Chapter 4
three months later
Phoenix POV
I smiled looking down on the un-suspecting eraser. Jumping from the tree I land on his shoulders my legs wrapping around his neck. I grab his head and give it a sharp twist. I hear the bones snap and I flip off right as he collapses. I look at the others seeing they were all standing there as well. I smile deviously. Max grins back. Emerson walks over to her and intertwines their fingers. I roll my eyes at him. The speakers above crackle.
"Excellent. You all continue to amaze us. You all are ready for you mission." The speaker cuts off. We all run up to each other and cheer.
"Max.. Are you sure about this?" Arella asks. Max smiles down at her.
"Absolutely." She grins, but I can see through it. I know she's slightly worried.
"Max. Has no reason to be worried she's got us with her." I say. Max smirks at me.
For the past three months, we had made sure the school hadn't attacked the flock, so they'd be in the same place Max left them. Our plan is to ambush them. We're going to have Max walk up to the door and we'll be waiting in different places. Right now we were just reaching the cabin. Lume, Luke and I land on the roof directly above the door. Emerson, and Lane were on the sides of the porch and Arella and Leon were in the forest just outside. Max landed out on the front lawn. Three seconds later the door flings open and the little blonde children, Gazzy and Angel, run outside to her. A shout follows them.
"Angel, Gazzy! What are you all- Max." The tall pale blonde one, Iggy, stops in his tracks just outside the door. "Nudge, Fang! Get out here! She's back! Max is back! Lume, Luke and I wit until they're all outside and the door is closed. We silently slip off the roof and stand behind them. The others circle them. The flock was too busy to notice us. I watched Max closely. She slightly nods in my direction so I say.
"Wow Max, you were right. They really are stupid." The flock jumps to alertness and turns to my voice. I hear Nudge mutter under her breath to Fang.
"They've got us surrounded."
"Yes Nudge. Yes we do." Max says.
"We? What do you mean?" Fang asks. I growl.
"She means. You're time is over." I say They all stare at me.
"Get 'em." Max says. I change to my maned wolf form and snarl loudly. I take two bound bounds before leaping. I land next to Max and snarl again.
"Max? What is this?" Fang asks stepping forwards.
"Revenge." She answers simply, Max flicks her wrist and I jump tackling Iggy. Max said she wanted to take Fang down herself. I growl at him and lunge jumping into his chest I knock him down. I shift from wolf to my black jaguar/panther. I swipe across his chest with my long claws. He yelps in pain. I shift my form to my human form, right as he kicks me in the stomach. I use my wings to keep me upright. I slide back about five feet. I stood there waiting for his next move. He was breathing heavy seeming to be out of shape. I take a moment to glance at Max who was rapidly attacking. Fang didn't strike back once, he just blocked I shook my head then focused back on Iggy.
"Pheonix behind-" Lume starts to shout. I cut him off with a yelp of pain. I whirl around and face Nudge. I dock slipping into the splits as I feel Iggy lunge. He misses me, slamming into Nudge sending them tumbling. I turn to my wolf and leap pinning them both down. As soon as I had Leon, and Lane, using their super speed run over and have them tied up. Legs, arms, wings, and mouths. I nod to them and turn to a harpy eagle. I grab each of their binds and take off, struggling just a bit. I take them over to the trees and change to human. I take out some of my rope and bind them and Gazzy each to a tree.
"Why are you doing this? We aren't the ones that should be fighting each other." Iggy says. I scoff, but say nothing just stand in front of them watching the others as they apprehend Angel. I take her putting up a mind block and tying her to another tree.
"Curse you people and your mind blocks!" She says exasperatedly.
"Wait guys think abut this. That can't be the real max. No matter what, Max would never help the school. I mean that's just preposterous. She may not like us but he wouldn't do-"
"Shut up!" I yell. "Get over it. That is Max. We've all had enough of being the nice guys. You all just so happened to be our first targets." I snap. I turn my eyes back to the battle going on between Max and Fang. I hear shuffling behind me. "Don't even bother trying to undo the knots." I say. I hear several sighs behind me. I keep my eyes on the battle and realize something. Fang was using Max's attacks to his favor he was blocking her and waiting for her to tire. "Max! He's trying to tire you out!" I yell. I see her retract her stance. She stands still and glares at Fang. He stills his stance as well.
"Max please stop. You don't want to do this." I hear Fang's voice say. I see him shifting his stance back as Max falters. "We did what we had to, so we could protect you." Maxes glare falters. I give Emerson a glance, and he understands. He leans down to Arella and she concentrates on Max. I see it click behind Maxes eyes and she drops her stance completely. She looks at Fang sadly.
"But you said.." She says trying to sound pitiful. Fang takes the bait and moves with in range. "Fang..."
"Hmm?" He asks taking another step. Max swings out her leg and knocks him in the chest sending him sprawling. Emerson and I tie him up. Max crouches in front of him.
"You should have realized it doesn't matter to me anymore. I've started a new life." She looks at me. "Pheonix. Call them." I nod pulling out a cell. Ten minutes later van were showing up. But they weren't the schools vans. A man with salt and pepper hair steps out of one and a woman with and teenage girl steps out of another. I hiss under my breath. I hear Maxes sharp intake of breath. "U and A now! Leave them!" She shouts. I nod and jump into the air. We circle above and watch as the woman and the man walk towards the tied up flock. We take off as they start to free them.