I groaned as the spiraling…stupid…pretty…pretty stupid colors bored into my eyes. "When I get out..." I seethed through my…barred teeth. "I'm going to...tie your head to...to a tree…and let Angel and Nudge skip rope you."

I felt the snake's tail slinking down my waist and going around my throat. "Sssleep, sssleep, for one hundred daysss little one." cooed the snake. "For eternal peace for you, and a full ssstomach for me, is what ssshall be fulfilled."

I started to say another insult, but all that came out was "Ssscrew yyyoouuuuu…"

His coil was massaging my neck. Whatever the heck he was doing, it felt like a thousand little fingers rubbing and tickling me at the same time. I could also feel it from my ankles, where I hung from like a bat, to my brain. The coils felt like a professional massager in a five star hotel.

I was still in a semi-conscience state, so I struggled a bit to break free, but I couldn't help but giggle a little bit because of the soothing condition I was under. I was becoming…weaker with every word…coming out of my mouth, my mind felt like it was shutting down. My face began to relax against my will. My eyes were drooping softly…I couldn't help it…all of this just felt so awesome.

"I'm gonna...take a nap." For some reason…I smiled a little wider…my mind almost…

Don't give in, Maximum.

My serine expression became pierced with confusion. "V-voice?" I breathed, almost inaudibly.

You can fight this Maximum, everyone is depending on you.

"Everyone...is always...depending on me..." I sighed, irritated. "Can't I relax...for a...bit?"

You will die if you-

"Just go…away…please…"

Now this was about as non-Max as anything could get. But this normally adamant bird kid needed this weird, but soothing, and gentle massage. Without conscience-will, I smiled from the sensation around me. It just felt so…so awesome! I gave a bit of a throaty giggle under the ministrations.

"Yah...yes...mmmm!" I groaned out under my own breath.

Maximum..Maximum…Maximum… The Voice faded into little more than a whisper as my mind welcomed the warm embrace around me. I saw the snake's face and his pretty rainbow eyes again.

"Yesss, look into my eyesss girl-cub, and you will sssee heaven." The snake's colors in his eyes were flashing even brighter.

"Okay" I exhaled tiredly.

I giggled a bit as I looked into his eyes. Suddenly, I was starting to love hearing the sound of his voice telling me what to do. I didn't care about that anymore. Didn't care if he was turning me into a zombie, or a robot slave, or a circus monkey. I just didn't care anymore, I just wanted to sleep…just wanted…some rest…now I'm gonna…stop…writing…

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Iggy, the blind bird kid along with his young explosively-minded sidekick were strolling through the jungle looking for the source of the shouting. It was at Angel's request to look before the morning, and not Fang's, so they knew they were asking for big trouble.

"You sure it was Max?" Gazzy inquired, shoving his hands into the pocket of his hoodie.

"I never forget a voice., especially hers." Iggy smirked.

Gasman giggled "Yah" Then he did a perfect imitating voice of Max's motherly persona:

"Gazzy, don't put your feet there! Iggy, pick up your clothes! Both of you stop making bombs before Home Land Security catches you."

Iggy chuckled. "Speaking of bombs..." Gazzy remarked in his normal voice as he brought out a single bomb from his pocket.

"That's it?" Iggy said once he had placed it in his hand.

"Max found my stash" Gazzy pouted.

Iggy raised an eyebrow "Then where did you hide this, the usual place?" Gazzy grinned.

"Nice" Iggy smiled and then the two high fived each other. "Kay, you get the bombs back from your hiding place, and I'll wait here, got it?"

Gazzy nodded, but then a look of confusion crossed his face. "How many bombs do you think we'll need?"

"Bring the whole stash!" Iggy said impatiently.

"You do know we could end up blowing this whole jungle up. I mean, if we find Max then she'll know about the secret stash."

"Aren't you overlooking something Gazzy? Let's say if we do find Max, but she's in a heap of trouble. Think she'll be grateful about the extra firepower we brought?"

Good point there Ig…I'll bring along the C4!" Gazzy ran back to the base camp as fast as he could pelt.

Iggy leaned up against a tree, placing the bomb in his back pocket. Then he heard a voice up in the tree he was leaning against. "Hello?" He called up loudly. "Who's up there?" He tensed up when he heard another sound above. He tilted his head down to hear better when suddenly, he was scooped up by something scaly...a snake tale.

"Hey!" He cried, having no idea what's going on. Iggy stopped struggling when he felt whatever was pulling him up perching him gently on a branch, but the tail around his waist didn't loosen its grip. That was what still freaked him out.

"...what isss thisss?" a voice said menacingly. "It ssseemsss we have another visssssitor already. Another weasssel sssssneaking around to revel my little sssecretsss? Then I will oblige you."

Now he was really freaked out. "What's going on? Let me go!" He cried, resuming his struggling.