Home Pt.3
Kale's P.O.V.
"Gwen, babe, what are you thinking about?" Ryan asked as he drew circles on Gwen's arm. I snapped out of my sleep and looked over at the pair. He smiled down at her.
"Oh…um…Kale I guess…" she stammered. He looked disgusted.
"Gwen…" he breathed as he scooted closer to her, "relax. I'm here. It's gonna be fine." And his lips crashed into hers and I had to watch. I closed my eyes and thought of ponies as a make out secession followed.
"I'm gonna die," I whispered.
"You and me both…" Melee hissed from the seat behind me.
The bus jerked to a stop.
"Alrighty! This looks clear!" Dr. M hollered.
"Well, it has been an honor to meet you all!" Mr. I'm-kinda-helpful-but-I break-bad-news said as he strutted down the aisle and off the bus. I sighed. I hated that doctor. That Whitecoat.
"Kale?" Gwen finally glanced over. Concern flashed through her eyes.
"That's my name! I think…" I put on a fake smile for her. She moved seats to sit with me, causing Ryan to growl.
"Are you…are you ok?" She asked as she ran her hands down my arm, I guess she was feeling for muscle?
"Fine," I mused.
"You worried me there," she whispered as she pushed some of my hair back off my forehead.
"You were worried? Yah right! You've been sucking face this whole time!" I laughed. I looked up at her face, blushed and deep red.
"You know you can get disease from that," I pointed out.
"Kale!" She hissed.
"Thats kinda disgusting…" I continued, just to agitate her.
"Shut up!" She screeched as she clamped a hand over my mouth. I only shrugged.
"Why would you say that?!" She asked.
"I'm just stating the facts," I grinned after she moved her hand.
"Kale, you don't even know what the birds and the bees are," she snorted.
"Try me! A bee is that stupid little bug that stings you when you accidentally step on it and a bird…I have a bird's appendage on my back!" I defended.
"You idiot," she giggled as she leaned back. I copied, but I twiddled my thumbs awkwardly.
"You know it's gonna be difficult when we grow up and you get married 'cause three of us will have to fit in one bed," I joked.
"I'll just," then she pushed me, "push you out!"
"And I'll just hold on!" I played along as I wrapped her in a hug. Then I froze and let go quickly, remembering my strength and what happened to that one guy…
"Kale…" she looked at me questionably. I noticed that my hands were in the air and that it looked like I jerked away because she was ugly, or smelly or something.
"You can't just never touch someone again," she stated.
"That sounded so perverted!" Iggy announced.
"Only you would take it that way!" Ella scoffed. Iggy just shrugged and grinned.
"Yes, I can…hopefully," I gulped. She grabbed me by the hair of the head and pulled my head straight down. She stared me in the eyes an put on her 'no crap!' face.
"Don't be stupid, Kale," she growled. Then she let my poor hair go and quickly fled back to Ryan's arms. He looked at me and smiled devilishly. I frowned and gritted my teeth.
"Ok, kiddos! Our new home is just up this road!" Dr. M squealed. Oh gosh…
"Can we style it and everything?! My old room was ah-mazing! It had everything and all the colors matched. Ooh! Can I be the furniture designer?! Can I make us some new clothes!? There are like rags," Nudge blabbed.
"Max?" Angel called softly.
"Yes sweetie?" Max smiled as she looked back at the ten year old.
"I hope we get to stay here…" Angel said sheepishly. Angel had been alive for a decade, and she's probably seen more than me. More gruesome sights, more death, more pain, more…experiments…I shivered and cringed at the thought.
"Thanks Kale, but Im fine…" she said in my head…AGAIN! I squeaked and swallowed. That was weird.
"Look! Oh my gosh trees and little cabin! We have neighbors!" Ebony exclaimed.
"You all stay far away from them! I'm sure they're great people and they don't need us bringing evil in their lives!" St. M…whoops, I mean Dr. M warned.
"Great…were in the mountains…" Ice grumbled.
"We're hillbillies," Melee stated. I peeked over the seat at her. She had Jes pulled back with her.
"Kale! Melee says we can't play right now 'cause you're tired, but you and Gwen wrestled! I wanna play!" Jes pouted.
