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Chapter 4

It was getting dark. The sun had set, but the moon had just begun to arise. Ginger had walked all day until the sun started to set then she had complained the she was tired. Mars made the decision to stop for the night under a tree. Ginger fell asleep as soon as she was comfortable next to Mars. Mars didn't plan on sleeping, she couldn't, she needed to keep watch. They may have made it out of the house and a majority of the way without dealing with any Erasers, but she couldn't let her guard down.

Ginger slept peacefully, her light blonde curls hung over her face. All Mars could think about were her Flock. Where were they? Were they okay? Were they alive? They had all been so happy, going to school like normal kids, unworried about Erasers, finally able to stop running from the School. Mars had known it wouldn't last for long, but it did last for longer than she thought. Three years ago they had successfully escaped from the School. Finally free. For two years they ran from them, staying no longer then a week at a time in any one place. Then there was the sudden absents of the Erasers for a year when they were able to actually settle down. She had been 16 when they escaped and at first struggled to look after her Flock. Ginger was two, a toddler unable to run from Erasers, always needed to be carried. Mikey was five, wasn't able to run long distances, and was always hungry even after he had just eaten. Alley was six, always wondering off, required constant supervision. Skinny was eleven and was a magnet for Erasers. Tony and Rogue were thirteen. Tony liked to cause trouble and fight with Rogue. Rogue was starting to go through puberty with mood swings and always complaining about Tony annoying her, while Mars was going through puberty herself and had her own problems. She was only sixteen, how was she supposed to deal with all this? But she managed, she managed to survive and keep her Flock going.

A twig snapped, catching her attention. A dark figure stood in the bushes watching her. Mars immediately knew that the figure was an Eraser. Inconspicuously, she nudged Ginger and put her finger to her mouth, motioning for her to stay quiet. Slowly, she reached into the bag next to her and pulled out a knife. Before the Eraser could react, she threw the knife, aiming for his heart. She wasn't precise because she was sitting down, but she managed to stab him in the middle of the chest. He fell back, gasping for air. "Come on," Mars jerked Ginger up and they ran. Ran as fast as they could. Away from the pain hungry Eraser.

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Alley and I could see New York City in the distance, though it was hard to tell were the actually city began. We sped up; we couldn't wait to see our Flock. It had been a while since we had been to the NYC, a year in fact. Looking down on the city, we could see all the New Yorkers going along with their busy lives, unaware of what was going on above them. Did you know not many people in New York City look up? And if they do they don't take any notice of what they see, or they yell out, "Oh my god, those kids have wings!" and are taken away for observation.

The tall abandon building, where we were scheduled to reunite with our Flock, stood next to a smaller apartment building not far from some warehouses. The building was still in construction when it was abandon, from what we knew they ran out of money to finish and couldn't afford for it to be knocked down.

We landed in the building on the 34th floor, through a section of uncompleted wall. After a quick search of the floor we discovered that they hadn't arrived. Alley looked a little disappointed, but wouldn't admit it. We crashed on the floor, exhausted. "They're not here. How could they not be here?" Alley asked as she stared out into the sky. "We got here in two days, they're still got another two days. We'll wait," I looked at her, she didn't even glance at me, "Don't worry, they'll be here". I wrapped my arm around her. She finally looked at me. I smiled trying to convince her that it was all right. But I didn't, I didn't even convince myself. She read me like a book. She could do that. She could tell when people were lying. She could read someone's feelings and intentions by their facial expressions, which made it awfully hard to lie, especially when you eat her chocolate.

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The car ride was quiet. Dean was glance in the mirror occasionally and saw Rogue with watery eyes, trying not to cry. He would glance at Sam who would glance back, having a silent conversation built on glances. They arrived in the medium sized town and stopped in front of a hardware store. Rogue stayed in the care while Sam and Dean went in. She wiped her tears away. This was taking too long. She had to get to New York ASAP. Her friends couldn't wait. Waiting longer for her increased the risk of being caught or worse... killed. She was tempted to get in the front seat and drive away in Sam and Dean's car, but they had taken the keys, which gave her time to think about what she was doing and stop her from hot wiring the car.

The boys came back and got in the car. "We're going to have to stay for the night," Sam said. "What?! That's another day! We don't have that long". She could be another day behind. By the time she got to New York City the Flock would be dead. "We?" Dean asked, he was beginning to get suspicious. "I. I don't have that long". Dean and Sam didn't believe her, but didn't persist the matter.

They sighed into a motel and went to their room. The problem was that there was only one room available with only two beds, which meant they had to share and someone had to sleep on the floor and it wasn't going to be Rogue. "I'm not sleeping on the floor!" Dean argued with Sam. "You're the oldest! Sacrifice and all that," Sam put his bag on one of the beds, signaling that he wasn't giving the bed up easily. "Sam, I'm not sleeping on the ground". Sam and Rogue both looked at him, 'that's what you think'. He sighed and put his bag on the floor, "Okay, fine".

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