They didn't bring Angel back that night. I twisted and turned and slammed my hand against the stupid cage door til it was
sore. All I could do was wait. They came back in with her around ten. A whitecoat threw her into her cage, sat a bowl of water
down and locked the door. She had needle marks up and down both arms, red circles on her head from electrodes, her eyes
dark and puffy from both the lack of sleep and crying.My poor sweet baby. When we get out of here, they'll pay for messing
with my baby girl.I heard her drink the water from the little silver bowl quickly and then slump down in the corner closest to
my own cage. They didn't bother her for the rest of the day, just looked in on her sleeping from exhaustion and taking notes.
Someone leaned down to peer into my cage.
"Good morning Max." It was Jeb. Did you rest well?"
"You sorry son of a bitch. I knew we could never trust you."
"Max, Max, you can always trust me to do what is the right thing for country. We have to be ready Max. That is where you
come in. A speceis of unstoppable ability, strength and wisdom. you and your family will rebuild the world after the war" he
said, smiling.
"Yeah, well open this damn cage and I'll show you unstoppable." I sneered.
"I know you are angry now, but some day, you will understand. Now here, I brought you both some breakfast.-see. Eggs,
bacon, toast. Gotta keep your strength up." He said as he slid a tray in through the slit in the front of the cage, like a jail
cell. He handed the woman in the long white coat the other and motioned for her to place it in Angel's cage. Angel just
stared at Jeb, tears in her eyes.
They knocked me back out, the only way they could move me without me kicking their ass, strappping me to a gurney in
another lab, and doing more tests, blood work, ekg, cat...
The next morning I was awakened by a lot of voices. I raised up to listen...
"Are you sure? Could there have been a mistake?" a man's voice said.
"I ran the test three times, it is positive. There is no doubting it." a woman's higher pitched voice. The same voice I heard
just before being knocked out yesterday. Angel looked over at me and I gave her the just wait signal. She nodded and
began to scarf down the food.
Jeb stood up,"As son as she is done, get her to the lab for more blood work and a stress test. "
Then he looked back at me"Gotta keep mom healthy to have healthy offspring."
"I'd rather die." I muttered.
"Yes, you probably would. But would you want her to die also??Come on Max, give it a chance, you may find you like
procreating. Most people enjoy it emensely." he smiled. I spat at him. He frowned, wiped his face and left. I had gotten sick
before finishing my breakfast. They had to clean the floor next to my cage and then took my temp, trying to figure out what
was wrong. "He wont like it if she is sick. He have to check her for diseases of the digestive track, and parasites.Just to be
safe. I mean, maybe we are lucky and it was just a reaction to nerves or something." the lady whitecoat said. i felt dizzy. I
slumped back against the cage and closed my eyes. Come on Fang, where are you?
They did not knock me out this time, but it took two whitecoats and three flyboys to get me out of there. I looked back at
Angel, tears still fillling her eyes. I couldn't take it. 'Use your mind. Do whatever you have to just don't let them hurt you
anymore. I'll be back' I thought. She nodded, letting me know she had heard me in her mind.
And then we were in the hallway and my baby was once again out of my sight.