"Melee is a party popper!" I laughed. She shot me a glare, but it softened into a smile and chuckle as she let go of Jester.
"Kale?" Jes asked as he scooted into my seat, "Do you love Gwenny Pig?"
"What do you think?" Melee snorted. Jes looked up at me and then glanced around the seat at Crenshaw. As his big purple eyes drifted back to me I saw a slight flash of sadness.
"Why, buddy?" I asked as I gave him a noogie.
"Well, if you start hanging out with her then you're gonna forget me and Mel!" He explained.
"Naw!" I assured.
"As long as you promise…" he nodded and looked down like he was concentrating hard.
"I swear on your blue hair," I promised.
"Kale!" He whined as he crossed his arms over his chest. Then the tips of his hair turned yellow. "I can change the color of my hair!"
"Oh…hmm…" I pondered on it for a second.
"AND HERE'S THE CABIN KIDS!" Dr. M screamed. It was about two stories high, made completely of wood with little designs carved here and there. It had a front porch with LOTS of rocking chairs and a porch swing. There were plenty of windows for easy escape and this place was virtually desolated, well excluding the whole 'neighbors' part. The trees grew tall and they were grouped close. The grass was lush and long. As soon as she opened the door everyone scurried out to stare in awe at the beautiful surroundings and scenery. It was so…peaceful…serene.
"Gazzy, you can't pollute this forest," Iggy joked as he elbowed the blond headed, blue eyed, gas bomb.
"Zomg! A treehouse!" Nudge pointed.
"And there's bunnies!" Alex squealed as she clapped her hands and jumped up and down. Jace just grinned.
"Picnics Max! Remember that long forgotten picnic?!" Angel yelled.
"Right Ange, as long as we don't have to pick strawberries," Max smirked. Fang gave one of his creepy rare smiles and rested his head on top of Max's.
"This is so cool!" Ryan breathed.
"Nature!" Flair cheered sarcastically.
"Bears!" I shouted. Everyone fell silent and some of the younger ones lost the color in their faces. Even Jes.
"Bears?!" He squeaked.
"Yah, twerp, big, ugly, hairy…" Ice taunted as he held up his hands like a bear's paws, "BEARS!" Then Ice lunged at Jes, who was already screaming bloody murder.
"Nooooo!" Jester cried as he ran. Ice chased. Melee looked annoyed and as they passed her she grabbed Jes 'round the neck and tripped Ice, causing his face to smack into a fresh pile of mud, at least we hoped it was mud. He ate some-accidentally of coarse.
"Knock it off!" She growled.
"You're. Dead. Crenshaw!" Ice threatened as he climbed to his feet and wiped the muck from his face. Melee took two fingers from both hands and swiped them over Ice's forehead. She streaked the mud right under her eyes, like the football players, and shot a bold grin to the fuming boy.
"Try me," she yelled. His fists clenched and he charged. Melee's wings unfolded and she shot straight up, out of Ice's reach.
"Kids! Lets see the rest of the place!" Dr. M called.
"I'm not finished here!" Ice sneered.
"Neither," Melee landed perfectly, "am I."
"Incoming chopper!" Dylan shouted as he peered up at the blue sky, speckled with clouds. There came the remaining three helicopters, but only one landed. The others hovered before turning away. It was the one Gwen and Fang had flown to to check and make sure everything was safe. Out walked a woman with a low cut shirt and high cut shorts and a man in a suit and tie.
"My names Mr. Rawful, and this is my assistant Louise," The man said bowing and then gesturing to the girl, "How do you like this little piece of land we call heaven?"
"It's soooooo pretty!" Nudge squealed. Oh gosh…
"It's kinda small don't you think?" Max pointed out.
"Well, that's because it's for you Mrs. Maximum," Mr. Rawful explained.
"I don't go anywhere without my Flock!" Max put her foot down, but she was referring to the Flock, not us, not the Migration.
"Of coarse, they'll stay with you here, but for the rest of you follow Louise!" Mr. Rawful said cheerily, "And meet your new friends!"
"New friends?" Gwen mumbled.
"Follow me!" Louise smiled as she marched back behind the cabin. The Migration followed, leaving the Flock to settle in.
