Max's P.O.V.
A man walked in…he wasn't just a man; he was a man that resembled so much of me.
"Do I know you?" I asked questioning mostly myself.
"Of course. How are you doing Max?" he asked as if the answer wasn't obvious.
"Oh, I'm doing really great!"
"Do you know where you are?" he inquired. I rolled my eyes although on the inside I was terrified of this non-human creature.
"Yes. In a lab. An evil lab," I sounded like a little four year old.
"No, Max. This is a place where science occurs at its full extent. We create creatures of all sort—."
"Creatures from humans! Do you know what you did to Fang?" I yelled back, taking a step back whenever he took one forward.
"Oh yes, Fang. He needs a friend," he said tsktsking.
"I'm his friend."
"Max, you can say you're his friend. But he doesn't have a real one. See, he can't relate to you. He's different, and he'll always be different. You can never understand him," he spat the words out and it stung me like a thousand wasps.
It was true, that's why. No matter how much Fang could explain to me how much he wanted me there, how much of a good friend I was. I was never going to have wings, and I surely wasn't going to be like him.
"There's one way you can be his friend though, Max," he said mysteriously. I tried to look away from his pressuring gaze unsuccessfully.
I didn't reply.
Suddenly, the door bolted open and the woman came back in. We both looked up and she smiled broadly at the man.
"Jeb, we have the ingredients ready. Is the experiment in condition?" she completely ignored me.
"Of course," he answered and I could literally hear his smile even when he was turned away from me. He stood up and straightened his back.
"Nice to meet you Max," he said. I didn't get it. Why did his voice sound so sad? A familiar voice that rang in the back of my mind? "Bring them in, let's give her some entertainment." Excuse me?
Four figures entered the room, and I could tell them from anywhere.
"Hi Max!"
"Hey Nudge!"
Fang? Where are you?
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Fang's P.O.V.
I was almost there. I wasn't an expert on geography, but I knew Arizona was pretty close to California. Right?
There, I could see the distant territory of the evil white-coats. I couldn't exactly pinpoint the place from this high, but the vastness and the melancholy taste of the barren place told me right away that this was it.
But it was weird. Right about now, there was supposed to be evil erasers, flyboys attacking me. Why was there nothing? I felt so empty entering the welcome doors of the laboratory.
Max's P.O.V.
"Are you guys okay?" I asked. They all nodded.
"Is Fang here yet?" Angel asked. I hugged her tightly. She was the closest I had to a sibling.
"No. He's almost here. I can feel it," I said.
"This sucks. They don't even give us decent food," Gazzy stated the truth for all of us.
"This is a sound-proof room, right?" Nudge asked. Everyone turned to look at her.
"Yes," I breathed out.
"I have an idea," she said. We all gathered around eager for our distributed jobs.
About two days later, Fang still wasn't here. But our plan was going well.
"No, kick right here!" she said. I couldn't be of much help, but everyone else was.
Nudge's supernatural power of sensing the history of things helped us in knowing the sensitive spots of walls. So far, the plan was going well. It took us two days.
I sighed. "Are you sure this is working?" I asked for the millionth time.
"Yes!" they all chorused at the same time irritated at my constant questioning. I nodded dubiously.
Then it happened.
"Yes! WE DID IT! OH YEAH!" Gazzy punched the air enthusiastically, and I quickly turned around and stood.
First, there was a vibration running through…
"OMG! We're finally out! Max, don't you just think I'm a pure genius. I think it's a side effect of being an avian hybrid, I mean, who would have ever thought of that. Not to take all the credit of course…"
"Nudge shut up!" we all yelled simultaneously. The wall cracked for a bit, and then it popped open like a can. Creating an opening by the side. Now this was where I took over.
"Right, guys! Listen up, we're exiting through here, and we're always going to stick together. Let's just get out of here first!" we all ran with no second breath knowing that this was one chance we couldn't miss.
I ran as fast as I could. It took me back to the memory of last year's track team. I had been pretty well up to date in that. But the flock was a heck a lot faster than me. Even Angel. Not to hurt my pride, of course.
"Faster! I here them coming!" Angel yelled. Everyone heard her small voice clearly amid the rush.
They were all ahead of me. I poured on speed, and I realized I had been running a lot lately. Running away from, or running to.
"Max! Behind you!" Nudge yelled, and Iggy slowed down to speed me up. I ran and ran, but of course, it wasn't that sigh-of-relief moment where I escaped luckily. In fact, I tripped.
Laugh all you want. I tripped up the stairs. Who knew there were stairs in a laboratory? I stood up quickly, continuing no matter how much my lungs were bursting open. But I was a little too late.
"Code M escaping!" some thing said behind me. And before I knew it, fingers wrapped around my ankles, and I was caught.
"Go! Run!" I yelled when I saw the panic stricken faces of the flock. I would have laughed later about the irony there. Iggy nodded solemnly and the last thing was a blur. He picked up Angel, and yelled for the flock to move. Angel's horrified face was soon covered up by the heavens.
Fang's P.O.V.
Wow. Why was it so quiet? Hmm…I hadn't had peace in a long time, and to find silence all around me, I kind of liked it. I swear I could have started humming a little song then if I hadn't been alerted by the sudden blare of the walls.
An annoying siren rang through the whole laboratory shaking the ground below my feet. I jumped up in surprise and tried to conceal myself behind some wall.
I thought they were after me, but soon I heard different voices. Voices of my flock.
Was I dreaming the voices in my head? But it ran clearly, and I couldn't have mistaken it any more than seeing a pig fly.
"Go! Run!" she yelled. She meaning Max. The Max. My senses were high and every little living and nonliving factors were keenly portrayed. I ran toward the direction of Max's voice.
I didn't know if I should have felt relief for hearing her voice alive, or should have felt death close upon me when I heard her voice crack and every sign of life disappeared.
Author's Note: OMG!!! Guys, thank you so much for your reviews! You guys truly are amazing! I mean, I just LOVE checking my e-mail and seeing all the reviews that poured in!
Okay, everyone has a goal in life. And here's mine: I really want to reach the goal of having up to 300 reviews. I know it's a pretty far-fetched dream, but you can make it happen! (okay, that sounded really corny) lol
I need more reviews!!!
So, yesterday, I was going through all the accounts of those who reviewed for my story, and I just loved seeing my name under fav. Author or fav. Story!
Here are some more dedications:
LOL-ninjas-stole-my-homework: Here, have an Iggy clone! Just for you! Lol Thanks for reviewing! Please continue to read and review!
Plainlyironic: Thanks for reviewing! Max makes you laugh, eh? Well, I guess I'll be putting mostly Max point of views then.
Guys, a lot of you enjoyed the point of view changes. I'm thinking I should do it more often. Thanks!
!Eharyn!