Max had yet another nightmare that night, which he instantly came to Cooper for it. Cooper had decided a therapist would be a good bet in helping him and looked up good therapists in the city once back at the agency. While he juggled between the adoption process and therapists, Max went with Siddeley to learn how to fly.
"So you know all your controls then, right?" Sid asked. They had taken the runway past the building over for a short period of time so Max could get used to going down and taking liftoff.
"Yeah, I've just never left the ground before." He said.
"Okay, first, I want you to try to get used to your engine a bit and how fast you can go. Fold your flaps down and lock them so you don't risk taking off, and just glide around the tarmac freely."
Max had done what Siddeley instructed, and just the feeling of his engine running with him moving with it felt amazing. All fear flew straight out of his mind.
Cooper had come outside to see the progress of the little plane after finding a therapist. He had also started on the application process and was just waiting back the details. He was nervous they wouldn't deem him fitting enough, considering he was basically the boss of an entire agency full of spies and dangerous weapons. He also hoped everything would go smoothly considering he was a car raising an airplane with apparent Dwarfism. A car obviously couldn't teach a plane how to fly, unless he had someone like Siddeley. This is what it was like to be Cooper. He constantly worried about any and every possible predicament.
He had barely passed the exterior hangers before he heard a yell and looked up. Max was flying above and swooped down towards Cooper.
"Look, I'm flying!" He exclaimed. Siddeley had been flying near him.
"You are doing brilliantly!" Cooper called back with a smile. He watched as Siddeley flew with him through the air as well as he could, given he was so much bigger.
"Ready to land?" Siddeley asked.
"Yep!" Max called and already got into position. Siddeley backed off and let him do what he learned. He managed to land smoothly with a few bumps and slowed down.
"You did great." Sid said, landing afterwards. Cooper caught up with the two.
"That was so fun. I can't believe I've never flown 'til now." Max had the biggest smile on his face. He caught on quick.
"Thank you so much, Siddeley, for doing this for him." Cooper said. "It means a lot."
"Don't mention it. I think he's going to be a great flier with enough practice. Come back the next time you feel like getting some air." Sid told Max before heading back to the interior hangars.
Max rolled back inside so Cooper could explain to him what he had done.
"I can't sit back and let you keep having nightmares," he began. "so I've found a very trustworthy therapist that may be able to help you. She will talk you through any issues you've had and hopefully, your dreams will get better. You need more rest."
"Okay." Max agreed. "So, she's going to talk to me about my past with Maddie?"
"I imagine, however I cannot say for sure." They both entered into Cooper's office and Cooper turned around to face him. "I am also waiting on word from the child agency for adoption, which is also very exciting news."
Max became even more excited about that. "Does Holley or Finn know?"
"I don't believe so. Why don't you go tell them?"
Max happily raced away to Finn's office, leaving Cooper to do some work. He found Finn and Holley there, and burst in the open door.
"Cooper is going to adopt me." He smiled happily. Finn and Holley turned to face him.
"Adopt you? That's wonderful." Holley smiled.
"Good for you. It's funny to think though, what your name would be. No one here even knows Cooper's last name." Finn chuckled.
"'Last name'?" Max repeated confused.
"Yes." Holley said. "He hasn't mentioned his last name in fear of his parents finding him. Of course, that was before he realized they weren't as bad."
"Does everyone have last names? I don't have one. I just learned I was just Max."
"Yes, mine is McMissile, and Holley's is Shiftwell." Finn said. "Perhaps Cooper will tell you, if not anyone else."
Max went right back to Cooper's office. The day had just kept getting more exciting. He felt if anything else good would happen, he would sleep better tonight from being so exhausted.
"I just told them, and they were happy for me." Max smiled as he came up to Cooper's desk.
"I'm glad." He smiled.
"But, Finn also mentioned something about last names. I never knew everyone had a last name, I thought just me and Maddie didn't."
"Maddie and I." Cooper corrected. "Placing yourself at the beginning is improper grammar."
"Maddie and I." Max repeated and nodded. "So, when I am adopted by you, what will my last name be?"
Maddie sat in a jail cell alone, in the corner, glaring at the bars that held her from the world. The Mercedes were all put in separate cells as well, once found guilty. Maddie was the one who was the most cross about the situation they were in. The Mercedes had failed her, as well as Noah. She couldn't believe it. She recalled Noah actually complimenting Cooper when he had first arrived, as if Connor was only worth killing and not Cooper as well. Just thinking about Noah failing her and Cooper was still alive made her even more upset.
"This isn't the last you've seen of me." She growled to herself. "The day will come where I give you what you deserve, Carr. If Ash doesn't get to you first."
Welp, there it is the last chapter hope you guys enjoyed it more than the amount of reviews are telling me but I got some nifty compliments outside of ffn too time to try and work more on my other stories
Also happy halloween I wasn't going to post it too soon but its halloween so I have to