I apologize for the lateness of the last chap. My comp wouldn't let me post another story and I didn't even want to bother attempting to post a different document. But, anyways, school starts tomorrow :(. BUT ATLEAST I'M A WEEK LATER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE (Go Busch Gardens Law!) Now, the AFTER MATH OF MAX'S RAMPAGE! Um and I'm skipping any un-important testing, but I promise you it's happening.
They took us back to the room. But this time, there wasn't a baby in there. There was a toddler with a woman.
"Who are you?" I asked, not trusting her.
"I is Ella!" The toddler yelled. The woman shushed her.
"I'm Valencia Martinez, but you can call me Val." She said.
"Well than, VAL, why are you here?" I said, acid in my voice.
"To visit you, Max, and also Fang, Iggy, and Nudge." She said.
"How do you know our names?! The only one who knows our names is Jeb and Anne! Every other whitecoat calls us a number!" I said, shocked.
"Jeb is a friend of mine. He told me all about you. I don't know who Anne is, though. Did she used to work here?" She said.
"Yes, she did. She quit after my rampage." I replied.
"Rampage?! What?! Jeb, what did you do?!" she said, eyeing Jeb.
"I did nothing! Ask Max!" He said.
"Well, they sent Nudge and Iggy to fight erasers. Nudge is only one and Iggy is blind. They didn't stand a chance. But they won. Although, they're really hurt, even still." I said, telling what happened yesterday. "I went after everything and everyone, killing and hurting anybody I found, knocking all the stuff on carts down, screaming and kicking Jeb, hurting Jeb's leg, attacking Anne."
"Why Max, that's horrible! First off, Nudge and Iggy shouldn't have had to fight. And second off, you shouldn't have hurt anybody." She said.
"But that's the only way to get across to these people! They think we're items, things for sale! Things to abuse and kill! But we're living and breathing! We're ALIVE! We can TALK! We FEEL and THINK! We get hurt, we cry, we have emotions! We have souls! We aren't their toys or experiments! They can't kill us whenever they want, or hurt us! Well, they do, but they shouldn't! It's just not right!" I said, hurt. Val just stared at me. Then, she turned to Jeb.
"Ella, I want you to close your eyes. Max, can you cover her ears for me, sweetie? Nudge, you do the same. Fang, cover Nudge's ears. Iggy, cover your own. Nudge, cover Fang's and Ella cover Max's." She said, calmly. We did as we where told. But I watched the whole thing. She never told ME to close my eyes. Fang's where wide open. I could see Nudge's hands. They where at her side. Fang's eyes where wide, his mouth in a little 'o'. What was happening? I slipped Ella's hands off of my ears a little, which made her squeak a little, but Val didn't hear. I could hear her rants and raves, but maybe Fang had heard something scary.
"GET OUT!" Jeb yelled at the end. I gave Ella a hug, then she toddled to Nudge and hugged her. Then Iggy. Then Fang, who just sat there, stiff. Then, Val picked me up. And started walking out.
"WAIT! I NEED NUDGE, FANG, AND IGGY!" I screamed. She sighed, then put me down, picking up Nudge and Ella, with me, Iggy, and Fang following her. We started walking out the door.
"Where do you think you're taking them?!" Jeb said.
"Home." She replied, still walking.
"You can't do that." Jeb said.
"And why not?" she asked.
"Because of the erasers." Jeb replied.
"Me, Fang, Iggy, and Nudge can take care of them." I said. Val sighed.
"No, that wouldn't be fair." She said.
"What wouldn't be fair is if you left us here! They hurt us! And we live in CAGES!" I squealed.
"Well, then, if you can take care of the erasers……" Val said.
"We can." I said. We all started walking away. We came upon an eraser. No problem.
"Where do you think your going, beautiful? And with all these children! They can't be yours." He said. He was in wolf form. I saw him claw Val's cheek, then Ella's upper leg.
"YOU DID NOT JUST DO THAT TO THEM!" I screamed, ready to kick some serious eraser ass. I punched him, and he went down. We kept walking, me still full of fury. Just like yesterday, everything got knocked down, all the erasers and whitecoats we saw where down. But I think most of them where dead. I was still mad about Nudge and Iggy. Very mad. So them hurting Ella and Val, the only nice, non-mutant people I had ever met, was just the icing on the cake. We came upon a girl, my height, walking down to an office with two bottles of water and two lunch bags.
"Who are YOU?" I asked, angry.
"I…I….I'm Brigid. My mom works here. But I didn't do nothing. Are you a mutant?" She stuttered. She had straight red hair and green eyes. I would bet she was ten.
"Yeah, you got a problem with that?!" I said.
"N..no. I fell sorry for you though. I'd free you all, if I could. Where are your cages? How did you get out? Who's the lady? Are all five of you mutants?" she asked, still stuttering.
"No we aren't. We're leaving with Val. The little girl who looks like Val is her daughter, I think. I'm Max. This is Fang, Iggy, and Nudge." I said, pointing at them as I said their names.
"Oh. Ok. I wont tell on you. Don't worry. Bye." She said, then went into the office. We kept walking, I was still mad, so I still wrecked everything and everybody. We where almost out the door, when large hands grabbed me, Fang, and Iggy. I saw someone try to take Nudge and Ella, but Val was keeping her own. Wait- THEY WHERE TRYING TO TAKE ELLA. That's not right, if your going to take anybody, don't take Ella, she's normal, and it's too late for her to change. I wrestled with the thing that was holding me. I turned to face it. Then, I punched his nose in, and kicked his gut. His nose was broken, but I hit his face again, then saw his skull caving in.
