A.N. Hi! I say hi because I resolved to stop saying Hey hey hey at the begining of chapters. This is my new story, which you might already know about
Nudge: Cause her contest was for it. So we now have 4 new mutants, a human and an OC from her because no one gave her a small human.
Me: At the end I'm mentioning the names of the authors who got their people in here.
Nudge: You're still mean, cruel, heartless, and should burn in Tarturus
Me: Nudge, just because Mrs. Gillette likes everyone and picks on you so much doesn't mean I have to burn in some other hell.
Nudge: It does too!
"We haven't done anything!" Maximum Ride exclaimed. Her frustration boiled over and fizzed, drowning her second in command. "We need to do something to help the world!"
"What do you plan on doing?" Fang answered smoothly.
"I don't know!" Max yelled. "The last thing we've done was escape a stupid Floridian facility! Where my clone attacked me 2 years ago! After that, we've done nothing but hide!"
"Why don't we ask the kids," Fang suggested in a tone that was much to calm for Max.
"Fine," She huffed. Then was reminded. The kids. They were still in the cave, sleeping at this tense hour.
Max sighed and the two 16 year olds spread their wings, hers like an eagle's and his like the most pitch black, and flew into the large cave. Inside, a few blankets and backpacks were scattered on the cave floor, among the 4 figures sleeping in the dark night.
This cave in the middle of the Grand Canyon made an amazing hiding spot. Enough of one that the others slept as soundly as possible.
Iggy was laying spread eagle on his stomach on top of his personal blue blanket, one that his parents gave him in Virginia. Gasman was snoring loudly on his side. Nudge and Angel shared a large thin cotton purple blanket, curled up on their sides, Total resting between them.
Max and Fang sat by the mouth of the cave and took watch silently until sunup.
Sunup was a noisy time for all living creatures.
"We could tell people about starving kids and poverty! Or experiments, but would that be bad to tell people about us, or would that be okay, cause then they could bust other people or animals out of the School, or we could! We could totally go bust kids out of Schools, Fang was looking them up on his laptop earlier, sorry Fang I read over your shoulder, but I hacked in for you. So we could just save kids!" Nudge finished. For 13, she wasn't very mature.
"I like Nudge's idea." Angel, now 8, supplied. "Can't we save other kids that live like we did?"
"How many Schools are across the country?" Iggy asked incredulously.
"Probably a lot." Max said hesitantly.
"There's one somewhere in Montana, one in California that we never wish to visit, and others in top secret locations." Fang said as shortly as possible.
"That's just peachy." Iggy said, sarcasm dripping off his words.
"I like the idea." Max said strongly. "We need to start with our own kind." She cleared her throat, thinking of her plan from there. "But we need to split up."
"Why?" Gasman asked. Angel looked sad, Nudge like she was about to erupt with word spew, Iggy looked confused.
"We need one group to Montana, one group towards Illinois, one group towards the Carolinas. The group in Illinois and North and South Carolina, just in those general areas, looking for Schools. We'll meet here again in about 3 weeks, maybe sooner. If you're not back by then, we start looking for you. We might go to the one in California someday as well." Max said bravely. But in Max's head she was nervous about the effect on the Flock this would have, and wondering how she knew the layout of the country. It must've been the formal schooling.
The Flock thought for a minute. They were confused, sad, and almost mad at first. After a minute they realized her idea could be one of the best for finding Schools.
Angel's eyes unfocused as she scanned her 'moms' mind. Max was thinking of the groups they'd split into, trying to think one 16 year old for each group, stronger with weaker, all that. Though Angel slightly disapproved of the teams, she was confident they might work. So she scooped up her little black dog and walked over to hold Iggy's hand.
"Angel," Max said accusingly. "Did you read my mind?" The 8 year old only giggled. Max sighed and went on. "Alright, Angel, pack for you, Iggy, and Total. Fang, you're taking Gazzy out to Illinois, Angel already knows she and Iggy are heading farther east. Nudge and I are going to Montana." There was a little bit of unintelligible mumbling as they started to gather up their stuff.
"So, if we find people and save them, can we bring them back here?" Gasman asked, trying to grasp the concept.
"I guess." Max answered, unsure. Then the process of packing began.
Nudge was talking to herself as she twirled around the cave, picking up the purple blanket and looking over to Angel. Angel smiled, indicating Nudge could keep it for the 3 weeks. Angel still smiled as she packed up Celeste and a bit of the food from the cave, and brought out a small square of a pink fuzz pillow from farther back in the cave to put in her pack.
Max looked sternly at Angel, not liking that her little girl had secrets. Max's backpack already held her white blanket, and a small amount of food and water. She had nothing else.
Fang and Gazzy packed quickly, as neither had anything other than backpacks and food, aside from Fang's permanent attachment, his laptop.
Iggy felt around the floor, not finding anything else that was his. There was nothing there, he was done.
It was all usual packing procedure.
After they finished, it was checked again. Everything was in order. But this meant they had to leave sooner, which none of them were prepared for.
Nudge and Angel almost cried, but they'd been raised otherwise. Iggy and Gasman looked sad, but almost as impassive as Fang. As for Max, she just smiled sadly before taking off into the sunrise, Nudge on her heels. Fang nudged Gasman then took off. Iggy felt his hand being pulled forward, and he went with the motion. Angel was his guide, and Total as well.
They were all guides for each other. But now their guides were leaving. The Flock was, no matter how temporarily, spilt up.
SO, I updated this, improved it, fixed it up.
Flying out.
P.S. The author names are- FeliciaCaden, cutieepiee-x, raven at midnight, and Beth. THeir names will be mentioned when their characters appear.
