Waking up sucks sometimes.
I guess to make up for my lack of sight I have a very vivid imagination, so my dreams are amazing (or at least to me). I was dreaming of bombing all the evil scientists that ever lived, and then laughing as they splatted everywhere. Then, I was famous, and had everything I ever wanted. Or, I think that's what happened, because a certain Ken-doll named Dylan woke us all up.
"Guys! Get up! You need to see this amazing sunrise!" He called loudly.I was pissed to say the least, I leave my amazing dreamworld only to be crushed by reality. Like I said, waking up sucks.
"Ugh, Dyl' I have seen tons of them. I mean it's pretty and all," Hearing Max say the word pretty amuses me somehow. "but we have been on the run before and seen many outside sunsets."
I guess Dylan didn't know he hit a nerve, or the Flock rule never to wake Max unless someone is attacking. Or the unspoken rule, never tell all of us to see something since all of us can't.
Wow, I rant way too much, don't go thinking that I am one big woe-is-me kind of guy, since I am not. I just complain when I am pissed. I am pissed now.
A couple more hours of dreamless sleep later Max decided it was time for us to get up, and head back on the mutant trail.
We flew for about a half an hour until we landed in this small town for breakfast.
All of us were starving, so we were grateful for the cinnamon rolls Max got from a convenience store in the town.
After about 30 rolls and 6 extra large coffees later we were airborne again.
God, it feels good to fly, the sensation of the wind under your wings, the swooping, diving, and turns, it's kind of like bird-kid poetry.
Well, an hour later we landed at the supposed site of the mutants who escaped the institute. It was kind of thrilling – knowing that we weren't the only ones who were still alive. Well, and Total too. I wondered why these mutants survived, since most of the human/animal mixes who were imprisoned by the whack jobs at the School, Itex, and the Institute For Higher Learning failed.
We walked against hot desert ground, and what ever scenery there was around. I wouldn't imagine much.
Then there it was. The group of mutants that also escaped, I heard a girl voice scream as we walked near her. I could hear her scream clearer on my right side, so I imagined she was standing somewhere on the right.
Then I heard it, something amazing. Wings unfolding! She was a winged kid too!
"Who are you!" She screamed again. This time, she sounded more screechy. I wondered if she was maybe part owl.
"Wow!" I heard Angel marvel. "I have never seen wings like that before! No feathers on them!" It was nice that Angel didn't know something for once.
"She is part bat." Dylan said.
Bat, huh? Some days I feel closer to bats than I do to birds or humans.
They have wings, can't see (well, they can't see well), have amazing hearing, and are intelligent. If they loved explosion and gore I'd say I was also part bat.
"Do you have a name?" I asked her.
"Yeah... It's Brooke." She said. I could tell that she was shy. I could relate.
"Well Brooke," Max said. "I am Max, leader of the Flock, this is Nudge, Angel, Dylan, Gazzy, and Iggy."
It's great to have your name said last.
"I can't see you very well... But you sound very nice..." Brooke said, I heard her feet move back past some trees. Then, I heard her make some whistle sound.
"These are the others I have been living with," Brooke said as she arrived with 4ew pairs of feet.
"One of them is like you guys, she has bird wings too."
"Hi," A new girl's voice said shyly. She couldn't be older than Gazzy, maybe younger.
"My name is Sarrah,"Her voice seemed to be getting quieter. I couldn't blame her, she had been on the run for about a year, and before that in a dog crate.
"This is Rate, and Night." She said. I can bet she was gesturing to them.
"Rate is part rattle snake, he only has the fangs and stuff." Brooke explained. I think she was now more comfortable with us. "And Night is my brother, blood brother. He also has bat in him too,"
"OMIGOD! YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING! Bats! That is sooo cool! You guys will get along well with Iggy since he is blind and all, and you guys can't see well." Leave it to Nudge to blurt stuff like that out. "And, Sarrah! That is an amazing name! Your wings are SOOO cute! Rate! Snakes are gross and all, but I bet you have cool powers!"
Nudge is such a chatterbox, I am surprised she just didn't tell them our whole life story, or scare them away with all her loud chatter.
I needed to take this all in. 4 new mutants. 3 with wings. 2 that were almost blind One a girl... My age I think...
Wow, all this new stuff, and no real threats all in 24 hours. That's major. Even for us.