"Are we going to live in a hole in the ground, or what?" Ebony questioned as we saw that there was no house back here.
"See that rock face way up there?" Louise pointed at a rocky place miles away.
"Barely," Melee frowned.
"Thats where you all are going to stay!" She chirped.
"What?" Ice asked hatefully.
"Right up there…" Louise began again.
"I know what you said," he interrupted, "but we aren't going to live on rocks."
"No…" she smiled and we all sighed, "you're going to live under them!"
"What?!" Flair shrieked.
Louise took a big breath and started to repeat her sentence.
"This is bull!" Ice yelled.
"Just follow and see!" Louise called as she started hiking.
"But if we live under the rocks won't we be crushed?" Jes asked as he spread his neon green wings and soared.
"I was thinking the same thing!" I agreed as I copied and rose. Melee followed and soon the whole group did. Someone carried Louise, probably Dylan. We landed at the rocks and stared.
There was this staircase looking thing leading down into the ground. A metal stair case that lead to darkness.
"Down there," Louise said.
"We are going to live in a hole in the ground!" Jace exclaimed.
"I'm not," Melee stated.
"It's not what you all think. It's an underground cave filled with caverns," Louise explained.
"Or a death trap," Storm crossed his arms.
"Or totally fun!" I screamed as I ran down the steps, tripping a few times in the pitch black darkness.
"Kale!" Gwen shrieked.
"Echo! Echo! Echo!" I yelled. The Migration raced in after me. Gwen slammed into me and I caught her. Only her big green eyes were visible, but they stared up at mine. My breath was taken away and my hands slid down from her shoulders to her arms, and finally to her hands. The whole time I was praying that I didn't snap her arm in half. She jerked away, but her eyes stayed trained on mine.
"Why yes! I just love this place!" Ice said sarcastically.
"Ow!" Alex cried, "I walked into something!"
"How are supposed to see?" Jace asked. Flair grew a fire ball in her hands and we all looked around to see a wide open area with giant rocks scattered here and there.
"Sweet," Ryan whistled.
"Who the heck are these people, Louise?" A girl stepped out, tossing her blond hair streaked in colorful highlights behind her shoulder. She stared at us, studying each of us like we were a meal.
"Selene, these are the kids Mr. Rawful was telling you about," Louise grinned.
"24! Give us some light!" Selene barked back to someone. Then the whole place lit up and another girl came out. Her hair was long and white and her eyes were apple green. A pair of white wings stretched behind her. Light came from her hands and traveled everywhere.
"This is Experiment 24," Louise introduced.
"Woooooooo!" A shrill cry came from above as the sounds of flapping wings passed overhead.
"And that's Sparks," Louise looked up. Dark ebony wings flapped. The girl's eyes were yellow and her hair was a dark brown.
"The one and only!" Sparks landed and stood in front of us.
"Hopefully," Selene sighed. Selene looked to be 15/16ish. 24 was about 11, give or take, and Sparks was ... 13?
We introduced ourselves rather quickly. Selene seemed hostile still, but she'll smooth over. She has the body of a model: tan, curves, everything.
"Wanna see the rest of this place?" Sparks asked as she bounced up and down.
"Yay!" Ice said dully.
"You're no fun," Sparks stated with a smile plastered on her face.
We toured the 'Bird Cave' as they called it. The first big opening was where a little river/creek ran through. They got water and washed their clothes there. To get to the second opening we had to press ourselves against a wall and slide through a crack in the limestone stone wall. When we emerged on the other side we saw almost smooth floors made of the stone. Beds and sleeping bags were everywhere and bags of chips were scattered all over the place.
"Welcome to the crib!" Sparks laughed as she flopped down on a bed.
"This is so cool!" Jes cheered as he spun in circles with his arms stretched out. I silently agreed.
"We aren't done!" Selene said.
"Ri-ight!" Sparks remembered as she jumped to her feet and continued along the cave wall. We came to a open area that had rocky obstacles and stalagmites and stalactites as far as the eye could see.
"And this is where we chill," Sparks looked proud, and excited.
There were plenty of places for us to hide and take off. 24 kept the light up as she looked us all over. All of the sudden Selene popped up in front of us, arms crossed.
"You're magic!" Jes exclaimed.
