Maximum Ride
"You know, I have the strangest feeling of déjà vu," I said, looking straight at Angel. She grinned angelically.
"It's true, though," she said, turning to Nudge. Nudge looked shocked.
"Cool!" Gazzy squealed, "Let's see it then!"
Nudge stood up, and shouted "Animals! Oh, Animals!"
"That was English, Nudge," I said dryly.
"Oh." She looked a little downcast. Then she started shouting in a strange language. A mouse ran across the ground and leapt up into her hand. It began to squeak and Nudge squeaked back.
"Nudge?" She carried on squeaking happily. "Nudge!"
"NUDGE!" Iggy and Gazzy yelled together.
"Guys! You'll never guess!" Nudge said excitedly, switching back to English, startling the mouse, which scurried back into the undergrowth.
"Ooh, pick me, pick me!" Iggy said sarcastically, jumping up and down, hand in the air. Nudge reached out and slapped him round the head.
"That mouse knew something about Fang!"
Fang
The darkness swirled around him. Fang shivered, the sick on his lap dripping down, making a soggy puddle by his feet. The rabbit ear was clutched to his chest like a comforter. He had held it still in that position, frozen in time. He looked at it. The yellow fur was wet, blood covering it from where liquid had dripped out of the side from his mouth.
A strange singing met his ears. It echoed in his head eerily. Fang shook his head to clear it, but the singing continued.
I'm singing a song…
The singer was badly out of tune, and the song was obviously made up.
Singing a song…
Fang opened his mouth to speak, but choked slightly as the taste of blood filled his mouth.
Singing…
Who ever this is, will you please shut up! Fang thought furiously in his head.
Hello?
Isn't Max the one who's supposed to hear voices? Fang thought bitterly. He was cold, felt like he was going to vomit, and now he was hearing a voice.
Hi! My name's Lucy! Who are you?
Fang leant forwards and vomited. That little girl was back to haunt him.
Ooh! You're that boy I met earlier! Fang!
H-h-hello? Fang thought tentatively.
Hi!
H-how do you know my name?
I heard one of the men who killed me say- what does that thing call himself? Fang? Little piece of. I didn't hear anything else because they took me back to the big metal thing.
Fang assumed she meant a cage. He shuddered. The men who killed me. That sentence alone made him feel ill.
What did they do to me?
He was feeling more confident now.
Oh. That's horrible.
He could see her face grimacing in his mind.
Well?
I don't know what it's called. They've turned you into a- into a power.
What?
First, you lose your voice, your sight. You gradually get new powers. Then, slowly you start to fade away. You turn into a thing, into an essence of light and power. They put you into a bottle, and eventually, someone absorbs you. You become theirs, and they can do whatever they like with you. 'Cause you're not a person anymore. You're a power.
How do you know?
Even in his head, his voice sounded croaky and afraid. He winced, knowing how vulnerable he sounded.
They did it to my brother.
Her voice was sad and quiet.
He was part rabbit, like I was. He became a light blue orb of light, until he was absorbed by a man in a white coat.
That's what is going to happen to you.
Maximum Ride
"Tell me. Now," I demanded. Nudge winced slightly.
"Um, apparently he's in New York."
"And we're going to believe a mouse?"
"Iggy…" I sighed.
"No, I'm sorry," he said irritably, "but we're taking the word of a mouse here. A mouse. How do we know this mouse isn't working for Itex?"
"Iggy, it's a mouse."
"I mean, Fang could be in Japan for all we know, and we're taking the word of a mouse. You're all being so stupid! You're all…" he trailed off wildly, then the fight seemed to go out of him. He slumped back against a tree.
"I'm sorry."
"No, Ig," I said, walking over to him, "It's okay."
He leans against me, and I hug him. Angel runs over and hugs me too. Suddenly it's a huge hug-fest. We all hug.
"So, do we believe the mouse, or not?" Angel asks from her position sandwiched between Iggy and Gazzy.
"I say we do," I said decisively. I got up and stretched.
"Let's go, guys."
Hi. It's me again! Yeah, so, I'm sorry that this is so short, but I wanted to end on that last line in FangPov, and I was so stuck on MaxPov. So, there you have it. Fang's becoming a power.
Question and Answer time!
xThatxOnexChick asks:
How would Lucy know Fang's name?
Well, I hope I've cleared that up in the chapter, but in case you've forgotten, she over heard a white coat saying that Fang called himself Fang. Now, did that sentence make any sense whatsoever?
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