SOOOOO im on a role today so I might post a couple more chapters J ENJOY!

Chapter 9

I woke up breathing hard. I heard nothing except for the deep breaths Bonnie and Dylan were making. Then not far from us I heard a maniacal laugh as though someone was close to killing someone, one often made by the scientists at Itex.

"Honestly Max, its great fun watching you have a fit in your sleep." Ari stepped from the trees in front of me. "Although, I already know what you saw. One of the many gifts that you don't know you have, you saw your future. You saw all of the pain and sorrow that comes with death. And yet every time you see it, you refuse to think that it could be true! Enlighten me why that is Max?"

I stood up and put myself in front of Bonnie. "What do you want." I snarled.

"Well isn't it obvious? You of course Max. Honestly and they think your intelligent." He laughed again. I could feel my hands burst into flames with my anger growing.

"Go. Away." I spoke slowly trying to gain control of my emotions.

"I'm afraid he cant do that Maximum. He, unlike you, has to follow instructions or will face severe consequences." The Doctor stepped out behind Ari. "Now if you come quietly there will be no need for death." He spoke slowly as though I was stupid.

"Screw you!" I growled kicking Dylan and grabbing Bonnie. I snapped out my wings and took off before he could respond. I saw Dylan follow me shortly. Something zoomed by my ear and clipped it. I screamed in surprise.

The next shot hit my arm. I cringed. "Dylan- You got to take her and get out of here." I gasped clasping my arm. Another bullet shot and hit my thigh embedding it self. "Meet the flock- and don't come and look for me. I'll find all of you, now go." I handed him Bonnie just before the next bullet hit me in the chest, below my heart. I gasped and fell. I heard a distant scream, it sounded like Angel and Nudge. But I couldn't tell.

"Sir, she probably wont wake up. A machine is keeping her alive at this point and I seriously doubt her healing powers will kick in if we take her off." I heard a women talking to someone. Probably the Doc himself.

"Now Miranda, I studied everything about her. It will work if you do what I told you to." Yep I was right it was the doc. I couldn't help it I opened my eyes and glared at him. "Seems that you don't have to anymore Miranda." I saw him smile.

"Yes sir," The woman bowed her head and left quietly. She closed the door with a barely there click.

"You caused my department quite a scare there Maximum." He walked over to a window and looked down. "It amazed me that you gave up your daughter and didn't fly off, but instead waited for Dylan. . . Truly remarkable indeed."

"Cut to the chase." I spoke weakly as though my voice was out of use and weak.

"If you wish. Your flock had arrived just in time to see you plummet to the ground and us carry you off. It was remarkable if nothing else." He turned toward me and smiled. "We also took the time to do a little presentation of what happened afterwards." He pulled a remote from his pocket and pointed it to a small television screen near the door.

It lit up and I saw my body hit the hard ground and the distant thud and crack of ribs breaking upon in pact. Someone screamed and was crying. "Let me go! I need to help my mommy!" Bonnie, Fang and Dylan suddenly appeared near my body. Dylan and Fang trying to restrain my baby girl, with multiple lacerations to their faces I might add.

"Damn it Bonnie! Do you want them to take both of you? To try and kill both of you? Your mother will be just fine! I've seen what she has dealt with and she will come and find you if it is the last thing she does!" Fang knelt to the ground and got in Bonnie's face. Her face grew murderous.

"How would you know? You know nothing! She has nightmares about all of you all the time! She never sleeps anymore because of it!" She broke down and hugged my incoherent body tightly. "My daddy doesn't understand us. He always gets mad at mommy for letting me fly and do everything that isn't normal. She only gets me though, no one else does. With out my mommy I don't know what ill do."

"You go on. She would want you to, she wouldn't want you to be anything your not. She will find you, I promise and we'll keep you safe Bonnie." Fang looked at her and I'm pretty sure I could hear him sniffle incoherently. "Now come on. She'll find you soon." He picked her up and his wings pushed down hard sending him into the sky. Dylan followed shortly. The screen went blank.

