hey.
i know. i'm horrible. sorry it took so long to get this tiny little just-barely-long-enough-to-be-claimed-a-chapter up. for the first time in my life, i've had a really bad case of writer's block. i mean seriously. WRITERS BLOCK??? I NEVER GET WRITERS BLOCK!!!!!!!! i'm not even kidding!!! and it totally sucks!! so i seriously need suggestions. i know what's going to happen in the next chapter, so i don't need a lot of help there. but after that, i'm totally screwed. so HELP!! PLEASE!
:-i'm doing this so you read what is below this read it read it read it don't read THIS it's stupid it'll never amount to anything just ignore it and read what's below it that's what's important read it read it read it-:
oh and you're gonna want to read the author's note below.
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here's pathetic little chapter 18!
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"Have I ever told you how evil you are?" Fang fell in step next to me the next morning as I scrutinized our little campsite.
"Oh, maybe a few times." I grinned at him.
He shook his head. "Iggy's gonna go ballistic."
"Good. He deserves it."
We continued around the camp, pausing every few moments to examine certain locations, when suddenly we heard
Iggy exclaim, "Hey! Where are all my bombs?! MAX!"
Fang smirked at me. "I think that's your cue."
"It would appear so." I skirted the fire and slowly walked over to where Iggy was frantically searching every one's backpacks. By now, the kids were up, formally awakened by Iggy's screeching.
When he heard me coming, he tilted his head up and glared. "Where the heck did you put my bombs, Max?!"
I raised my eyebrows. "Where do you think I put them?"
"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking you, I'd be throwing one at you! Where are they?!"
I casually inspected my fingernails. Dirty and ragged, as usual. Just another perk of being a runaway mutant. "I don't think I'm
going to tell you if you ask like that."
Iggy's teeth ground together audibly. "Max. Where. Are. They?"
I gasped in fake surprise. "Iggy, are you telling me that you really believe that I would have enough audacity steal your bombs?"
Iggy drew himself up to his full height. Which was pretty tall. Since when was he this tall? Honestly, where does the
time go… "Give me the bombs or else."
I rolled my eyes. "Ooh, was that a threat? I'm soo sca—"
Suddenly, Iggy's hand shot out and tried to grab my arm, but he wasn't quick enough. I ducked and twisted, so now
I was gripping his arm.
"Tsk, tsk," I reprimanded him, shaking my finger in his face. "You'd think that you would have learned by now. Guess it just goes to show—"
A piercing, toe-curling scream cut me off. I swung around and tried to figure out who was interrupting my torture
session. What I saw made my blood boil and my heart stop cold. (A champion example of my bipolarness.)
"Maximum Ride," the Eraser holding Nudge in a death grip said, gesturing to his companions, who also happened to happened to have the rest of the flock, besides me and Iggy, in a choke-hold. "We meet again."
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meh. idunno. at least the action's picking up!
questions for the next chapter:
1. should the Eraser holding Nudge be Sam from Virginia? that would add a twist....
2. along with Max, who out of the flock should the other key person be with the whole "Itex-capture" thing? like, who should be really important to Itex like Max? (i don't really want it to be Fang just because he and Max spend so much time together in this fic and i want her to kind of bond more with either Gazzy, Angel, or Nudge. preferably Nudge. not Iggy 'cause we've already got that whole max-steals-the-bombs-iggy-gets-mad-playful-fun-ish thing. sorta bonding. idk. you guys choose!)
3. who should the new director of itex be?
4. should Jeb be involved somehow?
5. should Brigid be involved somehow? (i don't really want to do this, just because i haven't mentioned her at all yet, and that might be sort of an awkward entrance/development. but you guys choose!)
6. any ideas for the Itex meeting in Washington? tell meee!!
review, my pretties!!!
oh. right. beta news! i'm gonna wait on that for a while, just because even though it's spring break, i am SO busy!!! when i'm finally having some time to really work on this, i'll do it. promise!
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-memrylaine