Chapter 2: In with the neww

What had just happened to me? I think I was knocked out by some gas or something. I thought as I was struggling to gain consciousness. I was beginning to get more feeling in my body again. Then I was able to open my eyes. I blinked then struggled to sit up. I glanced around me having no idea where I was, it looked like an inside of a cave… Great. Another spot we'd have to fight our way out of… Lyric!. I saw her curled up in a ball. As I crawled near her I was startled by an unfamiliar voice inside my head. "Don't wake her. She's sleeping peacefully." It sounded like a really young girl. "Who's there?" I said quietly yet sternly. "That's not important right now. Just don't wake her. She's resting." Said the little girl I still didn't see. I half way didn't know if she was speaking aloud or if she was really inside my head.. I blinked again feeling woozy. I slowly laid back down loosing against my will to interrogate the little girl. Then I was out cold, once again.

"Skye! Skye! Duude! Wake up already!" I heard an excited Lyric. I haven't heard that tone in awhile. We must be near a weapon infantry or something.

"Alright, alright. I'm up." I mumbled and tried to sit up. Surprisingly, I felt really refreshed. Guess I haven't had a good sleep in awhile. "Come over here and take a look." She pointed out toward the outside of the cave, we mysteriously were in. I stood and walked clumsily over to her trying to flatten my light brown hair. "What is it Ly?" I asked. Then she looked at me then looked out over to a river that was close. I finally saw what she was looking at… "Skye… Do you know what they are?. I mean they look like regular kids, but.. They have wings attached to them." Lyric said wonderingly as she watched the people down below. "Do you think they were the people who rescued us last night?" I asked looking at them in awe. A little envious because I always wished I had wings. I stepped back a little, just so I was out of sight. "They must know we're here… Maybe we should introduce ourselves. In case they were our rescuers." Lyric said looking for a way down. "Now lets think about this Ly-" I was saying as I got cut off by two figures hovering in the cave entrance. Their wings were so beautiful! And huge! I ogled them in awe I couldn't believe what I was seeing.. There was a sort've dirty girl, about my age or older, I could tell she could be gorgeous if she was clean with clean clothes and all. Her wings were different shades of brown and white underneath. Wow! …Then. The guy, ohh this guy. He was magnificent, he had on black clothing and was a dark tan. I wasn't sure is that was dirt or not. Hard to tell. His wings were dark purple, more like black. Oh man. He was hot!.. They landed inside the cave making Lyric and I stumble back a bit. "Ok. First things first. Who are you and why were you guys with those men last night?" Asked the girl.

"Uh. No. First things first. Who are you and why did you save us." She's already challenging me? C'mon now. She moved closer to me, her face hard as steel, and her voice the same.

"Listen. Either you can take our help, or we could let you drop from 1000 feet in the air. Then. SPLAT! You'd be history." She narrowed her eyes.

"Ohh. I'm shaking." I narrowed my eyes back at her.

Lyric had came close to me putting her hand on my shoulder telling me that arguing with this girl was not a good idea. Ugh. I hated it when she was right.. "Sorry about that. I just don't like anyone talking to me like that. Especially people we've just met." I said as I stepped back a bit.

"Like wise. Why were you guys with those men?" She asked again more calmly.

"We weren't with them on purpose obviously. But, we were kidnapped..So I'm guessing you guys were the ones that saved us right? Oh, and I'm Lyric." Lyric said in her serious business-like tone.

"Max. These girls might know something about Itex. I've seen them on the news once. They're parents work in the government I think." Said the boy to the girl, whose name must be Max.

"Itex... our parents work there. They refused to tell us anything about it though. Lyric and I aren't related but our parents work closley.." I said.

"Yeah. Those idiot kidnappers wanted information out of us too. They even tried calling our parents for ransom. But, they failed because our parents don't really care about us. You know, like they'd send us to school and give us lots of money, but we'd barely see them.." Lyric trailed off as I gave her that, TMI look I usually did when she talked to much about our family endevors.

"I'm Fang. We might need your help in our mission. First lets go meet with the others so we can make our decision." He nodded at Max. Then they ran off of the cave edge and surged back up with they're powerful wings and landed near the others.

I sighed and Lyric mumbled a "sorry" and we made our way down the steep edge. We were used to dangerous stuff like this. If your rich and bored a lot you tend to do stupid stuff, and if you're in a bad spot most of the time.

Once we made it down they all looked at us with a ton of anticipation. I sighed again. and introduced myself. "Hi. I'm Skye. And this is my best friend Lyric.." I said analyzing all of them. I wondered how old they are. It could range around 10 and 17.

"Oh my gosh!.."