Chapter 23
By: Thrixie Mendoza
Max is very worried about Freak’s condition. Max isn’t allowed to visit Freak right away, and it drives him crazy. He felt useless, so he walked out to the hospital and just sits outside with Freak’s ornithopter bird from when they first met. While Max wandered around the hospital, he runs into Gwen who gives him a big hug. She took Max inside to see Freak, but Max isn’t prepared for what he sees, which is that Freak is all hooked up with tubes and wires. Though, Freak is still Freak, he shows Max how he can play the Start Trek theme with his tracheotomy tube. However, Max wanted to know when he can come home, but Freak tells him he won’t be coming home in his present condition. Max says he’s scared, but Freak changed the subject and tells Max he has a gift for him. He gave Max a book that looks just like the dictionary he got for Christmas, but it was blank. Freak wants Max to fill it with their adventures. He says he will be too busy adjusting to his new bionic body so Max will have to do it. Then Freak started coughing, and the doctors came in and told Max to wait outside while they stabilize him. Max really cares about his best friend Freak.