Third Person POV:
Jeb hated lying to Maximum and the rest of the flock. But it was the only way to ensure Maximum's safety. They had blackmailed him horribly.
Max, his only daughter, or the black girl called Nudge.
The school needed one of them to take part in a very important experiment, one that could potentially change the world. Jeb couldn't let them take Max. She was too valuable to the flock and she was his only daughter. Nudge on the other hand...
She was of no real value to anyone with an attitude and a probable brain malfunction that caused her to talk constantly. Her 'flock' found her chatter unbearable and her combat skills were sadly less than expected. China or Japan might be willing to pay a small price for her at the moment but when Itex were done with her every company in the world be hammering their door down demanding experiment n45627.
The fact that Nudge, the experiment in question, had approached him to find her parents made his mind up for good. She was going to leave them anyway if her search for parents had succeeded so this way Jeb was giving the flock the gift of thinking she was dead instead of thinking she abandoned them forever. Really Jeb should be given some gratitude for all the planning and strategies he had cleverly thought up. He hadn't given a second thought or even attempted to find out the experiment's parents.
The dangerous serum Jeb had slipped into the drink had been in his pocket for weeks just waiting for the right moment to be used. It was, in fact, a new invention of Itex's. The possibly fatal concoction of chemicals made up a cloudy liquid which made the drinker immobile for forty-eight hours and would also make their heart-beat, pulse and breathing slow down to be almost undetectable to most machines.
This meant to the flock, she would seem completely dead. It was the perfect idea and Jeb was proud to say he had a part in it. He could be one of the lucky people to change the future and go down as a hero. And only one person had to be sacrificed, Nudge. She wouldn't die, hopefully, but her whole life would never be the same after she touched the glass of 'safe' poison to her lips.
There was one tiny –okay MASSIVE- problem, this liquid had only been tested five times and during those tests four of the experiments hadn't lived. This was a massive gamble...
When Max, Fang and Iggy had charged down to interrogate him, Jeb had had to make up a false story on the spot. Not one of his best skills under pressure. He had stammered and made up a completely ridiculous story that he had been surprised Max had bought. However being told a member of your family was dying tended to make a person overlook some details.
When Nudge started showing signs of accepting the serum Jeb had immediately hurried out to alert the back-up team. Unfortunately Ella Martinez followed him so Jeb had to knock her out and hide her unconscious form under some bushes a distance away from the house. She should wake up a few hours later with no recollection of the events.
Oh how Jeb loved to be a part of Itex's inner circle... He had such power.
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