Chapter 1
"This
is the life" I said to Fang who was gliding next to me. He looked
over at me and met my gaze. "well…I mean when Erasers aren't
Killing us." I said and when when you don't have a voice telling
you to save the world every 5 minutes I silently added. He gave me
one of his rare smiles and beat his dark wings faster and did a loop
in the air. I smiled.
"Tag!"
I heard the Gasman yell "your it!"
I
looked over at him and saw him swoop down and touch Angel's
shoulder and glide near Iggy who had Total in his arms.
"
Can I play too?" Nudge asked her brown eyes shining.
"Yah..."
said Angel swooping her white wings toward Nudge."You can be it!"
she finished and touched Nudge's tawny wings with her white ones
and glided away.
I
loved the flock so much. What would I do if one of them died? I
shuddered thinking about it. I would never let them die as long as
there was blood in my veins.
That's
a good agenda Max, take care of the flock as the world burns. Said
the voice.
The
Flock are my world voice. I shot back angrily
Ok,
Max. Said the Voice If the flock are your world you should protect
them from the pack of Erasers about to attack you.
"What!"
I exclaimed out loud
"Max,
are you ok?" Fang asked. Flapping his wings in unison with mine.
"The
voice just said that Erasers are about to attack us." I said doing
a 360.
"What?
Really?" Fang said and I felt him do a 360 also.
"Oh,
no. There they are." I said pointing to the pack of Erasers that
where gaining slowly on us.
Chapter
2!!!!
"Heads
up guys! Erasers!" I shouted at the Flock.
"Can't
we have one day Eraser free?" Fang muttered and took his place
to me.
You
and me both I thought. Then the Erasers where upon us.
I
swung my fist at the closest one near me and heard a satisfying
crunch as his jaw broke.
I
heard a loud Boom and looked around and saw Iggy and the Gasman
hovering over a falling Eraser that had a gaping hole in his chest.
I
still couldn't figure out how they managed to hide the endless
supply of explosives from me.
"Max!"
I heard Angel yell and saw that Ari had a knife pressed ageneses her
throat.
Rage
built up inside me and I flew toward Angel. Ari Always Ari.
Control
him sweetie a thought silently hopeing Angel would read my thoughts.
"I
can't!" she said with tears streaming down her cheeks.
That
made me so sad. I couldn't bear to see Angel cry.
"Prepare
for death little birdie" Ari snarled in Angels ear.
"Max!
Help me!" Angel said sobbing
No!
I thought. I wasn't going to make it! I was to far away!
Then
I heard a savage cry and Fang swooped down from no where and punched
Ari making him let go of Angel.
"Scat!"
I said to Angel and then thought 'take Iggy, Gazy and Nudge into the
forest below and hide there until me and Fang come.'
She
nodded her head and flew toward Iggy, Gazy and Nudge.
I
looked around a saw that the fight was over. What was left of the
Erasers had flown east. Why East? I wondered.
Maximum
there is no time for thinking, Fang needs your help. Said the Voice.
I
looked over and saw Fang punching and kicking Ari savagely but Ari
still had the knife and manage to slice open Fangs shoulder. There
was blood dripping down his arm.
I
swooped down and kicked Ari in his Back making him rollover in mid
air.
Ari
whirled around and glared at me.
"What's
the matter Dog boy?" I snarled.
"Just
trying to kill you boyfriend here! But I much rather kill you!"
Ari grould and herald the knife at me.
"Max!"
I heard Fang shout.
Pain
exploded behind my eyelids and I stared in shock at the knife
imbedded in my chest.
I
tried to lift my hands to pull it out but to my horror found that I
couldn't move them.
I
tried to scream but no sound came out.
Darkness
creped over me and I blacked out.
Part of Chapter 3
Fangs POV
"Max!"
I yelled and rushed toward her falling body.
Out
of the corner of my eye I saw Ari fly triumphantly to the other
Erasers.
