Is it true? Am I back? Will there be more updates? Will this story get better or worse? Will my quality of writing improve at all? Find out in this chapter
I practically flew down the side of the cliff to see him. Practically ran him over. "Your alive?!" I both asked and exclaimed "But how? Capable and I were certain that you had gone on to Valhalla in that crash. Not to mention you've been out there for a few days withe no aqua-cola, food, or blood bag. Its not possible for you to have survived.". As I said this I noticed him slipping. Luckily a few other Warboys had followed me out, including my little Warpup friend Grommet. We managed to carry him back up to the the Citadel, and to the makeshift hospital. "Dag, we need a blood bag now!" I told her as we came in "And make sure its a universal donar."
"Why Magpie? I thought that all survivors were accounted for, or could be taken care of else where."
"Its Nux."
"Oh"
"Yeah, look Im going to go find Capable and tell her that he's back, she's waited long enough after all."
"But Magpie, you know what will happen don't you? You would loose your chance at love."
"What? No, Nux is not my love or anything, we are just friends." I told her as I left the hospital wing to find Capable. 'Why would she think that Nux and I… Its foolish of her really. No one down there sees me as a girl, they see me as just another Warboy. Foolish girl she doesn't know the first thing about what its like down there. She never will' I was thinking to myself when I ran headlong into Furiosa. I stumbled back a bit, saying "So so sorry Imperator, I was just looking for Capable. Have you seen her?"
"No, I haven't seen her. But she's probably with the Warpups, whats your rush anyway? You normally only move this fast when there is a chase about to happen."
"Nux is back" I told her, "and Capable needs to know." and I continued down the hall. I went down all the twisting winding corridors, the ones that reminded me of my original reason for being in this hellhole. I was reminded of my purpose, first breeding stock, and then battle fodder. I hoped and prayed to my fallen comrades in Valhalla that things would get better. But truth be told I feared they would not. Soon I rounded the corner that lead to where I figured Capable would be, in the Warpups den. At first I saw nothing but the mounds of little bodies, all powder white, skinny and underfed. Some already wasting away to illness and diseases. Others I saw would die on the road. I spotted Capable, thanks to her flame colored hair. It was like the sun, and easily the most colorful thing down here other than blood. I walked over to her, over the sleeping bodies of the pups. She was taking care of one of the sick ones, holding him in his last moments, or so she thought. I knew this one, and he was tough. He was also notorious for playing sick to get attention. "Capable" I said in a hushed voice, "Come with me. We need you in the hospital" I didn't tell her why.
"Why do they need me there?" she asked
I hesitated, not wanting to get her hopes up, "Nux is back" she jumped up, practically knocking the poor pup to the floor
"Are you certain?" she asked
"Yes, I was the one who brought him in…"
"Oh thank you Magpie!" she said as she ran off to the hospital wing, leaving me alone with the pups. I managed to sneak out without any of them seeing me. But on my way back I was spotted by my first friend in this place, Piston.
"Mags!" he said excitedly, "Its great to see you. how have you been? I was kinda worried you had passed on to Valhalla without saying good bye to me."
"Ive just been busy, but tell the boys I've got good news for them. Nux was found, well truth be told I was the one who brought him in."
"Thats great Mags, Ill have to tell the others, speaking of which, is there any news about Ace? He's still out there and Id hate for him to be gone, he was a good guy after all."
"Sorry, but no sign of him, but we should be doing a sweep tomorrow." and I left. The thought of Ace never coming back was a painful one. He was easily the oldest Warboy out there, and he'd always been there to settle all sorts of disputes. I felt the guilt of his assumed death pretty heavily because it had been partially my fault, I felt as if it were my failures as a runner that caused his death. I wandered through the labyrinthian tunnels, stuck in my thoughts, wondering about how things could have been had I not been so foolish. I somehow made it to the top of the Citadel., where some of the food was grown, stuff I was rarely allowed to eat as a Warboy, the stuff that I feasted on as a breeder. It was quite up here, I figured I was alone. After all no one but the green thumbs were aloud up here. I stood there, just letting the wind dance upon my skin, following the various scars like they are canyons. The skulls, the gears, all there. Some, such as the one on my face are new. Received on the Fury Road. I watched the sun set, leaving the world in inky blackness, the night only peppered by a few small fires. I headed back in, after all someone might need me. I found Grommet curled up in a little ball outside of the hospital wing. When I asked him what he was doing he told me that he was waiting to see Nux. So I took him in with me. After all we had known Nux for quite a long time and we had every right to see him.