Hello my fellow readers. I'd like to thank all the people who've been reviewing and also implore the people who are reading this story but aren't reviewing to PLEASE REVIEW! If you're not gonna review then what's the point of reading the damn story? Sorry. Well anyways, here's the seventh chapter of "Maximum Ride: Trust". Enjoy!
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"Mini! Let me out! Let me out, now!" Miles screamed, pounding his fist furiously on the force field that engulfed him, looking down at the one who put him in it.
I looked down at Mini, her cerulean eyes filled with fright and terror. Heck, I don't blame her. If I was her age and saw my leader acting like this, I'd probably crap in my pants. Poor kid. To witness seeing the one she looked up to fall to pieces and practically kill a guy, must be really tough.
"If you'd calm down I'm sure she'll let you go," I told him, looking at the angry Miles, still pounding his fist on the force field. He looked at me with his dark eyes and stopped pounding in an instant. Our gaze stayed on each other for quite a while, until Miles took a few steps back and fell down to his knees, holding his head in his hands as he shook it back and forth.
"I'm sorry you guys," he said, referring to his flock. He gave out a frustrated sigh. "It's just—what Ari said made me so . . . (sigh) it's hard to explain. It's worse than angry and not even close to sad."
Kat gave him a reassuring, walking towards the force field he was in and giving it a little pat, meant for his back. "Its okay, Miles." She smiled.
"What exactly was it that he said to you to make you snap like that, Miles?" Dash asked.
Miles looked up at the little speedster, picking himself up and now looking down at him. "He was talking (insert swear word this idiot shouldn't be saying in front of an eight-year-old boy here) about Jeb," he told him.
Miles' flock all gasped and looked at each other.
"Well no wonder you kicked the crap out of him!" Kat yelled.
Conner then began to make a few hands signs swiftly with a pissed off look on his face which, if I had to guess, meant 'yeah! I would've done the same thing' or 'that's still no excuse to senselessly beat him up'. My money's on the first one.
Miles let out another sigh, placing his hands in front of him that was telling his flock to stop. "I know beating that son of a bi—," I gave him a stern look that said, 'not in front of the kids' and he put his hands on his side. "I mean—big meanie, seemed like the right thing to do since he was talking about Jeb. But I almost killed him and killing someone isn't going to solve anything."
"I sure think it does," Kat said, her arms crossed over her chest. "You'll be happy and doing him a favor. Bastards like him don't deserve to live on this world."
"Okay," I said, interrupting the conversation of swear words before it started to rub off on Gasman and Angel. God, did Miles ever stop and think that he was leading a group of little kids which meant he had to keep the swearing to a very small minimum? "Miles is right. Killing Ari wouldn't solve anything, no matter how much of a jerk he is. I know what he was saying about Jeb was wrong," no matter how true it is. "but that's still no excuse for Miles to kill him. If he did, he'd be just as bad as Ari."
Miles' flock looked up at me and then looked over at Miles, who was giving them a smile and a nod that said that I was right. (Sigh) I love it when people think that. Although, I'd be a little bit happier if he actually said it.
I then turned over to him. "Alright, Mini. I think Miles has learned his lesson."
Mini nodded her head and raised her hands as the force field that trapped Miles was now gone.
"So, that's it?" Kat asked. "We're just gonna go on with our lives and forget what Ari said about Jeb?" she asked, hoping Miles would tell her otherwise.
He looked at her and bent down a little so that their eyes met. "No, we're not going to forget what Ari said about Jeb. And yes, we are going to get on with our lives—right after we head to the School and give Ari a taste of his own medicine."
I gave Miles a look that said, 'are you kidding me'.
He saw the look and then looked back at his flock. "I mean, straighten things out. Talk with Jeb and prove Ari wrong before he starts sending Erasers after us."
Miles' flock looked at him as if they were unsure, but then gave him a smile of approval.
Fang then gave out a small sigh and clasped his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Well, since we got this all straightened out, it's already morning and I think we should all be heading out now. Nice meeting you and your flock, Miles." He smiled as if he were joking, which he probably was.
I gave him the same look I gave Miles and walked over to him. "Um, hello! Were you not paying any attention for the past three minutes? Ari said that now he was going to be after not only us, but Miles and his flock also."
Fang shrugged his shoulders. "I'm sure Miles and his flock can take care of themselves," he told me, looking over at Miles.
I felt like slapping him in the back of the head, which was something I was trying not to do right now. What the he—ck, was up with this guy?
"No. They can't. Knowing Ari, there's no telling what he'll do to make sure Miles and his flock are down to their knees. I'm sorry," I said, turning my attention towards Miles and his flock. "but I think its best if Miles and his gang come with us to the School."
Miles looked at me as if I were joking. "Are you sure about this, Max? I mean, you don't have to do that. Like what Fang said, we can take care of ourselves. We wouldn't want to get in the way."
Fang rolled his dark eyes and scoffed. "Please."
I glared at him and then looked back at Miles. "No, I insist. I know you and your flock are strong, but I still don't want anything to happen to you guys."
Miles gave me a smile which made my face flush slightly. Oh, God I hope he didn't notice.
"Alrighty then," he said, clasping his hands together and looking back at his flock. "Guess we're heading out with Max and her flock."
His flock then began to cheer happily along with the rest of my flock. Well, all except one which was, you guessed it, Mr. Happy here. Note my sarcasm. Something was up with Fang. He definitely had something against Miles. And I was going to find out what it was sooner or later.
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Sorry that chappie was kinda short. Well, I hope you liked this chapter and are ready for the next one. Since there's only a couple more days 'till Christmas in this story, get ready for a lot of Christmas stuff coming up. Catch y'all later and Maximum Ride rules! Peace!