A/N: Here's another chapter. Hope you like it.
Max POV
"Max, can Sprinkle, Star, Nudge, Angel, Tint and I go down to the lake, it's really warm."
"If you stay together and be careful, yes you may."
"Thank you Max."
I watched as Sky and the other five girls ran out of the cabin in their bathing suites. It had been three months since Willow and her flock and joined us. Now we were one big flock with me as the leader. We all got to know each other and we're like a big family. I know pretty much everything about every person here and I love them all the same. Well let me back up a little bit.
After we ate supper the night we met Willow and her flock we got to know each other even more. I even told them about my voice. (I didn't tell them who it was though. Only Fang and I know that little detail.) The flock moved in and we became one. Willow didn't have any problem handing over the leadership reigns to me and her flock quickly accepted me and my flock. We spent about one week together and we knew we would never separate. It's cool.
Our cabin used to be an old hotel; we fixed it up a while ago. It has three stories with two large bedrooms on the bottom floor, six small bedrooms and one medium sized bedroom on the second floor and seven small/medium sized bedrooms on the top. The kitchen is big enough and we also have an attic that is our chill room. There are three living rooms, (one on each floor) and there is one small bathroom per bedroom. There's even a large basement with a washer and dryer in it. We paired up Sprinkle, Nudge and Star, who got one of the large rooms on the first floor, while Gazzy, Uno, and Trent all share the other large room. Angel and Tint share the medium sized room on the second floor while Coal, Red, Sky, Charm, Ice and Cammie all got their own rooms on the second floor. Fang, Iggy, Blade, Willow, Raven, Eel and I all got our own small rooms on the third floor. So it all works out.
You probably still have a lot of questions like where do you guys get all the food? Or, do you guys fight? Or even, what about Fang and I? Well, every week we go to a Wal-Mart and buy a ton of food with my ATM card that mysteriously never runs out of money. No, we haven't fought amongst ourselves and I just recently kissed Fang. I even saw Iggy and Nudge making breakfast very early and saw them holding hands. What's up with that? But to let all who are reading this in on a little secret, Blade and Cammie like each other, and Eel and Willow like each other. Ahhhhhhhhh.
"Hey Max, want to go up to the attic and watch T.V.?"
I looked up from the book I was reading to find Willow, Raven, and Cammie standing over me. I was in our third story living room relaxing and getting very warm. During the summer, especially in the middle of July it can get warm up in the Rockies. That was our cabins one down fall, no air conditioning.
"Sure. But why not down stairs it will be cooler. Oh and we have to attempt to make dinner tonight."
"Coal, Red, Trent and Gazzy are watching a football game and trying to reenact the plays. And Iggy's gonna have to help us make dinner or we'll burn everything like last time and have to go out to eat."
"Oh, okay well, lets go upstairs."
We all walked up to the attic and pulled out the four big bean bag chairs, and turned the channel on to What Not to Wear. The four of us had become very good friends and did a lot together. They also helped me manage everybody. Today though was a very laid back day because no one was here, except for the boys down stairs. Sprinkle, Angel, Nudge, Sky, Tint, and Star had gone to swim, while Fang, Blade, Iggy, Eel, Ice, Uno, and Charm all had gone to Wal-Mart. So only us four girls and the four boys were here.
"Hey Max, Coal, Trent, Gazzy and I are going to go play in the woods by the beach."
"Okay but keep an eye on each other and watch out for the girls as well."
Make that us four girls were the only ones still home. What Not to Wear ended about a half hour later and I shut the T.V. off.
"Guys want to go check up on the boys and see if they need help at the store?"
"Sure why not, there's nothing else left to do here anyways."
I smiled at Cammie, stood up and opened the window, just as my voice popped in.
Max! Your in danger, your flock is in danger. ERASERS!
Most of the time I never take Jeb seriously but his was not one of those times.
"Max are you okay, you paled all of a sudden."
"Oh my gosh, there are a bunch of erasers and everyone's in danger."
"How do you know?" Asked Raven, fear creeping into her voice.
"The Voice told me."
The door to the attic burst open and a bunch of erasers swarmed in. I saw bloodlust in their eyes and knew this was going to hurt.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way. I prefer the hard way." The eraser closets to us, spoke, and then laughed, but stopped a second later. "Hey where did that one chick go?"
I smiled knowing Cammie had blended into the attic walls. The erasers were turning around frantically looking. I knew we couldn't surpass this opportunity.
"Attack the erasers."
