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Gazzy put out the fire so that no one could find our camp while we were away. I decided that we should split into groups meaning that we could cover more ground. Iggy was with nudge, no surprise there. Angel was with Gazzy and I was on my own. We split up and flew in different directions. It was well into the night when I came to a clearing, which was covered in bodies, five of which were erasers and one…

"Oh my god." I said mortified when I saw Fang and his wounds. His wings had been slashed and his shoulder had been cut open by a set of claws. I looked down at his chest and there was a bullet hole just beneath his shoulder, blood was still flowing out of the wound. I saw his phone on the floor beside him and grabbed it stuffing it into my pocket.

Angel can you hear me? I thought

Yea, me and the flock are coming your way she sent the thought into my brain, I went back over to Fangs unconscious body aware that I hadn't checked his pulse, I put my hand on his chest and felt a weak heart beat. He groaned and shuddered as he tried to move his body. I held him against the ground.

"Don't try and move, or you'll just end up hurting yourself even more." I said in a colder tone than I thought. His eyes flickered open when he heard my voice.

"Max?..." he whispered before his head went back and he closed his eyes again. But now his heartbeat was starting to fade.

"Oh no you don't." I said with menace hoping that I could scare his body into staying alive, fat chance. When I realized that his heartbeat had almost stopped completely I became worried, putting my ear to his chest, I couldn't hear his heart. No, no, no! You are not going to die on me again!

I put my hands on his chest and began to push down over and over again.

"You. Are. Not. Dying. Again!" I said between breaths.

Finally he took a deep breath in and he pushed himself bolt upright, then fainting from the pain it had inevitably cause him. I smiled slightly and heard the rest of the flock landing behind me. I turned around to see them the smile now gone from my face.

"He is in no condition to walk or fly I say we carry him back to the camp sight. Ill take his legs," I paused "and nudge and Iggy, as you 're the second oldest you take his hands" They nodded and together they got him into the air.

When they got back to the clearing on the outskirts of San Diego where we had set up our camp, Gazzy ran into one of the tents to find the first aid kit Max's mum (mom) had given them. He quickly opened it and grabbed the bandages. I was pouring water on his wounds trying to get the dirt out so that they become infected, but we weren't professionals and didn't know how to deal with the bullet in his chest. I decided to ring my mum (mom) and see if she could give us any advice or manage to come help. She agreed to come out and that she would be there by midday tomorrow. I put my phone away and looked at my watch. 2:00am. I told everyone to get some rest and that help was on the way.

Fang POV

I woke up sweating, the pain in my shoulder had died down but a new pain had been replaced in my chest, I coursed through my body. I looked over to see I wasn't wearing a shirt and my shoulder and chest were covered in bandages. As I took in my surroundings I noticed that I was in a tent, I heard a shuffle from next to me and saw that Angel was sleeping in a sleeping bag next to me. My cheeks flushed red but a regained my composure. I tried to move my right arm but found it still disconnected from the rest of my body. I shuddered as I felt another wave of pain pass through my body. I had obviously been shot with a dirty bullet and the wound had become infected. I realized that I would be lucky if I only got off with a fever. I recalled the dream I had had last night, I was falling, I was surrounded by blackness, but then I heard a voice, Max's voice "You. Are. Not. Dying. Again!" In the dream she caught me, then I woke up. Angel began to stir and I thought it best if I pretended to still be asleep.

"Yea like that will work on a mind reader," Angel said sounding half asleep. "I liked the sound of your dream though," She teased. Dam she's good. She smiled and opened her eyes.

"I know I am." She said continuing to read my thoughts.

"So how come I ended up sharing a tent with the worlds best and only mind reader?" Fang said humor in his voice.

"I have the biggest tent." She said happily looking around.

"I would have thought Max did being the tallest." I murmured.

"Pardon" she said knowing full well what I had just said. I got up and to my surprise I was still wearing the same jeans from yesterday. But my surprise was short lived as I quickly lost my balance and crashed back down on my sleeping bag.

"Yea, I don't think moving is gonna be the best idea for a while" Angel said, "Luckily is coming to fix you up, she should be here by midday"

"Great" I said putting my hand in my pocket to pull out my phone, but finding it gone.

"Angel, who took my phone?"

- Thanks for reading, special thanks to Fyre and water for the Places in America. Won't be doing weekly chapters cause thats boring, ill be posting a chapter every couple of days

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