"No twerp, she's one of those teleporters!" Ice snapped.
Selene nodded.
"And why exactly are you all here?" She asked.
"We came with Maximum Ride. Our old home was attacked…" Dylan started.
"Did you say Maximum Ride?!" Sparks interrupted.
"Yah…" Dylan said slowly.
Sparks squealed all of the sudden and unfolded her wings. She was soon flying over our heads and by the time we had caught up she was out of the cave. We followed, spreading our own wings. Louise was screaming for us, but we just continued. Sparks landed in the yard of the cabin and raced in. We did too.
Sparks hurried to Max, jumping up and down and clapping. Max stared, confused and Fang looked agitated. Nudge's mouth was running 60 mph. Iggy was asking who was in the room and Gazzy was trying to explain the scene. Dr. M was laughing and Ella was wide-eyed and lost. Angel was smiling.
"My names Sparks and this is my sister/friend 24 and the old grouch over there is Selene and I know all of your names 'cause I'm your biggest fan!" Sparks practically yelled.
"Oh…" Max gave fake enthusiasm.
"Are you having a baby? Oh my gosh! Look Selene, we're gonna have all kinds of new friends!" Sparks shouted. Selene only rolled her eyes.
"Why are they living here?" 24 asked.
"Well," Mr. Rawful came from upstairs, "Max can't crawl around in caves at this point."
"You all are living in caves?" Iggy asked with a chuckle.
"Yes," Ice almost snarled. Yah, he really didn't like the idea.
"Aww! Little winged cavemen!" Nudge smiled.
"I am not a cave man! I hate caves!" Ice screamed as he turned and stomped out of the cabin.
"Ice!" Flair sighed as she shook her head, but he was to far gone.
"Ok, so there's like these rock things hanging from the ceiling and its cold and damp and mostly dark down there and you all have nice, warm, above ground beds. That sounds fair," even Ebony was griping.
"Oh come on guys! It's an adventure!" I, on the other hand, tried to look at the bright side...both literally and figuratively.
"Yah, you can adventure on your own," Flair scoffed, "I'll be looking out for bats."
"I'm gonna show you all just how much fun it is!" I yelled as I stomped out the door and flew back to the cave.
"I have to see this," I heard Ryan laugh. Maybe I could drown him for fun…
As I landed and tried to enter the cave Louise came out and looked awfully unhappy.
"Where did you all go?" She asked as she dug her shorts out of her crack.
"We went to the house, and then we looked for the rest of your pants," I grinned as I pushed past her. She was dressed like a skank, and it disgusted me in a way. I climbed through all the obstacles and all the rocks. There were plenty of little nooks and crannies everywhere. Then I thought of it: I'd go swimming in the creek. But I didn't want I get my clothes wet, so I started shedding them off...right in time for the Migration to make a grand entrance.
"Kale's stripping down, cover your eyes before we're all mentally scarred!" Ice yelled.
"Nobody wants to see that," Melee mumbled.
"Relax," I smiled, "I got boxers." Then I jumped from the rocky floor to the freezing cold creek running through the cave. I didn't expect it to be that cold! I screamed as my head dipped under. I felt like a human ice cube.
"I-Ice y-you gotta t-try this!" I said through chattering teeth.
"Kale!" Gwen hissed.
"It's cold" Ice yelped. Everyone glanced over and thought 'not Ice too!'.
"That's our drinking water!" Selene screamed.
"Not anymore," Melee frowned as she patted Selene on the back. I climbed up the bank and scurried to get my clothes back on. The water was freezing!
"This is great!" Ice cheered as he laid back.
"Glad to see you finally warmed up to the idea," Flair smiled. Ice jumped up, dressing quickly.
"He can't argue in his underpants," Alex rolled her eyes. Ice glared at her.
"So we need to get bed management down…" Selene began counting.
"Can't they just pick out a bed?" 24 asked.
"I guess," Selene nodded, "but that ones mine!" We followed her finger to a rather big bed with fluffy blankets. All the other beds were practically identical with an oak build and white sheets. One of the beds had 'Sparks' scribbled across the top of the headboard and the other had '24' carved in.
"Do we label our beds?" Ebony asked.
"If you don't want someone stealing it," Sparks shrugged.
