The Renegade
Prologue
After two hours of steady flying, Lake Mead came into view, along with the cliff top covered with the huge hawks who had rescued us. The six of us, together again, landed gratefully on the scraped-out ledge.
As soon as we all collapsed down on the sandy rocks I held out my left fist. All smiling, even Fang… almost, the flock came and stacked their fists on top of it. One by one, I tapped the backs of their hands and we all slept.
We awoke later in the night to heavy rain, a miracle in the desert. We scrambled up to the ledge and let the rain pour down on us, washing off blood, dirt, and memories. Even raindrops hitting my nose hurt, but I held my arms open to the sky and felt clean and cold and shivery.
I shivered, and Fang briskly rubbed my shoulders. I looked at him, his eyes as dark as the desert sky. "Jeb knows our house," I said very softly.
Fang nodded. "Can't ever go back. Guess we need a new home." As the rain faded so did our liveliness and we all soon drifted back into the warmth of the cave, sleep soon to follow.
Author's Note: Otay, in case you haven't figured it out yet, this story starts right after the gang rescues Angel from the School and they're back at the cave. This prologue is just a stirred up version of chapter 66, just to give you a review. And just wait till the next chapter that is where the fun begins! ; )