Along For The Ride

Glitching Out

-Max-
She looked at the girl in confusion and irritation. What? She wanted to be on first name bases now? Just 5 minutes ago she was going to 'eliminate' them. Sighing in defeat she nodded. "Yeah, what of it?" Max asked. The girl named Storm looked at her blankly before doubling over and holding her head.
-Storm-
I couldn't even tell what I had heard before I was cradling her head. A massive headache exploded in my brain and my vision was blurry, white, AND black all at the same time. I could hear muffled conversation and could sense waves of confusion, with only a slight drop of worry. Then my vision was gone and I slumped to the ground.
-Max-
Storm hit the ground, hard. But before that it seemed as though she was having a headache like Max use to get. Fang had made a smart ass comment about how it reminded him of her. How sweet. Nudge was flipping out about how this was 'so weird' and how 'maybe it was an anti-Max'. "Oh come on, Nudge. It wouldn't have fallen that quickly." The Gasman pointed out. Max smirked then she wiped it off. "Even if she's weird, let's find out what is going on. Here, Fang..Help." She said before grabbing the shoulders and underarms of this peculiar girl. Fang grabbed her legs and they both pulled Storm inside. The whole flock gathered around the fallen girl, even after Max's warning not to. Each of them had something to comment about.
"So, what? She glitched or something?" Iggy asked.
"Hey! Maybe she's a cyborg!" The Gasman offered.
"No, she has thoughts..." Angel said, though she murmured about the static behind it all.
"Static? Like what?" Max asked.
Angel shrugged. "She's human..er, as human as us anyways..but I can't make it all out. Sounds like someone's trying to talk to her. Like your voice Max."
Nudge was babbling to Total, who was translating it for his doggy bride.
Then Iggy piped up. "Is she cute?" He elbowed Fang, who was sitting next to him. Fang contemplated and nodded. "Yeah, she's pretty cute. But in a tough way. Like Max." He said and flashed Max a smile. Her heart fluttered before she growled at the both of them. "You sexist pigs..." Then she stood and put her hands on her hips. "Don't you dare grope the poor thing!" Fang raised his hands dismissively and Iggy snickered.
-Storm-
I heard something similar to a roaring waterfall, or maybe static. It sounded like it was talking, but too fast and not loud enough. I broke away from the static for a split second. In that second, thousands of my own thoughts plowed my poor brain over and over again. Then something like a pop sounded in my head...And then silence. No roaring. No static. Just my own freaky train of thought. The simple thought of...
"Why the hell did I want to hurt those kids?"
And then my eyes flew open.