I don't really feel like saying anything here, so I'm just going to continue with the story.
BTW: I don't own Maximum Ride, forgot to put that in last chapter…
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We sat there in silence, well, almost silence. Iggy and Gazzy were trying to have a "how many bagels can we eat in five minutes" contest and they're chewing was really distracting. Phoebe and Nudge started giggling hysterically when Iggy's mouth got glued shut by a chocolate chip bagel and he was desperately trying to drink hot chocolate to get it unstuck. After calming herself, Phoebe got up to look through the window.
"Well, there's good news and there's bad news." she reported. "The snow has been piling up against the front door for the last half hour, so I'll have to go out and shovel it out by hand.
"What's the good news?" I asked her.
"I have no idea. I just thought I shouldn't say, well 'I have bad news for you and bad news for me'. Of course, you guys can just sit out here."
"I can do it for you Phoebe." Karac mumbled.
"No, Karac, you know that isn't a good idea." she glared at him intensely. "I can do it."
She took off her apron and walked over to the door. Pulling it open, a wave of cold air permeated the whole shop. Phoebe grabbed a shovel from beside the door and set to work. It took no time at all, and when she came back in, her hat, clothes, and shoes were coated in a light dusting of snow.
"Now guys," she said. "You can't stay in this shop overnight. There's a little motel a little ways down the road. It doesn't have a name, but we're good friends with the owners. Just tell them Phoebe and Karac sent you, and they'll probably give you a free room. You might get a free breakfast too, if the younger kids can look as cute as humanly possible. The road can get kind of slippery, so be careful!"
"Thanks, I don't know how we can possibly repay you." I told her, smiling.
"No need, you gave me and my brother company for the evening. In my book, that's more than enough to pay someone with."
I sent a glare towards the Flock, hoping my silent signal would encourage them to thank them.
"Thank you!" Nudge said, as did Gazzy, and Angel. Fang and Iggy mumbled their thanks, as was typical in their behavior. We braced ourselves to the cold as we opened the doors that were once again being covered in snow. We walked a few hundred feet before we shook out our wings and took flight.
Back at the coffee shop, Phoebe turned back to Karac after losing the group in the snow. "Are you ready to go, Karac?"
Her brother smiled, and replied. "Always."
He unbuttoned his shirt, and pulled it off, then followed with the white undershirt underneath it. His skin was tattooed with blue octopus tentacles, wrapping around his arms, and torso. Phoebe smiled back, and shook off her hat, and her hair cascaded down her back. She went to the back room and took a black trench coat off a hook. Putting it on, she returned to where her brother was standing.
"You know, I've always wanted to go on a bird hunt." Karac said.
"Yeah, me too, let's just hope there's lots of firewood." She pulled a lighter out of her pocket and flicked it on, admiring the flame. "We should head out. We don't want them to reach the motel before we do, otherwise Rochester and Hyacinth to have all the fun."
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Sorry about the shortness of this chapter. I promise the next one will be longer, and the mystery of the two new people Phoebe and Karac mention will be solved!
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