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The look on Angel's face really did scare me. Erasers in disguise? Whitecoats in disguise, wanting to capture us, and put us back in dog crates? I could only guess, as a wave of fear flooded through me, but I shook it off quickly, not knowing why I had suddenly felt so scared. Hello? Voice? Maybe some help? I turned my head back in the direction two kids from the school, named Caine and Diana. They shot a suspicious look at me, and which I returned. I noticed another boy with sandy-coloured hair approaching, holding something in his hands.
"Yeah, nice meeting you two, we'll be on our way back now," I said quickly, breaking the silence. I glanced at Nudge, giving her a look that only she understood and she tapped Iggy's hand three times.
Caine raised an eyebrow. "Leaving, already?"
"Uh-huh, see you around!" I said nonchalantly, as I walked up to him slowly. Then, before any of us could even blink, I slammed my fist into his face, directly on his nose, and quickly pulled a roundhouse kick on his ribs while I signaled to my flock to run. "Up and away!" I yelled, and as I turned and began to sprint, ready to jump into the air, I noticed the girl, Diana staring at me, incredulous. I stifled a little laugh. I heard someone yell something, but I ignored it.
I leapt off the ground, only seconds away from snapping out my wings, and suddenly my body froze. "What the hell?" I croaked. The next second, I was flying backwards through the air, only different - without the use of my wings, and came crashing down back to earth, my forehead smashing down on the dirt. I quickly turned around, and saw Caine glaring at me, one of his hands clutching his nose, while the boy with the sandy-coloured hair came running.
MAX!" Nudge screamed.
Then I heard a moan. I saw Fang sprawled on the ground, and immediately noticed a gash on the side of his head, near his temple. Blood was oozing out by the second. I gasped, and ran towards him, where the rest of my flock were approaching, not knowing what had happened, but shocked. Fang murmured something, barely audible. "I'm OK."
"No, no, no!" Nudge said. "We'll need a bandage..."
Caine laughed, despite the blood still flowing from his nose. "Don't worry, Maxine. Your boyfriend will be fine." He paused for effect. "That is, if you give me what I want."
"How the hell did you do that? Who are you?" I demanded, ready to snap all the bones in his body.
"No, Max," Angel whispered, eyes pleading. She must have read my mind... which just confused me even more. Why not?
Caine smirked. "How the hell did I do that? Oh that's not important. Who are you? I believe I have already answered that question. Caine Soren. Now, where to begin... Diana?" Then he wiped the blood off his hand onto his pants, and turned around. "Drake! How nice of you to join us."
Diana looked at me. "Give me your hand," she said abruptly.
"Uhh, no thanks," I replied instantly.
"DO IT," Caine roared.
"No. Whatever trick you're trying to play, forget it. Instead, do us all a favor, and report back to Jeb or whoever the hell you work for," I said.
A cold expression appeared on his face and suddenly he stuck his palms out. The next second, I felt it again - the invisible force. I rose up into the air with shocking speed, and I went crashing back down to earth, not even having enough time to unfurl my wings. Well... not that it would be a good idea anyway. My cheeks slammed against the ground, and I winced silently.
"Look, just do as Fearless Leader says, and you won't get hurt," Diana said.
Caine nodded, "That's right, or wave goodbye to tomorrow."
The boy named Drake stood there smirking. Smirking and holding a gun. I couldn't be sure if it was real or a toy, but I decided to not take any chances.
These kids could be working for the whitecoats, or even something worse. That is, if they were actually kids, not robots covered in artificial skin. But now wasn't the time to be figuring out how it was all possible. I stood up slowly, brushing the dirt off my face, and shooting both of them a vicious glare.
"Max, not whitecoats or anything," Angel suddenly whispered, and my eyes widened. Caine must have heard too and stuck his palms out, and once again, I could feel the invisible force, making me unable to move. "Now, I'm going to say this once more, nice and slowly for you townies. Do. As. I. Say."