"FANG! IGGY! THE ERASERS! PUNCH THEIR NOSES, KICK THEIR GUTS, THEN PUNCH THEIR FACES AGAIN." I yelled, freeing myself from the dead erasers arms. I went and did the same to the erasers trying to get Nudge and Ella. I grabbed Nudge. Iggy and Fang where free, but I knew we couldn't go with Val and Ella.
"Val, you can't take us with you. It would be too dangerous for you and Ella. Please, go. But we love you, and want you to come visit again, if you can." I whispered.
"Ok, Max. I'll try. Tell Jeb I'm sorry about the tings I said, I know it isn't his fault. I just needed somebody to blame. Good bye, Max. I love you, sweetie. Good bye Fang, Iggy. Goodbye Nudge, sweetheart. I love you all."
"I does too! Bwye Mwax! Bwye Fang! Bwye Iggy! Bwye Nwudge! I wove woow! See woow soon! Mommy, da big doggies are comin back. I is scared. Can we weeve?" Ella said. She was grinning until she saw the erasers, then she got a terrified look on her face.
"Leave, please. We'll deal with them, then find Jeb. We'll be alright, I promise. We'll get out, someday. When we do, we'll try to find you, ok? Where do you live?" I asked, quickly.
"Phoenix, Arizona. Downtown. Goodbye." She said, rushed, then left. We ran back into our worst nightmare. The erasers where easy to beat, now that we knew how to kill them. Nudge had heard everything, and she got and eraser or two. Once they where all dead, I hugged Nudge.
"Nudgie, I'm so proud of you! Your only one, and you just killed two erasers!" I said, beaming with pride.
"Fwive, Mwax. I kwilled fwive. Cwan we go fwind Jweb, now?" She said.
"Yes, sweetie, we can." I said. We went to go find Jeb. We found him in the hallway, standing there, talking to a lady. She looked a little like Brigid. She must be Brigid's mom.
"Hi, Jeb! It's too bad we lost you! But a nice little girl pointed us towards you. She looks a lot like you, ummmmmmm…….. I'm sorry, what's your name?" I asked, sweetly. Good thing there wasn't any catastrophic damage in this hallway.
"Oh, hi, Max. This is Tara. She's taking Anne's place. We where just looking for you! The girl you met must have been Brigid,Tara's daughter." Jeb said.
"Oh, yeah. She said she was your daughter. She's nice. You've done a good job with her." I said, smiling. "And Jeb, I have to talk to you about something later."
"Ok, sweetie." Jeb said.
"Well, if it isn't Maximum. With umm……… who are they, Max?" Tara asked.
"Well, apparently you know my name. This is Fang, Iggy, and Nudge. They're my flock. My family. But Anne's the reason this place is a mess. She let Iggy and Nudge get hurt. Nudge is tall, but she's only one. She's strong, but not strong enough to beat erasers, until now, when we figured out a weakness. Iggy is blind. They won, but Nudge passed out midway from blood loss, leaving Iggy to fend for himself. He almost died. He had to listen for erasers. It was hard. They shoved an almost dead Nudge and a barely alive, but awake, Iggy, back in their cages. Then Iggy told me what happened. I was SO mad. So I went on a rampage. But it wasn't as bad as this one. This one was because a lady came to visit us with her daughter, and when we where walking them out with Jeb, an eraser sliced the lady's cheek and the little girl's leg. And that was the final straw. They where some of the only nice non-mutants we'd ever met. Although, Jeb is nice enough. I guess…… And Brigid seemed really nice, but we've only said a few things to her. So, I killed a bunch of people. But not on purpose. The anger gets the better of me sometimes. But I think, as long as they don't send just Iggy and Nudge out to fight again, I wont get mad again. I mean, me and Nudge, or Iggy and me, or fang and Nudge, or Fang and Iggy, I'm fine with. But Iggy and Nudge, they just can't do it. Atleast not until Nudge is older. Maybe 3, and I'll be good. But not now. So anyway, that's all I have to say about that." I said, panting after I was done. I had taken breathes during it, but that was a long little speech.
"Oh, I understand Max. I'll make sure they don't take JUST Iggy and Nudge again. Now, Max, I think it's time for you to go back to your cages. Maybe Brigid can come visit you one day. She has free reign over parts of the School. She can come visit experiments, since she wants to be a doctor or a scientist. Now, Jeb, take them back to their room." She said.
"Wait, we're going back to the room? Is there another baby there this time?" I asked, confused.
"No, no. We just moved your cages into your own room. And Max, Fang, Iggy, you've been switched to medium sized crates." She said, then walked away, back to her office.
"Jeb, is she nice? Oh, and Val says she's sorry. She knows it isn't your fault. But she had to take it out on somebody. She hopes you accept her apology and she also says she might come back and visit one day. Do you think she will?" I said conversationally.
"No, I don't, Max." He said. Nudge started crying, and sat down, for fear of running in to something. I kicked Jeb, on the other leg, the one that's not hurt.
"Look what you did! You made Nudge cry! You could have at least lied, for her sake!" I said. Then I picked up Nudge, comforting her.
"Max, you have to stop kicking me!" he said, obviously in pain.
"I have to do no such thing! I'll kick you if I wanna kick you!" I said. Jeb sighed. Then took us back to our cages………
Like it? Love it? Hate Brigid? Well, here's the things you gotta know: Brigid is a freshman. She takes an internet high school course, because it would be weird to be 10 at high school and she doesn't even live near one, she lives at the school. Brigid's father is gone, he didn't want her. Or anything to do with her. But he has to pay child support. Brigid will take college classes online, then wait a few years to go to grad-school. Because she'll be 14 when she graduates college. But she waits a while so she can get independent immunity (which means she is a legal adult by her parents consent) and go to an actual grad school. So, she'll go when she's 16 or 17. So, there's the background of Brigid, according to moi.