Story of a bird kid 12
Edward POV
After we took off running we quickly headed to Sacramento California. After running for about 8 hours speaking in random conversation we got to Sacramento California, and circling the city ran into the woods on the other side where we assumed that Max and the others had gone.
"I hope they got here unharmed" Alice said, "We didn't need to come so far only to lose the flock because the Volturi got to them first."
"I know," I told her, "Once we get to the clearing we need to take Angela hunting and start her on our so called vegetarian diet. We have to tell Max and the rest of the flock to go for a flight long enough for us to go hunting. If we have to we can give them some money to go shopping for new clothes and stuff for Max and the others. The clothes they are wearing now are torn and wearing thin. Shayne doesn't need new things by the looks of it but she can go get that leg and back checked out. When we first saw them Shayne was thinking about her injuries and how there was a chance that they were infected. If she doesn't want to go to the hospital she can still go buy some medicine and other stuff."
"Yeah," Alice said, "I think her back is already infected or at least I had a vision like right before they showed up that her back was all red and infected. Medicine would be a good thing for her right now. I just have a feeling that she doesn't want to go to a hospital. If her back and leg have not healed at least a little bit when we get back home Carlisle can take a look at her." As Alice finished speaking she stepped on a stick snapping it, and we heard a growl now unlike the one I had made earlier of a predator protecting their territory. Within seconds I had heard Max's and the other's minds go on alert and made the connection.
"Shayne calm down," I said, "It's just us." With that I stepped out of the forest and into a clearing and as I watched a black wolf transformed and Shayne was standing in its place.
"Could you have given us a little more warning?" Shayne snapped, "I was preparing to try and rip your heads off thinking you were an eraser or something that the school had sent to recapture us."
"Sorry about that we were absorbed in a conversation and didn't smell your scents until you started growling at us."
"Apology accepted," Max said, "But Shayne had a point in asking you to give us a little bit of a heads up."
"Sorry about that." Alice said, "How long have you guys been here?"
"About an hour," Max said, "Why are you asking us?"
"Are you guys rested up a bit?" Alice said, "We need to hunt and when we go hunting we depend purely on our instincts. When we are that way we cannot tell friend from prey. I didn't save you from the Volturi only to kill you myself. Edward had an idea about giving you guys money so you can go buy new clothes in Sacramento giving us time to hunt as well so what do you think about it? I think it is a good idea as well."
"I am all for it!" Nudge exclaimed, "Max can we please go shopping we all need new stuff. Well all of us but Shayne at least. Please Max can we go? I am begging you. Can we please go into town? I am sick and tired of wearing the same exact outfit every single day. I could really go for a new outfit or two and mphhhh." Once again Iggy had his hand over her mouth with little hesitation.
"Max can we go into town?" He asked his hand still over Nudge's mouth. "If just for the sake of saving my ears. You know she won't shut up about it until she gets her way."
"Yes we can go into Sacramento." Max said, "I am not so sure about what Shayne is going to do seeing as she has clothes and other things but I could do with new clothes myself and maybe a haircut. If Edward will give us money we will head into town. What will you do Shayne?"
"If Edward needs to hunt I can't stop him and I am not in the mood to get attacked so I will head into town as well. I will get a haircut and maybe buy a new jacket or something. You can take Edward's money but I've got my own. I say we head into town for a few hours and then return to get some rest and continue on to Forks in the morning. How does that sound you guys?"
"Sounds great," Fang and Alice said.
"The sooner we get you to Forks and our coven the better." Alice said, "Now what do the rest of you say to Shayne's plan?"
"Sounds great to me and the others agree as well." Max said.
"Well then that is settled." I said and handed Max a huge wad of cash.
"Well I've got a cell phone but it is brand new so I don't know the number yet." Shayne said reaching into her pocket and pulling out her phone. "I barely know how to work the thing myself."
"My number is 653-6783." I told her. "Can you call my phone really quickly before you leave so that way I have your number in my phone so I can get in touch with you when I need too?"
"Sure, "Shayne said, "I saw the white coats at the lab using them so I know how to call people." With that she dialed my number slowly and with uncertainty before she finally hit the call button. Then my phone started ringing in my pocket which kind of freaked the flock members out.
"It is fine." I said, "That is just my phone ringing because Shayne is calling me. It lets me know that I am receiving a call." I said pulling out my phone to show them. "Well now that I have your number you guys can head into Sacramento and do whatever you want and we will call when it is safe for you to return to camp."
"Ok" Max said "Let's blow this clearing and hit the town." With that the entire flock jumped into the air and really gracefully unfurled their wings heading towards Sacramento.
