Chapter 9:
Being Reborn
There was Phoenix walking through the yard towards him. She looked as though she had just been reborn, not a single scratch on her. Max was speechless but the happiness flared up in him, and he ran towards her.
"You're… You're… But how?" Max asked confused but glad that she was alive.
"I said I have half my dad's genes…" Phoenix stated "…But I also have half of my mothers. I think I have nine lives."
"What happened to the cuts?" he asked.
"I think that the memory serum is also a healing solution." Phoenix pointed out.
"Healing huh?" Max wondered.
"Even the glass is gone." Phoenix said showing Max her side.
"Wow." Max said. He was surprised that they (the people at the lab) had actually created something useful.
"It seemed to have worked on you too." Phoenix added. Max looked at himself. It was true, the needles where no longer sticking inside of him and he no longer felt the pain that he had felt before. Max nodded, confirming that he knew what was going on.
"Phoenix?" Max said.
"Yea?" She asked.
"Uhh… did you really mean what you said back at the house?" Max asked. Phoenix just looked confused.
"Uhh… I love you?" he asked embarrassed.
"Every word." Phoenix reassured him. At this Max smiled. "Okay we need to find my parents and tell them what happened." Phoenix said.
"We can't go back its too dangerous." Max said.
"Why not?" Phoenix asked. "If we work together like we did against Benji then we will solve the problems of life and pull through." She added.
"I guess you're right, but I don't want to see you get hurt again." Max said knowing that she defeated him with the truth.
"Don't worry about it I'll be fine." Phoenix replied. Max had to look at the choices that were laid out in front of him. Either follow Phoenix or let her go by herself unprotected. 'Well.' Max thought to himself. 'The second choice would be a mistake on my part.' He continued to think. "Okay let's go." Max said. He looked up, but Phoenix was gone. 'Was all this just a dream.' He thought, but someone pulled him out of his stare.
"Are you coming?" Phoenix asked.
"Yea just a moment." Max replied as he turned and looked at the last place that he would live in luxury for a while. Before he turned the house collapsed still burning bright as the day sky. As he finished turning towards Phoenix; he heard sirens coming towards them. Beginning to panic he ran towards Phoenix and they both took off towards the woods.
"We'll take the shortcut to your house that way we won't get into any trouble." Max said to Phoenix as he quickly ran out of breath. The woods continued to darken until the moon was fully shining in the sky, and as they broke through the last bit of woods they came upon Phoenix's house.
"We're here." Max said to Phoenix.
Back at Benji's house:
As the night moon shone upon the blackened rubble of the house the firefighters were searching for possible survivors. As they continued their search; one fireman heard yelping.
"I got one over here." He yelled as more firemen ruched over to him. The debris was pulled off of a black dog which was taken directly to P.E.T.A. Veterinarian upon request of the landowner.