Iggy
"So… Just me and you for a whole two hours, Fruit Loop." I said, casually slinging an arm around Lupo as we left Max and the other two behind. Lupo rolled her eyes and shrugged my arm off.
"Really Iggy? Must we spend every minute alone making out?" She asked, already implying exactly what I planned to do.
"Uh… duh!" I told her. "Max and Fang do. So why can't we?"
"Well, Max and Fang are hopelessly in love and soon will be with child." Lupo explained sarcastically.
"Oh, and we're not hopelessly in love?" I asked.
"You've only earned back so much, James." Lupo patted my shoulder and continued to lead the way.
"Oh my gawsh! Stop calling me James! You of all people know I hate that name!" I insisted.
"That's why I call you that, James." She emphasized the name and I slapped my hands over my ears in an attempt to stop the annoying word from processing into my mind. "Oh great, my boyfriend's a child in a teen's body- oh, wait! That's just boys in general!" Lupo commented loud enough for me to hear and I rolled my eyes and charged.
With lightning fast reflexes, she spun around, grabbed my hand, and tilted back before I could even touch her. My knees hit the ground and I yelped in pain.
"Don't forget I'm half wolf, babe." She said, ruffling up my hair before, once again, leaving me in the dust.
"You're too much like Max." I muttered, rubbing my wrist as I jogged to catch up.
"And you compare me to her too much." Lupo snapped, sounding aggravated. I blinked.
"You would you rather me compare you to a dog? I mean, I guess you growl like one. Now if I could just get you to be obedient…" My voice trailed off and in seconds, she had elbowed me in the gut and sent me a death glare.
"You're sleeping on the sand tonight, Buddy." She growled, but at least this time she didn't walk off and leave me there alone.
…
"It's been about an hour, think we should start heading back?" I asked, nuzzling Lupo's neck. We had taken a break and pulled our socks and shoes off before playing in the water for a bit. Though now we were lying in the sand snuggling because I have amazing charm that gets the ladies to be putty in my hands.
Lupo yawned and nodded. "Nah, she'll probably be too busy with Fang too notice if we're out an extra hour." She said, pushing herself closer to me and looking up at the clouds.
"That one looks like a bomb." I told her, pointing to one as she rested her head on my chest.
"That one looks like a dragon." Lupo pointed to another one off to my left, grinning weakly.
"Lupo, you know I love you, right?" I blurted out of nowhere, looking up at a cloud that looked kind of heart shaped.
"Well duh, and I love you, Strawberry Shortcake." She mumbled, looking at me. "What brings it up all the sudden though?" She asked, reading me like a book.
"I have to go home soon." I whispered. "I have to go back to the restaurant, to my friends, to my life. And you do too."
"Let's not think about that, okay, Iggy? And when we get there, we'll figure something out."
"But I have to get there soon. I have a job, Lupo!" I insisted, sitting up.
"So do I, or I uh did anyways. They probably have fired me by now." She added jokingly, trying to lighten the mood I guess.
"The next plane I can get on, I'm going home, Lupo. And I'd love for you to come with me." I said after a moment of silence.
"Iggy, I can't just drop everything and go back to Italy."
"You would for Max, hell; you have done that for Max."
"Max is a living time bomb. She's different." Lupo whispered under her breath.
"What?" I asked.
"Well… um, I guess I should tell you now. You see, when the School… altered her, they also did this thing so-" My girlfriend was cut off by a yell for help. We turned to each other and in harmony, our mouths moved.
"Fang." We both took off towards the yells for help, running as fast as our legs would carry us.
When we got there, I was horrified as I watched a bloodied, bruised, and broken Fang be flown away by a bunch of… birds? "We gotta follow them!" I called, chasing after the animals into the jungle faded to beach, and the beach faded to salty ocean water. Lupo was just ahead of me, growling and snarling as she struggled to not morph into an eraser.
