Everything was in slow motion from that point. Time froze, at least for me. A smile was on Dee's face as she gleefully pulled the trigger. I was hyped up and full of adrenaline and jittery at the same time. The decision I had to make was literally life or death. A million and one memories flooded into my brain. I remembered my first with Fang, then our second, and so on. I remembered when Angel was little and how she would read my mind when we played hide-and-seek together. I remembered when Iggy had accidently blown up my closet, a prank gone wrong. How Gazzy would imitate police sirens to freak us out. I remembered when Nudge had first shown her interests in fashion and make-up, and that one time she attempted to make brownies. Images of the times spent with my mom and Ella rushed back to me. Even things I had forgotten about, like how I had held Ari in my arms. I also remembered the day I had my chip removed. Fang would never let me live that down. "How much do you love me, Max?" He'd ask me. I'd always roll my eyes and punch his arm.
I also remembered when Dee had so suddenly smacked into me, so many nights ago. I remembered when Dee had fallen for Fang, and how I had outwitted her. Remembering all the good times I'd had with my Flock, with my family, made me angry. I didn't deserve this. Sure, I've done tons of bad things before, but the price to pay was not my life. Just to remind you, all of these thoughts happened in about, oh, let's say… three seconds. Yeah. I'm just that smart. Anyway, I got angrier and angrier at Dee for trying to kill me. She'd just wanted the Flock as revenge.
The bullet, shiny and black, was slowly soaring toward me. Man – slow motion is so much better. As I lay on the ground, the anger fuming inside me, something happened. My breath quickened as I watched in awe. The bullet, inches from my face, hit something hard, which sent it bouncing backwards. Dee's eyes widened and her jaw dropped as she watched the bullet slowly clank to the ground. She raised the gun and shot at me again. My hands clenched into fists. What just happened?? Oh well. That was the least of my worries. The bullet bounced off of something invisible yet again. It fell to the floor.
Uh oh. My slo-mo-ability was wearing off. Before Dee could react, I swung my leg toward her and tripped her. I watched as she slowly fell. I reached for her gun and pried it from her fingers. Glancing down at her, I threw it full force out the window. It was quite cool watching all the glass split in slow motion. I'd have to do that again some time. Dee smacked the floor, her hair falling around her. She got to her feet quickly, anger in her eyes. She lunged at me, full force, but only to be repelled backward. Serves her right. Her good arm held her head as she glared at me.
"Hey Dee. Sorry about this." I ran at her, full speed, and grabbed her hair with my hands. Ew- it was so long. I don't really like long hair. Let alone long red hair. I looped it around her odd red wings and tied it in a knot. She kicked and punched at me, but never landed a blow. I shoved her toward the window.
God forgive me! I yelled in my head.
And then I pushed her out the window. Yay me.
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