Chapter One: Someone In The Attic

Fang drove the police car lazily, snacking on some chips. This was the third call this week saying the same thing; "I think someone's in my house, in the attic!" Every time he has checked them out, it was nothing, so he would just tell them it was a rat or something and leave. So he was ready

He was 30 years old, miraculously living well with no disruptions. Itex was gone- permanently. He lived a peaceful life at home with Max and the rest of the flock. Max and Iggy were 30, also, Nudge was 27, Gazzy being 24 and Angel 22. Well, about. They never really got to know their real ages.

Fang lived under the name Nick Jacobsen. He and Max were married, passing Iggy (James Arelton) as Fang's roommate, and Gazzy (Zephyr Martinez) and Angel (Ariel Martinez) as Max's adopted brother and sister. Nudge (Monique Belle) was Max's best friend. That's what they told everyone when someone asked why they all lived together.

So "Zephyr, Ariel, Monique, Nick, James" and Max lived pretty nicely. Max still liked her name and no matter how many arguments they had about how it was unfair how they all had to change their names but her, she still kept it. but she did take her mom's last name, Martinez, instead of Ride.

He guessed it was about as normal as a life he would ever get. And he was fine with that. He was a cop, Max worked at a Taco Time, Nudge was trying to be a singer, Gazzy worked at the gun store, Angel was... a mind controller. It made all of them more than enough money to get by.

Anyways, Fang looked for the house that had reported the 'person in the attic'. He pulled into the drive way of the small Victorian house and parked the car, going up to the porch. He rang the doorbell to have a small, blond woman open the door. Her hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, in her sweats and a tank top. So she had been working out. Now Fang was starting think she was just hearing things.

She looked alarmed, but after she explained that she heard thumps and someone say 'yes', she led him to the stairs in the back of the house. The woman waited at the bottom.

In an attempt to hide Fang's doubtfulness from the woman, he pulled his gun out and climbed the stairs, creaking the door open slowly. He peered around the room, seeing nothing. He took out his flashlight and shone it around, seeing nothing but boxes and old furniture and more boxes. He was about ready to turn around and leave until there was a whimper and a little gleam from the corner of his eyes.

He turned the flashlight all the way to where the gleam and sound had come from and froze in his tracks at what he saw.

There was three kids, two guys and one girl, hiding behind one of the boxes, shaking.

And he could see the tip of a brown feather poking from behind one of their backs. Just like Fang.

They were about as shocked as he was. Fang's heart jumped into his throat, and he felt a pang somewhere in his stomach. He was frozen.

But in a spur of the moment, he motioned them towards the window, waving his hand eagerly. His heart was racing. The three kids- no more then eleven years old- raced to the window that lead to the backyard.

"Meet me outside in the bushes!" He hissed as they jumped down, Fang turning back to go down the stairs where the woman was waiting. He nearly tripped a few times as he rushed down the steps.

"Well?"

"There's nothing up there, I promise. Probably just some rats." Fang tried to say calmly, needing to get out of here. He was excited, he NEEDED to talk to those kids. Was the School back...?

"Okay... sorry I bothered." She said, but Fang was already rushing out the doors before she could say anything else.

Once Fang was outside, he looked down the road. No cars. A few houses and old run down shops. He looked for the kids to see if they had flown off. But they were no where up in the sky.

Then he saw them running away from him, incredibly fast, maybe even faster than him.

So he took off after them too, thrashing his feet against the cement, pounding them as fast as he could.

"Stop! I'm like you! Stop!" Fang yelled, trying to get them to stop. But they continued to run.

So he added, "I know how to stop them!"

That made them slow down, and then stop. The three looked at Fang, as he caught up to them, panting. They stared at him with a mix of emotions; shock, confusion, terror, excitement. The girl spoke up.

"Please help... they were coming after us... we ran... help, please... we didn't mean to bother anyone... but they want us, and we're hungry and tired..."

"Who?" He asked, still breathing hard. "Who wanted you?"

"Them. The one's with the fur and the paws. The ones the people in white made." She said. Tears were running down her dirty face, smudging the dirt that had caked on her skin. She reminded him of Angel was she was younger, which made him feel a bit nauseous as he thought of what these kids might have been through.

Fang had to catch his breath, and think, try to wrap his mind around what was going on.

"You mean the School...?" The words were like poison as he said them.

The three nodded together, and one of the boys spoke up in a hushed and cracked voice. "Them."

A/N: Okay! This was inspired by a dream last night, so I ran to the computer when I woke up and wrote this as fast as I could to get it all down before I lost it. Only now have I went back and edited it to be better. I hope it's good. :) Please review or add to alerts!