AN: ILuvMyFangPlushie here.
Thank you all you guys who are reading my story.
The stuffed animals. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! Muhahaha!
I'm not going to always going to mention the stuffed animals. Sometimes I will just mention the voices. Just remember where exactly these voices are coming from. Because when you remember the origin of these voices, the story just gets that much creepier.
Hahaha.
Guys I am so sorry for not updating for five days. I don't have really have an excuse for all five days. I was reading The Golden Lily, just gonna say that AdrianSydney are the cutest couple EVER, on one of the days and hanging out with my friend on another. Those are really the only legitimate excuses that I have.
Honestly, with writing my Gazzy story and this story, I just now realize just how boring this part in the books are. I've read The Angel Experiment about a hundred times and I guess, I've always read it too fast to realize how boring writing it really is. I mean, I understand the necessity, but gosh. You know the one. The one where Iggy and Gazzy are at home, Max is with Ella, and Nudge and Fang are by Lake Mead. Seriously, nothing exciting really happens in these chapters. They're just there as necessary filler and to set things in motion. I mean even with these these creepy thoughts going through my brain I'm still getting bored writing it.
So, sorry for the late update.
I will try to make this chapter extra long for you guys.
Anyways, here is the Font key: Telepathic toy talking to each other will be written in bold italics. Telepathic toys talking to Angel will be in bold. Max and anyone else thinking back to the voices is in italics. Angel speaking telepathicly back to the voice in HER head is underlined.
Enjoy the story.
Chapter 5: Waiting
Max stand outside the house wondering what to do. Thinking of a normal family.
She tries to think of a plan. Waiting for some sort of inspiration.
Ella Martinez opens the door letting out her dog, Magnolia.
Wondering what to do, Max watches from the distance.
Angel, all alone waits for Max. For Max to come to her rescue.
Don't worry, child. She's coming. It won't be much longer, child.
It's all necessary. Everything is necessary. The pain has a purpose. We wait, we wait for the older girl to come to the rescue.
With all their supplies ready the two boys fly out the window, ready to do some damage.
But they're not important right now. Right now. We focus on our older girl. Make sure she does what she has to do.
Max calls to Ella. Telling her that she needs help. Ella leads her into the house.
Dr. Martinez sits in the living room sipping her tea.
My daughter. She's here. I just know it. I can feel it she's here.
She walks into the restroom for a minute. She needed a minute to compose herself. Once she's calm and ready, she walks up to her door. She opens the door to Ella calling for her help.
Far away, Iggy and the Gasman had set up they're traps. Making observations and fixing anything that needed fixing.
Excellent.
Back to Max. Dr. Martinez opens the door. Max introduces herself.
"She saved me. But they shot her," Ella tells her mom.
Valencia cries out in horror. She stares at her daughter. The one who has returned. She sees the bloodstained sweatshirt and rushes into her room to get her stuff. She has to protect her daughter.
She talks to Max and sends out Ella to get Max some takes off Max's sweatshirt. Ella brings in the juice and Max gulps it down. Valencia runs her fingers along the edges of her wings.
Although she saw it coming, finding the wings brought the same amount of shock. She calmly looked at the wings more closely. She calms herself down. Reminding herself that this is meant to be happening. What she has been waiting for years now.
Early this morning, the Gasman and Iggy sit in a tree waiting for their plans to go into motion.
The Gasman watches as everything goes down. He watches as the Hummer flips over like some dead beetle. He tells Iggy what happened and watches as the Erasers leave and call for back up.
The boys travel to the small abandoned cabin that the flock uses as a club house. The Erasers find them. Hunting them down. Ready to bring them back to the school.
All the way above Lake Mead, Nudge and Fang are asleep inside of a small little cave hidden on the ledge.
Lose her trust. Bring her doubt. We must bring doubt to the brown one's mind. She must doubt the dark one. Even if she only doubts him a little bit. Scare her a bit. So when we do get rid of him, the aftermath will not be as bad.
The voices make their way into the birds minds. Causing these birds to squawk and make loud noises. Waking up Fang. Fang hears the birds. He looks outside. He flies to them, trying to learn their ways of communication and flying styles.
Nudge wakes up all alone. Panicked and thinking that something happened to Fang she runs out of the little cave. She sighs in relief seeing Fang in the sky with the hawks.
Fang and Nudge go dumpster diving. Nudge goes vegetarian for a bit. They search for Max from the sky.
Max wakes up clean, bandaged, and feeling safe. Her shoulders and wings still hurt.
Ella opens the door and offers pancakes and little sausages.
Inside of the cabin, Iggy and Gazzy stand. The Erasers break though the door and the windows. They taunt Iggy with the new mechanical fake eye. One the count of three they shoot through the roof. Iggy drops Big Boy, the homemade bomb. They leave.