I
was going to kill that a-hole for hurting Max.
"Max!"
I yelled again as I caught her in my arms and to my alarm saw that
her eyes where closed and she was hardly breathing. I looked down at
the knife and winced. Dark red blood was oozing out of the wound and
the knife had turned crimson.
"Max!
Wake up! Talk to me! Say something!" I screamed as if yelling
would bring her back to conciseness.
I
tugged gently on the blade but even more blood pored out.
I
flew down to where the rest of the flock where waiting to put
bandages on the wound.
When
I landed I was greeted with "Fang what happened!" and "Fang
is she ok?" but ignore them all and lade Max down in the grass.
I quickly pulled the blade out and started pouring antiseptic in the
wound. Max then weakly opened her eyes.
The rest of chapter 3
Max
POV
Pain
erupted in my chest as I started to gain conciseness. I never
experienced this kind of pain before. It was like someone was slowly
cutting out my heart. I was suddenly aware of someone over me and I
concentrated on all my strength to pry my eyes open.
The
suns rays felt like fire on my eyes and I quickly closed them again.
I
became aware of voices talking over me but a count make out what they
said.
What
if the Erasers captured me! I thought with growing horror.
I
was not going to be taken to the School without a fight.
I
started struggling. Flailing my arms wildly around.
Then
a voice spoke in my ear.
"Max,
its ok, Where here. Every things ok."
Through
the pain I slowly recognized the voice. It was Fang.
I
stopped struggling and forced my eyes open.
The
flock where all around me.
Angel
and Nudge where stroking my hair and crying.
The
Gasman was looking at me with disbalef. Iggy was staring at me with
sightless eyes.
Fang
was leaning over me. His dark eyes where filled with worry.
I
slowly moved my arm to my chest.
"Don't.."
Fang began but I ignored him and laid my hand against the wound.
I
winced and pain exploded in my chest. I realized why they where all
looking at me like that. The blade had piered right above my heart. I
wasn't going to live.
Anger
coursed through me. After all I had been through I was now going to
die.
"Fang.."
I said my voice a whisper. "You need to promise something."
"Max,
no. You're going to be ok." Fang said softy tears brimming in
his eyes.
Fang
crying? No I must be imagining it. Fang never cried.
"Fang,
promise me that you will take care of the flock, Promises me.."
"Max
no! Don't leave me!"
"Goodbye
Fang" I said my voice barely a whisper.
With
the last ounce of my strength a put my arms around Fangs neck and
pulled him down so his lips brushed mine and we kissed for the last
time.
3rd person POV:
When
Fang collapsed, the rest of the flock stopped there wailing and
looked over at him.
Fang
was slumped over Max breathing hard and his eyes moved under his
eyelids as if suffering a nightmare.
Then
there was Max.
Her
body was now glowing gold and now that it was fully dark she was like
a mini sun illuminating the trees like a beacon making it easier for
the pack of flying Erasers to spot them.
The
rest of the Flock totally unaware of the danger moved closer to Max
and Fang.
Sensing
that something weird was happening Iggy asked in a hushed whisper,
"Gassy,
what's happening?"
"Fang
is, I think, Healing Max." The Gasman replied softly.
"Uh,
What?" Iggy said bewildered.
"Fang
is healing Max." Gassy said again and moved closer to Max and
Fang.
Nudge
and Angel also moved closer so that they all formed a circle around
Max and Fang.
Suddenly
Erasers swarmed into the clearing.
Iggy,
Nudge, Angel and the Gasman rose and took there fighting stances.
They
started kicking and yelling at there attackers but where soon
overwhelmed.
Erasers
grabbed Iggy, Nudge, Angel and the Gasman and threw them in small
metal cages.
Ari
growled with disappointment as he saw Max start breathing again.
He
wanted to kill her so bad. But orders where orders.
'Bring
Max and Fang to me; take the others to the instutude.'that is what
they had said.
