Hey thanks for the views, time to post chapter two! I don't own Maximum Ride.
-cmams3515
Iggy POV
Things had finally begun to slow down as Itex was destroyed and the School was mysteriously not chasing after us for a long time now, and hopefully they would finally leave us alone. I wondered what Max would let us do with our earned freedom and vacation after fighting the harsh and taxing battles us mutant bird kids had to wage. I picked up my cup of Sierra Mist and felt with my super power that the cup was mainly white with a hint of red, blue, and yellow design details. Nudge was blabbering on about what she wanted to do with our time on California, and I knew that the Flock was waiting for me to shut her up s they could munch on their food in peace. I slapped a pale hand across Nudge's face lightly with surprising accuracy for a blind teen, signaling to her that we would talk about it later but for now we wanted to eat in peace.
As I listened to the Flock's and my own steady heartbeat and slightly rushed breathing while earing, I could've swore that I heard multiple car door slamming simultaneously. I pinned it onto large family or maybe a young sport team with their parents, doing normal things that I could only dream of. I tensed however when I heard the faint velvet voices of Erasers, but when I extended my heightened senses towards Max and Fang to tell if they were onto the possible threat, their relaxed breathing composure and steady heartbeat led me to induce that I was hearing things and to go back to my delicious meal.
Just as I grabbed my McDouble, the windows of the burger joint popped like a soapy bubble and shards of glass flew everywhere, and could feel them cut into my skin and I knew that my early notion was right, Eraser's or some new creature was attacking and when Max found out I could have warned us I would be in so much trouble. I listened intensely to hear if Max or the baddies would make the first move, until I heard Ari talk, and I knew that we were in deep trouble id he came back to life again to capture us. I felt vibrations in the floor as well as the clattering of furniture as Ari and I assumed Max went flying into the back wall of the fast food place. Ari started to laugh spookily and I got the chills making my thin yet lean frame visibly shiver, and I felt the Gasman and Angel lean closer to me to shield them from the sight in front of their eyes.
Something must have happened silently because the next thing I knew Fang was tapping the back of my hand to let me know hat I had become in charge and yelled at us to take off in an up up and away. I heard Max groan, and although I couldn't tell if it was out of pain or annoyance because of Fang, I got the feeling that it involved both. Around me the younger members of the Flock stiffened and knew that I couldn't disobey Max and now Fangs orders, especially since I sensed a lot of Eraser's and I knew the odds of escape were pretty slim. So naturally I did what I did best, I brought my hidden weapons into the light and quickly decimated two Erasers, turning them into some gross substance that would definitely shut the place down during a health inspection.
First I shoved Gazzy and Angel, who were the closest o me out the window I just knew was there, and when I felt the back of Nudge's jean jacket I pulled her with me as she struggled to help our leader and second in command win a losing battle. She reluctantly flew out the window and I followed closely behind, but not before I heard Ari whisper into someone's ear about the School, and at least I knew where they were going to be taken when the rest of the Flock was capable of going after our eldest. The four of us let the wind guide us without any real sense of direction, but we knew where we were with our uncanny ability to just know, kind of like a built in GPS.
Out of no where, Gazzy shouted above the rising wind, " Hey isn't this that cave we went to before and after rescuing Angel from the School, and where we learned how to fly better with some awesome hawks!?"
"I don't know Gaz you tell me, in case you forgot I'm blind for crying out loud, I have no idea what it looks like!" I spoke sarcastically and could visualize the annoyance on Gazzy's face as the girls attempted to unsuccessfully smother their giggles.
"Well yeah Gaz this is the place, and I remember it so well because Fang and I sat here for hours waiting for Max to come back after helping a little girl with some guy bullies who then later turned out to be her half-sister, which is such a crazy coincidence! I don't really believe in coincidences but I mean that's still pretty cool, and oh yeah Fang tried to make me eat desert rat out here! That stuff is just gross, g-r-o-s-s gross, and Fag actually eat it! And th-mmphhh." Nudge spoke quicker then Max could fly even with her hyper speed, and I couldn't take it anymore so I just covered her mouth until she eventually realized no one understood her like this and stopped talking.
"What's a coi-, a coinci-?" Angel asked quietly.
"A coincidence is a situation that has a slight chance of happening, but no one ever believes it happens until it does," I said as I was staring with unseeing eyes into the blank sky wishing Max and Fang would just fly in. "But like Max told me once, don't believe in coincidences, everything happens for a reason."
Angel, satisfied with my answer and glad that she was able to learn another thing about Max and her teachings, went to the far side of the cave and started to prepare a makeshift bed to sleep on since we could only use what we were wearing and two bags full of items Nudge and I had been carrying, unfortunately Max and Fang had carried the heaviest bags with most of our nighttime supplies inside. Quickly, Gazzy and Nudge scooted over to help and laid out in a comfortable positions, I crawled over and we held out our fists and tapped them, said goodnight and in a matter of minutes they were knocked out like a light.
"I guess that means I take first watch." I spoke quietly with a tinge of sadness in my voice, not because I was going to get minimal sleep due to the little ones not being able to take watch as long as I or Fang could, but I knew that at this moment in that treacherous place Max and Fang were going through nightmares we all tried so hard to forget.