Chapter 2 – Gazzy and an iPod
Word of advice to anyone who knows a mutant voice-imitating bird boy: never, under any circumstances, give him an mp3 player. Ever.
Hey, Max here, and sorry that I had to start off with a warning. I promise you though, it is completely necessary. Let me explain.
After the whole 'Antarctic incident' with global warming and all that jazz, the Flock took a small break from everything,(yes, even mutant freaks get vacation time every so often) so we went to my Mom's house and just spent a couple of weeks hanging out and did nothing. In that two week period, Ella, my beloved but sometimes un-smart sister, bought a new iPod that had more memory space than her old one. Since she didn't need her old one anymore, she gave it to Gazzy, which in turn gave Gazzy a whole new playlist to mutilate. Remind me to kill Ella later.
Anyways, we got a tip off from my handy dandy Voice about a small Itex regrouping out in the Nevada desert that we had to stomp out before they could come back and bite us in the butt.
The trouble started while we were flying somewhere over the great USA, listening to Gazzy's singing and wishing we were deaf. I promise you, you never want to hear the Gasman sing "Hot 'n' Cold" using Fang's voice. Well, maybe once or twice.
"Seriously, Gaz," I groaned as we flew, "How many times do you have to sing that song? It's only fun to humiliate Fang a couple of times!" Fang rolled his eyes at me.
"Gazzy, never mind what I said," Gazzy said, using my voice, "You can sing as much as you want and ignore my idiotic pet peeves!" Then he just kept on singing. I swear, Ella is going to pay for this.
I groaned and looked over at Fang, who was smirking at me. "Shut up." I said, glaring at him.
"I said nothing." He stared at me with those blank eyes, as if he was mocking me. Ugh, he is such a pain sometimes!
Just then Angel flew up next to me. "Max," she said, batting her eyes, "could we please find somewhere to eat soon? I'm hungry."
I nodded. "Sure, sweetie," I said, "We'll stop at the next town we see." I started to scan the ground below, looking for human civilization.
I had spotted out a small town in the distance when I heard Iggy shout from the back, "Max, I think I hear something."
I looked around, checking for Flyboys other dangerous enemies. I saw nothing but sky and clouds. "I don't see anything, Iggy."
Iggy frowned. "But I'm sure there's something. I hear some sort of buzzing, and someone else's breathing. And it sounds really close."
I looked around again, but I still saw nothing. This was strange; Iggy's blindness gave him a one-up on hearing, and he was almost never wrong when it came to noises. But there was nothing there that I could see.
Max, Angel said to me in my head, I can't feel anyone's mind, so how come he hears breathing?
I don't know sweetie. I replied. I looked over at Fang, who just shrugged.
Suddenly Total, who had I had forgotten was in my backpack, spoke up and startled me. "I think I smell something!" he cried out.
This was confusing. Iggy and Total sense danger, but Angel doesn't. The rest of us normal mutant freaks (oxymoron intended) are just left unsure what to think. What's going on here?
Finally I decided, "I think we should land. Let's land in the woods outside of that town over there." I swooped down towards the woods, my Flock following close behind.
Unfortunately, that was when I flew straight into a Flyboy.
