The Disbanded: Divided We Stand-Chapter 13
By MyNameIsCAB
--Max's POV--
"What's that box for?" Fang asked I put the box full of stuff in the back seat.
"We got closed down," I answered.
"What?"
"That's what Ted said," I sighed.
I drove out of the parking lot once I saw Messina get in his car. We were meeting at the diner down the street. When we got there, Cal was waiting at a table for us already.
"What did Ramirez say to you?" I asked him.
"He asked me to go and be part of some special unit in California for the FBI," Messina responded. "But I turned it down."
"Why?" I questioned.
"Because working for the FBI isn't really for me anymore," Messina said as he held the door open so Fang could wheel in. "Besides, I'm gonna help you find your friends."
"Messina, you didn't have to do that for me," I insisted.
"No, I have this feeling that if I don't help you, I'm going to regret it," he explained. "It's my gut feeling."
"Okay, thanks," I said.
"And you know, I was thinking of getting Cal to marry me," he smiled now.
"That's great, Ted," I responded.
He nodded. "Yea. Thanks."
Cal was very sympathetic about our team being taken out of operation. I wasn't surprise though because she seemed like that kind of person.
"So you're that guy Max was looking for?" Cal asked Fang.
"Yes, I guess so," he answered, sipping his milkshake.
"So there's really more people like you?" Cal continued.
"Yes," Fang nodded. "We're going to find them."
"That's interesting," Cal added.
"Yea, I'm going to help them," Messina told her.
"Because you don't have a job." That was a statement. She knew how Messina thought.
Messina nodded. "Yea."
Cal was really enthusiastic about Messina helping us. When I first met Cal, she thought it was so cool that I could really fly. Messina was really a lucky guy to have Cal. But hey, I was lucky to have Fang back.
--Angel's POV--
It's very scary here in this Itex headquarters. It's like the school, only smaller, and we're not stuck in cages. Well, not for today at least.
Nudge has gotten quiet. She's not the chatterbox she used to be. We've lost track of time, but it's been too long and we've given up hope. Well, Gazzy is out there somewhere. But Itex has secured their borders up and now he won't be able to get in by himself.
I told him he needed to go find Max, Fang, and Iggy, who he claims they abandoned us, but I don't think Max would do that to us. After all, Itex has moved their location three times over the past month and she probably can't find us. Or maybe, she's searching for Gazzy first.
I don't really know what happened.
But Itex has forgotten about us. We get fed twice a day. The scientists are too busy with their new eraser breakthrough. The one breakthrough that supposedly will strengthen up the erasers and make them bigger…better…faster…stronger…you know, like that Kanye West song. That's what one of the scientists was thinking when he gave me food.
"Angel, do you think we'll ever be saved?" Nudge has asked me that for the fifth time today. Probably the one millionth time since we've been here.
"Yes, Max wouldn't leave us," I reassured Nudge.
"Have you heard from Gazzy?" Nudge said.
I shook my head.
--Gazzy's POV--
I've been sitting outside Itex's new location because they keep moving. You think it would be easier to stay in one place, right?
But anyway, I think it's time I start looking for Max, Fang, and Iggy. I can't bust into Itex myself, as strong as I think I am. I don't think I would make it out alive. I'd end up being another experiment gone wrong. Not that I haven't already.
I landed on top of the roof, searching for Angel to read my thoughts.
Gazzy!
Hi Angel, I thought.
So where have you been?
Nowhere. Just hiding in the trees. I'm on the roof now. I think I'm going to go find Max and the others. I told her.
I was thinking that because how are you going to get us out without them.
Yeah. I don't know where they are. Just hold on a little longer, okay? I so badly wanted Angel and Nudge to be okay.
Be careful. I love you Gazzy.
I love you too, Angel. And then I took off, thinking goodbye to Angel.