Ari
swore and motioned to the other Erasers to put Max and Fang and
crates.
A
Helicopter then spiraled down from the sky like an ugly beetle and
landed in the clearing.
The
Erasers threw the cages in and piled in.
The
helicopter took of and headed to the School.
NEXT CHAPTER!!!!!!
Max POV:
I
slowly woke up and was aware of bright lights and Antiseptic smells.
Wait,
I woke up? I wasn't dead?
I
tried to remember what happened but my brain was slow and sluggish.
I
gave up and tried to sit up but smashed my head into something.
I
yelped and quickly opened my eyes.
I
was in a metal cage in a white lab room. There where identical cages
around me with whimpering figures in them.
"Max?"
a calm voice asked from the cage next to me.
I
recognized it instantly.Fang.
"Fang?"
I said and peered in his cage. Fang looked at me like he was seeing
me for the first time then happiness spread across his face.
"Max!"
he exclaimed. "How are you feeling?"
"Apart
from being dead for awhile, Fine." I said sarcastically. "What
happed? How am I still alive?" "Not that I mine being
alive." I said quickly.
A
look of confusion crossed his face.
"I'm
not sure." He said slowly "All I remember is..."
The
noise of the door being slammed open cut him off.
A
girl about 14 stood in the doorway.
She
had pail skin that stretched over her skinny form. Two red eyes with
no pupils stared at us behind long black hair. A pair of black,
leathery looking wings spread out behind her. And a black armored
tail with a lethal curved barb at the end was poised over her head
ready to strike out at anyone if necessary.
She
let out a short high pitched screech reveling fangs as sharp as
daggers.
"Damn!
Wrong door" she muttered to her self. And started to walk back
to the door.
I
made one of my famous snap decisions and called out.
"Wait!"
The
girl whorled around and screeched again. Puzzlement crossed her face
and she walked over to my cage.
"Can
you help us get out of these cages?" I asked her cautiously.
Wondering if she was a whitecoat herself. With her tail and wings I
somehow doubt it.
The
girl shrugged and lashed her tail out.
I
instinctively blinked then looked at the cage door.
The
strong metal was cut clean as if cut with a hot knife.
"Wow."
I muttered crawling out of the cage.
I
stood up, looked over and saw her do the same to Fang's cage.
"Who
are you?" I asked tentatively when Fang got up to stand by me."
Are you a white coat?"
The
girl shook her head in disgust.
"No.
My name is Scorpia I was created by the whitecoats. I escaped once
along with my younger brother, from the whitecoats, because you know
how pleasant they are, but we got captured again and got separated."
"But
why am I answering your questions? Who are you?" She said venom
dripping off her words.
"We
escaped too along with four others." I found my self saying. "We
got captured by Erasers and got dragged back here. And what exactly
are you?" I said eyeing her tail.
"I'm
a Human, Bat, and scorpion hibread."Scorpia said curtly.
"That
explains the tail." Fang muttered and Scorpia flicked her tail
in annoyance.
"Look,
we have no time for chit-chat." "Once the whitecoats see I
have escaped, they will send Erasers after us." Scorpia said
moving toward the door.
"Wait!
What about the rest of my flock? Have you seen them?" I asked
Scorpia.
"I
don't know." She replied but "I'm sure we can find
out." with that she ran through the door.
I
looked over at Fang.
"What
should we do?" I asked him.
He
shrugged.
"They
aren't in this room I already looked." he said helpfully.
This
was my call.
"Ok
then. Let's go and look for them." I said and took of running
down the white tiled hall after Scorpia.
We
found her in the next room with her tail-blade pressed against a male
whitecoats throat.
"Where
is my brother." she snarled at him.
The
whitecoat struggled against her tail sweat running down his face.
"Where
is my brother?" Scorpia said again more forcefully.
A
vein pulsed on the whitecoat's forehead.
