Chapter four

I walked down the hall, and stopped at the window, looking as the sun rose. It was always so much prettier here.

I sighed, and moved on down the hall, knocking on the kids doors, calling out, "Up! Now!"

I waited five minutes, down the bottom of the stairs, Akila looked up at me, and Total muttered, "Morning" from the couch. Then I called out, "Up now, or I'll be cooking!"

"God no!" Gazzy cried, and I could hear him rushing to get dressed.

"You know" Total said, leaning up and looking at me, resting his paws on the arm rest, "That was cruel"

"I know" I said, walking over and tickling him behind the ears, "But, it had to be done"

I already had my pack packed, and food waiting for the others to pack in theirs. It took them while to eat, and finish getting ready, as they ate, I explained what we were going to do.

"We're going to go to Jeb's" I said, "Stop at Mum's on the way, drop Akila off, and you Total, if you wish to stay with her. We are going to go get information from Jeb" I paused, before saying, "And then we are going to break into the institute of higher living again. Dr G-H is connected to them, so was the school, and perhaps we'll get a insight to whatever hell we re in for next.

"So, we're still saving the world?" Gazzy Asked

"Yeah" I said, I want to be able to kick his butt in twenty years.

"Then" Nudge said, her brown eyes wide, "Lets-" She looked at me and the others

I smiled, and said, "blow this joint" As the others did.

I swung my pack on, locked the door as everyone came out, and jumped into the air.

It took a while to get to mums. Me and Iggy had to keep on passing Akila to one another, and we had to stop for lunch too. But it was worth it to see my mother and half sister.

"We can't stay for long" I said, enjoying the smell of home made cookies.

I think they were just happy that I was up and about.

There was one thing I had to do before we left mum's.

Angel, I thought Come with me

I went up to Ella's bedroom, here, Ella had once asked if me and Fang were together. And I had once woken up here, freaked, after being shot at.

"Angel, we have to work things out" I said, turning to her, "You crossed a line when you said, so long ago, that you'd be a better leader. I never actually thought that you'd go so far over the line that it would be a dot" I paused before saying, "As long as I'm alive, I will be the leader of this Flock"

She just looked at me, before saying, "I did what was right for the flock-"

"Yeah" I said, maybe a bit harshly, "look how that ended up, you all getting sick, accelerated mutating, and in the star light, were you made fools of yourselves and nearly getting the others killed. Really right for the flock. Ut" I said, raising a finger to quieten her, "you are too young to make the right choices for flock" I went closer and whispered in her ear, "A voice doesn't always tell you right. And yours may just want to split us all up, so we'll be easy to kill"

Then I walked out the room, down the stairs and ate a cookie.