Me: Alright I'm back with chappie numero tres.
Shadow: Okay then...
Hunter: The author doesn't own Maximum Ride.
Shadow: But she does own...I don't feel like saying all the names...
Me: Fine whatever.
Chapter 3: Trapped
Max's POV
"I think I know how to get us out of this," Shadow hissed quietly.
"Do whatever you need to," I said, since I was screaming in my head.
Calm down and think Maximum, Jeb said. I felt something wet on my leg and leaped up from my seat.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Max! Let me help you clean that in the bathroom!" Shadow exclaimed. I looked down and saw that she purposely spilled water on my dress. I almost sighed in relief. Instead, I allowed her to drag me out of the ballroom and into the bathroom. Once we got there I sighed in relief and Shadow relaxed.
"Thanks Shadow. I panicked. I'm so stupid," I said, putting a hand on my head. Sometimes I felt like the world was closing in on me. Someone put their hand on my shoulder and I looked up to see silver eyes boring into me.
"It's okay. Any sane experiment would panic at the sight of that woman," Shadow said. I smirked.
"So are you saying that you're not sane?" I asked crossing my arms. It was her turn to smirk.
"Maybe," she said, getting napkins and handing them to me. I wiped it and felt my thigh. Yep, my knife was still there. I checked my purse. Everything was there too. Shadow felt her own thigh and pulled out her gun. It was a simple handgun, but she was dangerous with any weapon. She placed it back and turned to the mirror, running her hands through her hair.
"Hey Shadow," I said. She turned around questionably. I went to the sink and picked up a random perfume. "Want to smell like everyone else?" I said jokingly.
"And choke to death by my own smell? I think not," she said smirking. We chuckled and and left the bathroom. We returned to the ballroom and saw that the Director was at the table with Annabell, Omega, Sam, and Lissa. They were missing.
"Oh well, Omega was starting to get too friendly if you ask me," Shadow muttered.
"Yeah, but where are the others," I said. Shadow narrowed her eyes and looked around.
"Right here," a voice said. I jumped and whirled around to see a chuckling Fang. I narrowed my eyes.
"And how did you slither away?" Shadow asked crossing her arms.
"Drinks," Hunter said. Fang looked over me and cursed. I turned around to see Omega heading over with the Director behind him.
"I don't think we'll be able to squirm out of this one," I heard Shadow mutter. And she was right.
"Can I have this dance?" Fang said abruptly.
"What?!" I asked, but he was already dragging me to the dance floor. I saw Shadow being dragged also by Hunter.
"You're light," Fang observed. I felt myself turn red. Avian hybrids were lighter than regular humans. He turned me around to face him and put his arms around my waist. Wha-?
Go with the flow, Max, Jeb said. Oh great. I breathed out in frustration and slipped my arms around Fang's neck. It was a slow song and it had just started. Perfect.
"Aren't you going to say thank you?" Fang asked.
"For what?" I asked innocently. Over my shoulder, Shadow and Hunter were dancing also.
"For saving our butts," he said in all politeness.
"I would Nicholas, if I knew who you were," I said, deciding to play with him.
Fang's eyebrows furrowed. "And what do you mean by that?"
I brought myself to his ear and whispered, "I know your name isn't Nicholas." I went back down and looked at his expression. Unreadable.
"So what's yours," he asked evenly. I raised my eyebrows in surprise. "What? You owe me for saving you."
"You either get a thank you or a name," I said. Fang blinked.
Max, that's a bad idea, Jeb said.
Oh God Jeb, just shut it for once, I snapped.
"I rather hear you thank me since you'd make me say your name after you hear mine," Fang said. I smiled. That's why I'm an agent. I trap. I get. He almost fell for the trap. Lucky him he was smart.
We found about most of our stuff about the Fallen from Crystal, since she was so close to becoming one. This boy's name may be Fang, it may not.
"Well?" Fang said with a smug grin on his face.
"I thank thee, oh nameless one," I said dramatically. He frowned and I smirked. Hunter and Shadow swayed near us.
"Personally, I like Evanescence's version of Lacrymosa better than Mozart's," I heard Shadow say and I chuckled. That's when I noticed that we were dancing to just that song.
"She's right you know," Fang said. I looked at him in surprise.
"You like that song too?" I asked dumbly. He smirked and nodded.
"We've nearly extracted all the needed information from the motherboard," Nudge said, her voice crackling to life in my ear. I couldn't help but smile.
"Excuse me," a voice said. I looked and saw Sam.
"Yes," Fang said calmly.
"May I intrude?" He said. I saw the both of them glaring at each other and decided not to make a scene until...
"Nick!" the red haired wonder ran up to him and threw him into a hug. His eyes widened in surprise and he stiffened. I couldn't help but smirk. Shadow always did that when someone hugged her.
