Ok, so here's the next chapter. Sorry that it took me so long to update. I was hoping it would come out awesomely, but I'm not so sure. Anyway…I hope it makes you go :O

Meet Gwen

Kale's P.O.V.

We almost charged. Almost.

"Stop!" Jeb's voice commanded. We all froze. An Eraser held a gun to Jes's head. To his temple. We stood on edge.

"Now, hand over…" Jeb began.

"Never!" Gwen shouted. Jeb was stunned speechless.

Finally his words came,"We have three dozen Erasers and two of the top assassin groups. Not to mention guns, while you all are hurt and limited in numbers."

"Oh, I see. Your at a disadvantage," Gwen nodded.

Jeb sputtered, trying to think up some kind of comeback. Gwen pressed on.

"Now, how about you tell us how you found us, eh?" Gwen said with narrowed eyes. Jeb recollected himself and put on a grim grin.

"Well, Ms. Susan Greenburg here has been a helpful associate of ours…" Jeb said motioning to a woman in a long white lab coat.

Susan.

Susan was a traitor!

"Susan? Susan! You did this?! You?!" Max cried. Susan only nodded and smiled devilishly.

"You're quite gullible, Maximum Ride. Gullible indeed," Jeb sneered.

"Seriously, Jeb? You outsmarted a bunch of kids! Bravo! Lets give you a round of applause!" Gwen growled. Jeb glanced back at her.

"You don't even have the rank to speak! You are just some sort of rat! You're minor compared to the others. You have no power! You are a failure! You can't talk to me like that! I'll kill you where you stand!" I think Gwen got on Jeb's nerves, 'cause he was screaming and yelling and spitting while he spoke. I backed up a few steps to dodge the spit.

"Say it, don't spray it!" Melee gagged. We're in deep trouble.

"I'd like to see you try!" Gwen challenged. Jeb snapped and the Dark Angels came to his side. And one stepped out in front of them all. A person I never thought we'd see again. His short choppy black hair was cut short. His dark brown eyes edged in red.

"Carl?!" Gwen cried. He looked over at her. It was awkwardly silent. I figured Gwen would break into tears, but she didn't.

"It's a small world after all! It's a small world after all! You may think it's really big, but it's a small, small world!" I sang. Everyone slowly looked over at me. Crenshaw hit me over the head. I guess singing Its A Small World isn't appropriate right now…

"You think?!" Angel's voice snarled. I looked over at her. Mouth shut, focusing hard on the matter at hand. Well that was weird…

"I can read your mind Kale. As well as send thoughts," she came again. I gawked at her. This was really weird.

"Pay attention!" She barked in my head. I gulped and looked back to Gwen, who was staring wide-eyed at her brother.

"Why, Carl, why?" Her voice was unsteady and hurt. He looked at her with those red rimmed eyes.

"It's simple Gwen," he smiled, "they offered cookies."

"Bribed? Is that what you think happened?! No! You were adopted and forced into this! This isn't you, Carl! Sylvia…did you forget our baby sister?! We promised each other that we'd protect her! You promised to never be like Dad…" Gwen yelled from the bottom of her heart. The pain in her voice. The hurt. Her heart was bleeding out. Each new twist the stab of a cold iron knife into her sanity.

"I am now called Eris. I have learned that you…and your little connections to our past lives…are moronic. We are powerful, Gwen. I'm powerful. Now, choose to live…" Carl motioned behind himself at the other Dark Angels, at Jeb,"or a crushed skull. It's your choice. Choose wisely…"

"I guess you chose death, Eris. You are not my brother! He would have rather died than have this! This nightmare of a life. Living with rabid wolves, obeying a ruthless, worthless, backstabbing, blood thirsty, monster! This isn't you! They are worth fighting for! That child is worth fighting for! You're humanity should will you to throw up your fists! I am unbreakable, Eris. Don't give me your lies. I won't give you sympathy. Look me in the eyes, Eris. Look and see h***. Be prepared to journey to there…if its the last thing I do. If that's the last feather I shed…" Gwen growled.

"That's sad sister. Sad. I finally found why Dan beat us. He had the power. Now I have the power. And he was right, it feels good to be the ruler. To cause tears…" Eris smiled and stepped back, spreading his black wings.

"Well, now that we have that out of the way…lets get to the point. Hand over the Ultimate. Give us the Maximum," Jeb continue. His dogs advanced and Gwen held up a hand. The beasts stopped to a halt.