SHAYNE POV
When Edward handed Max that huge wad of cash Nudge's eyes got huge and excited looking.
"Make sure you keep that hidden unless you need it." Edward told Max, "That much cash says jackpot to potential thieves. You have free rein in Sacramento for a couple hours so we can hunt without worrying about attacking you guys. Do any of you have a cell phone? If you do give me your cell number so I can call you when we are finished hunting."
"Well I've got a cell phone but it is brand new so I don't know the number yet."I said reaching into my pocket and pulling out my phone to show it to Edward. "I barely know how to work the thing myself. All I know about using these things I learned from watching the white coats."
"My number is 653-6783." Edward said, "Can you call my phone really quickly before you leave so that way I have your number in my phone so I can get in touch with you when I need too?"
"Sure, "I said sounding more confident then I felt. "I saw the white coats at the lab using them so I know how to call people." With that I dialed Edward's number slowly and with uncertainty before finally hitting the green call button. Then just as the phone at my ear started ringing something in Edward's pocket started going off as well which kind of freaked Max, Fang, me and the other flock members out. I got slightly freaked because I wasn't expecting it.
"It is fine." Edward said, mistaking our uneasiness for fear "That is just my phone ringing because Shayne is calling me. It lets me know that I am receiving a call."He said pulling out his phone to show us. "Well now that I have your number you guys can head into Sacramento and do whatever you want and we will call when it is safe for you to return to camp."
"Ok" Max said "Let's blow this clearing and hit the town." With that every one of us jumped into the air and unfurled our wings headed towards Sacramento. We landed and hid our wings under various forms of cover about a mile from the city limits. After we had done that we started walking and caught a ride on the back of a truck without the driver knowing. Once we abandoned the truck Nudge started looking around. "Ok guys," Max said "Let's split up into groups and meet back her in an hour so we can go get some food. I think that while we are here it would be a bad idea to call each other by our real names except for Shayne because she just joined our flock so no one knows she has wings."
"Um Max." I said, "That isn't exactly true. Before I went to Dr. Martinez's house I crash landed in an alley and passed out from blood loss without pulling in my wings. When I came too I was surrounded by a bunch of kids who all saw my wings. Other than them, the Martinez's, the white coats, Jeb and my dad no one knows about my wings. They don't know that I am part of the flock but quite a few people know I have wings."
"You are still able to keep your real name though." Max said, "No one knows that you are a member of the flock. The rest of you know the drill what are you going to say your names are?
"Nick Ride." Fang said. "What about you Iggy?"
"I don't care just don't call me by any girls name." Iggy said.
"How does Jeff sound?" Max asked, "It is original and will not attract too much attention.
"Sounds fine," Iggy said.
"Nudge what about you?" Max asked, "Yours will be interesting as usual I presume."
"My name is going to be Tiffany Crystal Butterfly Tangerine." She said in true Nudge fashion.
"How about we just call you Tiffany Crystal?" I asked, "It would be a lot easier for me to remember if it's called for."
"That will work." Nudge said.
"Gassy, how about you?" I asked, "Please make it normal and not something like Captain Terror or Spiderman."
"If you say so, how about Gareth is that ok?" Gassy asked, "I was called that before."
"Sounds fine," I said, "Angel what about you?"
"Angelica," Angel told us, "I was called that at Anne's house and even though she was working for Itex I still enjoyed the time we spent there."
"Well there we go." Max said "Now let's split up into groups and meet back here in an hour."
"Max I am going to go on my own." I said, "I have some things I need to do on my own but after we eat if we still have time to go shopping some more I will gladly take someone with me." Without waiting for an answer I took off in the direction of a store that had caught my eye and quickly went inside. Going up to the woman working behind the counter I asked where I could find the restroom.
"It is straight to the back and to the left." The woman told me. "If once you are done you need help finding some things let me know and I will try to help."
"Thanks but I have a pretty good idea what I am looking for." I said and went into the back of the store to the bathroom. Once I had found the bathroom I went in and locked the door so I could have some privacy and took off my hoodie. After looking around for any sign of a camera I pulled my wings out so I could stretch them and then pulled out my phone and called Emily Seville. She answered after the first ring.
'Hello, this is Emily
'Hey Emily it is Shayne I told you I would call you at some point tonight I am hiding in a bathroom in Sacramento so I can have my wings out while I talk and don't have to stick out.'
'That is a smart idea, but why a bathroom of all places you can have privacy? Why not a hotel room or some other places like that? Wait did you say Sacramento? Do you mean to say you flew to Northern California in less than 10 hours? Those wings of your must be really powerful if you flew there which I am pretty sure you did.'
