Chapter 6
Sorry its been a little while. The video card on the computer went boom very soon after I got the last chapter up. (I know. My electronics and stuff are prone to breaking on me.) It just got fixed a little while ago, so here comes the next chapter!
Who was this guy? Somewhere in the back of my head, he seemed sort of familiar. He had to be a robot though. Angel had never picked up any brain waves, and she was like some sort of super mind reader now. I looked at her, and she spoke up.
He's human. But I can't get anything off him besides the fact that he wants you. Somehow, he's put up a wall and I can't find any holes unless he lets me through. Max, this guy is scary. He knows us more then we know him. I can't do anything about it.
I didn't know what to say to that. Obviously, this guy was some sort of super human to. I wasn't sure about how I should handle this, so for now, I'm gonna stall.
"Who are you? How do you know us?" Ha, how was that for stalling? I am such an expert.
"You don't remember me? I would assume that your last battle with me, when you were fourteen, would be ingrained into your mind, Maximum."
It couldn't be. Beside me, I heard Iggy and Fang gasp. They don't do that often, but in this case, I allowed this show of surprise.
"Omega?" I barely got that name out of my mouth. He had definitely changed since way back when. And I thought he was dead. Well, I knew his weakness. Shouldn't be that hard to beat this guy again, even if he did have guns. I can't believe he actually came looking after our last go. He lost so, so bad.
Max, they operated on him. They fixed his hand eye coordination. He let that much through. It isn't going to be like last time.
Well, that wasn't very good. Last time, dear old Jeb had told me that Omega couldn't follow my hands when they were going very fast, and it was easy to knock him out. I guess they did a little work with him.
"Oh yes, Max. It's Omega. Though I dropped that name awhile ago and now go by Alpha. You know, the Beginning?" Apparently he thought he was some sort of smart-ass that was perfect. Which, I guess, in a way he was. His eyes had lost that empty look, and I could actually read the anger in his eyes.
"Sure. Whatever. What do you want from me?" I may not like him, but right now, he had the deck of cards.
"Easy. I want you to come with me. See, I left the School a while ago, and to make sure they don't get a hold of me, I'm gonna need your help. When I'm done with you, I'll let you come back to your precious Flock. If you're so inclined."
This was really weird. I expected for the School to loose him at some point, but for him to come looking for me? That was just strange.
"You'll let my Flock go, with the money, and you'll let me come back?" I'm pretty sure he was lying, but Angel couldn't really tell me, could she.
I would advise you to decide quickly, Maximum, or the mind reader goes first." Omega, or Alpha, I should say, aimed the gun to my baby's head. That's when I knew the decision I had to make.
"I'll go with you." Alpha grinned. Fang gasped. My head dropped. For my Flock to survive, I had to go with him. There was no other way.
"Max, don't do this. Trust me on this one, and don't do this." Fang had rushed over to me and was shaking my shoulders, and I couldn't look him in the eye.
"You take care of the Flock while I'm gone, Fang. Promise me you'll take care of them no matter what."
Fang opened his mouth, but Alpha cut in. "Get going, bird kids. Maximum is mine." He gestured to the sky with the gun, and Fang stepped back. He was angry, I could tell. Something about him was more upset then I had seen him in a while.
My Flock left me behind on the ground, and Fang looked back. "I promise." I barely caught the words, but the expression on his face said it all. I watched them disappear with Alpha, and then he turned to me.
"Well, Maximum, I suggest we get going. There's a lot we have to do."
What he did next almost made me go into shock. He snapped out a pair of wings that looked exactly like Ari's. My half-brother had died soon after the battle against the School, and he had died the member of the Flock. Seeing an imitation of his wings on Alpha was startling.
"Like them? They are an identical DNA match to the wings of Ari. I think you knew him? Anyway, it's time to be on our way." He took a long, brand new, very strong looking rope out of a black gym bag he had laid aside. Using some complicated knot that I had never seen before, he tied us together at the wrist. That stunk, cause I couldn't use my 200 mphs to get away. "I think of everything, Maximum. Now, let's go."
We took off, going the opposite direction that Fang had taken the Flock, and I felt like my heart and spirit had been ripped away from me, and gone the same direction as my family.
