drying and there were blisters on the outside of the burn. But it was already healing.
"Werewolves heal fast, and I imagine that you do, too?" I asked them. They nodded, wide eyed and awed.
"Why did you touch it?" Ella asked, her face incredulous.
"Because some people had doubts that we were really werewolves," I said, looking at her pointedly. At least she had the grace to blush and look down.
I started twirling the Irisia around, doing intricate moves. I tossed it up in the air and caught it again, whapping Luke on the butt. He yelped and glared at me while I smiled innocently. I tossed it up in the air again and stepped back, Luke taking my place and catching it. Then he started twirling it around. He twirled it behind his back, lifted his leg and threw it under, catching it with the other hand.
While he was doing all that, I grabbed the other out off his pack and rubbed the rune with my thumb. It grew and I started twirling it around, following Luke's moves and adding my own. Then ours connected with a sharp clang!
Then we fought.
I lifted mine high and blocked his under hit, aiming a stab attack to his chest. He blocked by swishing his sideways and hitting my side. I grunted from the hard impact, hearing the thud as silver connected with my side. It burned a hole in my clothes and scorched my skin.
I took my Irisia and dodged his multiple quick attacks, hitting him in the back of the leg as I danced around him. He hissed in pain as he collapsed on one knee, sweeping his Irisia under my feet. I jumped up and whacked him in the back, my attack blocked as he held his steady.
He got up, still holding my attack, and swept his downwards, hitting me in the foot. I winced and tried to keep most of my weight on my other foot. I blocked his upward thrust as it was aimed toward my head.
Then I countered his side thrust and swept mine to the side of his head, stopping an inch away from his face. He grinned at me and the corner of my mouth rose as the others clapped and cheered.
"Sweet!" Gazzy yelled. "Do we get to learn how to do that?" I nodded slightly. "Yes! Whoo-hoo!"
Lucas grinned at them and I just stared, though my mouth was twitching. Fang's was, too, I saw.
You and Bird-Max were really good, I thought to him. He turned his head and made eye contact with me.
What you and Lucas did with the Irisia's impressed me, he thought back, the twitching in his mouth a little more obvious.
What did you need to talk to Max about? Did you finally make your move? It's about time, Twin. I almost snorted when he set his jaw in anger.
What about Lucas? Did he make his move yet? He shot back. I growled, my fists curling into fists. My twin was a lot calmer than me. I had some anger issues.
No, he hasn't. And I don't think he ever will, I thought sadly. Fang gave me a look of sympathy and I growled again, knowing that he could hear it. Keep your sympathy and pity to yourself. I don't need it, unlike you.
He nodded and thought back, I know. That's what you and Max have in common. Well, other than your names.
That time I couldn't help it, I snorted, shaking my head. We've got a lot more in common than you think, Twin. A lot more.
I saw his eyebrows scrunch together slightly, showing that he was disgruntled. Really?
Yes, we both love two insufferable men and are waiting for them to make their moves. We both don't care about fashion. We both are the leaders, and so much more. You just can't see it, Twin. For someone who doesn't talk, I thought you would be a little more observant, I said, giving him a mental picture of me shaking my head in disappointment.
He scowled at me. We were both still making eye contact and it was like we were having a staring contest. The others were staring at us, their heads going back and forth between Twin and I.
"What's happening?" Iggy asked.
"Wolf-Max and Fang are staring at each other. And I can't tell what's going through their heads because they're both no emotions," Nudge said.
I looked away from him, his eyes so much like mine. It was really weird; it was like I was looking at myself, but in boy form. "Sorry, we had a very important conversation," I apologized, glancing at the other Max. I saw Twin walk off and grab Lucas. I walked over to Max and glanced at the boys.
"What's going on?" Bird-Max asked in a whisper just low enough for the others to not hear. I felt my mouth twitch involuntary, like it had a mind of its own.
"You'll see soon," I said, walking off the opposite direction. Fang was probably trying to get relationship advice from Luke. Well, it isn't going to help much; Luke was horrible in relationships.
"Max," I heard Dr. M call. I turned to her, stopping. The other Max did, too. "I want to put you all in school. Is that okay?"
I saw Bird-Max frown while she thought. "Flock meeting!" she called. The other Flock members made their way over to her and I saw Fang come back from the forest, Luke by his side. Lucas and Sarah made their way over to me.
"You want to go to school? I can enroll us," I asked them. Lucas' nose crinkled and Sarah's eyes lit up. She had always loved school. Especially math. Ugh, I hate math. I can barely multiply, let alone solve equations. Sarah smiled big, her straight white teeth gleaming in the dimming afternoon sun.
"Yes!" she hollered. "Hoo-ha!"
"Hold on Max," I heard Iggy say. He turned to us. "Sarah," he said gravely. I could see a smile working its way over his face. He was probably thinking that she was his new sex-jokes partner in crime. "That sounded so wrong."