'Yes I am in Sacramento California, and yes I did fly with my own 2 wings. I am fine because I am not the only one that made the journey. I ran into old friend's while I was at the Martinez's house that are just like me just different ages.'
'Oh that is cool you are with the flock aren't you?'
'Yeah I am. How did you know about them?'
"I read Fang's blog. As a matter of fact I lead a protest against one of the Itex branches about 2 weeks ago. They are destroying our planet and if us kids don't do something about it future generations including our own will inherit a dying planet of sorts and there will be nothing we can do to stop it. I think you and the rest of the flock were created to try and prevent that from happening.'
'I wish that was true. I just think that they, being the white coats that experimented on me just enjoyed torturing innocent little kids. I am not sure why my mom was created though. She is the reason I have wings in the first place. She had wings and passed them on to me.'
'That is so cool. Where is your mom anyway?'
'According to the uncle that bought me my phone she was murdered but my dad still lives in Arizona somewhere.'
'That sucks. Do you remember either of your parents?'
'Not really but Dr. Martinez and Jeb my uncle said that I look just like her when she was my age. My dad I don't remember at all except for the tiny locket picture I have of him.'
'That really sucks. Well my dad is calling for me to go eat dinner so I have to go but maybe I'll call you sometime. Until then take care Shayne and don't do anything stupid like get discovered. See ya Shayne.
'Bye Emily, talk to you later.'
With that I hung up the phone, pulled my wings in as close to my body as possible and put my hoodie back on over them. Once I had done that I flushed a toilet and went back into the store to look around a bit. After looking around for a few minutes I pretended that the store didn't have anything in my size and walked out. I walked out of that store and looking around I saw a store called Hot Topic and glancing in I saw Fang looking around.
"Hey Fang," I said walking up behind him and tapping him on the shoulder.
"Hey Shayne what are you doing in here?" He asked turning around.
"I saw you in here and just wanted to say hello. This place has some pretty cool stuff."
"Tell me about it, and most of it is my style so I tend to come in here whenever I get the chance."
"Nice, well I'll see you in a bit then." With that I turned and walked out of the store. A few feet away I saw another shop that had some pretty cool looking coats and jackets in the window so I walked in. After looking around a bit I saw a nice jacket that seemed to suit my personality. It was a leather coat and on the back it had the picture of a tiger clawing its way out of the leather in a cool shade of metallic blue. I quickly tried it on and when it fit. When I set it on the counter the man at the register glanced around as if he was looking for someone.
"Where is your mom or dad?" He asked once he saw we were the only two people in the store. "You need them to pay for this."
"No I don't. I have a credit card in my name." I said and got into my wallet. While trying to decide on which card to use I noticed one with my picture on it. When I pulled it out I noticed it was a fake driver's license with my name and description on it. Pulling that out with one of my credit cards I set them both on the counter. The man looked kind of shocked but told me to put in my pin and then sign my name on the pad. As I did that the man put the leather jacket in a garment bag and putting the receipt in the bag once I finished handed it to me.
"Thanks for shopping here at the Jacket Company. Please come shop with us again."
"Thank you for letting me buy the jacket." With that I grabbed the bag in a better grip and headed out the door. Walking down the street I saw a hair salon and went in there as well.
"Welcome to Great Cuts." A smiling woman said walking into the front of the shop as a bell went off signaling my entrance. "What can I do for you today?"
"I want a haircut but I don't know how I want it cut." I said, "Do you think you can think of something that would suit me?"
"Yes I can but it won't be too cheap." She told me, "It involves dying you hair almost black and a good 15 minutes of cutting you hair. I also want to give your hair a good wash because it looks filthy it will take about 25 minutes to do everything. How does that sound?"
"Sounds fine to me but can I pay you now? I am going to have to leave directly after you finish my hair because I have to meet my friend's for dinner."
"Sure you can pay now." The woman said, "By the way call me Tiffany."
"Ok thanks for letting me pay beforehand Tiffany." I said pulling out my credit card and "driver's license" and setting them on the counter. "I totally owe you one."
Well then Miss Shayne follow me this way." Tiffany said and led me to a chair by some sinks. After the half hour she had said it would take was done I looked in the mirror and liking what I saw yelled thanks and ran out the door snatching up my new coat and meeting up with the flock in the center of town.
"Hey guys," I said, "Sorry I am running so late I got hung up getting my hair cut. As soon as she finished cutting my hair I took off out of the door because I paid beforehand. So what do you guys think?"
