1: Spider

We escaped on a cold day. I don't what day exactly, but I remember it was cold. Khalla usually knows the day, though honestly I don't know how, but even she can't remember the exact day we escaped that horrible place. The slang term is 'the School', though it's different from a real school…not that I'd know. I wished I knew. I've always wanted to see what a school was like.

I think it had been a month after escaping when Onion got sick. (I'm not good at counting days, so I may be wrong.) We weren't sure what Onion was sick with. Alex kept insisting he had the flu and that it was no big deal, we just had to let him rest. But Khalla freaked out and insisted we take him to a hospital, which made Fox mad because she had a thing with hospitals I guess. Anyway, they ended up arguing about it without even noticing Onion, who was throwing up and weakly trying to get a word in. Finally I had enough and helped Onion into a sitting position before yelling as loud as I could, "Shut up!" All at once the others fell silent and turned to me.

"Onion is sick," I said in a growl. "Instead of fighting about it, we should help him."

Onion groaned and buried his head in my neck. I rubbed his back, ignoring the vomit scent on his breath.

"Spiders right," Alex said calmly, crossing his arms. "Let's find a cool place to rest without getting noticed."

"Where?" Fox asked. "I mean, we're kind of in the middle of a crowded city."

I rolled my eyes. "We can find a place. Remember the way in? There was that library…"

"Good idea," Khalla said. "Let's go."

I picked Onion up, letting him rest his head on my shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me weakly and I stood, following the others through the crowded streets toward the library. Thankfully Alex was pretty good at navigating (maybe he had a good memory or something) so we didn't get lost. I was kind of glad that we were in the city though; it was so crowded that no one really spared us a second glance, much less the groaning Onion clinging to me.

"Here we are," Fox said. She opened the doors and we walked in. Khalla smiled slightly as she gazed about the wide space. I contently inhaled the smell that libraries have. You know; that comfortable warm kind of smell. It might have just been me.

"Let's set him down here," I said, gently helping Onion onto the couch near the section where people could sit and read. I pushed hair out of his sweaty face and his eyes squeezed shut in anguish. I frowned in worry.

"He'll be fine," Alex assured me, his hand on my back. I smiled at him weakly.

"Of course he'll be fine, Onions a fighter!" Fox said enthusiastically.

"I'll go and get him some water," Khalla offered.

"Do we have any money?" I asked.

"We have some left over from the money Alex got," Khalla replied. "It's enough for a bottle of water."

"Be careful," Alex warned. Khalla shrugged then left. Fox sat down and leaned against the couch casually. I could tell she was worried about Onion even though she tried to pretend it was no big deal.

"Keep an eye on Onion," Alex suddenly said. "I'm going to use the computers to find out where we should go next."

"I'll go with you," I offered. I didn't like seeing Onion like this. "I have excellent computer skills, yo!" I offered happily. Alex rolled his eyes but let me go with him anyway. Fox waved us away lazily, but I knew she'd take good care of Onion. Alex and I sat down where the computers were lined up and got on one. Alex pulled up the internet then hesitated.

"Maybe we should see what Itex is up to," I suggested. "Like, if they have any creepy plans brewing," I said ominously.

"I don't care what they're doing, as long as they leave us alone," Alex muttered. He typed something furiously and I tilted closer to get a better look. He was looking at different places close by and ways to get there.

"Oh, oh, let's go to the country," I chirped happily. He jumped in surprise, having not noticed me lean closer, I guess. He was unusually jumpy sometimes.

"Uh," he said, "maybe."

I quirked an eyebrow.

"You can choose," I said. "We trust your decision."

Alex smiled at me. I smiled and leaned back, shooting my gaze to a group of girls giggling in the corner. They looked like they were in middle school but trying to look older. They were smiling in Alex's direction.

"Ugh, gee Alex, turn down the sexy meter," I complained.

"Huh? What?" he blinked at me.

"Everywhere we go, girls flock close by," I said. "Oh, how about California?"

"It's not like I encourage them," he shot back. "And California is pretty crowded."

"So? We like crowded," I said. "It's easier to blend in that way."

"True…so California it is?" he said, leaning back. I could tell he already decided it was a good idea. I nodded and he exited out of the website. We returned to the couch where Fox was petting Onion's head. He was asleep but his expression was pained. Khalla had returned by then and held a half-empty bottle of water, sitting next to the couch with Fox.

"We're goin' to California!" I practically shouted. Khalla shushed me and I stuck my tongue out at her, prancing over to kiss Onion's forehead.

"Get better soon babe, we're going to California," I whispered in his native tongue. He was comforted whenever I spoke to him in his language. He shifted and sighed softly, having heard my voice. I fixed his bandanna, which we had pulled down when he began to vomit. We didn't want anyone to see his strange face then get attention drawn to us….not with Onion sick like this.

"Excuse me," a voice suddenly said, "is he okay?"

I turned. A girl, an employee obviously, had a worried expression on her face.

"Um, he's fine," I said.

Fox piped up from where she was petting Onion. "He's my little brother….he's really sick, but we don't have enough money to get a taxi ride home," she widened her eyes to look cute. "He's oh so sick…"

I stifled the urge to roll my eyes.

"Oh, dear," she said in concern. "Well, I have a ten…you're free to use it to get home," she handed Fox the money, who smiled like a humble person…which she totally wasn't.

