Maximum Ride: The Scarlet Letter: Featuring Kay
Chapter One
The moonlight reflected off the dew casting a pale light through the sky. The Flock was out for an after-dinner fly. The days were just starting to lengthen and the moon had only recently come up. Max dived and came up, her wings and arms stretched as far as her grin. It had been a while since they had had a night flight.
Fang angled sharply down, circling above a small valley under the edge of a cliff. "What's up?" Max asked as she came down to fly next to him, their wings just an inch apart.
"Thought I saw something," Fang replied.
They landed right next to a small stream that had formed from the snow-melt; the rest of the Flock joined them and Gazzy knelt down to take a drink.
"Eeeewe! That's disgusting!" Nudge said.
Max looked over to see what Gazzy was doing, "Gazzy, stop that, the water's not clean. We'll head home after this and get a drink." Angel and Iggy smiled at the shenanigan. Gazzy was always doing something to see what reactions he could get from the rest of the Flock.
"Guys, come over here." The light atmosphere died at the tone in Fang's voice. The Flock came and looked at what Fang had found. Nudged gasped, Gazzy stared, Angel took Max's hand and Max bent down next to Fang, letting out a sigh and rubbing her temple with her free hand. She could feel a headache beginning to form.
"Um... guys... a little help. What's got you all freaking?" This from Iggy, he was blind and tended to get annoyed at the Flock when they forgot to clue him in on what was going on.
"Um... there's a girl on the ground," said Nudge.
"She's unconscious," said Angel.
"Is she dead?" whispered Gazzy.
"No, she's not dead," said Fang, taking his hand from her throat.
"But she looks pretty beat up," Max said.
"So... what are we going to do about her?" asked Iggy. Everyone looked at Max, "I suppose we take her back to the house, at least for tonight. She won't make it out here in the cold." Fang grabbed the girl by her shoulders and arms, Iggy took her legs and they headed back.