Chapter 7
Max's POV

I would miss them, I guess. But we had to leave. Well, we didn't have to, but we were running out of things to do, and I was getting a little jumpy. It's been about a month since we've seen an Eraser, and I was worried. Where were they? Are they following us? If so, why aren't they attacking us? Not that I want them to, but I want to know where they are.

Everyone was silent for once, which was weird. Arya and Rose weren't talking, like usual, they were just walking along siently, Arya with Shade and Rose with Scorpion and Ash. Talon was next to me, looking thoughtful. I decided that I should say something, even though I had no idea what. Here we go.

"I'm sorry we had to leave guys, it's just... I was getting a little worried. We haven't seen the Erasers for a while, and it's not that I want them to find us, it's just that I want to know where they are. I feel like if we stay here, they'll find us," I explained.

"We know Max, you don't need to apologize, we're just sad, that's all," Scorpion told me. I smiled at him gratefully.

"Where to know?" Talon asked after a few minutes.

"Maybe Antarctica," Rose suggested.

"First, not in a billion years, you'd have to drag my cold, dead body there, and second, why?" I asked. Max no likey the cold.

"There are penguins." Like that explained everything. I rolled my eyes and kept thinking about where in the world we could go. Famous cities came to mind, London and Paris. Then of course we would have to visit Germany. Why not? Besides, of course, the outrageous amount of money it would cost. We could sneak on a plane, maybe Shade could steal some money for tickets or even actual tickets. It may work... But, of course, they're the oh-so-possible chance that we will get caught. Might as well suggest it and see if the others have any ideas.

"How about London or Paris? We could visit famous places while getting out of the country and either escaping Erasers or making them show themselves," I said. Everyone stared at me.

"But..." Shade repsonded, "how would we get there? I guess we could sneak on a plane somehow, but still. Plus just being there would be expensive. Not to mention that it's pretty risky." Darn his reasonableness. Too bad I had already made up my mind.

"We'll make it work, maybe put ourselves in boxes and ship us on a cargo plane. What do we have to lose? If Erasers find us, we fight them, like usual. If the cops chase, we can deal with them with both arms tied behind our backs." I glanced around, I noticed that some were looking convinced, but Shade and Talon didn't look so sure. Time to go for the majority vote, "Whoever wants to go, raise their hand." One, two, three, four. Plus me of course. "Sorry guys," I told Talon and Shade, "majority rules."

"Whatever happened to minority rights," Shade mumbled.

"Huh?" Talon asked, clueless as usual.

"Ever heard of the Constitution?" Shade asked him.

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with this?" Talon retorted, and Shade just shook his head.

"Ok guys, we have a long day of planning ahead of us, so get some sleep," I announced as we reached the clearing we've been staying in for the past few nights.

"Night," Rose told everyone as she sat down for first watch.

"Goodnight," most of us replied, except for Ash who was already asleep and Shade who felt like being quiet.


So we spent pretty much the entire day coming up with different plans for getting ourselves on a plane and flying to Europe. There was: dress up like flight attendants, which was Rose's idea and was shot down, since we don't have nice clothes. Arya said that she and Rose could create a diversion, and Shade could steal tickets, but there would be a problem with getting Rose and Arya away, because their diversion involved turning into a tiger and a wolf and for some reason I don't think that would go over very well.

But it turns out that Shade had the best plan. We find a cargo plane that's heading to Europe, if it's going to London or Paris, even better. We wait until the last minute to sneak on so no one notices us, if he had to he could even make the place pitch dark. And boom, free flight all the way! Of course it will be in a uncomfortable cargo plane full of boxes and stuff that can fall on us and hit us, but hey! We've been through worse before.

We stayed one more night there, and the next day we packed up and headed out. Again, like always, I wished we could all fly. It would make travelling so much easier! But we had to make do with an old van that was left in the parking lot of an abandoned house we stayed at once. For some odd reason, Rose has a natural gift with cars, so she got it running again, and it actually does pretty good.

So we set off. Talon drove, because I'm apparently a horrible driver and make everyone in the car afraid for their lives. Yeah, ok.

"Who's up for a round of "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall?" Arya asked, looking bored.

"When hell freezes over," I snorted. I hate that song, it's so annoying and long! And we, well, everyone but me, sing it on almost every long trip.

"We don't have proof that it's not frozen, so ok!" She replied and started singing. "99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall!" Rose joined in next, and soon everyone but I was singing. I just sat with my head in my hands, trying not to scream. Talon rubbed my back, trying to calm me down, but it didn't work so well, seeing as he was still singing.

After a while, I thought, if you can't beat them, join them. So I joined in at 47 bottles of beer on the wall. It was actually kind of fun, we were all singing loudly and out of tune, and it made the time go by a little quicker. But still, when we reached 23, I was praying for the song to be over soon.

"5 bottles of beer on the wall, 5 bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around, 4 bottles of beer on the wall! 4 bottles of beer on the wall, 4 bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around, 3 bottles of beer on the wall! 3 bottles of beer on the wall, 3 bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around, 2 bottles of beer on the wall! 2 bottles of beer on the wall, 2 bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around, 1 bottle of beer on the wall!" We all sang the last line as loud as possible without screaming. "1 bottle of beer on the wall, 1 bottle of beer! Take it down, pass it around, 0 bottles of beer on the wall!"

"Thank god it's finally over!" Scorpion exclaimed, panting slightly.

"Wasn't my idea," Shade told him.

"We all know who started it," Talon said, looking at Arya through the rear-view mirror. She was grinning.

"Not my fault everyone joined in," she replied defensively.

"Very true," Rose agreed.

"Hey! You joined in first!" Ash told her.

"Very true," I said, copying Rose.

"Now that we found the culprits, what should we do about it?" Talon asked with a smirk.

"Um, I think we're all culprits, because we all sang. You guys didn't have to if you didn't want to," Arya said quickly, seeming nervous.

"Hmm, I don't know..." Shade replied, to my surprise. I thought he would be on her side.

"Ok, how's this, their punishment is being stuck in this van with five annoying people." I think that's pretty fair, we can be pretty annoying when we want to.

"Sure," everyone agreed with me. For the rest of the drive, we played I Spy, tried to find as many different license plates as possible, and talked. And talked. Mostly about random stuff. We weren't sure exactly where we were headed, but it was somewhere up north, closer to Europe, but still across the ocean, obviously. Which meant that it would be a long, most likely two-day drive. Yay! I just love being stuck in a small space for a prolonged amount of time. Bring on the claustrophobia.

When the sun was beginning to set, we decided to stop because everyone was tired and we didn't want to get into an accident. We found a pretty cheap motel, two rooms for twelve dollars, so we stayed there, girls in one room boys in the other. We all got a hot shower for the first time in about five days, and an actual bed to sleep in! It wasn't the most comfortable thing in the world, but it beats sleeping on the ground. I said goodnight to everyone then drifted off to sleep.

A/N: HI MY BEAUTIFUL READERS! How are you doing this fine day? I'm doing pretty good. This chapter was kinda short and boring, but it was mostly for getting them to Europe. Funny story, me and my friend actually 'sang' 99 bottles of beer on the wall through text awhile ago, which took about TWO FREAKIN HOURS. NEVER DO IT. It was fun, but it got annoying after, oh, 90? But we went all the way to 0, which made us feel accomplished. Ok, as always, reviews are appreciated, this time with your favorite song!

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