"I
don't know." The whitecoat mumbled avoiding Scorpia's eyes.
"You
are lying! Tell me now or I'll slice your head from your neck."
Scorpia said venom dripping of her words.
The
whitecoats eyes bulged.
"Fine,
your brother is in the institute in New York." He said
nervously.
"How
about the rest of them." Scorpia said gesturing to me and Fang."
And how can we get outside?"
"There
in the institute same as your brother. As for going outside take the
door on the left down the hall." The white coat replied." Now
let go of me!"
Scorpia
eyed him warily then hit the whitecoat on the head with the flat of
her blade and he fell to the floor.
Scorpia
screeched and started walking to the door.
"Why
are you screeching like that?" Fang asked.
"If
you haven't noticed have no pupils. So I rely on echolocation to
see." Scorpia explained and opened the door.
"Oh..."
Fang said lamely.
We
ran down the white tiled hall. The antiseptic smells where awaking
bad childhood memories and I was relived when we burst through a door
and found are self's among trees and shrubs.
The
three of us unfurled are wings and headed to New York.
Chapter 8
Max POV:
For
most of the flight to the Institute we said nothing and were trying
to fight off wariness and fatigue but losing the battle.
Personally
I was freaked out and stressed over the fact we were headed to a
living hell.
Scorpia,
lost in her thoughts followed us through the night. Her dark,
bat-like wings beating silently in a rhythmic pattern.
One
good thing was that the Voice was gone. Or it had just stopped
talking. Either way I wasn't complaining.
"There
it is." Fang said darkly breaking the silence." The
Institute."
I
looked down.
The
ominous black building loomed upward, stretching towed the moon as if
wanted to take it out of the sky.
I
shivered.
Please
let the rest of the flock be ok I pleaded to myself.
"How
are we going to get in?" Scorpia asked speeking for the first
time.
"Last
time we had to go through the sewer tunnels." I said.
Scorpia's
nose wrinkled in disgust but she said
"If
it's for my brother I'd go to hell itself."
Well
you will get that chance now I reflected.
Gathering
up my courage I murmured a "Lets go." and dived to the
ground.
We
landed and went down the subway tunnel, climbed down and into the
sewer pipes and stood in front of the heavy metal door that was bound
with a lock and chain. It was the only thing that stood between us
and the Institute.
I
walked over and pulled on the door. The chains rattled but the door
didn't budge.
I
turned around and looked dumbly at Fang and Scorpia.
"It's
locked." I said stupidly.
"No!
Really? How are we ever going to get in?!" Scorpia said
sarcastically and strode over to the door.
Quicker
then the eye could see her tail wiped around and sliced through the
chain like butter.
The
lock clattered uselessly to the floor.
Scorpia
grinned smugly and opened the it.
Inside
air conditioning machines whorled noisily and an antiseptic smell
wafted out.
I
stepped inside and the others followed.
As
we walked down the hall I felt the hairs of the back of my neck
prickle.
I
spun around and yelled "Who's there!"
"Max?"
I herd a hoarse voice ask in a room we just past by.
I
stepped tentatively in and peered through the darkness.
Fang,
without saying anything, switched a light bulb on.
The
light reveled cages upon cages of mutations that where shaking and
whimpering. Some where horrible failures that had organs outside
there bodies.
Over
in the corner in a dog crate was, Nudge!
There
where tears streaming down her cheeks and her hair was matted and
dirty.
"Nudge!"
I exclaimed and hurried over to her.
"Max!"
she cried and started sobbing uncontrollably.
"Shh,
it's ok where here to get you out." I said gently trying to
open her cage.
"Max,
something horrible happened. Max you have to help me!" Nudge
said softly looking into my eyes.
Senescing
something wrong Fang came and sat next to me.
"Nudge
its ok. Tell us what's wrong." Fang said reassuringly.
"Oh
Max." Nudge said trying to fight back tears."Max,They
cut are wings off."