Okay… I'm going to end this story here… but I'm most definitely going to make a sequel… so don't freak out if you like this, but this story has like a million plot lines and I need to end it. lol
I own this plot… but nothing else. I know… sad isn't it.
Chapter 31
(Fang's POV)
When I woke up again I was lying on a rather soft bed and I kept my eyes closed, listening for anything I could over hear while they thought I was asleep. I could feel a thick, strong, wide, bandage wrapped around the palm of my hand. I assumed it was for the bones that I'd nearly broken.
"Professor Dodge I seriously think you're making a mistake, this… thing is an abomination and should be shipped off to… to… I don't know… area 51 or something."
"Mr. Wayne, remember you're place here. I am the authority and I say that we try to learn a little about the boy. He obviously has been through a lot. The x-rays and such all seem to say that he's had a hard life and I say we should just try to understand him for now."
"But, Professor, we should put it out of misery if its life is so bad…."
"Mr. Wayne, if I have to remind you one more time that he's a he and not an it I will personally throw you out a window. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir."
"Good, let's see if he's awake. Shall we?"
I continued to pretend to be asleep as they enter my room or cell or whatever and I heard the guy who'd been defending me say, "Are you awake yet? Or are you pretending to sleep so that we'll leave you alone?"
I tried not to smile but it was hard so I chuckled and opened my eyes, "Smarter then you look and sound Mr. Dodge." I saw that there were thick bars between the two of us and there was a decent sized window in the corner of my room. I think there was chicken wire through it though.
"Good hearing, but since you know my name, can I have yours?" The guy who'd been wearing a lab coat in the park before asked.
I sniggered, "No," I answered simply and he smiled.
"This is my assistant Mr. Wayne." He said and I gave him a look.
"Cool. When can I go home?" I asked immediate and dreaded the answer.
"Uh, as soon as we just get some answers. We don't want to keep you hostage or anything. We just want to understand how you managed to live in this world so long and still be pretty much undetected." Professor Dodge said.
I clapped my hands together and rubbed them enthusiastically and I jumped up. "Okay, let the questioning begin."
"Well, what we kind of want to really do is do a documentary kind of thing on you and you're… friends."
"You're joking right? Right? Max will never go for that you do realize," I laughed.
"Max?" Mr. Wayne said and he raised an eyebrow.
I smirked, "Our leader, the flock's leader. I'm only second in command and hardly make any decisions."
"Why is Max the leader? Is he stronger? Smarter?" Mr. Wayne
I laughed, "Dude, Max is a girl. She's the leader because she just is. That's that."
"You take orders from a girl?" he asked looking skeptical.
"She tries," I said grinning and Mr. Dodge laughed. "Don't I get one phone call?" I asked them slightly frustrated.
Professor Dodge nodded and left the room for a moment to give me a phone.
Uh, Pain? What's my mom's number?
Jeez Fang, I can remember and she's not my mother. 604-555-4378
Whatever, and thanks, I thought as I dialed.
Shadow picked up, "Hello?"
"Sha-Sha, how's it going?" I said lightly with a grin.
"Fang!" She screamed into the phone, "Where the hell are you!? I'm going to kick your ass all the way from here to Kentucky! What the hell is wrong with you? Where are you?" She screeched into the phone and I held it away from me so I didn't blow my ear off.
"Shadow, chill, pass the phone to Max," I said and she huffed and passed it off.
"Hey, you in trouble?" Max asked, knowing all too well that I was, but knew that if I could call her I couldn't be in too bad of shape.
"A bit, being held captive…" I chuckled, "Again."
She sighed, "Fang," She groaned in annoyance.
Mr. Wayne tapped his watch and I sighed, "I'll see you Max, I got to go."
"I love you Fang," She practically whispered into the phone.
I turned away from the two guys and said quickly and quietly, "I love you too Max." She said bye and hung up.
I turned off the phone and it took me a minute before I could turn around and hand them the phone.
"Who was the screaming girl?" Mr. Dodge asked I gave him a look that told him that I wasn't going to tell him. He held up his hands in surrender, "I was just curious."
I sighed, "She's my sister. Shadow," I rolled my eyes and walked over to my bed.
"Odd name…."
I sighed, "It's a nickname… and that's all you're going to get from me."
"So… you love Max eh?" Mr. Wayne said casually.
I glared at him, "What's it to you?"
He shrugged, "Just interesting."
I growled at him and walked over to the window. I looked at the seal of it and pressed my hand against the cool glass. I thought about my chances of smashing it from the inside with just my shoulder. It wasn't good. Now if I had something on the outside, and it was heavy and I could really take a whack at it… it might break, or at least shatter enough that I would be able to get it out.
"What are you doing?" Mr. Dodge asked.
"Just looking," I said running my index finger down the side of the seal. These guys really didn't know how to hold me captive.
Hey Fang, I thought you should know… Sorrow's getting his… 'voice' or whatever you call it.
What!? And I'm not there? How could I not be there for one of Sorrow's most important moments of his life? My little brother was probably screaming right now and I couldn't help him. I was so anger I took my injured hand and punched the glass. My hand exploded in pain but I ignored it and started to pace as I fumed.
