Chapter 1; Bye, See Ya, Chow
I awoke on the floor lying next to several dead erasers. I tried to move. I couldn't. Pain was searing inside my chest. I felt dizzy. I slowly raised my head and took a look around. The roof was completely burned off. I could see the blue background of the sky covered in smoke. I looked down at myself. My left leg ached. I was a bloody mess. My shirt was splattered with blood and so were my pants. I remember seeing Fang and the rest of the flock trying to save me, and then taken away with some Erasers who were almost burning alive.
Now all I could see were dead bodies of once strong erasers. I realized something was missing. I slowly used my stomach muscles to lift myself up. My back! Something was wrong. When I was lying on the ground my back was completely leveled on the ground. I frantically and painfully reached to where my wings were and all I felt was singed skin. My wings were burnt off.
I held in a scream. (For as long as I could too) I heard an ambulance. Then it screeched to a stop. Dr. Martinez jumped out. She came running towards me shouting, "Max! Max! Stay Awake!" My vision blurred so it was red and fuzzy. Then I did something I was trying to prevent. I let out a long blood-curdling scream. Then I felt myself hoisted on a matt, and I feinted.
I awoke. Slightly remembering what went on the day before. I started to kick and punch. (Most of my wounds at this point were healed except for two gaping ones in my back.) Instantly I felt my mom's soft, gentle hands rest on my arm. "Max, Max! It's okay!" I reluctantly calmed down. Then cried. "How can anything be okay? My wings are gone! I have no clue where the flock is! Heck, I don't even know if they are alive!" I shouted in fury. "Max, everything is okay." I continued crying. My back screamed pain and emptiness. As soon I was calmed down I was fed some food and I slept some more.
This was the worst time of my life. I wanted to jump out the window again, only this time knowing I had no wings. I tried to focus on the bright side. The flock has escaped before, so they can do it again. No, because I was leading them. Well, maybe they won't be experimented on. No, the school isn't that merciful. Maybe my wings would grow back. No, if you cut off a bids wings, its like cutting off a persons arm. So, they probably won't grow back.
Okay, so there wasn't a bright side. Especially to this story. "Max," my thoughts were disrupted by mom's voice. "Max, since you're wings burned um off… I think that you should come live with Ella and I. And since the erasers probably won't need you, um you should go to school too." "Okay." "So lets get in the car and I'll help you out."
That evening we arrived at Ella's house. "Can, you get yourself out?" "Yes." We walked up to the house. I then later learned that Ella was on a sleep over and that I would get some peace and quiet. I lay in a bed in a room that was set-aside just for me. Later that night mom called me for dinner. I came down said grace and dug into the mashed potatoes. My wings were gone, but I still had my special abilities, some bird like features, and a big appetite.
