A/N- I am old to this website but new to posting content. I am trying to work out all the bugs, but I hope they don't deter from my story. Read and review please.

It was a cold night and I enjoyed the feeling of the wind rustling through my hair as I sat on the edge of the cliff, my sneakers hanging off the edge. I couldn't help but notice how dingy they looked, and couldn't imagine how the rest of me must look in my current condition. My body was covered in bruises and old cuts from fights, and on top of that was what felt like an inch thick layer of muck. I was just another homeless kid, but this time I was a mutant homeless kid with a 14 foot wingspan and 5 mutant kids to take care of. Oh, and a dog, we can't forget the dog we had picked up in New York when we visited the city for the first time. I sighed thinking about how long ago that was.

There had been no sign of erasers or scientists for the last few months and I would be lying if I told you it didn't make me at least a little on edge. Not that I wanted them to attack us and start a fight, but it would be nice to have some confirmation on whether they were there or not. I wasn't really a fan of not knowing things.

"Hey Max," a deep voice said from behind me before he shifted to sit next to me. His legs dangled over the edge with no fear and I felt myself smile a little bit. What's to fear when you can just fly away from your problems? Oh yeah, in our case, everything. "How are you doing, you've been out here awhile?" Fang looked down at me, his long bangs flopping over his face and concealing one of his beautiful chocolate eyes from my view.

"I'm just on edge I suppose, nothing major" I smiled back as his finger tips lightly brushed against mine. I felt a blush creep onto my cheeks.

"Well duh, I don't think I've ever seen you NOT on edge. Maybe like, that one time you got high and told me how much you looooved me" he smirked and held his arms out in the goofy way I had when I had gone in to have my chip removed. I punched him lightly on the arm and smirked. "You look gross" he commented and the smile faded from my lips.

"Oh boy, thanks for that" I said frowning slightly and furrowing my brows, "aren't you sweet."

"I didn't mean it to come out that way, I'm sorry" he laughed lightly and scratched the back of his head. "There is a spring a little bit away from here and I was wondering if you would like to go?"

"Well when you put it that way, that sounds like a good idea" I smile back at him calmly but I feel my heart beat a little faster in my chest. Fang and I had always been just on the edge of our relationship, always keeping it as casual as possible with the kids being around and constantly being on the run. We hadn't had a chance to talk about what we were in months.

"Lemme just tell the kids" I said while standing up.

"They already know, Ig's is on watch" he shot me a cheekily grin that was out of character. I blushed, realizing that he had planned to get time alone with me from the start. He stood up slowly and took my hand before pulling me off the cliff with him. I gasped as I felt myself topple over the edge, cascading me into a free fall down the mountain, my hand clutched tightly in his. As we got closer to the tree tops below he released my hand and flung his wings out, catapulting him into the night sky. I smiled as I opened my wings and felt the air rushing through my feathers. The night air always blew through you a little bit different then the air in the day time and I just couldn't put my finger on it. I flew through the air, following a few feet behind Fang. By the time he finally dropped below the line of the trees we were several miles away from our camp and I felt a pang of guilt for leaving the younger members of the flock. I was their leader, their guardian, and I had left them in the hands- though they were very capable hands- of a blind teenager who had a knack for blowing things up with his gassy little assistant. I took a deep breath and dropped below the tree line. I wanted so bad to enjoy whatever was going to happen, we didn't always have things to enjoy in our lives.