I flung myself at the lead eraser and did a good solid punch to the chest. His breath left him in a whoosh, and he stumbled backwards. I turned around and did a round about kick that landed in his ribs, I felt and heard ribs cracking. To my surprise he punched me in the cheek and I felt blood. I kicked him one more time in the throat and he fell limp at my feet. I looked around to see an eraser being beaten up by seemingly nothing and smiled. Cammie appeared and smacked the eraser in the head. Willow was blocking punch after punch with her shields and then sent one flying that hit an eraser. Raven was battling with another eraser that had a squirrel biting it.
I turned and froze. Four erasers had guns and they were pointed at us. Raven, Willow, and Cammie also froze.
"Now since you chose to do this the hard way…"
The erasers in front of us raised their guns and brought the butts of them down on our heads. I fell to the ground dizzy and seeing spots. The erasers came over and repeatedly kicked us. As I felt myself slipping into unconsciousness I heard the front door open loudly and someone yelled. I smiled as I recognized Fangs voice. I heard the erasers jump out the window and unfold their unnatural wings before I passed out.
Fangs POV
As I opened the door and yelled, I saw there was no one around.
"They all probably went down to the lake. It's really hot." Eel said while pulling his shirt collar away from his neck.
I nodded and looked at Blade. He had the same expression that I knew I had on my face right now.
"Let's just check and be sure."
Blade nodded and we all split up. Blade and I had actually become very close friends and we thought a lot of the same things. I walked up to the attic and left Blade and Iggy to look on the third floor. I stopped about half way up the stairs and looked at the wall. It had deep claw marks running along the rail. Probably from one of Ravens animal friends. I walked to the top and gasped. I put my emotionless mask on and tried to remain calm. The door was in pieces and Max, Raven, Willow, and Cammie all lay on the floor, motionless. There was blood everywhere and those deep claw marks on the open window frame.
"Guys up here, hurry."
I rushed over to Max and she stirred a little. The other guys came over and they checked on the other three. The girls were alive. Iggy ran his hands around them and said they would probably just be out for a little while. They had scratches all over their bodies and lumps on their heads.
A slamming door and a bunch of running footsteps told me that everyone else was home. Sky ran in the doorway with everyone else close behind. They stood still, shock clear on their faces. Sky spoke up with fear in her voice.
"I felt a bunch of erasers around the cabin and we all rushed back to warn you guys."
"Okay, I want everyone to go to their rooms except Blade, Eel, and Iggy. Don't come out either. If you need anything come get us. Start packing as much stuff as you can into your backpacks, we're getting out of here."
The kids did what they were told. I looked at Blade. It was these times that everyone trusted me to make the calls. With the four girls out cold they would have to wait until they woke up to fly away.
"Blade get Cammie, Eel get your sister and Iggy get Willow. I've got Max. We'll take them to the bottom living room."
With that I picked up Max and felt my heart ache. She was breathing really fast and sweat poured down her face. Her hands were clenched into fists and a tear rolled down her cheek. She was having another nightmare, after three months of not having one.
We walked to the living room and set the girls on the couches. Iggy ran to get the first aid kits; yes we have more than one, and treated the scratches in silence. After he was done he said something extremely shocking.
"The next time I see an eraser, I'm going to pummel him into next week."
The four of us being the oldest guys, had pretty much taken on the role of protectors. The four of them had even talked about it one night after Cammie had gotten sick. Blade was as tight as a ball that night and never left her side. After that the four boys had decided that was what their role in the flock would be as seeing Max, Willow, Raven and Cammie were the leaders and had no one to look after them.
Raven stirred and Iggy sat by her side. Most would have said that Iggy liked Raven but no, Iggy was good friends with her and nothing more, besides Iggy liked Nudge.
Later that night after supper Willow and Cammie had woken up. They were in their rooms resting. Max still lay on the sofa as tight as a ball. She jerked her head around and mumbled something. I went over and shook her softly. She opened her eyes and I saw relief in them. She sat up and kissed me. Why, you ask? I have no idea why, but her kiss tasted of sorrow and pain. The pain hurt, and the sorrow tore my heart. This all felt like mine but how? She backed off.
"I'm sorry Fang."
"For what?"
"For giving you that pain.
I looked at Max very confused.
"Fang I have a new ability and I don't like it."
Muahahaha. I know some people don't like cliff hangers but you're going to have to live with them. I'll explain more about Max's new ability in the next chapter. Oh and it may be a few days before I can post another chapter. So review please. Oh and do you think I should maybe change some things so that Nudge and Iggy and I becomes Iggy and Raven?
