Somewhere Only We Know
Somewhere only we know-
Just guess.
Come on, you know where I woke up.
Anti-germ bleach.
Beeping monitors.
Metal cage made of crossed wires.
I was cramped up in the corner as if I naturally knew to avoid the entrance. My entire body felt drained from fighting. My lips were cracked and dry from the lack of water. I tried adjusting in the cage to get more comfortable but it was hard.
My limps were crying out to be stretched but how could I when I was in a cage meant for something as big as Akila who had died a few months ago in the summer. I remember Total being heartbroken over that. Then I moaned out in agony. My flock- they were probably wondering where I was. How could I just have flown out on my own when I knew I was in danger?
Stupid Max.
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.
I heard of heels clanking against the tiled floor. I wanted to smack the owner of those shoes because I knew exactly who it was. I remember them when I was captured last year. A light laughter that made you think of a hyena erupted through the silence. From what I saw, I was the only one here.
Back at the School.
I thought we had destroyed them all.
How had we missed this one?
Through the light of an open door, I can see I am back where I started. In death, I end where I began. Fitting for a life as troublesome as mine. I was about to shut my eyes because I didn't want to face her.
Bending down so I can see her, Brigid is the most evil face on the planet of the earth. Her red hair hung over her shoulders. She grinned with perfectly, red lip glossed lips. She had on the proper white lab coat. "Hello Maximum, here we are again."
"Yep," I croaked, "And I believe it will end just the same as it did before- me escaping because of you stupidity." Brigid's smile was smacked off her face. I bet she was recalling that day when the flock had come to face me.
I shut my eyes and turned my back away from her. I extended my wings so that I created a barrier so I couldn't see her and she couldn't see me. "I bet you're just waiting for them to risk their lives again to save you. Abraham is different than Mr. Chu, Maximum. He wants them dead except his son of course. He's out to wipe out the world and start over. He's different from the rest."
"I don't care Brigid because every time I'm told this by another evil person out to destroy the world and I have to save it, I realize how wrong evil gets life." I shifted my legs and pulled them up against my chest. I was still dressed in the clothes I had been wearing when I flew out- jeans and a tee shirt with sneakers.
"Fang must be a mess right now." I flinched and I could feel her smile. She was enjoying this. "Knowing you're captured again and it's all his fault. I hope he does everything he can to save you because then, when he dies, you'll be the one responsible."
My heart beat raced as in front of me, I started to enter a dream world.
I walked across an empty land. I knew the pathway like the back of my hand. A single black raven flies over my head. I wish to fly with him. He doesn't call out to me with his voice but I don't expect him to. The way his head is tilted and his black eyes are on me. I know he is watching over me and protecting me.
"I'm at the School," I tell him, knowing he's listening. His silence always allowed him to hear everything he needed to hear. I felt the earth beneath my feet and sat down by the river. The raven circled and finally landed on my lap. My toes brushed against the river. The raven turned his head as if asking for more.
"Brigid and Abraham took me. They have armies of all of our enemies Omega, Erasers, Flyboys, M-Geeks, you name it. I'm scared." The raven flapped his wings and landed on my shoulder. His beak preened with my mangled hair to clean out the blood. He then rubbed his feather against my face.
Then, he persuaded me to follow by jumping in the air and flying.
I chased after him but flying was of no good to me in this dream world. I followed him until I came across a fallen tree. I felt the branches while the raven stared at me. Is this the place we use to love? Is this the place that I've been dreaming of. The raven then disappeared for a moment behind the tree and then stepped into the light.
I jumped into his arms tightly. My head resting against his chest. His lips brushed against my hair in a light kiss. "This could be the end of everything," I warned him. I always figured if I ended up in the School than I'd be dead. I wanted him to not chase after me but I couldn't stop him because if it was the other way around I would've gone to the ends of the earth.
"Max," and then I realized it wasn't just my dream anymore.
Fang woke up, sweat dripping down his face, and he began to panic. Now he knew why Max wasn't with him at the moment. He stood up and stared out the window trying to see if he could find her again. In a few short seconds he would wake up the flock and get them together to plan. Max was going to be saved. Her last words scared him, "This could be the end of everything." Not if Fang had anything to do about it.
He had entered her dreams like he always had been able to for the past few months.
His new power a secret to Max, the only one whose dreams he entered.
But for the first time, he spoke to her.
And she heard him.
Song is "Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane
To inform you, Fang's power is the ability to enter Max's dreams when they are both asleep. This is the first time he was able to contact her. (I owe this idea to the book WAKE)
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