TRAGEDY -- Chapter 1
Fang's POV
Okay, I know it's not
like me to do this, but I just have to. "Mmmmmmmm..." God,
I LOVE Oreo cookies. 'Where'd we get them?' you ask? well, let's just
say a group of campers will be very surprised, very soon.
"Oh,
boy. I love love love Oreo's! I mean, is there anything better?
Ohhhhh... yum! Yum! Yum!"
"Geeze, Nudge. I seem like
you've never had one before!" Max laughed.
"So? What's
the game-plan for today, then? Ig asked through mouthfuls of cookies.
"Just hang out, I guess. Enjoy it while it lasts."
"Ahhhh,
the wonderfully boring life of being a group of mutant feaks on the
run!" Gazzy whispered to Angle and Total, and we all laughed. I
wish life could freeze like this forever...
"Hold that
thought for a second, guys. Listen." Iggy whispered. I heard
nothing. "Flyboys. And lot's of 'em." He continued.
"Iggy!
The experimental bomb!" Gazzy said as he ran into the cave
behind us, and came out holding something. It looked more like
up-chuck-in-a-bottle. I looked up. They were on top of us. "U
and A, guys! Let's take them down!" I whispered, as Max, Nudge,
Angel and I flew off. I could hear Gaz and Ig arguing about the bomb
below us.
Let's go kick some robo-butt! I thought. I did a round-house kick and knocked one's head off. I kicked one at the base of it's spine. 2 down., 98 to go. I pulled another's wings together, and it dropped. One kicked me in the stomach, and I dropped a foot. Suddenly, the all surrounded me. The last thing I heard was "Uh-oh." As the bomb exploded 10 feet away from me, taking down all of the Flyboys, and me, too.
Max's POV
"FAAAAANG!!" I yelled, as he plummeted towards the ground, and hit it with an Earth-shattering WHACK! Fear streamed through me. Oh God, oh God! Not Fang- not Fang- not Fang!
As I flew up to
him, Iggy was already brushing his fingers all over Fang.
"Well?"
I asked, hopping me voice wasn't as full of fear as it sounded to
me.
"Not much. Nothing's broken, no bleeding. A few bruises
and scratches, He'll be fine. But, he's out cold." Ig whispered.
I relaxed a little. He was okay, and he'd wake up soon. "Nudge?
Angel? Gaz? You guys go make some room for Iggy and me to lay Fang
down on."
About an hour later, he
started to wake up. We all crowded around Fang.
"Uhhhhhh..."
he mumbled, his eyes shut, as he stiffly sat up.
"You okay?"
You hit the ground pretty hard there." I whispered.
"Yeah..."
Fang opened his eyes. "NO. I... can't see anything."
"No
jokes, Fang." Nudge said.
"I'm dead serious. I can't see
any of you."
A fresh flood of acid flew through me. Fang.
Was. Blind.