"I know," she said. "That's why I said it." Her hand moved forward like 'talk to the hand'.
Iggy ran over to us and picked Sarah up, twirling her around, laughing maniacally. Sarah yelped in surprise, but laughed with him. When he put her back down, he said, "You are my new sex-jokes partner in crime!" Told you.
The Flock put their heads in their hands and groaned. Max grabbed the bridge of her nose and grimaced, her eyes closed. Fang was rubbing his temples like he had the worst headache in the world. I can imagine. Living with Sarah almost my whole life made me seem normal. And I am nowhere near normal.
And when Iggy said that, I just about died.
My blood ran cold and horror flooded my mind. I opened my mind to Fang and I heard everything he was thinking and he heard everything I was thinking. And I really did almost die.
This was just too much emotion and thoughts for our minds. We both had very observant and deep brains from bottling everything inside. Our emotions were stronger than most. And when we opened that link to each others minds, all our thoughts and emotions flooded our minds.
I grabbed my head, stumbling. I couldn't care less about what was happening around me for once. All of Twin's memories and what he was feeling at the time, what he was thinking at the time, they all flooded my mind. I was vaguely aware of myself falling and someone catching me. How the hell do shut off this link?
I heard someone yelling, "Stop yelling! I'm trying!" That was Fang.
"Twin! Hurts! Too… many… emotions…!" I yelled, clutching my head tighter. A shock went through me and everything was cut off. All the pain stopped, all the emotions went away.
And darkness overwhelmed me.
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Sarah POV:
When Iggy picked me up and twirled me around laughing, I couldn't help it, I had to laugh, too. It was just so infectious. When he put me back down and said, "You're my new sex-jokes partner in crime," I nearly peed my shorts from happiness.
I saw the Flock groan and Bird-Max and Fang put on pained expressions. Why?
Guardian—I'm calling Wolf-Max that from now on. Wolf-Max was just too much of a mouth full. Isn't Guardian better?—suddenly grabbed her head and grimaced. Concern washed over me and I walked over to her.
A flurry of movement to my left made me look over and I saw Fang stumble to his knees, holding his head. Guardian and Fang must have some sort of link because they're twins.
"Stop yelling!" I heard Fang yell. That was very confusing. No one was talking! Lucas had caught Guardian when she fell. "I'm trying!"
What is he trying to do? God, I feel so out of the loop. "What's going on?" I asked Lucas. He just shook his head, looking at Guardian with so much love and concern, it was almost sickening.
I felt a moment of jealousness, but I quickly squashed it flat. Yes, I want someone to look at me like that, but Guardian was in trouble and I could be jealous about that later.
"Twin!" Guardian yelled. Twin? So this is going on between Guardian and Fang. But what?—I have no idea. "Hurts! Too… many…" Too many what, Guardian? "Emotions!"
I heard Fang yell loudly with so much pain, it made me want to cry. This is the most emotion that I've ever heard and seen out of them. And it was unnerving. Fang yelled again and Max had to catch him before he did a face plant on the ground.
Then they passed out. I rushed to Guardian's side, but Lucas had caught her and picked her up bridal style. "What was that about?" Ella asked. I forgot that they were here.
"They accidently opened the link between their minds," Angel said. She was still grimacing a little. If Max wasn't holding Fang up, she probably would've went over to her and held her. "Max and Fang's minds are bottled up with emotions and thoughts, and when that link opened, it let those emotions and thoughts out. But it doubled because of the mind linked to theirs. It caused enormous emotional and mental pain." Jeez, she sounded twenty years older than she was.
She was still wincing, so I went over to her and picked her up. It was hard—she was almost as tall as me—but I managed. Max sent me a look of gratitude and I nodded, jerking my head to an unconscious Fang weighted on her side. She turned back to him and said, "Iggy."
He walked over and helped pick him up. They then took him inside. I turned my head to see how Guardian was, but she wasn't there, neither was Lucas. He must have taken her inside.
I started walking to the door, the Flock behind me. Dr. M and Ella were already inside and tending to Guardian and Fang. I don't know what they could do, they weren't doctors. Well, Dr. M was a vet. Huh, I just realized how appropriate that was.
I sat down on the recliner with Angel on my lap. She snuggled into my side and I rubbed soothing circles into her back to take her mind off of Guardian's and Fang's minds. Tell me how weird that sentence was.
"Will they be alright?" Gazzy asked in a small voice. Dr. M and Angel nodded at the same time. Well, I guess that's reassuring.
"They'll be very tired mentally and physically. It's best to let them sleep," Dr. M said. So Iggy and Lucas took Guardian and Fang to one of the rooms upstairs. Well, we've got a long time to wait. What to do now? Oh, Iggy could cook and I could watch him!
I just realized how stalkerish that sounded…
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