Chapter 1
It's been several years since The Flock and I have saved the world. Fang, Iggy, and I are now nineteen. Nudge is a very… mature, sixteen. Gazzy is thirteen, and he has changed none in the five years since Antarctica and the Final Warning. Angel is eleven, and is still my girl, though she is very quickly growing up. We are still on the run. Shocker, I know. But we keep fighting, and running, and getting away. I don't have any idea when it will end, so don't dare to ask me.
We all stand there with our mouths hanging open. The whole flock is in complete and total shock. Oh yea, it takes a lot to do that to all of us, but this tops the charts. "Are you sure it's used up? All of it?" The Max card can not possibly be all used up. I have been using it without fail four five stinking years, then this comes up when we most need it, and this over weight, rude, pig tells me that there's no more money on it.
"Well, lady, you got enough for two rooms. You know, I could let you stay in my room for free…" His beady little eyes raked over my body, and I balled up my fists, ready to knock his lights out. I had definitely grown since fourteen. I had an athletic but still curvy figure, enough to call out any guy. Fang, standing to my right, grabbed my right hand and put his left arm around my waist.
"Sorry, mister, she's already taken. We'll take the two rooms." Fang brought himself up to his full height and glared at the man. In case you were wondering, Fang and I are not in a romance. Running from the world kinda prevents that sort of thing. From what I understand, a normal relationship is hard enough, no need to add fleeing mutant bird freaks to the mix.
Anyway, that was my spiel about that. Fang may be the most important person to me, but the Flock is so much more important then anything else. Which means the girls will get one room, and the guys another.
The pig handed Fang the room keys, who handed one to me. "Boys and girls?" I nodded my head. He kept his hand around my waist, not only to keep up the charade, but to make she I didn't kill the idiotic jerk. I could feel his black eyeballs on me the whole way down the hall, and around the corner. Fang's hand dropped as soon as the reception desk disappeared from view. It would have been nice if he kept it there, but that's how it works in the Flock.
"I need to talk to Fang and Iggy about the card. Nudge, go ahead and order some pizza or something. Gazzy, no spying. I find out that you are, and there will be consequences."
Nudge ushered Angel into our room, and the Gasman went into his. I was about to talk, when Nudge poked her head out. "Max, the rooms have a door between them. I'll keep an eye on Gazzy. Oh, and I ordered Chinese. I'm getting tired of pizza all the time, and I really wanted the rice and broccoli stuff. They said it would take about half an hour since-"
"Nudge, shut your mouth, get in the room, and close the door." Nudge nodded.
"Right, sorry. I'll just go… do something now." Her head disappeared behind the door, and I tried talking again.
"Anyway… what are we gonna do, guys? I didn't think the Max card would ever run out." Fang just looked at me intently, then shrugged his shoulders. Iggy, on the other hand, looked like he had an idea. He rubbed the back of his neck.
"Well… ummm…" Apparently not only was he blind, he couldn't speak either.
"Spit it out, Ig."
"I think we should rob the bank."