"What the hell are 'White Coates'?" Drake interrupted, fiddling with his gun. "Do these losers need plastering too?"
"Shut up, Drake," Caine warned. He lowered his arms, and I could move my body again. Except I didn't dare move. "Diana, measure her."
"Give me your hand," Diana said, once again.
Before reluctantly sticking my hand out, I motioned with my hand surreptitiously to my flock for them to get out of here, without glancing back, hoping they had got the message.
Diana took hold of my hands, and after a few seconds, she said, "She's a zero."
A zero? What the heck was a zero?
Caine nodded in approval and then raised his palms and within seconds, Nudge was being dragged through the air. She screamed. Instantly, the boy named Drake pointed his gun at me. "Freeze."
"Zero," Diana confirmed.
"Good. Now let's not take any chances, do the rest of them. And him," Caine said pointing at Fang, still lying on the ground.
Diana took hold of everyone's hand, and every time, she said the same thing. "Zero." And each time, Caine nodded, carefully keeping his expression blank. "Now, time do decide what to do with you lot... Maybe we could just plaster you all," he mused.
Drake laughed. "Or just shoot them all in the head."
"I guess I should be reasonable..." Caine drawled. "But really, it was a bad idea to mess with me in the beginning."
I noticed his nose had stopped bleeding, but he still seemed to be in slight pain. Diana rolled her eyes.
"So, Maxine, what do you think we should do? Want to be plastered? I hear it's rather fun."
"I thought we were only plastering freaks?" Drake said. "But I wouldn't mind plastering these lot of nosy townies. Freak or not freak, I don't trust these lot."
"I'm the boss around here," Caine reminded Drake, glaring. "Now, upon our meeting, I think I should know all your names," he said, and it wasn't a question. He pointed at Fang.
"That's F-Finn" I said.
Caine then pointed at Nudge. "Who are you, brownie?"
I quickly glanced at Nudge, trying to catch her attention. I remembered the last time they made up aliases. Something told me that this time, those silly names would fool nobody. Or even our real names, which aren't actually 'real'.
"Tiffany-Krystal," Nudge said, obviously not seeing me, although, I guess I did approve of 'Tiffany-Krystal," as opposed to Nudge. No way would someone believe her if she said that 'Nudge' was her name... Only us.
"I'm Jeff. Jeff James," Iggy said quickly.
Caine clearly still hadn't noticed how 'Jeff' was actually blind, nor did Diana or Drake. Caine pointed at Angel next.
"Ariel."
I sighed in relief, glad that she hadn't said that ridiculous name 'Isabelle Von Frankenstein Rothschild' like last time...
Angel glared at me, and I did my best to hide a smirk.
"I'm Captain Terror!" Gazzy said, grinning.
Caine kept a steady gaze on him.
"Well that's my nickname. I'm actually Gus."
"Great, Maxine, Finn... Jeff, Ariel and Tiffany and Gus." Caine said slowly, smiling. "You know, it wasn't a good idea coming here with no good reason."
"We know... we're really sorry, you know that. I mean Max wanted to go for a walk and so did Finn, but you are going to let us go back now, yes, it's a great idea," Angel said softly, looking at Caine. Then she quickly turned to Diana. "You agree, we should just go, no trouble," and then looked at Drake. "We aren't going to cause any trouble, and you are going to let us walk away and you are not going to use your gun."
I knew exactly what Angel was doing from the first second. Everyone did. Unfortunately, Caine and Diana and Drake did not count.
"You guys should head back to Perdido Beach," Diana said, expression blank.
Caine nodded. "You just wanted to go for a walk, walk more, walk back."
"I won't use this gun, don't worry, walk away, walk away."
Angel, looking at all three of them now, smiled, and slowly and softly said, "You'll be walking away too."
We ran. Fang ran. We leapt. Fang leapt. We flew. Angel didn't. "GO!" she screamed, voice shrill. "GO, GO, GO!
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