Chapter Four- It all went up in smoke

A/N: Ah, action. Sort of. I keep banging my head against the wall while I read these. Was I really this awful of a writer? Oh well, you win some you lose some.

Fang's POV

"STOP! NOW! KILL THE GIRL!" The voice screamed, and I gave a hard right kick to the Pussbucket behind me. Frenna leaped for the Pussbucket pointing the gun at me, and he pulled the trigger. I flinched, and Max let out a muffled scream. But the bullet never hit me. Frenna ripped the tape off her mouth, and turned to face the Pussbucket.

"You owe me a new hand Fang." Frenna said, smiling, as she moved her hand away from the barrel of the gun. Her left arm from her elbow down was replaced in the school. It was a terrible accident she will never forget, but it has allowed her to do things like never before. Her new arm was stronger than a humans, made out of fiberglass, electronic impulse receivers that obtained the electric impulses from her brains to replace the nerves, and cubic zirconium to be harder than human bones.

Frenna jumped on the Pussbucket and turned its head sharply to the right, breaking its metal neck. She dropped him and ran for Max while a new Pussbucket came and replaced the old one. Within seconds Frenna had all our ropes cut, and we ripped the tape from our mouths. Showtime.

Max's POV

"Go!" I yelled to my flock, and everyone attacked. We may have seemed helpless, but we have tricks up our sleeves. Frenna took on about five Pussbuckets, skillfully fighting them off with ease. I was amazed by her real strength. What the school had done came with a price, but watching it at work was breathtaking. Angel was messing with the Voice's mind I guessed, because he was screaming/singing.

"My bologna has a first name! It's O-S-C-A-R! My bologna has a second name it's M-A-Y-E-R! I love to eat it every day! And if you ask me why I'll say....'cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A!!" And that sent me into such a round of laughter I almost missed Nudge kick a Pussbucket in the balls, and boy was that funny. I was trying not to laugh while punching a Pussbuckets when I heard Iggy yell.

"Get up! Up, up, up!" He was in the air within a fraction of a second with Gazzy on his tail. Frenna grabbed Angel, and they soared up a few feet away from Iggy and Gazzy. Nudge kicked one last Pussbucket, and jumped onto a low tree branch for a start, then unfolded her chocolate swirled wings and took off. Fang grabbed my hand, and ran with me for a few feet. Next thing I knew we were about 20 feet up from the ground when everything shook, and I lost my grip on his hand. I was falling, and then it all went dark.

Fang's POV

I felt Max's hand slipping. I clutched to my girlfriend as best I could, but the explosion's wind ripped her from me and sent us flying in different directions. She fell into Iggy and Gazzy's explosion as I landed in a tree, hitting my head on the sturdy trunk.

"Max!" I yelled for her, ignoring the blood coming from the back of my head, and the pain that throbbed there as well. I scurried to the edge of the tree, letting myself fall a good 20 feet. I landed with a thud, coughing when the air retreated from my lungs. I swore and started searching for Max. There was so much smoke and fire, I started having trouble breathing.

"Fang!" Iggy yelled, and he grabbed my arm. He had came zooming down after me, Frenna on his tail. He veered me away from the heaviest black smoke, much to my dismay.

"Angel?" I heard Nudge call out, and I thought the worst, that she was lost too. But soon a little blonde head made it's way out of the smoke, on the outskirts of the tree's where Iggy had dragged me.

"I'm right here, I can hear Max's thoughts." She said out loud, and I breathed a little easier. Well, not really, since we were all filling our lungs with smoke. Even on the outskirts of the explosion, everything was burning. I couldn't see Max, and I felt panic creep through me. I needed to find her, now.

"Where is she?" I asked, my voice shaky and interrupted by an occasional cough.

"I don't know...I'm sorry." Angel said, hanging her head. I broke free of Iggy's wrist, running back into the black and grey wall of smoke and ash.

"Max?!" I exclaimed, coughing. I crouched, knowing the smoke was higher when I was standing. My vision went blurry for a second, and I couldn't breathe. The ashes whipped at my face, flames licked at my heels. But I couldn't give up. "Max?!" I called out again, falling to my knees. Frenna was soon next to me, pulling me up and out of the ashes.

"Fang, come on!" She exclaimed, as I thrashed and kicked against her.

"Max!" I pleaded with her, trying to let me look some more. But it was of no use, one look at Angel's face, and I knew.