Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride. *Sigh, maybe someday.
Max
Play along? I wonder what Angel meant. Whatever she's up to, I sure hope she knows what she's doing. "Alright, gather round flock, Angel just sent me a message." The flock made a circle around me. "Angel just sent me a message, we need to play along and let them take us in. I'm sure Angel has a plan. Fight as much as you need to without making them suspicious but give in eventually." I said. I hadn't trusted Angel this much since Angel had been kidnapped. "Everyone understand?" I asked? 4 heads nodded back at me. "Good. Let's go kick some butt!" I yelled and everyone cheered. I turned around and kept flying and Dylan came up behind me.
"Hey, are you sure this is a good idea?" He asked, worried.
"Yeah, she's been there longer and I think she has a plan to get out." I replied.
"Okay, but-" He was cut off by the sound of helicopters coming up at the rear, there were four helicopters and two men standing in each, holding guns at us.
"Okay flock, its show time!" I yelled above the noise of the helicopters and immediately launched myself at the nearest guy holding a machine gun. He disappeared and reappeared floating behind me. WTH? I thought to myself and I saw that other members of the flock were just as confused as I was. Suddenly I felt someone inject something into my shoulder and as I blacked out, I realized our attackers must be Gen 77 kids, but it was too late to warn the others. I woke up in a bright room chained to a wall, with my flock all around me; I was the first to wake up. I looked ahead of me and I saw a certain 7 year old standing in front of me. I squinted from the lights to get a better look and gasped. ANGEL! I screamed out to her in my mind.
Play along remember? She warned me. One by one, the flock came back to consciousness and each were as surprised as I was, but each quickly masked their emotions when Angel reminded them to play along.
"Well, Max, I think your rein of leadership is over, that's why I'm here to take you out and take your place." She said calmly. The flock gasped.
"You little traitor, I always knew you wanted to take control of the flock. I truly trusted you!" I said angrily and glared at her.
Good job Max, keep it up! Her voice sounded in my head. "Your mistake after all, I am better, far superior to you in every way. It wouldn't take me longer than 10 seconds to blow you away." She replied in a confident tone.
"Yeah? Well I bet you it wouldn't take longer than 15 seconds to defeat you." I mocked as I spat at her. Gazzy tensed as he heard my warning, he was ready.
"I think it would take longer than that." She replied mockingly and walked up and slapped me across the face.
"Fine, 20 seconds." I replied.
Angel
I breathed a sigh of relief, thank goodness Max had understood my plan to get us out of here, and I started my mental countdown.
"Angel, take her out now!" I heard Dr. Gunther-Hagan buzz from the comms unit in my ear.
"Not yet, I think her neck is in a pretty tight position right now." I answered back, hoping Max heard me.
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"Now, now, little baby wants to be mama. Don't worry baby, I'll put you out of your misery soon." She taunted.
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"Yeah well, not if this baby can do better than mama. Gee mama, you're getting so old, why is it taking so long for you to take me down?" I mocked. It hurt that I was taunting her, but our code was easy enough to understand, and we were putting on quite a show.
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"Oh don't you worry, I have a few tricks up my sleeves, why don't you sit back and enjoy the fireworks, that'll be exploding in your brain soon." She said.
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"Angel, you better look out, Max is about to blow!" Gazzy warned, catching on.
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"Oh please, I'm not scared of her. I just wish she'd blow faster, I hate to keep the crowd waiting." I replied.
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The flock tensed up, each in perfect sync with our countdown. "Angel! Hurry it up!" Gunther-Hagan rushed.
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"Oooh, this little cherry top is about to burst. The drama is so thick, you can't even be able to see or breathe." Max said. Meet up at a little island we found near LaSalle. It's about 30 minutes south. I told her through my mind.
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