"You promised me a dance! Let's go!" she said cheerly. I looked over at Shadow. The poor girl was stuck in between Omega, Hunter, and Annabell. I knew that she was just itching to run out and fly into the distance.
"Are you almost done?" I hissed into the microphone.
"Yea jus-oh no..." Nudge said. My eyes widened.
"What?" I said.
"The Fallen spies just got caught! I see it through the vent. Oh my God Max! What are we going to do?! Wh-" She said.
"You're not going to do anything to help them. Got it? You are going to skedaddle your way out of there before any of you get caught. Direct order and don't you dare disobey," I said. I felt a little bad saying it so harshly but if she doesn't get it now then she never will.
"You're WHAT?!" Fang growled aloud. Sam and I both looked at him. He bit his lip and looked away.
"He's a weird fellow. Bursting out saying things out of nowhere," Sam whispered to me. I nodded half-heartedly. Poor guy. I wanted to help them but-
Maximum, remember what I told you. The Fallen will kill you when they have the chance so don't even think of saving what might kill you, Jeb said. I wished he wasn't right.
"We're almost out of the-" but I didn't get to hear what Nudge said.
Because Fang had tackled me and we both hit the ground.
And then a gigantic explosion deafened me.
BOOM!!!!
My eardrums practically ruptured from the blast. My mouth was instantly covered in dust and carpet fibers. Fang and I rolled around some more and then something collapsed on him. He grunted and went limp. I stood there a few minutes and felt for his pulse. Still alive, just unconscious. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
I didn't feel any broken bones and pushed Fang and the debris off me. I looked at Fang and kissed his cheek.
"Thanks Fang," I whispered. I straightened up and looked around. The left wall was blown in and the debris was everywhere.
Shadow, my mind reminded me.
"Report!" I yelled. I inhaled dust and started coughing hysterically. Debris shifted somewhere.
"Shadow?! Report!" Oh God, what if she's dead?! Red fire alarm lights went off and the sprinklers went off. I took my knife off of the strap on my thigh and cut the skin like covering on my back and cut some of my dress. I let my wings out. Risky, yes, but I could always tuck them in and say what are you talking about?
"Here," came Shadow's soft voice. I looked and saw her stand up. Bits of debris fell off her as she made her way over to me. I smiled, grateful that she was alive and passed her the knife. She took it and cut of the skin and back of her dress.
"Let's blow this joint," I said. She smirked and spread her silver wings. We both looked at the-well where there used to be a gigantic window there was a big hole. We ran and took off into the night. We flew for a while and landed in a alley. Shadow took out her gun and hid behind the dumpster and I sat next to her. Soon we heard voices. Male voices. Not good.
"That explosion was awesome!" I heard a young boy say.
"I give it a five. The sonic blast wasn't good enough," an older male said.
"Hunter's going to chew us out," a quiet voice said. My eyes widened and my stomach dropped. The Fallen had picked this spot to meet too. Great.
"Oh lighten up, Ghost," the older male said. "Hunter won't be too mad..."
"Him and Fang combined is-well...you know Iggy," the quiet voice, presumably Ghost, said.
The older male-Iggy-sighed. "Yeah, I know." He quieted and I willed myself to stop breathing. But it was too late. "Who's there?" I almost cursed loudly.
"Come out whoever you are," Ghost said. Someone shuffled their feet.
"Well, well. Look what the gutter coughed up," I almost sighed in relief. That was Chris. They must be here.
"Oh lookie here. If it isn't the Angels," Ghost said. Shadow nudged me. I looked at her and she put a finger over her lips and pointed to the air. Silent takeoff. She stood up silently but one of them caught her, I saw by the way she stiffened.
"Got you," Ghost called out. But she quickly raised her gun and a shot was fired. I heard a loud clatter.
"Point another gun at me," she said quietly, "And the next target will be your head." I smiled and stood next to her. There was three boys. One that I presumed to be Ghost had dark brown hair and dark blue eyes. The other one, Iggy, had strawberry blond hair and light blue eyes that were unfocused.
He's blind, Jeb put in. Wow, I thought.
Then there was the little boy who scared me.
Because he looked like Angel.
I brushed it off. A lot of people have blond hair and blue eyes. But still...
"Oh there's Maxine. Hello there. Had fun at the party?" Ghost said.
"Ghost!" Someone called. I looked up and saw Hunter and Fang on the roof.
"What the hell...?" Shadow said aloud, voicing my thoughts.
"And how did you get here so fast?" Hunter asked. I went for the smoke bomb that was in my purse.
"That's for me to know..." I said and threw the bomb on the floor. Immediately the area was covered in smoke. "...And you to find out." I saw Shadow ditch her high heels and I did the same next to her. We both ran out the alley to see Nudge, Chris, and Ella in front of us.
But then Hunter and Fang landed in front of them. I whirled around to see Ghost, Iggy, and the little boy behind us.
We were trapped.
Magnificent.
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