I flew carefully, staring down at the canyon below. There, Max waited, who we'd been separated from for almost a month. Nudge, Angel, Gazzy, and Iggy flew in formation behind me. We dropped slowly, landing about a mile away from the house.
"I sense... Ari?" Angel sounded confused.
"What about Max?" Nudge and I said together.
"He's thinking about her..." she muttered, hands pressing against temples. She was concentrating. I had made a plan- Iggy and Gazzy would set off a bomb that would draw out her captors. Angel, Gazzy, and Iggy would wait at the hawk cave, not far from here, as Nudge and I got Max to safety.
"Go, 6'oclock.' I said, Iggy and Gazzy fly off to set the bomb. Angel flew off to the safe place, where she could send and receive thoughts with ease. Nusge and I waited in silence, for once, until we heard the boom. We flew as fast as possible towards that tiny house. Ari wasn't in, and we split up. Nudge searched this level, and I searched the basement. I stumbled down he staris and went into a concrete room. There was ann unconscious, bloddy Max, her wings twisted in a way that made me wince. I carefully picked her up bridal style and dashed up the steps.
We entered the cave, Nudge, and I, with Max unconscious between us. Iggy, Angel, and Gazzy were relaxing on the floor. Iggy already had out the bandages and healing supplies. Angel must have read my mind while we carried her back.
"Yes, I did,' she said, obviously still reading. She focused on Max for a full minute, Nudge squirming. Iggy, meanwhile, hissed under his breath
"What? What is it/" I asked, moving closer to Max. What I saw took my breath away. She had her broken wings. dozens of pinpricks, obviously from syringes, 4 bullet wounds, and claw marks. Eraser marks. They looked really nasty, almost close to the bone.
'Is it as bad as it feels?" asked Iggy.
"Yeah. We're going to need Dr. Martinez. Lucky she isn't far from here." I said, already picking Max up.
We landed on the Martinez doorstep about 10 minutes later. Ella opened the door, looked into my arms, saw, Max, and yelled for Dr. Martinez. She came rushing down, took one look at Max, and beckoned me upstairs. We went into her office, and I laid her down on the desk.
"Fang, I'm going to need my concentration in here. Get the flock food or water or whatever you need from us. Just don't come in here until I get her patched up, okay? I'll ask if I need blood." She said, her attention on her daughter.
A pint each from me and iggy, she came downstairs, carrying Max with ease.
"Taking her to the shelter. Need some x-rays for her wings. Fang, please come, she might wake up and need you to calm her down. Iggy, Angel, Gazzy, Nudge, Ella… to bed. Please. We'll wake you if we get back."
It was pretty obvious she worried the flock with IF. I charged out the door behind her.
A/N- Yeah, we're gonna have some Eggy and Niggy action here. A little love V. If you want to leave any ideas, please do! You shall earn a shoutout and Martinez cookies.