Episode 2

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Of course Jeb was lying, cheating, manipulator, so he might just have been yanking my chain. But his anguish after he discovered his dead son had sounded real.

Even though I loathed and dispised Jeb, I still felt at though I had an anvil on my chest.

You had to do it Max, you're still working toward the greater good. And nothing can interfere with that. Nothing can interfere your mission to save the world.

I took another deep breath through clenched jaws. Geez, Voice. Next you'll be telling me that to make an omelet, I have to break a few eggs.

I sighed, yes, I have a voice inside my head, I mean another one beside my own. Im pretty sure that if you look up the word nuts in the dictionary, you'll find my picture. Just another fun feature of my mutant-bird-kid-freak-package.

" Do you want me to take him?" Angel asked, gesturing towards the dog in my arms.

"No that's okay" I said. Total weighed almost half of what Angel weighed - I didn't know how'd she'd carried him as far as she had. "I know" I sad, brightening. "Fang will take him."

I gave my wings an extra beat and surged up over Fang, our wings sweeping in rhythm. "Here." I said, lowering Total. "Have a dog." Vaguely Scottie-ish in size and looks, Total weighed a bit then quickly settled into Fang's arms. He gave Fang a little lick, and I had to bite the inside of my cheek to keep on snickering at Fang's expression.

I sped out a bit, flying out in front of the flock, feeling an excitement overshadowing my fatigue and the dark weight of what had happened. We were headed to new territory- and we might even find out parents this time. We had escaped the Erasers and whitecoats- or "former" keepers- again. We were all together and no one was badly wounded. For this moment, I felt free and strong- as if I was starting fresh, all over again, we would find our parents- I could feel it.

I was feeling.... I paused, trying to name this sensation.

I feel kind of optimistic. Despite everything.

Optimism is overrated Max said the Voice. It's better to face reality head-on.

I wonder it the Voice could see me rolling eyes, in the inside.

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Knock knock. Who's there? Control Freak. Con— Okay, now you say, "Control Freak who?!"

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