"Thank you! Don't worry, brother, you'll be fine," she cooed at Onion. The girl smiled again and left.

"Wow, I'm not surprised," Alex said. Fox smiled in triumph and mock bowed.

"Why thank you. Now we have some money for food."

"Onion looks a little less pale…" I said, patting his cheek. "I think if he just sleeps like this, he should be better soon."

"Where should we go?" Khalla asked.

"Until Onion gets better…" I said thoughtfully. "We should stay indoors."

"I'm feelin' better, really…" Onion said, putting on a strong face. Then he grimaced and slapped his hand over his mouth with another moan. "Reeeeally."

"Sure you are," I rolled my eyes. "Stop pretending you look convincing."

"The library closes in a couple hours," Alex said. "After it closes, we should try to find somewhere to sleep for the night."

"We could sleep here," I suggested. "I can find a way to convince them the building it empty."

"Is that safe…?" Khalla asked wearily.

"Psh, of course! Onion should be better by tomorrow!" I laughed confidentially. "We just need one night, of course."

"Of course," Fox said. "One night."

"Well, it sounds tempting," Khalla said. "A warm place to sleep…"

"Ugh, sounds good, right!?" I whipped my head around to grin at Alex in an attempt to convince him to give us the green flag. He stared at us all seriously, as if he was actually mulling over it. I didn't see the problem in my plan. I was good at tricking people; my ability saw to that.

"Fine," he finally sighed. "Do your thing, Spider."

"Aye!" I saluted. It would be easy; all I had to do was throw my voice as another guard or whoever, and before I knew it it'd be locked down and cleared out. I've done it before…er, in my head, but still. It would work.

I was careful when I played out my plan. I didn't stumble or make a mistake; in the end the people who were closing up that night blissfully locked up and went home for the night, oblivious to the group of mutant kids residing in the building. There were guards, of course, but they lingered outside. As long as we were quiet we'd be fine.

I returned, smiling smugly. "Who's the best damn genius in the world?"

"Einstein?" Fox deadpanned.

"You!" Onion laughed then clutched his stomach. "Ugh, your funny makes my tummy hurt."

Khalla rubbed his head and Alex walked up to me.

"Are you okay?"

"Huh? Why wouldn't I be?" I asked happily. "Aww, is Alex worrrrried about lil' ol' me?" I wiggled against him like a cat, purring and all. I had the best animal impressions. He frowned in annoyance, trying to push me off him.

"Spider, seriously…"

"Fine, fine, I see where I stand," I said pitifully, pulling away dramatically. Alex sighed again (he did that a lot lately) and walked over to where the others were tending to a complaining Onion, who started to speak in Polish in his delirious sick babble.

"We need to keep quiet," he said. "Let's just sleep for tonight. We'll leave before the library opens tomorrow, okay?"

"Alright," Khalla agreed. "I'm pretty tired."

"Yeah, you run like a friggin' cheetah," I said. "No wonder you're part cat."

"Don't call me a cat!"

"Meow," I pawed at her, grinning slyly.

"Ugh, Spider…" she said in exasperation.

"Just go to sleep," Fox said loudly. "You guys are annoying."

"Tak, i jestem chory…" Onion piped up in anguish.

"Um, let's pretend we understood that," Khalla mumbled, stretching. "Sure Onion. Good night."

"Night…" he sighed deeply.

Khalla curled up against the couch, yawning before licking her lips and making herself comfortable. Fox joined her, rudely shoving her head against the other girl's stomach and getting comfortable as well, ready for sleep. I felt a bit lonely at the moment, since I felt like the others sort of didn't like me. I didn't blame them; I was a little, er, obnoxious. But Khalla and Fox looked so comfortable like that (well, Fox did, Khalla kept trying to push her off…she eventually gave up, though).

"Alex, can I sleep on you?" I asked.

"Wh….what!?"

"I mean…like…." I grinned sheepishly. "I don't have a blanket or a jacket."

"….ugh," he said, turning his back to me and flopping onto the floor, quite ready for sleep. I frowned, offended, then crawled over to make myself comfortable somewhere else.

"Well?"

"Well what?" I asked him in annoyance.

"….aren't you going to sleep?"

I blinked then beamed, throwing myself over to land on top of him.

"Ow! Spider!" he grunted.

"Hee hee, I love you, Alex," I cooed, rubbing his cheek then smushing his face into awkward expressions. His eyes shone with obvious annoyance.

"Spwider, lmme, gwu(Spider, let me go)," he said through his smushed face. He looked ridiculous. I released him obediently and curled up so my face buried against his warm back and he shifted slightly.

"Thanks," I hummed. "Good night, Alex."

I could practically hear his eyes roll. "Whatever."

"Hee hee."

"Good night, Spider."

"Night."

D: I do not own MR.
I own Onion and Mackenzie/Spider.
InkDrinker owns Alex.
booknerd333 owns Ariadne.
Starskyluvsfang14 owns Khalla.

N: Oh no. I didn't like how this came out. XD
Oh well.
OH NO ONIONS SICK IN THE FIRST CHAPTER? D:
Well he's a kid, kids get sick easily, haha. Yay for Alex/Spider fluff! *eyetwitch*
Every chapter will be in a different person's POV. Only someone from the flock though. Spider was the first POV haha. :D
I apologize if someone seems OOC. I tried, hahaha. If anyone has any ideas at all, throw them at me.
R&R! :D