Roommates (A Maximum Ride Fanfic)

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Disclaimer: I own only the plot.

Max POV

The light in the hallway made the curtain covering the cart see-through on the inside. We were rolling down the hallway. I turned my head to see Sam dressed in a long white lab coat over his newly changed black t-shirt and dark pants. A surgical mask covered the bottom half of his face but if you studied him close enough you could tell it was him, his piercing green eyes working against him. We rolled down a few quiet hallways and then I heard voices.

"The security systems have been down for the last fifteen minutes!" One voice spoke frantically.

"Hopefully, no experiments escaped." Another voice responded. I clamped a hand over my mouth to cover the sound of my breathing as two white coats zipped passed us and down the hall.

"She's not in her chambers." An all-to-familiar voice said gruffly.

"What do you mean she's not in her chambers? She was locked in with no windows or possible escape!" Another voice spat.

"I mean she's not in her chambers." Ari and Dylan came walking around the corner. They had their heads turned towards each other but as I looked at Sam I could see him stiffen. My hand clamped harder down over my mouth and my body went ridged.

"You, sir, have you seen experiment 629 anywhere?" Ari pointed towards Sam and he stopped the cart. I couldn't breathe. Sam shook his head and cast his gaze downward. His eyes told me to run when the time was right. Ari noticed the glance and his eyes followed Sam's gaze. Sam nodded and I burst out of the cart. I heard a loud; "AHH!" behind me along with crashing metal and Sam sprinted to run next to me. My legs pumped hard and my breathing picked up speed. Sam led me down an assortment of hallways until we were headed toward a door that read EXIT. The pounding of feet behind us pushed me forward. I slammed into the closed door and burst into the outside world. Searchlights were everywhere and a high fence closed me in from the woods around the facility. Sam came up behind me when we reached the fence. He laced his fingers and knelt so I could step on his hand. After I was boosted about halfway up I grabbed onto the fence and started to climb. Sam started at the bottom and worked his way up with me. I had just reached the top when I heard the exit slam open again. I whipped my head to the side to see Dylan sprinting towards us with a gun in his hand. Sam was halfway to the top. Bullets whizzed past me and I threw my leg over the fence. One bullet grazed my arm and I winced in pain. Blood spilled from my wound but pure adrenaline helped me ignore it while I threw my other leg over. Letting go of the fence I dropped to the forest floor. A few seconds passed and Sam joined me. We sprinted into the maze of trees.

After a few seconds of running I heard someone else hit the ground and come sprinting after us. The loud pop of a gun rang in my ears and I willed my legs to go faster. It wasn't enough, though. Dylan came rushing out of the bushes and barreled into Sam. They both fell over and the gun flew from Dylan's grasp. Sam threw Dylan off of him and then it was war. They circled each other in fighting stances while I searched for the gun. Sam threw a punch at Dylan's head but he dodged it. He used the force of Sam's punch against him and raised his fist making Sam's gut fly into it. A groan of pain escaped through Sam's lips and I searched frantically for the gun. A few more groans and then I heard a THUMP! A foot connected with my gut and my breath whooshed out of me. I clutched my stomach.

"How's that you nasty little bitch? How's it feel to be kicked?" Dylan kicked me again this time with more force. That was definitely going to bruise. Before I knew what was going on Dylan was on top of me pinning me to the ground. "It's time to have a little fun." He grinned maliciously. His mouth came down on my neck and trailed sloppy kisses from my ear to my collar bone. I struggled under his wait, disgusted and panicked. His tongue came and licked up my jaw and I shivered in mortification. Just as his lips came down on mine Dylan was thrown off of me. I sat up and stared at the scene before me.