Back in the school, the whitecoats put Angel through a variety of tests. Pushing her into mazes.
She is so tired. So weak right now. The perfect time to make her do what we want. Make her use her reasoning and test out her mind.
If only I knew. I could run through fast and not get shocked or burned.
She finds her way into they're minds. She finds what she needs. She flies through the maze. The whitecoats think congratulatory thoughts.
Jeb appears in front of her.
Nudge and Fang fly through the air searching for Max.
Fang might not show it all the time but he does love Max. He worries about her. But he trusts her. He knows she will do what she thinks is right and she'll come back to him.
Ari stands by a little while away from Tipisco, Arizona.
Nudge worries about Max and she does not understand why Fang will not go back and really search for Max. She has her doubts.
Would he stick around to take care of everyone if there was no Max? Or would he take off and go live by himself somewhere and not bother with anyone? I don't know what Fang is really thinking?
Nudge comes the conclusion that she wouldn't be able to bear it without Max. With tears in her eyes she looks at the ground. Focusing she sees a sign. Without waiting for Fang's approval she starts flying closer and closer to where she thinks her parents are.
Iggy and Gazzy make some plans and make their ways to Lake Mead.
Max eats breakfast with Valencia and Ella.
I must get her to talk more about herself.
Valencia attempts small talk. Getting her to open up about herself. Max, who is now calmed and relaxed, tells her more than enough information.
Xray. Max needs an xray.
Valencia convinces Max to get an xray, saying that it would give her a better idea of the condition of the bones. She walks Max into her vet practice.
Max panics smelling the chemical smells and seeing the whitecoats.
They step into the room and Max gets xrayed. Valencia spots a small microchip. Max panics even more.
Hearing a noise outside, Max hides in a closet while Valencia gets rid of the outside guests.
Valencia tells Max that getting removing the chip would not be possible without losing the use of her arm. She convinces her to stay another day.
Fang tries to convince Nudge that finding her parents right now would be a bad idea. They fly to someone's mobile home. A dark woman with curlers in her hair comes out into the lawn and lights a cigarette. She feels conflicted about this woman.
Ari speaks behind them. Nudge recognizes him. He announces to them that everyone else is dead. That they are the only ones left. Fang and Nudge team up and attack the Erasers.
Destroy Fang.
Ari pushes Fang to the ground, punching him and kicking him.
Nudge thinks back to the paint cans she saw earlier laying on the ground.
Maybe they were empty.
'Maybe not' Nudge thinks not realizing that she just shook from the voices control. She takes the paint cans and sprays them into the eyes and faces of the Erasers. Fang escapes and they fly into the air.
The brown one is stronger than she looks. We might have to get her out of the way too.
Angel stares at Jeb Batchelder. She is shocked and hurt that he is here. For a second she thought that he was here to save her
Wait. Think.
But that naive hope quickly left her mind.
Jeb knelt down attempting to reason with her. To convince her that everything is okay. She doesn't believe him.
Max, Ella, and Valencia bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies. Max waits impatiently as the cookies cook in the oven. When the first sheet of cookies come out of the oven, she grabs one and takes a bite. She burns her mouth. She makes sounds of pure pleasure. Ella and Valencia smile at her.
We could use these cookies to our advantage. Lure in Max.
Fang and Nudge fly back to the cliff ledge. They hear a helicopter so they hide in the cave. Fang flies off to find something to eat.
He comes back. Offers Nudge some desert rat. She looks up at his in disgust. He takes out the kabobs and they eat.
They talk about Max and Angel. Fang sees something. He squints and looks into the sky. Two big splotches move closer and closer. He takes out a mirror and reflects it towards those splotches. Soon the Gasman and Iggy land on the cliff. They greet each other.
The next morning Max puts on a new sweatshirt that Valencia had given her. She is still stiff and sore. Valencia gives her a small used backpack. Ella, Valencia, and Max have their emotional good byes.
Max adjusts her sweatshirt and backpack. She unfurls her wings while Ella and Valencia stare wide eyed and curious. When the wings are fully extended and she takes off and flies into the air; Ella stares in awe and Valencia wipes her eyes. She flies aiming to Lake Mead. She hopes that Fang and Nudge had stayed where she left them.
Max flies strong and hard. The kinks in her wings had been worked out of her muscles. She sees these big things flying through the air with the birds. They aren't birds. Her flock. It's her flock.
The little ones are delighted to see her. They fly to the little cave. Max glares at the two boys wondering why they are here.
Gazzy explain that they couldn't stay. He takes Max off guard. They hug each other. Max hold out her left fist. The stack hands and take off to save Angel.
AN: This update is a little longer than my usuals.
I really am sorry for not updating in a while.
I hope you enjoyed the story.
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