"I'll give you the choice. Go home, or die where you stand. In a pool of your own blood. With lead burning hot in your bones," Gwen said darkly and mysteriously. They all chuckled and flinched, about to move. Gwen pulled a gun from her back pocket and held it steady, straight forward. They all stared in surprise.

"Move back!" She barked. They surprisingly obeyed. Jeb shifted nervously.

"Oh yah, Jeb. You know about my aim. You know that I never miss. You know," Gwen grinned as she gripped the handgun tighter.

"There's no need for that. Besides we have guns on you. We have the upper hand…" Jeb tried to talk her out of it.

"I am not afraid. It seems that I have enough amo to put a bullet in your skull and kill your little merry band of mutated emos!" Gwen taunted in a stern, hardcore voice.

"Sir, she had impeccable aim. If she were to fire it seems that she has enough logical sense to shoot you and…" a young Whitecoat explained in a quick whisper to Jeb.

"I know!" Jeb hushed.

There was a silence.

"She won't do it!" He proclaimed so surely. Gwen swallowed and adjusted the gun. Her eyes narrowed and the look she shot was petrifying.

"Won't I?" She questioned. He gulped and glanced to the ground before meeting her gaze and regaining his former completion.

"No. You're to weak…" he started before the Whitecoat leaned over again.

"She will. You know that she has a strong will. Remember the electrocution test? She just sat down in the maze and was shocked almost to the point of retirement. She would not stand and comply with our force," he said quietly. I remembered that. For once a mutant won in that test. It was scratched into the wall outside. It was a record breaking stand up. The very first time a mutant had stood up for themselves and won. Sure she had minor shocks and burns, but she won.

"Listen to your friend, Jeb," Gwen warned.

"This is nonsense! She will not pull that trigger, I swear on my life…" Jeb shouted, assuring his minions. I saw the look in Gwen's eyes. I saw it. And my prediction was right.

Gwen's hands jerked to the side. Her thumb hit the…the…anyway she cocked the gun. Her finger quickly squeezed the trigger.

We all watched the bullet. I drew its path in my mind. The bullet hit with a silent thump.

Susan fell. Her lifeless body hitting the wet, muddy ground. Everyone's jaws dropped. We were caught off guard. That was something I didn't expect…something I would have never guessed. And Jeb acted the same way as me. Stunned.

Gwen, however, kept her cool and turned to Jeb, still wielding the gun, aiming with such preciseness that it made my skin crawl. Her expression was menacing, yet her lips were pressed tightly together in a flat line.

"Still think I won't do it?" Gwen asked. All the color faded from Jeb's face. He wrung his hands worriedly.

"Y-You'll pay for that! You little freak!" Jeb cried.

"Will I?"

With that little snide comment Jeb growled and screamed. His group looked frightened. Like they might turn and run at this very moment.

"Kill the child!" Jeb ordered. The click of the gun being cocked made my heart stop.

"Whoa!" Gwen commanded. And again they listened.

"If you kill Jester then I'll take something a million times more valuable!" Gwen yanked Max over and held her still. Max looked sick as Gwen put the gun to her temple.

"You wouldn't do it. She's one of you," Jeb said a little to full of himself.

"I really wish you'd stop telling me what I wouldn't do," Gwen sighed. Then she shot Max in the leg, causing Max to howl in pain. Jeb gawked. I too was scared.

Gwen only rolled her eyes and gripped Max's arm tighter.

"Now, hand over the kid," Gwen ordered. The Eraser looked to Jeb, almost begging. Jeb complied and nodded. Jester was pushed forward and he ran to Alex's open arms.

"I suggest you get your a** in that helicopter," Gwen whole time she was calm and expressionless. Yup, just like Fang.

Jeb lumbered over to the lead helicopter and turned to us. "This isn't over," he reminded as he climbed in. He apparently didn't judge the height of the roof on the chopper right because as he stepped up he bonked his head, making me snicker. Ice clapped, mocking him. Jeb looked around, appearing dazed. And then he gulped and asked his colleagues if anyone saw that. They nodded bitterly. Yes, they can't even get in a freaking helicopter without causing themselves harm, but they're certified surgeons and inventors. And how, exactly, do these people know how to put wings on a child's back? The world may never know…

They actually hurried away. The scientists loading in the first helicopter and the Erasers and The Herd climbing ini the second. The Dark Angels flew in front.

Gwen let go of Max, who was trying not to cry, but was failing. Gwen watched the choppers leave. She dropped the gun and nodded grimly. Ice whistled the perfect explanation of her.

A hardcore bad a**.

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