Again, I apologize for this being short but I'm working on my house right now, cleaning out everything. I will update soon though.
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I loved flying so much it made my heart burst whenever I thought about how lucky we were. My family and I were genetically engineered to fly, in case it slipped your mind. It was so amazing that we were the only six kids that could fly without going in an airplane or helicopter or anything! And our little Scottish terrier dog could fly too, how many of you could say that?
Didn't think that many.
Our hotel was in Colorado so we didn't have that much to fly but it still took a while, not including our lunch stop. But we did get to my mother's house by mid afternoon. My heart swelled at the sight of the little house that my family and I often rested at.
My mother was out the door and hugging me practically before I touched the ground. "Max," she whispered. "I'm so glad to see you,"
"Me too," I said, hugging her back, feeling like a little kid. But you know what? I am a kid, and I only get to see me mom every now and then so I didn't care one bit that Fang was snickering behind his back. Ok, maybe I was a bit embarrassed. I pulled away from my mom and she moved down the line, giving each mutant bird kid a hug. It was par for the course when you visited Mom.
Once we were all inside sipping juice my mom asked: "So, what brings you guys here?" She already knew it wasn't just another visit, she knew it was a visit for information.
"Jeb, or the voice, said that you would have some answers as to why we were ambushed in the forest the other day," I said. "And I came here to find out just that."
My flock was listening intently, probably just as curious as I am about whom was after us the other night. My mom silently got up and left the room, returning seconds later with a book. It was pretty thick; it looked like it was about 300 pages. It was small and it was a dark blue with black binding. It had no cover or words on the front. Curious, I held my hand out to look at it.
"This," My mother said, ignoring my hand, "Is The Itex Chronicles, it tells of Itex, everything they've done. It also has future plans in the back. It talks about soldiers that have already begun to leave their army and join up with Itex. It also tells of an evil plan to get rid of the president. That means the country will fall into chaos; no one will know what to do. The Vice President will go soon after. Then Itex plans to take over America. I'm guessing it was those soldiers helping with this operation that went after you."
"But why?" I asked. "Why would they go after us? I mean I know they've wanted to capture us but I never really got why."
"They used to not want us to blab to anyone about our wings, right?" Angel asked, absentmindedly stroking Total.
"Right," Fang said. "But we kinda blew that plan out of the water when Max delivered her speech, and again during that school opening."
"They want to get rid of your wings," My mom said, immediately cutting off all side talk.