"Oh My Gosh I looooooove your hair!!" Nudge exclaimed, "Max I want my hair like that. Can I get my hair cut like that? Please Max please."
"Nudge, you can get your hair cut if we have time after we eat." Max said, "But I don't think your hair would look good the way Shayne's is cut maybe a different style. We could all use a haircut and we have plenty of money left over right now. I do like your hair by the way. Let's hit the Burger King around the corner."
"Burger King sounds good to me." We all said and headed around the corner. Once we walked in we bought Angel 3 kids meals, and the rest of us virtually ordered everything on the menu including extra for Angel if she was still hungry after eating the kid meals we had bought for her. We sat at the biggest table we could find and when we started eating we looked around and saw everyone else in the Burger King staring at us as we ate everything we had ordered.
"Jeez those kids have huge appetites." Someone said amazed. "Why don't my kids eat like that?" After we had heard whispered comments like that for several minutes we all started feeling self conscious and slightly claustrophobic. As soon as we finished or food, we threw away our trash and practically ran out the door. Stopping in the street Max turned to face me and asked.
"Shayne where did you get your hair cut?" Max asked, "Can you take us there?"
"Yeah no problem," I said, "Just follow me and I'll try to get the same deal for you guys unless you know how you want your hair done. Nudge, do you have another idea for your hair besides mine because Max is right your hair wouldn't look to good in my style." When nobody voiced any ideas for their new haircuts I said "Alright then, this is it." And with that I walked back into the hair place.
"Hey Tiffany are you still here?" I asked, "I brought my friends to get their hair cut."
"Yeah, I'm still here." Tiffany said, "Welcome back Shayne. Thanks for bringing your friends. How do they want their hair cut?"
"Like me they don't really have any idea." I told her, "Tiffany Crystal here," I said pointing to Nudge, "liked my hair but it won't look too good on her." So do you think you can find styles that suit them like you did to me? What they can't pay for I'll pay for them using my card. Can you do that?"
"Yeah no problem," Tiffany said, "Sarah Elizabeth just clocked in so she can help me with these makeovers. I think I did a really good job on your hair so the others shouldn't be much of a problem."
For those of you who are curious as to how she did my hair here is a description. The dye she mentioned earlier is black, it is cut to about the bottom of my ear and the bangs hang over my left eye slightly. As well as dying my hair black she also dyed stripes of red in my hair and it looks really cool. Well anyway back to the flock getting their hair cut. Tiffany and Sarah Elizabeth started with Max and Fang. Then after that they grabbed Nudge and Iggy, and finally grabbed Gassy and Angel. While they were in the process of cutting Nudge and Iggy's hair my phone started ringing. Looking at the caller ID I saw it was Edward and walked outside to answer it.
"Hey Edward," I said, "Are you guys finished hunting?"
"Yeah we are for now. We will have to do so again really soon so that we can resist the urges to attack you. You guys can come back now."
"OK but it will be a bit, the rest of the flock is getting their hair cut."
"That's fine just come back as soon as you can so we can tell you what to expect when you meet the rest of our Coven in Forks."
"OK we will. See you and the other's in a bit."
"See you later"
With that I hung up the phone and went back into Great Cuts to wait for the flock. Grabbing a switchblade that I had bought before we left Arizona that looked like it would be able to cut slits into my leather coat so that I could wear it while we were flying and I grabbed my coat out of the garment bag and went into the bathroom. The part with the tiger was folded so that I could easily hide the slits I would need for my wings to fit through that wouldn't be easy to see unless you looked for it while holding the coat in your hands. As I went into the bathroom I again locked the door for privacy and took off my hoodie so I could let my wings hang out slightly because they were getting stiff and uncomfortable from being held so close to my body for so long and preceded to cut the slits into my leather coat. I cut the leather to nearly the end of my back and found that I could easily slide my wings in and out of them. Once I had done that I slid my coat on and flinging the hoodie over my arm went back out to the front room to wait for the flock to finish their hair cuts.
Once the flock had all gotten their hair cut I told them that Edward wanted us to come back to the clearing as soon as we could. Max paid for most of the haircuts with the rest of the money that Edward had given her and I paid for the rest then we went out the door me in the lead. As we walked to the nearest alley the flock noticed the design on the back of my coat. Instead of Nudge starting up the conversation for once it was Fang that did so.
"Nice coat Shayne." He said, "That tiger design like that song you were singing earlier describes your personality perfectly."
"That leather jacket is soooo cool!!!!" Nudge said, "Fang is right it does describe your personality perfectly." As Nudge said that I smelled a scent that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. My instincts told me to growl so that is what I did once again turning into a black wolf.