Hey this story gets way better. This is laying down the foundation and all of the stuff that you need to know before the real story starts. Its gets better later, so you need to keep reading. One of the flock members gets hurt in Chapter 5. So keep reading and reviewing. The story will get better; this is just some FAX fluff that catches you up with everything.
Max's POV:
"The truth behind life
What happens after the struggles and heartbreak?
Does the sun really come out tomorrow?
Or is it all a lie to make us believe that there really is a life worth living?
What is the purpose of life?
To live one day after the other never really going anywhere"
"Wow that has got to be the worst poem I have ever heard! Fang what is up with you reading all those depressing poems?"
"Hey I didn't write the book okay." Fang retorted, while the flock flew over the mountains. For those of you that are way behind here is a little refresher. Okay we just saved the world in Germany. Way cool right? I found out who my parents are and we all did a little happy dance. Because Dr. M is the coolest mom ever. Jeb being my dad is still a little iffy though. Well anyways it turns out that there are a bunch of schools all over the world and that we now have to go and destroy them. Apparently there are a bunch of nutso people in the world. So it's off to work for us….. AGAIN!
We just left my mom's house, like an hour ago and are headed, well we don't know where we are headed we are just flying around at the moment. Not such a smart move on my account but oh well.
"Max, I'm hungry!!!!!!" Guess who that was? Yup you guessed it. Nudge. "Hey are we going to go to a restaurant or are we going to make camp or we could go to a beach. I like beaches don't you. They have sand and water and more sand. The sun shines on the water and actually blinds you. Oh well no offense to you Iggy. Anyways we gotta go to a beach because its sooo much fun and Angel can talk some fish into dying for our dinner and I really like seafood and we haven't had it in a while. It can be so much fun and …" Gasman had covered Nudge's mouth with is hand.
"Whoa!!! Nudge chill okay. We just left an hour ago. Let's say that in another two hours we make camp for the night and make some dinner. But for now we've got to keep flying. I don't want to waste good time on finding a place to rest twice." I explained.
"Okay, okay." Nudge conceded. We were flying north at the moment. You may ask why. Well we don't know either, we just are. We were thinking of going to New York again but haven't made up our minds yet so we are just flying in a direction that couldn't put us that off course unless if it turns out that we are going somewhere in the south then that would have been a really dumb move.
At that moment Fang glided up next to me and asked in a quiet tone so the rest of the flock couldn't hear, "Where are we going?" To that I just shrugged my shoulders and continued flying in silence. Fang sighed. This was going to be a long day.
After three hours passed I finally spotted a clearing below. It seemed as good a place as any to land and make camp. "Okay down below to your left there's a clearing, start going down." I commanded. Yes I am bossy, but hey I'm the leader. Everyone obeys me without question. I am in charge and everyone knew it and they are so not going to argue. After we touched down into the clearing I got everyone to work. "Iggy, start a fire and unpack everything. Nudge and Angel go find some firewood. Gazzy help Iggy unpack everything we needs from the bags. Everyone understand? Good now scatter." With that I leaned back against a tree and slid down onto the ground holding me head in me hands. Fang walked over to me and gave me a concerned look which was a biggie for him since his face was usually as blank as a brand new canvas.
"You okay?" he asked. I nodded my head yes and looked up at the sky watching the sun slowly set. The day, thank god had passed pretty well in my book. No crazy flyboys attackedus, yet. Plus the flock seems pretty happy now that we have been reunited. I on the other hand felt a little uneasy. I don't know where things stand between me and Fang. While I was at home with my parents (wow that still sounds a little weird for me) it hadn't really been an issue since there really was no private time for us to talk and we didn't really have to act any way towards each other at all. Just the thought of how as soon as I had seen Fang I had jumped into his arms was a little disconcerting. I felt a blush creep up my face. All I could think about was how he said he would never leave me again. This made my stomach flip flop. I sighed and glanced over at Fang. He was looking at me with a questioning look on his face.
"What?" I said. Fang just shook his head and stood up to check on Iggy and Gazzy. Probably making sure that they were just unpacking stuff and not blowing anything up over there. The girls soon returned with enough wood to keep the fire burning through the night. We all then sat around the campfire eating hotdogs on a stick and listening to Nudge go on a mile a minute. Gazzy and Iggy made a couple jokes and everyone laughed. With the fire warming me and the sound of laughter in my ears, I finally relaxed and finally took a deep breath for the first time today. This was good, everyone was safe and happy. For the time being at least. As the stars and moon came out I ordered everyone to bed and tucked the younger kids in. Iggy volunteered for first watch and I settled down under a tree a few feet from the kids. Fang went to lay down next to me and looked up at the sky. Even though our bodies weren't even touching I felt myself go on hyper alert and my body seemed to start buzzing.
Fang turned onto his side holding his head up with his arm looking at me. He raised one of his perfect eyebrows and gave me a look. "What's wrong Max?" Fang asked in a low voice. I sighed and just shook my head (I seemed to be doing that a lot lately). Fang sighed too and snuggled deeper into his blanket.
I saw that he was really concerned and said "Nothing is wrong. That's it. So far everything had gone smoothly and I'm just not used to that. It's not normal. I was expecting the worst for today…" my words died off as I didn't know how to put what the rest of what I was feeling into words.
"Yea I know what you mean," Fang replied. "But I'm glad that everything is okay. That we are all here together again." With that last remark fang slid his hand under my blanket and grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently. He gave me a half smile and then pulled his hand back and turned to his opposite side trying to go to sleep. Okay so maybe things weren't as hopeless with Fang as I thought. I smiled to myself and snuggled down to sleep too. I would need my sleep since I had second watch after Iggy.
