Hey, I'm back. People who pestered me, you know who you are. Be happy that this is posted. And review, for God's sake, I really feel like no one likes it. And what's the point of typing a story if no one likes it? Just wondering. Okayy Disclamer: I don't own Maximum Ride. Not even close.
Awoken by the whisper of my name in my ear, I looked around, quite startled. "W…wha?" I said, sitting up a bit straighter.
"Shush, I just wanted to tell you a bit about the whitecoats before they took you away today," Piper said.
"Fine, what?" I muttered, wiping the sleep from my eyes.
"First, don't….retort to them. They don't like it."
"Then why'd you do it?"
"Because I've been around here for two years, and I'm tired of them. But you don't do it just yet. They might just kill you for the fun of it."
"Well, that's a pleasant thought."
"And, don't refuse anything they do to you. They'll just knock you out and do it to you while you're unconscious, which just gives you worse side affects. They usually start the kid with a medicine test, whatever they're working on currently, and you probably won't be any different."
I stared at her, speechless. These guys sounded like heartless creeps. But, I had anticipated that, right? Just the story from yesterday and what I heard them do to Piper was horrible enough.
"And Jace? Promise you won't do anything stupid. Please," Piper whispered, a glint of sadness in her grey eyes. She reached out and stroked my cheek, then said, "Get ready." And then, the door slammed open.
"Hello, new bird kid," the whitecoat crooned. "Are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," I murmured under my breath as the guy unlocked my cage and pulled me out roughly. He dragged my sorry butt into a cold, white room smelling of medicine.
"Wait here," the whitecoat said, walking out of the room. Like I could go anywhere else, I thought. I heard the lock click shut, and sighed, leaning my head against the cold, white wall. It felt good to be out of a cage, and I let my wings stretch as far as they could. Soon, another whitecoat walked in, and smiled slyly.
"Trying out your wings, now are we?" the guy snarled. He was holding some sort of shot in his hand, and a wave of fear hit me. What was he going to inject in me? He saw my fear, and said, "This will only hurt…a lot." With a wicked smile on his face, he came over and stabbed the thing into my arm. He wasn't joking about the pain. It shot up my arm and made me wince, which made the guy smile even more. "Ready to go back to your cage, little birdie?" the man whispered, grabbing me by the shirt collar and dragging me out of the room. He dragged me so roughly, I blacked out on the way there.
When I woke up, I felt horrible. Barely able to move my head, I turned it a bit and saw Piper's eyes fall onto me. "You're awake!" she exclaimed, smiling.
"Yeah," I muttered. My head hurt almost unbearably, and I felt queasy. "What'd they inject me with?" I asked, hoping Piper would know.
"I have no clue, but it knocked you out for a while," she said, her voice going back to a whisper. I guessed that was a custom at the School. Wouldn't want the whitecoats to know we were talking. I laid my head down on the side of the cage again, and looked back at her. "What's wrong?" she asked, sounding concerned.
"Everything," I choked out, and then tears started to stream down my face. I thought about everything that had happened recently, especially my dad's death, and it hurt. She looked horrified, and I knew she had no clue what to do. I felt so weak and stupid, knowing she had been through a lot more than me, but I thought I deserved to cry a bit. "Piper, I'm sorry. It's just…my dad." Wiping away my tears, I looked back at her and she had a caring look on her face.
"Jace, what happened?" she whispered in a soft tone. Looking into her eyes, I could tell she cared, but I didn't really want to go into details. Then, I thought about the story she had told me earlier. All the pain in her life, she told me about. She trusted me, and the least I could do was tell her what happened.
"My dad…he died in the hospital. Not an hour before these…people kidnapped me. Now I'm totally alone in my life, and I'm stuck here in this hellhole. I don't know what to do, Piper."
"Oh, God, I had no clue! Jace, why didn't you tell me before?"
"I was trying to be strong," I murmured, averting her eyes.
"Jace, everyone needs to cry sometimes." Never would I know how true her words would prove to be.
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