Total is in it. He's, uh, just sad from being away from Akila.
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I read over the corny script. Again. "Fang, I'm not doing this. It's stupid," I said. Fang and I were walking down a beach in Florida, holding hands.
"C'mon. You'll like rehearsals," Fang pushed. In the script, I was supposed to kiss him. It was an ad to prevent global warming, and I don't know how the writers incoperated kissing with global warming.
"Fang. No. This isn't like you. You'd want to keep our love private!" I complained. And that wasn't like me, because I don't complain.
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"Max! Wake up!" groaned Gazzy. Iggy and Gazzy were poking and tapping me. Angel probably knew I was awake, but I was planning to stay in bed as long as I could.
"I'll get her," Fang said. Angel giggled, reading his mind. I heard Fang's quiet footsteps. He leaned down and kissed me, lifting me to my feet. Nudge and Angel giggled uncontrollably, holding Total who whined. Probably because he missed Akila, and seeing love hurt. Gazzy moaned and dragged Iggy into the kitchen.
He stopped kissing me and asked, "Awake?" I moaned and leaned against his shoulder. Fang's arms wrapped around my waist and rocked me back and forth soothingly. I would've fallen asleep again, but I had my leader duties to attend. I moaned again and went to the bathroom to have a hot shower.
When I came out, feeling refreshed and clean, I saw food on the table and rushed to it. Even though Fang, Iggy, and I are fourteen, Nudge is eleven, Gazzy is eight, and Angel is six, we eat a lot. Iggy-- even though he's blind-- is the cook in our flock. "Mmm," I said, sitting down. I stuffed eggs and sausages into my mouth. "Guys, we've gotta move. I wanna see my mom," I said. We'd been staying at a hotel in Hawaii for about three weeks, after my Mom had been kidnapped (long story), she went home to see Ella, my half sister, and we stayed here. We didn't have to pay a penny because of Angel, who has a billion helpful, freakish abilities. Speaking of abilities, we call ourleves 'the flock' because we're 98% humans and 2% bird. And we have wings.
Luckily, the freak-scientists at the School (the horrible, bad-smelling, place I grew up) gave us raptor vision, eyesight, and amazing strenght. Along with random skills. Angel has the most skills. She can read, and sometimes control, minds, breath underwater, talk to fish, and she can somewhat change her appearence. Gazzy can mimic someone perfectly, and his other skill I'd rather not mention. Nudge can attract metal, and hack and computer, and that's pretty much all she can do, unless you consider talking 24/7 an ability. Iggy can feel colours, and has incredibly sensitive fingers and ears, because he's blind. Fang can pretty much disappear if he stays still, and he has gills. I can fly at incredibly fast speeds, and I have gills like Angel and Fang. Total is out dog, and he talks. He has tiny wings which barely hold him up, and can jump so incredibly high. Iggy and Gazzy love to make explosives, and that has saved our butts multiple times.
"Okay, guys. Let's pack up," I said when we had all finished stuffing our faces. We packed our few belongings, and headed out the door. It was around noon, so we took off in the park, to have a lesser chance of people seeing our wings. Flying to where my mom lived would take about three hours, no breaks.