Sorry everyone; had a temporary writer's block.
But I'm back, eh? I hope my second chapter wasn't a complete failure.
Alright so I had a really funny conversation with my Uncle Bob today. Here's how it went:
Me: I'm getting my hair cut tomorrow, and I want opinions. Should I have it short or keep it long and get a trim?
Uncle Bob: It depends, because your head is round.
Me: What the heck does that mean?
Uncle Bob: Get a bobcut.
Me: Uhh, heck no.
Uncle Bob: Then I'll be calling YOU Uncle Bob.
Get it? xDDD Alright that was lame, I admit it. But I was laughing for twenty minutes straight.
Enjoy with this chapter! Read&Review, give me ideas, opinions, anything.
"Well? How do you feel?" The scientist held up a clipboard holding up the new flock's charts.
Mary flexed her wings. "I feel so..different." Her wings were brown with a few specks of tan..pretty cool.
"YES! It was my life long dream to fly, and now it's been accomplished!" Ingrid punched the air with a statisfied smile, her sightless eyes flicking back and forth.
" you're going to learn how to fly, since those wings are attached to your back. It was a very difficult procedure-"
"Yeah, yeah. Just get along with it." Gamer crossed his short, pudgy arms and raised an eyebrow at the scientist.
The scientist nervously cleared his throat and adjusted his coat. "Right. Your main mission is to save the world. Your next big objective is to eliminate Max's flock."
Now it was Mary's turn to raise an eyebrow. "So these are THEIR powers and THEIR wings?" she asked.
The scientist nodded. "They're vulnerable now, because they're HUMAN. Now is your chance to eliminate them. The reason we're doing that is because the world needs major saving, and they keep steering off the course. And it'll be your turn to save the world."
When everyone was finally out of the springs and was all dried up and had CLOTHES on, we decided to hit the road.
Well, not LITERALLY. We walked in the forest beside the road. Get my drift?
"Max, I'm kinda hungry." And guess whose voice that came from? You got it.
I sighed, going to tuck in my wings - wait. I don't have any wings to tuck in the first place. Now I got depressed all over again. "Nudge, we just ate. And Mom's house can't be too far away."
My rotten mood seemed to be affecting everyone else's too.
"This fucking SUCKS!" Iggy angrily kicked a rock and sent it shooting to a tree, where it fell back with a thud. "I'm really blind now, huh? I can see nothin'."
"Iggy, language." I mean, hey, if I were him, I would be cussing till the middle of next week.
Fang was awfully quiet...as usual. Remembering what happened earlier made me blush, and I quickly reverted back to my 'Gr-I'm-so-tough; face, I wear that 24/7..You can get it at Wal-Mart.
Iggy pointed a little to the right. "There's a map right there," he mumbled, walking on. Uh, does it bother me that a blind guy found that?
By the time we got to Mom's we were so dang hungry and tired and pissed off. You should've seen the look on her face..
"MAX! Oh dear God, I was so worried about you." She had both of her arms around me, constricting as if to drain the life out of me.
Upside: The hug wasn't as uncomfortable as before, due to the absence of my wings.
Downside: I miss their feathery presence.
Angel and Gazzy joined the group hug, and then Nudge, and then the whole flock was rocking back and forth, hugging eachother and my poor mom, who was literally crying a river.
And guess who walked in at that time?
The one and only Jeb.
See, Jeb and my mom got married a few weeks ago. Their wedding was pretty cool. (minus the fact that Gazzy and Iggy ate all the desserts, and plus the fact that Fang wore a yummy tuxedo.)
The upside is that my mom is a lot happier than she's ever been before.
The downside is that Jeb is my stepfather. Well, he was sort of a father in the first place, but let's not get too far.
Everything has an upside and a downside to it.
"Ah, I'm glad to see all of you are okay," he said earnestly, earning hugs from Gazzy, Angel, Nudge, and Iggy. Barf. I casted Fang a dark glance, and he returned it with raised eyebrows that said, 'Fang is innocent.'
I can't believe how four of my flock members, plus Total, already trust Jeb. Maybe he bribed them with chocolate chip cookies or something..
"What happened?"
NOW my mom notices. She stared at our backs with a dumbfounded expression printed on her face, like a confused puppy that just didn't know where to pee.
I looked at the floor, since everyone else was looking at moi. "Well, see, we woke up in a dark room, strapped down to tables, Then we were attacked by Erasers and Iggy blew them up. Then we camped out in a forest. And now here we are."
Silence.
"It sucks," Iggy said earnestly, rubbing his now bare back. Gazzy and Nudge nodded solemnly.
"I see," Jeb said, rubbing his chin. He was starting to grow a mustache again, and he needed to shave soon. "There was no way that you were kidnapped. We have alarms."
"Then they must be pretty darn good at it," I countered Jeb, giving him the coldest glare. My own mom put her arm around his waist. She smiled at us sadly, relief clearly stamped into her brown eyes. "I'm just glad that you're all back. I didn't get any sleep at all.."
Suddenly, Mom swooned over and collapsed on the floor.
"Mom!" I raced over to her side and bent over her. The Flock followed.
"I'm okay," she murmered, reaching up a hand to limply brush a stray strand of hair from my face. "I'm just tired."
Right. I noticed the bags under her eyes and helped her up. I led her to her bedroom and ordered her to lie down. "You need rest, and you clearly spent all night literally waiting.. for us." Pulling the blanket around her, I exited the room silently, and was met by Fang. I already knew what I was going to say, so I avoided his eyes.
"Max." That one word caused me to look up. Fang caught my chin and lifed my head until I had no choice but to meet his gaze.
"Why do you-" I started, but someone came running down the hall.
"MAX! I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!" And in came Angel. Fang dropped my chin instantly and we both turned to Angel and gave her the 'shhh' sign. Who wants to wake up from a nice nap by a loud six-year-old? I know I would.
"Uh, Angel? You do realize that Mom is snoozing away?" I bent down to smooth down Angel's curls, but stopped when I took a look at her troubled blue eyes. Well the next bad thing to happen are the chocolate chip cookies being burnt,..sike.
"My powers...they're..they're gone. I can't read minds anymore." Angel's bottom lip trembled uncontrobably, and her eyes were full of tears. "They're gone." Angel suddenly bursted into tears, and I slowly wrapped my arms around her, back and forth. I shot a glance at Fang that said, Go see to the others. He nodded silently and hurried away, glancing back once.
I have a feeling that he's not going to drop what he was about to say earlier..
I let Angel soak my already grimy shirt. Poor kid, I thought, patting her head. So does this mean that I can't fly with a burst of supernatural speed anymore? Does this mean that Nudge won't be the 'Metal Girl' anymore? Does this mean that Iggy can't really see?
Upside: At least Gazzy won't be able to imitate voices anymore to annoy the hell out of me.
Downside: We don't have awesome powers anymore.
See? Everything has an upside and a downside. The downsides pretty much take over the world.
This chapter is pretty short, but basically, the Flock comes back home.
Awwww.
The next chapter coming up..
Read and review, leave comments, ideas for the plot, anything. I'll be sure to give a shout out to you if I use your idea!
BACON FOR ALL!
