AN: The second chapter. This one will be much longer.
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Blackbird spread his wings out. To the Flock below on the ground he longed like a dark angel, and though they did not know it, that was indeed what he had become. He was a silhouette against the explosion behind him, but the Russian Army, who had presently been lying in wait around the building and were just now getting on their feet, could distinguish him clearly. Because, who else had 30-foot wings, answer, no one.
Commander Sergei gave the order, "OPEN FIRE!!" Around the massive crater created by the bomb, thousands upon thousands of guns let loose. Machine guns, turrets, rifles, tanks, pistols, anything that could fire, was. The second before he was hit, Blackbird spread his arms out. Everything stopped, nothing moved around him. Millions of projectiles, some moving faster than the speed of sound, stopped in mid air, and fell without a sound to the ground. Then the shockwave came. Some said that is was an after shock of the bomb, but others, tell of seeing a massive blue wave originate from Blackbird at the same time all the bullets stopped. They were all thrown. Tanks that weighed more than 10 tons were picked up and thrown like toy cars, men went flying through the air, some were never seen again. An entire army, because that's what it had truly been, the entire army, was decimated with a simple motion of the arms. The Flock could not help but wonder, what had emerged from the fire? It was certainly not Blackbird, but, something more. More powerful, more wise, perhaps even more kind. He had been reborn, like Gandalf had, only Blackbird had never died. The flock had hidden behind their stolen truck and felt, rather than heard things hitting the other side. It quickly ended and came out to find that the area around the crater had been flattened to the ground, so that in some places, there was nothing sticking up, not even what little trees there were. Blackbird then folded his wings in, and flew down.
"Blackbird?" Max asked when he landed near them.
"Yeah."
"Was that you?"
"I'm not sure. I just kinda reacted."
"We could have been killed!" Fang was beyond angry. He was ready to fight no matter that Blackbird could kill him, no matter he was no match, no matter of what had just happened. He rushed Blackbird. He put all of his strength and weight into one punch aimed at Blackbird. Everyone, was expecting Blackbird to crush him, without a care. But, he didn't. He merely raised one hand and caught Fang's fist. Fang was so surprised that he didn't bring up his other fist like he intended. Blackbird pushed him back gently, but he still landed on his ass. Max tried to stifle a laugh but couldn't. Nudge laughed and then whispered something to Iggy. He roared with laughter. Gazzy, Angel and Total were falling all over themselves laughing. Fang was stunned. Not at the laughing but at the complete and utter change in the man standing in front of him. He was even more stunned when Blackbird walked foward and held out a hand for him. Fang took it numbly, and Blackbird pulled him up.
Fang, acting completely out of character, as one often does when surprised by a sudden chage, hugged him, and said, "You're the Blackbird I remember, the one from so long ago." Now it was Blackbird's turn to be stunned as he had nothing to say to Fang. He was saved by the others also crowding around him as well.
Iggy whispered, "Cool explosion. How'd you do it?"
Blackbird laughed.
He was back.
They slowly walked towards the hotel they had stayed at almost two months ago. There were people screaming and runnig and there was fighting and it seemed as though the police were just barely keeping things under control. It seemed as though every news station had gotten footage of the army being destroyed. The FSB kept trying to shut them down, but as soon as they shut one dow, two more appeared. There absolutely no way to stop the media from showing the crushing defeat. A CNN news monitor showed that the Russian Army had been pulled out of Georgia, and had been relocated to Moscow, to make up for the lost troops. President Bush called it a victory for democracy. When, they reached the hotel, they were pleasently surprised to learn that they the room they ha stayed in before, the King suite was still avalible. Apparently, guests had not wanted to stay there back they thought it was haunted. They got their keyes and went up. They quickly found the source of the so-called "haunting" it had been Blackbird's sword. It emminated an evil aura from it. It even shied away from Blackbird. It did not recognize its master. But, when he grabbed it, there was a change, it stopped raging, and indeed it even changed colors from black and red, to white and blue. It reflected that of the heart.
"Damn. I liked it better black." Blackbird muttered. He slung it over his back as he normally had it.
I think it looks pretty, Angel sent to him psychicly, a better reflect of The Winged Guardian right?
Yeah. I guess it does. Reminds me of your wings.
She gave Max puppy-dog eyes. "Can we call room service, Max, please?"
Max tried to resist but couldn't, "Alright."
But, Blackbird had a better idea, "Wait, I have a better idea, why don't we go eat in the hotel restaurante."
Max was unsure, "I don't know, that's really expensive."
"It's my treat, really."
Max sighed, she really could use a great meal right now. "Ok. You win."
Blackbird grinned, "Ok. Let's go." They filed out the door.
AN: I hope you liked it. I forgot to say that the poem I used on the last chapter was "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost.
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