Okay, so I'm trying to get the next chapter up ASAP. Know any good beta readers? This chapter is way longer then I thought it would be, so it gonna be part one. Part two will be up in a few. And there will be Fax. I promise. I'm not much of one for promises, but I know there will be Fax.
We walked. And we walked. And we walked some more. What place could there possibly that we had to walk this far to get to? It was one of those frustrating moments when I felt… I dunno… helpless? Stumbling through the woods blindfolded after this guy I had formerly thought dead was pretty degrading. Of course, part of it was the fear of what was going to happen to me. I was going to do the typical Max thing and figure it out when the time came. I'm not much of one for damseling. Not part of the bird flock leader genes, you know.
After what must have been at least two hours of walking, Alpha finally stopped. "Well, Maximum, we are here." You know, this guy was getting annoying with the whole 'Maximum' thing. Time to straiten out a couple things.
"Okay, Omega, or Alpha, or whatever your name is, there are a few things I need to correct you on. First, call me Max. You've called me Maximum more in the past six hours then anyone else has in the past six years. Second, I can't see where here is, so can I go now?" I heard him chuckle. Wow, didn't know I was that amusing.
"Oh, Maximum. You have such personality. Lucky for you." We started walking again, and he led me through what must have been a doorway. My nose was suddenly assaulted by dust and must. He came closer to me, taking me by my wrists.
"Where are we going?" I asked. He didn't answer, and that's when I decided to start acting up. I mean, it needed to start at some point, why not now? So, I slammed on the brakes. Well, you know what I mean. I stopped right there. In the middle of Mustyville. He tugged, and my arms might have moved, but my feet certainly didn't.
He stopped, and I heard a floorboard creak as he turned. "Do you really want to do it this way, Maximum?" I gritted my teeth, and growled.
"Well, you're the son of a bitch that decided to take me away from my flock. And your dealing with Maximum Ride, bird woman extraordinaire. What ever made you think that taking me away would be easy!?" As I finished my mini-speech, I swung my tied fists, hoping one would catch him on the side of the face, but of course I wasn't that lucky. His palm came up and caught my hands.
"Max, Your blindfolded, and on the ground I'm faster, stronger, and far more capable."
"Doesn't matter to me. It's not in me to just let you do something. To let anyone do something to me. It's part of my nature."
"Which is why I chose you. I'm still learning how to let my emotions run away with me. Now, easy way or hard way, Maximum?" He had moved around to stand behind me and was whispering in my ear. Well, there was only one option. I elbowed him in the ribs as hard as I could, and his breath oofed out of him.
"There's only one way." He bent over slightly, and I knew that was one point for me. I turned around, ready to kick whatever I could, but he charged forward and picked me up, tossing me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. His strong arms locked my legs near his body so I couldn't get enough force to swing with any damage. My hands pounded mercilessly at his back, but it's a simple matter of being in an awkward position and a well muscled back not really having any weaknesses that meant I already knew I would just be leaving a couple nasty bruises. And when your in the genetically enhanced gene pool, well, you'll know from my past adventures that bruises don't amount to very much.
So, here he was carrying me like said sack of potatoes, and I couldn't do anything about it. Except, of course, hit the guy with everything I had.
"Put me down you damn son of a bitch!" Using other choice words, all of which I was very careful to not use around Angel, I made sure that his ears would never be the same again. Of course, ears don't matter when you've got a whole bunch of other things to deal with.
We went down a flight of steps. I could hear the sound of his feet hitting and making that pattering sound they make when they go down steps. Yes, I notice that sort of thing, I have extraordinary bird hearing, remember?
He reached the bottom and dropped me on my ass before I heard him charge back up the steps and lock the door. By then I had stood myself up and taken off the blindfold. He was coming down the steps, and pulling out the gun at the same time. I growled under my breath.
"What, you afraid you can't beat me in a fair fight, Omega?" He grimaced at the name, which was fine by me. I mean, who gives themselves a name? Besides the flock, of course. And what kind of name is Alpha anyways?
"No, Maximum, I'm not afraid. But this makes my task much easier. This makes you cooperate better. Now, turn around." Well, there wasn't much I could do. I had a feeling he wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
I faced the far wall, and Alpha walked up behind me. His hand flew to my neck, and I felt the prick of a knock out dart.
I whirled around and gave one satisfyingly hard punch to his nose. The last thing I remembered before I collapsed was my satisfaction that he actually looked like it hurt…
