Chapter 7
I had a cold feeling of dread as we made some last minute preperations , getting ready to break into the School.
"Are we ready?" Asked Fang as we finished dinner in Alpha's Grandparents living room
"I'm-ready-are-you-ready-?-I-know-I'm-ready-'cause-I-am-pumped-man-this-is-goonna-be-great!" Babbled Nudge
"Y'know," said Iggy "We probably shouldn't have let them eat all that sugar."
"I-don't-think-so-sugar-is-good-anymore-cookies?" said Nudge
We had made the mistake of leaving Alpha and Nudge alone in the kitchen this afternoon and they had found cookies. Lots and lots of cookies. It turns out that they both have a sugar problem. Now Alpha Was giggling uncontrollably on the floor and Nudge hadn't stopped talking in half an hour.
"Here this'll help" Said beta walking into the room with a glass of water "Here Alpha." And she promptly dumped the water on her head.
Alpha squealed and tackled Beta.
"Feel better now?" Asked Beta
"Yeah, but you won't!"
"Want some?" She asked Nudge
"I'm good." Said Nudge quickly
Alpha morphed into a big dog and shook the water out of her fur.
"Ready To go?" she asked. She didn't say the words, bet we knew we heard them, it was like she was speaking in our minds.
"Yeah, lets leave." I aid
Alpha and Beta morphed to pigeons and hopped out the windows leading the way.
We gained altitude as fast as we could. We couldn't afford to be seen. In less then five minutes we were soaring two thousand feet up.
"It's about four miles from here." Called Beta, "Right there see?" She pointed two a large black roofed building with a gray fenced in asphalt area behind it. The area was filed with different obstacles in it, even from here you could sent the ominous odor of blood. I assumed that's where they hunted erasers.
"Let's land."
"We dove down and landed on top of the building. From here the stone walls of the hunting area looked even higher and I noticed it was roofed with wicked-looking barbed wire. Faintly I heard Gazzy explaining all this to Iggy.
"How do people not notice what there up to?" Asked Fang sounding amazed, "I mean this place screams evil."
"As far as regular people know," said Beta "This is an animal testing facility. Ironic no?" She smiled grimly. "That is what they think is the recreational area." She gestured at the hunting place, "They don't think twice about all the howls and screams."
Alpha hadn't said a word all this time. I understood how Alpha and Beta must feel, like she was walking into her doom, a fate worse than death. I wanted to comfort them, but couldn't think of anything to say.
"Well on that happy note." Said Fang interrupting my thoughts, "Let's break in."
The break in wasn't difficult, we pulled open a sky light on the roof and slipped in silently. I had the ominous feeling of dread that I always had when I thought I was walking into a trap.
Angel's POV
Angel jumped into the window after Iggy. Her shoes thudded lightly on the tile floor.
"We've probably already set the alarm of so we've got to hurry." Whispered Alpha.
"Getting any vibes Nudge?" asked Fang
"Yeah," replied Nudge "I see some people going some computers over there." Nudge pointed down a corridor to our right.
"Come on lets go." Whispered Max leading the way down the hall with Beta on her heels. Alpha hesitated and followed much more cautiously. Angel could feel the fear radiating off of her. She often tried to block her emotions, but on occasion she let her guard down and forgot to keep Angel from looking. She seemed clean, but Angel was afraid that she was putting on a show like Max II .
The flock reached the computers and Nudge sat down in the chair in front of it. She began to type in passwords and scroll through page after page of information.
"This is great." Muttered Max, from behind the chair they were sitting on. "Look at this stuff." We were staring at every thing we could need, profiles on the successes full superhuman-mutants so far, tons of stuff on the by-half plan. Suddenly Angel felt a rough clawed hand on her shoulder.
"Well, well, well, what have we here." Said a cold, gravely voice. Angel spun around and faced a half morphed Eraser.
"So Glad you dropped in." He said smiling. Angel opened her mouth to scream, bet couldn't get it out. She looked around at the rest of the flock and realized that they were surrounded. There was no escape.