"I call…" Jes started. Then everyone just walked to a bed and flopped down.
"We're a bed short," 24 stated.
"That's fine!" I grinned as I laid down on Gwen's bed.
"Are you two a couple?" Sparks asked.
"NO!" Gwen screamed.
"We are," Ryan said motioning between him and Gwen. They just had to pick beds beside each other.
"Oh, so…this doesn't make sense," Selene tried to figure it out.
"Um, we're just friends. I've been in the crate beside of hers since we were like 10," I added.
"Uh-huh?" Selene raised an eyebrow. Her eyes were switching colors. She was like a mood ring!
"What now?" I questioned.
"Quit it!" Melee cried. Her bed was beside mine and beside hers was Jes, who was now poking her annoyingly. She slapped him and he stood up and bounced on the bed.
"Wheeeee!" Jes yelled.
"Sit down, twerp!" Ice snapped.
"Never!" Jester laughed as he unfolded his wings and started doing flips. All off the sudden he was locked in giant ice cube that fell to the floor and shattered. Jes came out shivering and almost crying. Ice and his powers…
"Ice!" Flair smacked his arm. Ebony collected Jes and covered him in a little bundle of blankets as he shook and buried his wet head in her shoulder. She cooed softly to him.
"Guys! We're a family, we need to act like one," Dylan scolded.
"Can we be apart of your family?" 24 asked.
"The more the merrier!" I grinned. Everyone nodded.
"Welcome to the freak fam.," Melee rolled her eyes.
"Yay!" Selene said sarcastically.
As the night went on…it got very dark. That was an obvious, but really it did. Right after 24 fell asleep we had to use flashlights because her glowing hands cut off. It was cool and all, but Jes kept shining the flashlight in my eyes. He never fully dried before we all crawled into bed. Him and Ice have a wall between each other now. I guess they always did. Gwen and Flair were gossiping. Same with Alex and Ebony, Selene trying not to show that she was listening to it. 24 and Sparks were trying to talk to Melee. Ha, having a conversation is never gonna happen with her. Ice was acting like a jerk and naming off things he hates while Jace listened and told funny little antidotes about their old life to Ryan who was bursting with laughter. Gwen and Ryan were holding hands. Then we all cut the lights out to sleep and I pulled them apart with my arms wrapped around Gwen's middle and her pulled to my chest.
"G'night Kale," She whispered.
"Night," I grinned widely.
Ok, so special thanks to I Am a kick ass Princess who sent in Selene, and another spectacular thanks to sparks lupin who sent in Sparks and Experiment 24.
Some more songs:
Gwen's old life: Family Portrait by P!nk
Plot: People Like Us by Kelly Clarksom (sent in by~Bunnieswillkickyourbutt)
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Songs sent in by The Winged Nyan and her reasons:
Kale: Blown away by Carrie Underwood- "I guess the lyrics remind me of what Kale feels like in this entire mess"
Fice: I knew you were trouble by Taylor Swift - "Yeah, they have trouble in the beginning, but they end up together..."
GWALE: Scream and shout by Will. and Brittany Spears- "Cause they're screaming at each other, and I'm screaming to get them together"
Melee: Diamonds by Rihanna- "She's as tough as diamonds" [lol and same for Jace-my words :{ ]
Alex: Cups by Anna Kendrick -" She was missed when she was gone and Gwen couldn't find her"
And for Ryan "(again), just because I have come to dislike you more"
GWEN IS TAKEN GET A LIFE by DIE DIE DIE YOU GIRL-STEALIN' BANANA-PEELIN' NAME I AM NOT ALOUD TO SAY
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ok, so yah… also I am so sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I think updates will slow. I've been RP'ing, that and this site like crashed yesterday for unknown reason. :( grr! And Im thinking about doing the backstorysies of some OC's (not Gwen and Kale), so tell me who you want "historized". Also, there's a new poll up on "cutest couple"
Now for the RP, which I REALLY want you all to come and join in on. Even if you've never done it before it'll be fine. Come anyway ('cause its my first time too) you just have to agree with the rules and wait to be approved. :)
heres the link:
forum/The-Maximum-Ride-Experience/134962/
Now come play! :D and review!