Maximum Ride: Wings and Dragons
(TPOV) Talon's point of view
I yawn and slowly stretch out my back and wings. Taking a moment to open my eyes I look down at the sleeping forms of my flight. We had taken shelter in a small rock over hang in the desert. Tora, the second in command, and also my girlfriend, slowly got up. Then she ran off into some corner and I heard a terrible wrenching sound. I run over to her in a great amount of concern. She's been doing that for a while know, and I have been extremely concerned. It was like she was getting sick or something. And based off the fact that she just hurled into a bush I guess I have a reason to be. We don't get sick, so it has to be something very bad. Or it could be something else. Like being pregnant. I don't really know, but our home had a lot of books about stuff like that.
"Tora there is something wrong with you. Why aren't you telling us what it is?" I ask concerned. She shots me an angry look but says nothing. She was always stubborn but by this point she had to have noticed that everyone was concerned about her. Tora's wrenching seemed to have woken up one of my groups other members.
Silver rubbed her eyes and chuckled at the two. "Are you two trying to mentally scar the others or what?" She said in a teasing manor. Apparently she had seen me holding back Tora's hair while she was throwing up. I rolled my eyes at her, hardly amused by her little comment. She was the only one who knew about Tora and I going out in the first place. She liked hanging that over our heads whenever the kids weren't around. It was a product of growing up with someone. And practically raising them sense they were nine years old. Then again Tora and I were 10 when we escaped the school, so she was only one year younger than us. But she was very self-righteous at that age so we couldn't really trust her with helping out with the others. But she got over it really fast to say the least.
"Who's trying to mentally scar who?" A tired voice asked from around the corner. Our talking apparently woke up Cooper, another member of the flight. He was blind from birth, but has amazing senses. Not to mention his is and exultant cook. I have no clue how a blind kid could be a cook, let alone a good one. Then again, we all head skills, like Silver's uncanny ability to know where North, South, East, and West are from her current position. I had the ability to manipulate fire, Tora could charge metal with a positive or negative charge, Jake could make windstorms and Oreal could see through inorganic matter at will. At least Jake and Oreal were still asleep, even I don't know how long that will last through.
"Nothing Copper, where just teasing one another," I call back to him. "Do you think you can get started on breakfast?"
"Sure thing," Copper answered, as he shuffled off to get the cooking utensils out of one of the backpacks.
"What about the younger kids?" Silver questioned.
"Let them sleep, we still have a long way to go and we logged some major hours yesterday. They disserve it." I say, as I look down at Oreal and Jake. The two were still asleep. I can't blame them ether. We had put in a lot of hours yesterday and some close to getting a hundred miles or so. Copper has more stamina than the two of them and he still almost passed out when we landed. They earned themselves a break. The sun wouldn't wake them up at least. The rocky outcrop was an overhang and it also had cover from the east, so no one was going to be woken up right at sunrise.
"Hey Talon, think you can start a fire. I found the frying pan," Cooper whisper yelled. I nod and fire begins form in my mouth. Fire licks around my teeth, then I exhale, with a large stream of fire exiting my mouth. I then sculpt the flames into a small campfire.
"Is that good?" I whisper shouted back, careful not to wake any of the others. I decided to side down while waiting for breakfast. Tora joined me and rested her head on my shoulder. My face flushed up slightly. I was used to holding her hand most of the time, with a make out fest every so often, and doing some other stuff that I really don't want to go into right know. She nuzzled into me making me blush even more profusely. Silver winked at us and fortunately Cooper was blind, so he didn't see Tora nuzzling into me. Tora notice Silver's wink, and stuck out her tongue. Silver stuck out her tongue back, but ultimately stayed quite. An unexpected yawn for behind us caused us to jump apart. From the looks of things Jake had finally managed to get up. Most of the time we had to dump a bucket of ice water on his head to get him up, courtesy of Silver.
The twelve year old licked his lips. "I smell scrambled eggs," he stated rather bluntly. In typical fashion though, he forget to check if any of the others were still asleep. Oreal wakes up as a result.
"Some of us are trying to sleep here, Jake," she says in a hostile tone. She tries to roll over and get some more sleep. Then she mutters about that she was to awake and joins us for breakfast, which consisted of scrambled eggs. Breakfast was eaten mostly in silence, as usual. It was quick breakfast in the first place. Afterwards we took to the air; our massive wing's reflecting light from the sun. Cooper had to pace himself though. He was the fastest in our group in the air, and he didn't even have to try ether. When he was really trying he could push up to Mach one. Silver was the only one who had to try matching our normal pace, though. Even when she was young she was the slowest, and still is. Oreal is faster than her in the air, and she is only ten. Suddenly two airplanes appeared not too far in the distance, along with the people we were looking for. Gunshots reached our ears not long after and the gunmen where easy to spot.
I give off a quick nod to make sure everyone knew what to do. I felt my body heat skyrocket around my teeth, now sharpened and claws, which had been where my fingernails used to be. My skin became more scaly and bulletproof, like it would do them any good. The air around me shimmered my body heat turning the around hot enough to melt metal. The others where transforming as well. Electricity crackled in Tora's claws and teeth and her body looked like it was covered in grey scales. The air around Silver plummeted to below freezing and her teeth and claws carried the same coldness as well. Her scales where pure silver, hence her name. Cooper's teeth and claws sizzled with acid, and his skin turned into copper scales. Jake and Oreal's transformation had already accrued, leaving ovum and light grey scales covering the twos skin.
"Charge," I shouted as we dived in.