We swam for what felt like miles and followed the birds, watching as they flew Max's potential sanity farther and farther away. Then, with a blink of an eye, they just… disappeared.
…
Lupo and I trudged back to shore, both of us feeling much more upset about the fact we were stranded than before. "Max is going to hate us for not saving him." I mumbled.
"Don't be an idiot, Iggy. We can't fly. We couldn't have saved him if we were faster than those birds." Lupo insisted, but I knew she was just trying to make me feel less guilty.
"What if they kill him? Then Max will-"
"Okay, Iggy, would you stop thinking about Max for once?" Lupo interrupted and I turned to her, confused.
"Her boyfriend just-"
"Then let's focus on said boyfriend, not Max! He's more important right now anyways."
"Sheesh, you sound like… never mind." I trailed off; figuring now would not be a good time to finish that sentence. Lupo sighed and grabbed my hand.
"Come on, we have to find, Max." She decided, pulling me along. We began to walk back to our original landing point in a comfortable silence for a while before I just had to bring it up again.
"They're gonna kill Fang, aren't they?" I mumbled.
"No. Fang's bait. Max is the one they want." She explained casually as we walked.
"So that means he can't be that far away!" I chirped up, excitedly. If he was close, I could make enough bombs to blow the place up… without him in it, of course.
Lupo paused and looked around. "Do you here that?" She asked and I stopped as well, closing my eyes and listening.
"Someone's in the woods." I whispered. "Probably about seventeen of them." I watched Lupo sniff the air and send a glance towards the woods.
"Yeah, and they're all human. And I think they have weapons too." As if on cue, a spear flew out of nowhere with killer accuracy and I tackled Lupo to the ground so it flew over our heads.
"It wasn't going to hit me, Idiot." She muttered, shoving me off and getting to her feet.
"Oh, I knew that. Just a precaution." I grumbled just as about ten arrows came at us.
"Alright, now you can tackle me!" Lupo snapped, running to the left and grabbing my hand to pull me along.
"What happened to tackling?" I asked and she just rolled her eyes.
"AAAAAHHHHH!" I yelled a little too over dramatically when something lodged in my side.
"Igs that was my ear." Lupo muttered, looking at me as I struggled to stay up and sucking in a breath. "Keep moving, don't look down."
"Why, what happened?" I asked doing exactly what she told me not to and seeing the arrow sticking out of my side. "Oh my…" My voice trailed off as my brain went into panic mode. "I'm gonna die young! Like that Kesha song said!"
"No you're not! You'll be fine!" Lupo insisted. "Now keep running!"
"I have to get it out!" I snapped, reaching for it as I slowed to a jog.
"No! Don't take it out yet! The blood's just gonna start flowing if you do- OW! Motherf-" Lupo was interrupted by the strange yelling that was getting closer and closer.
"Are those Indian calls?" I asked, grabbing the arrow shaft and yanking it out before turning to Lupo, who had one going straight through her arm. "I'm gonna faint." I mumbled.
"Yes they are, and no you're not." Lupo muttered, yanking the arrow out and throwing it back at them. I smirked when it went straight through one's chest, and then threw my own… that happened to bounce off a person.
It was somewhat weird, they all had jeans and tee shirts, but were acting like psychos. In no time, they had us surrounded, but at least Lupo and I wouldn't go down without a fight.
"See, this is what happens when we stop." She told me, turning so we were back to back.
"Well I'm sorry I'm about to die." I growled, before sending a roundhouse kick at one, then an uppercut, and ducking as a spear was stabbed towards me. The guy I had just gone all Kung Fu Master on was on the ground, groaning, and I grinned.
"This will be easy!" I exclaimed to Lupo, until I heard a click.
"No, not that easy." A voice said, and I turned to see a gun just millimeters away from my chest, aimed at my heart.
And here's another chapter. It's summer time so you best believe I'll be updating more often! WHOO! Still I NEED cover ideas.
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