"You missed a lot Max. It's almost been a year and our files are tampered with all the time." He smiled. "We have taken notes carefully, about all of the enhancements we have done. Every detail of your coma, every brain wave and sneeze. With so much detail it must be ripping them apart piece by filthy piece." He laughed.

I pulled hard and tried to stand up. But my legs and arms were tied down to the hospital bed. "That wont help you now Maximum. We had to take extra precautions with our deadliest weapon for our opponents. Miranda! Come and let our Maximum out. I think it is time we let her out for a spin and see how much power she actually has." He left and let the nurses and Miranda put me in some kind of armor that hugged my body tightly and my wings had some kind of metal over them but they felt no different.

"Now, Maximum your opponent at the moment is a rather amazing one of his generation and is very advanced. Your suit will protect minimal attacks of his the rest you will have to do. You will only be able to rest once he is dead." Miranda whispered to me quickly as she led me out of the room and down a corridor that slopped down steeply. "This is a coliseum that the Doctor uses to see the extent of his weapons powers and everyone will be watching. . . I'm afraid he has a screen popped up where your family is as well so they will be able to watch everything."

I rolled my eyes. "'cause why would anyone take into consideration on how I feel right?" I shook my head. "Can we just get this over with?"

She nodded slowly and opened a door by her. "Take care of yourself in there. After everything that I made sure he did, this should be a piece of cake for you." She murmured before shoving me inside the room. The door behind me closed and one in front of me opened. I saw a large circular area with grass, trees, rocks and sand. I moved through it cautiously and saw the large screen watching every move I made and I saw the flock with gaping mouths all except for Bonnie who was crying. I felt my face falter for a second and I shook my head.

Don't cry, try and act confident that way everything wont be that bad for her. I kept thinking that as I moved towards the center hoping that if I did so it might end quicker. And it worked because another door opened and a large black and red dragon flew out form the door way.

"You have got to be shitting me!" I cried with a crazy laugh escaping my lips.

"Hello again Maximum. I hope you are feeling up to this little challenge of yours even though you have recently woken up from that dreadful coma of yours." I looked to my left and saw a raised area where Miranda, Ari and the Doctor sat watching with excitement in their eyes. "Now I see you are a bit shocked to see your opponent is nothing like a human form at all but a mythical creature. That is until we created him, now your task is simple kill it and you can rest. You die and well the consequences for that are obvious aren't they." He looked at the screen with a smile. "Begin."

The dragon came at me full force with fire coming from his mouth. I put my hand up and ice froze the fire before it hit me. I opened my wings cautiously well aware of the pain in my shoulders with the effort. I pushed down hard once and flew up into the air. He followed me closely as though curious as to what just survived the flame.

"Your different than the others I have fought." His voice rang out into the empty nothingness. "Usually they are dead with that. But at least with this I should have a little work out eh?" His face made a lopsided grin as he poured another flame out at me. I felt my teeth set and I just stayed there and felt nothing but heat. Of course it was uncomfortable but it wasn't to the point it would burn me. My clothes were a little charred but that was it.

I smirked and put my hands on my hips and looked at him bored. "Is that the best you can do?"

His eyes narrowed as he lunged for me. I opened my hands to fashion some sort of stake out of ice and flew under him. I stabbed him where his heart should be and his body went limp he fell from the sky with me under him. We landed with him on top and I heard one of my ribs break again I pushed away the limp body and stood up dusting myself off. I looked at the dragon and saw he was dead he had lost to much blood nothing could survive that. I then looked at the Doctor with his mouth hanging open.

"So, is that it?" I asked him. He said nothing. "I'll take that as a yes then." I heard sudden cheering from the screen erupt and I turned and saw all of the flock including Bonnie jumping up and down screaming with happiness. I smiled faintly and walked back toward the door that was still open. Thought they would have learned by now that it takes a hell of a lot to get rid of Maximum Ride. Name says it all doesn't it?