I whipped my head around, not wanting to watch Dee fall. I'm not a killer. Well, maybe I kind of am, but I don't just go around killing people for fun. I mean, the people and things I kill are bad. So there.
Angel ran to me and I pulled her into a giant bear hug. Nudge and Gazzy joined us. I hugged them all.
"Max!" Gazzy exclaimed. "I thought we were dead meat!"
"Yeah!" Nudge added. "Dee was so soo soooo scary!"
"And I couldn't read her mind." Angel smiled sweetly at me. I looked at each of their faces before hugging them all again.
"Let's never split up again, okay guys?" I asked them.
"Ok!" They said in unison. I smiled. That's my Flock.
"Hey, Max, where's Fang?" Nudge asked.
"Oh crap! Fang! I left him in an empty room. He's really hurt." I turned toward the door. "You stay here, guys. And seriously, keep an eye out. We don't need any mo-"
I was cut off mid-sentence. A cry escaped my lips as pain seared through my body. I clutched my back, just above my waistline, as blood covered my hands. I felt myself fall forward and crash into the hard floor. Yeah. I'd been shot.
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Mmm. This was nice. If this is what dying felt like, then I wanted to die all over again. The sun warmed my face. I opened my eyes. Oh. It was a light. I was lying on a metal bed, with my arms and legs tied down. I sat up and surveyed my surroundings. Ok. I take back the "I want to die all over again" part. This was sooooo not nice. I tried to get my hands free from the stupid bed. Great- it was only elastic. I leaned forward and quickly undid the Velcro on one of them. I freed my hand and then my other, and leaned forward to do my feet. I swung them over the edge of the bed and hopped down.
I ran to the door and pushed on it. Great. It wouldn't budge. Oh. That was stupid. It specifically said:
PULL
Haha. I pulled the door open and stepped into a room full of lights. This was so strange.
"Maximum." A loud, booming voice said.
"What?" I replied.
"It is not your time yet. You must go back."
"Wait a second – what?"
"You must go back…"
I stood there, pondering what that meant, when suddenly, something hit me on the head.
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"Ow!"
"MAX!"
"What the heck?" I was lying on my stomach, my cheek pressed against the floor. "What is going on?" With every word spit landed on the ground. It's hard talking when you're on the ground. You try it.
"You're alive!" Nudge threw herself onto me, hugging me tightly.
"Ow – yes – but not if you don't get off me!" She quickly hopped up from the floor.
I brought my hands up and pushed myself upward, and rolled over onto my back. My eyes caught a book beside me.
"Why'd you hit me with that?" I asked.
"I didn't," Nudge said. She pointed accusingly at someone next to her. "He did!" The mystery guy turned to face me, and it was none other than Iggy.
"Iggy!" I cried. I sat up and got to my feet. "How did yo- I mean, where d- I mea- I'm so glad you're back!" I threw my arms around him and hugged him.
"Um, can't breathe here." He smiled.
"Right. Sorry." I stepped back and looked at him. Had he gotten taller? He was even taller than Fang! And his hair was longer too. His eyes weren't so light any more. Hmm. Does that happen to blind people?
"What are you looking at?" He asked me.
"Oh, nothi- wait. How did you know I was looking at you..?" Oh my God. It was Dee.
"I can see." He smiled. I didn't entirely believe him. "What? Now you don't believe me?"
"I, uh, em," I stuttered.
"Fine. I'll prove myself. One time, when we were little, you told me something. "Iggy?" You said." He imitated his best girly voice, and continued. "I reall-"
Then it clicked in my brain. I clamped my hand firmly over his mouth. "Oh my God, Ig. Don't ever mention that. I can't believe you remember."
He laughed. "Of course I remember," he said. But with my hand over his mouth, it sounded like, "Uff coof I remmer." I let go of him and smiled.
Um, Max?
Yeah, lamby?
Where's Fang?
Ohmigod. Fang. I forgot about him! I tore out of that hotel room faster than a wild hyena. Although I probably looked like one by the look on Nudge's and Iggy's face.
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MaximumReader508: Yes, Max does have a force field. Cool, I know. Iggy's there, as you can tell, and Dee… Well, where would you be if you were pushed out of a window and you couldn't fly?
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