"You want me to blow up the building?" Iggy asked in astonishment.

I clamped my hand over his mouth. "Not so loud, moron! The kids are sleeping!" He sighed and removed the hand. He glared at me. "And no, not the main building, just every Itex building we pass by on our way to the headquarters. You got a problem with that?" I added.

Iggy grinned. "What makes you think I have a problem with explosives?"

I grinned broadly. I wasn't worried about killing any other experiments, because we knew that Itex had already either killed them all, or let them expire. "So you'll do it?"

"Yeah, but I need supplies." He looked up, and the moon reflected in his sightless eyes. "Let's go rob a store."

I snickered. "Sure thing." I placed my hands in the cool dirt and stood up. I kicked Fang in the side. I snorted and flipped over, blinked a couple times and looked up at me with puzzled eyes.

"We're gonna blow these Itex people into meaty little chunks. Iggy and I are going to rob a Home Depot or something, so you have to baby-sit."

"No way!" Fang shouted. Gazzy and Angel stirred from their spots in a nearby tree. "Let 'em come with us, 'cause I'm not missing out." He huffed.

"Fine, then." I mumbled. "Angel, Gazzy! You ready to party?"

Gazzy tilted backward off of his branch, letting me catch him. "Yep." He said, looking up at me.

Angel opened her snowy wings and fluttered down, landing lightly on the forest floor. "Uh huh." Then she added in my head, What for, Max?

Well... we're getting rid of Itex.

Alright! She squealed mentally. I smiled.

"Right now?" Gazzy asked.

I looked at Iggy, waiting for an answer. "Now or never." Iggy replied.

"Woo!" Gazzy punched the air. "Let's go, then!"

He bunched his muscles, then jumped up vertically, opening his wings in mid-air and pumping them up and down.

I smiled, grabbed Angel by the waist, and hurled her into the air. She cheered and flapped her wings, flying up to join The Gasman.

The rest of us took flight. Iggy reached down and dug a map out of Fang's pack, telling us the nearest town.

I breathed in deeply. Flight always soothed my troubles, and I couldn't help but smile as the wind raced through my feathers.

We dove downward a quarter mile from the town. I pulled up at the last second and landed, and I started to jog, afraid of how much time we had to make the robbery.

"Iggy, what do we need?" I asked.

Iggy rambled on about different parts and pieces that I'd never heard of. "Um... great, thanks." I told him. He laughed.

"Max, couldn't we just buy this stuff with your Max Ride card?" Angel asked.

I puzzled over the thought as we turned the corner of the hardware store. "Sweetie, I have no idea how much money is on that card, and what would the clerk think of three teenagers and two little kids buying explosive materials?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Angel admitted.

"Besides, Ange, stealing is so much simpler." I added.

Angel giggled.

"Gee, Max, you're such a great role model." Iggy mumbled.