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Chapter 1

I unfurled my wings,

"Now!" I yelled, adrenaline icing its way through her veins. I lunged out at an oncoming Eraser. He flapped his wings madly, but brought his leg out from underneath himself and planted a kick on my leg, actually being able to keep his balance.

"Get ready to fall," Angel said to the Eraser in front of her. He dropped instantaneously, lying in a twisted heap on the earth below. Blood oozed down my leg, but it was nothing major, so I ignored the bit of pain it was causing. There weren't loads of them, just Ari and seven other Erasers.

I'd seen worse.

Iggy ducked just in time and slid an explosive down an Eraser's shirt. How he did it without the Eraser noticing, well, you're asking the wrong girl. Ari had moved directly behind me, claws grazing my back.

"Bye, have a nice trip," Gazzy said sarcastically. Two Erasers looked at him blankly, lunging at the same time, and Gazzy folded in his wings, letting them 'attack' each other.

'Nudge,' my Voice said. I whirled around, just in time to see a newer one of the Eraser batch running his fangs down her back, blood dripping out. Fang had noticed first, his hands now wrapped around the Eraser's throat. Nudge had spun around, obviously not bothered by the gash and kicked him, Fang soaring upwards so the Eraser would fall to the ground instead of hit him.

We flew down, and I spread out my wings several feet before I reached the dirt.

"So…that was a change of pace," Iggy said, drumming his fingers against his thigh.

"One minute we're having a cheeseburger on a park bench, and the next Erasers fly out from the trees."

"It's not like we haven't seen an Eraser in our lives Iggy," I responded, touching his arm lightly.

"Easy for you to say," Iggy responded, referring to his blindness.

"Sorry," I muttered, now feeling bad about it.

"But they haven't bothered us in a while, we've only been bothered by the stupid news reporters that saw us," Nudge chimed in, letting Fang inspect her back.

"I hate them! Go find another story you stupid reporters," mumbled Gazzy. I sat down next to Iggy, looking at their faces. Fang had kept quiet, but I could tell he was listening.

"Ever since they found out it's like we're celebrities and they like it better when we run, but we can't stop running though, because of Erasers," Angel said, looking around at the streets before us.

"Smile!" someone cried, leaping out from behind a tree. They snapped dozens of photos, and Fang walked over, grabbing the camera from him. I smothered a laugh, looking at the surprised face of the reporter.

"You print this and you'll wish you never had," Fang whispered, looking at the guy with cold eyes.

"Take it easy, I won't, I won't," the man said, holding his hands up in defense. Fang thrust the camera back into his arms, and I shot him a warning look as if to say, "Huh?" but I kept my mouth shut. He strode back over, hands in his pockets.

"Thanks kid!" the reporter called, smiling wide. He ran out of the park with his camera quickly, and I knew he was going to print it.

"Why on earth did you do that!" I said, trying to keep my voice calm. Fang didn't respond, but held the film in his hand.

"Happy now?" he teased, looking at me intently. I smiled, but only slightly.

"How did you manage to take it without him noticing?" Total asked eyes starting to widen.

Fang only shrugged.

"There is probably more of them around here somewhere, so we should get going," I started, trying to get them moving. Standing up, I looked at them; the flock looked tired, but got up reluctantly, waiting for me to give further instructions. I moved into the middle of the park, taking off at a run I caught an updraft, and I was gliding on the air. In minutes, Fang, Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge, Angel, and Total were in the air, Total being carried in Angel's arms.

"So where to now Max?" Gazzy asked, coming up alongside me.

"There is a place, near the School, it should have information on our parents there, and Nudge had checked it out when we went to real school." I replied, looking at him momentarily.

"What was it called Nudge?" I called over my shoulder.

"Kappa, but it's a very odd name…" Nudge responded, voice trailing off. I looked straight ahead again, how she had managed to find it was unanswered even by me, but she did find it and that's where we were headed.

"We're not close though, right?" Angel asked, coming up on my left side.

"We have a few states to cross through," I said, not even looking at her. I could cover that a little faster then they could, but my new 'skill' didn't really last long. Gazzy moved away from me, noticing I felt boxed in.

"Can you take Total for a while?" Angel asked Fang. It had been almost an hour, but I think she wanted Fang to take him because he was getting heavy. No wonder, Total was almost a third of her body weight.

"Sure…?" Fang said hesitantly. Total reached out to lick him, and Fang cringed, Angel letting out a small giggle. I turned and had to smother a laugh, like I could tell Gazzy was doing. The only time I didn't like it was when Total was doing it to me.

"I like flying, if only I had some wings…" Total said, pondering over this thought.

"Flying dog!" cried Nudge, a smile on her face. Iggy started to laugh, getting a mental image of that in his mind. I shook my head with a smile.

"The reporter's would jump on us if they knew we had a flying dog," I replied, letting myself go backwards where the flock was.

"Very true," the Gasman added, almost falling from the sky because he had been laughing so much.

"It could happen!" Total protested, looking at me defensively. I shook my head lightly.

"You would never want to go to the school to get wings, they are horrendous people Total," I explained, hoping he would get it.

"Oh no, Total, I couldn't let you go there!" Angel cried, snatching him away from Fang.

"Why don't I hold the dog," Iggy offered, extending his hands towards Total.

"That's the second time someone has called me dog!" he exclaimed, squirming around in Angel's arms a little.

"What if I called you a human all the time?" He said to Iggy, the stubborn look on his face making no difference.

"I wouldn't care, it would be considered a compliment, since I'm a mutant freak," Iggy responded, taking Total in his arms.