I went shopping today! I got jeans, shorts, a top, a belt and new shoes! A great day. It took me a while too come up with the title, but I finally did! Here's chappie 9!

Disclaimer: Maximum Ride belongs to James Patterson, I'm just borrowing it.

Claimer: Ruby, her family and the plot belong to me.

My life as a mutant bird-kid

Smooth Criminal

Angel POV

We were flying over a farm in Australia. Why Australia? I have no idea. But I like it here. Not many people, plenty of places to hide and you can see for miles. The downside? It's really hot. But at least it's not really cold, like in Antarctica. I remembered last night.

Flashback

We had slept in some trees at the edge of a crop last night, when bang! We heard a shotgun not far from we were.

What the crap was that? Iggy had thought.

Was that a gun? What is it with guns anyway? They hurt. Max thought just milliseconds after Iggy.

We'd better get out of here, Max I had sent the thought to Max.

Stupid rabbits. Always eating our crops. Serves you right you little buggers. Who was that? I searched the mind of the owner to those thoughts and froze. In her eyes, she was swooping down to pick up the poor, dead rabbit and she flew back to the truck. She flew! With wings! I couldn't believe it.

WAIT! I thought to Max. There's something you should know about these people. Watch as they go by. She looked at me as if I had lost my mind. Trust me. She nodded. Oh, and don't talk, either. She nodded again.

Ok, tell everyone to be quiet and to watch as the truck goes by. I nodded.

Listen, I started, projecting my thoughts into their minds. Stay here and stay quiet. Watch (or listen) as they go by. There's something you really need to know about these people. I was happy with my little speech/thought.

What?! Came four thoughts at once. I frowned.

Look, if we go now, they'll see us. So shut up and watch them. I was angry now.

Just then, we heard another bang! We all looked, it was right in front of us. We saw that the truck had stopped right there. Right in front of us.

"Got 'im." Said the man, pulling the gun into the cab of the truck. Only, it didn't look so much like a truck anymore.

I knew they saw her at the same time I did. 5 hushed gasps came from behind me. Told you, I thought. They saw her wings. Blacker than the night sky at the top, blood red at the bottom. They were so cool. She gracefully flew up to the truck with the still-twitching dead rabbit in her hands. She then dumped the poor thing on the back of the truck. (A/N this is round about where the title comes in.) Now that I looked, I could see several more rabbits on the back. I felt a tear slide down my face. Those poor rabbits.

Stupid, introduced, reproducing buggers. Came the flying girl's thoughts. That was when I noticed the other girl. She looked like the flying one, but obviously didn't have wings. Maybe they were sisters? She was on the back of the truck and slapped the girl's hand in a high-five.

I didn't like the way they treated the bunnies, but I could see their point. People bring un-native rabbits into a beautiful country and the rabbits eat their crops. I get their point, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

The flying girl went into the air again and began scouting out more bunnies, while the man started driving again. The girl on the back picked up an oversized torch and started sweeping the crop in front of them. I turned back to the flock, wiping the tear from my face. It takes a lot to surprise them, but if their jaws dropped any further, they would have hit the ground. They looked frozen. Even Fang was staring wide-eyed at where the truck had been. I giggled. That seemed to make them defrost a little. Fang closed his mouth.

"Uh. . .?" was Max's first word since the first gunshot. She turned her stunned gaze to me. I smiled.

"I told you there was something you needed to see." I said. Everyone seemed to fully defrost at the same time.

"Who were they?" Max asked. "They couldn't have been family, could they?" she seemed upset. If, they, family, what? I couldn't get much from her scrambled thoughts or anyone else's either. I frowned. Even Nudge was quiet.

"I think they were family." I said. "I mean, they acted like family." I would have said more, but Iggy spoke up.

"Can someone fill in the blanks for me?" he asked. "I heard gunshots, a truck, wing beats? A thump, and a slap. What am I supposed to make of that?" I sent him a mental image of what I saw. His mouth popped open. "Was that what you saw? Were they really just there?" he asked, no-one answered.

"Wait," Gazzy spoke up. "Angel, what was she thinking? Did she notice us?" All eyes focused on me.

"She was mainly thinking along the lines of stupid rabbits and I think she was looking for kangaroos or something. But I don't think they were going to hurt anything but the rabbits." I frowned, trying to remember if she thought anything else. When nothing came to mind, I shrugged.

End Flashback

I shook my head, trying to tune in to what Nudge was saying, when I heard that familiar 'voice' again.

Could I really have had a vision? She thought.

Wow, are there really others out there like Ruby? Wait, she had looked up to the girl from last night, Ruby. What's she looking- oh. She turned her head to where Ruby was looking. I looked down, we were flying right where they were looking. I tuned into Ruby's thoughts.

Oh, my God. I can see them! Just like in my vision!She remembered her 'vision' from last night. It looked exactly the same. Exactly the same. I was then bombarded with the other girl's thoughts.

OH, MY GOD! SHE WAS RIGHT! I CAN SEE THEM! THEY REALLY ARE FLYING! JUST LIKE RUBY DOES! Then her thoughts became incoherent, so I tuned back to the other one.

She was describing us to herself. I can see them heaps clearly. There's the blonde one from my vision. She looks my age, and she seems to be the leader, she described Max. And the one from outside my window last night. I frowned, she was looking at Fang, I'd talk to him later. He's wearing all black and has hair to match. Then she got to me. I see the little one from my vision. She looks like an angel. I looked at myself, I was all dirty from sleeping in trees and yet I looked like an angel? I smiled. She then saw Nudge. I see one who seemed to be Heidi's age. She's got brown skin and seems to be talking to the little one. Even though I wasn't listening. And in the back there are the last two boys. One looks slightly older than the little one, Gazzy, his blonde hair looked the same as hers. I wonder if they're related. The last one looks the same age as the two in the front. He's holding something in his hands, it looks like a scrap piece of metal. I wonder what that's was about.

Iggy, I thought to him. Just because your in the back, doesn't mean no-one knows what your doing. I saw him look up, I was watching through Gazzy's eyes. Iggy frowned, but put the bomb in his backpack.

We were flying right over the two girl's heads. I looked down at her and she visibly stiffened. I smiled at her, to show her it was alright. I then flew up to Max and Fang, Max needed to know.

"Uh, Max" I said, she turned her head slightly so she could hear me better over the wind. "Remember those girls from last night?" I asked. She frowned and nodded her head. "Look down." I simply instructed. They both looked. A few seconds later, Ruby slowly pulled something small out of her pocket and handed it to Heidi.

I heard Ruby's alarm in her thoughts, which were kind of odd. I wouldn't be able to keep a conversation while holding off 6 people. Heidi would have to talk to Mum. I wonder if I would even be able to stand up while keeping off 6 people. I had no idea what she was going on about, some mental struggle. Oh, well.

"We keep flying." Max interrupted my confusion. "She should know more than anyone that we need to keep hidden." Max continued, still looking down at them. I sighed and flew back to Nudge's side. I looked back one more time to see them before we disappeared from their sight.

Did you like it? Do you think I should do Angels POV again in the future? Just out of curiosity, do you agree with Angel- those poor rabbits, or Ruby- Stupid rabbits. Serves you right you little buggers.?

I still need doctors names. Oh, thanks Electroclasm, for your suggestions. I get really happy when I get reviews! So,

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