Don't worry, I'm taking most of the pain away, he's just really full of emotion and feels like he's got a bad headache, but it'll be over soon and he'll have his own voice. His voice is called Emotion, no duh, and it's actually a girl….
Wait, why does he get a girl voice? I asked in confusion.
He let out a chuckle kind of laugh, I don't know, stereotyping. It's kind of weird…. Oh, the guys are trying to ask you stuff but you've got this dazed look from talking to me and you're still pacing…. I suggest that you don't tell them about me….
I looked up at the guys and said, "What?"
"Why did you just hit the glass, are you mental?" Mr. Wayne asked me, looking at me as if I was stupid.
You have no idea how close you are buddy boy….
I heard Pain laugh in the back of my head.
"I am a 14-15-year-old bird freak locked in a room… obviously you don't see how I feel a bit like a caged bird in here." I snarled at him.
"Then what's with the dazed look?" He fired back.
"Daydreaming… ever heard of it?"
"About?"
"What do you think!? I want to go flying dumbass!" I practically shouted at him.
Mr. Dodge seemed to think about this for a while, "I don't know how, but I'll try to arrange that… okay?"
I huffed and turned away from them, "Whatever."
I went over to the window and sat in the window seat type thing and rested my head against the glass. I stared at the world outside. I wanted to fly, yes, but I wanted to be free. There was no chance of that at the moment though.
Fang, they're leaving. Take a nap, you'll need it.
Okay, I thought and I slowly drifted off.
I woke up to the sound of a loud bang. I had fallen onto the ground because I was sprawled out there. It was followed closely by another. I jumped up and Mr. Dodge and Mr. Wayne ran into my room.
I hear something shatter and then I felt wind on my back. I turned fast and I saw a baseball bat swig at the window again as it started to fall away.
I stared at it, who would be doing that right now? I caught a glimpse of short black hair and I frowned and asked, "Sorrow?"
He kicked away some of the window and smiled at me, "Hey, need some help?"
I laughed and he ran over to hug me. I picked him up and hugged him tightly before lowering him. We both started to move to the window. I heard keys jingling as Mr. Wayne and Mr. Dodge tried to open the barred door.
"See ya later you two, and if you wanted to know, this is my brother Sorrow… now we'll be going." I said and practically shoved Sorrow out the window and threw myself out after him.
I spread my wings and I grinned. I glanced at the window and they were both looking out it watching us. I grinned at Sorrow, "How did you know?"
"Emotion told me," He laughed and I flew over him and ruffled his hair as I did.
We flew to fast for them to follow, but no one was prepared so they couldn't anyways.
We flew back to mom's neighborhood. "So why'd you take off anyways?"
"Because Mark thinks like a jerk," I said glaring at the ground.
"Really? I thought he was a little weird, his emotions were all messed up." Sorrow said looking over at me.
"Does anyone know you went to get me?" I asked him realizing, for the first time, that he was actually alone, not even Nudge was with him.
"I didn't want to risk everyone following us and then one of us, or all of us, getting caught… this way only I was in danger…."
I stared at him with my mouth hanging open. I had done the same thing… exactly. "Wow… did you know I did exactly that when I saved Shadow from the school?"
He laughed and shook his head.
We landed in mom's backyard and pulled in my wings. Sorrow threw the screen open and we both ran in.
As I entered the house I was hit by something hard, it was Max and she was hugging me tightly. I held her as she hugged me.
When she let go my mom rushed over and hugged me too, "They didn't do anything to you did they?"
"Nah, I'm fine," I answered right away and Shadow ran into the room, slamming into me.
"You idiot!" she screamed as she squeezed the life out of me. "Do you know how worried we were you complete lunatic?" She paused and turned to Sorrow, "And you, what the hell were you thinking? Running off like that!"
"Hey! He saved Fang, I think you should be thanking him," Nudge defended Sorrow and she held his hand.
I rolled my eyes, "Same old same old around here," I muttered.
Max sighed and rested her head on my shoulder as I put my arm around her. She smiled at me, "So… you're back."
"Yep… I'm back."
"And we've got lots to do apparently."
"What?"
"We need to work out this housing arrangement. Deal with this whole angel deal. Figure out who these people who are joining us. Keep out of the way of reporters and the school… it's a lot of work…."
I sighed and held her to me. "Can't we relax first?" I asked staring into her eyes.
She smiled at me and kissed my lips lightly, "Sure."
She took my hand and we all sat down in front of the TV and watched an endless amount of comedies that mom went out and rented. As I sat there, my family around me I smiled. With Max under my arm, my siblings within arms reach, my friends within smacking range, and my mom in yelling distance, I was on cloud nine… so to speak.
Max rested her head on my arm as it was well past midnight and I smiled at her. Whatever was to come could come, I was sure that no matter what it was, we could deal with it.
With that in mind, I held her closer and watched the movie.
(A/N: Sequel Name: Earth Born Angels… by the time you've finished reading this, it's already been posted… go to my profile for it.)