Max POV
As I was watching some lame TV show, leaning on Fang and the rest of the Flock laughing at the oldness—I felt a sharp stabbing ping of sadness. Iggy. What was wrong with him? Suddenly Angel ran out of the bathroom, dressed and everything, yelling. "Ohmigosh! Kayti left! She just left! We have to go after her! Pleas Max! Iggy… Iggy… Iggy…" she kept repeating his name over and over. I shot up and yanked open the door to see Iggy sitting on his bed, his face pained, but strangely hollow.
He looked up slowly to meet my gaze. "She left," he breathed. "The angel left."
Angel? What the…?
"Come on you guys!" I called to everyone. "We've got to check out and find Kayti." Everyone scattered. Fang and I ran downstairs to check out while everyone else ran around the three rooms to gather up our stuff.
Iggy POV
I was vaguely aware of the Flock rushing around me, picking up and taking the little extra stuff from the hotel room. I wasn't even aware of Gazzy standing in front of me crying, "Iggy! Iggy come on! We've got to go find Kayti!"
All I was aware of was the fact that my… err- the angel had left. She took off without saying anything.
Suddenly I was yanked off the bed and shoved out into the hallway. I felt a small hand grab mine and drag me into the elevator. They pulled me downstairs and into the lobby where Max and Fang were rushing out… holding hands. Wait a minute—did I miss something?
It didn't matter. Kayti was gone. Going back to the School to purposely be a lab rat. We found ourselves in the back of the hotel where there were there were no windows. We all did an immediate take-off. My wings were making jerky, unsure motions. I didn't even feel like myself anymore. Ugh.
Kayti POV
I flew, totally with a heavy guilty conscience. Leaving Iggy and the Flock was like tearing my own heart out- through my throat. I flew in circles for a while, unsure of which way the School was. California you idiot! I told myself. It's all the way across country! Get your behind FLYING!
I took off in my general direction of west and flew. I felt a hollow sinking feeling in the bottom of my stomach- like I'd just eaten rocks or something. It didn't feel too good.
And then—Erasers. Swarms of them. And by swarms I mean like twenty, all of them in groups of five, taking hits at me.
I didn't have the time, or the strength to use Fayte. I didn't feel like killing off these twenty Erasers. So I tucked my wings in and plummeted to the ground.
Max POV
I saw swarms of something closing in on something in the sky. Flying Erasers! I thought. "Erasers!" I yelled. "Dead ahead!" What were they doing? And then I saw her. Kayti was not even bothering to fight back against the wolf men. And then she dropped from the sky. "Kayti!" I screamed.
Bad Idea
The Erasers heard me and ten of them at once came flying towards the Flock and I. Iggy saw Kayti and shot after her, dodging the Erasers. Who knew the guy could move so fast. "Nice to see you Max," Ari. He swung at me, clipping my chin with his furry fist.
"Ugh! Ari, leave me alone!" I cried. I tried to get out of his way and go after Iggy and Kayti, but his arms wrapped around my torso, yanking me against him. Oh gross! I rammed my elbow into his solar plexus making him flinch, but didn't relent his grasp on me.
"Get off her!" Fang roared! And suddenly Ari was tumbling through the sky. Fang's eyes were dark, almost black, bloodlust apparent in them. He grabbed one of Ari's wings and yanked hard on it. Ari let out a wail
"Come on! We'll get them later! Kaytlynn isn't worth them pulling our wings out!" All of the Erasers froze at once and fled. It was almost funny.
The rest of the Flock looked okay. Fang was calming down, Angel had a happy look on her face from making one of the Erasers do something stupid. Nudge and Gazzy were high-fiving for taking out an Eraser. And Iggy and Kayti… were on the ground.
Iggy was cradling Kayti, holding her in his arms. Both of them were crying it seemed.
It now just occurred to me that Kayti was really part of the Flock now. We'd fall to pieces if she wasn't around. Crap.