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Chapter Ten

"I thought all the Flyboys were gone." Iggy said, climbing onto the roof where I stood, watching the Flyboys come towards us.

"Apparently not." I said.

"So, what's the plan?" Gazzy asked.

I looked over my shoulder to see the rest of the flock standing behind me. I thought of my mum and Jeb in the house, asleep.

"Jeb is awake." Angel told me, hearing my thoughts. "He's contacting the refuge for assistance."

But my mum had no experience with fighting, and I didn't want to drag her into this.

"Help won't come fast enough." I said, making a snap decision. "Let's lead them away from the house."

I jumped off the roof and the flock followed, no questions asked.

The Flyboys followed as well, of course. And these ones were faster then I remembered them to be.

"Looks like these are a new version." Fang commented from beside me.

Once we were a good distance from the house, I turned to face the oncoming Robot-wolves.

"Okay guys, spread out." I ordered.

Here we go, I thought to myself, feeling adrenaline pump through my veins.

I launched myself at the closest Flyboy, swinging my feet under me to smash into its face. It flipped backward, but righted itself.

"You cannot win." It told me in a monotone.

"You would think that they would program you to say something a little more creative." I commented, before I flitted around it, grabbed its wings and kicked the base of its spine, hard.

Apparently, no one had thought to fix this little design flaw, because the Flyboy instantly folded backwards and plummeted towards the ground, where I could make out a bunch of tree's. We must have flown over some kind of forest.

Focus Max! the Voice ordered, snapping me to attention.

I looked around to check on the other flock members. I saw Gazzy dodge two Flyboys and throw what looked like a black coin at them, shouting, "Heads!"

One second later, Gazzy was cackling madly while bits of Flyboy fell to the ground.

Iggy was dodging Flyboys as well, throwing his own bombs, and every couple of seconds you would here a small explosion.

Fang was fighting three Flyboys at once, and was holding his own.

Nudge was fighting two Flyboys. I swooped towards them and dropped down on the Flyboy that had grabbed Nudge's arm.

The Flyboy grabbed my ankle and yanked me down, at the same time swinging his other hand at my face. I turned sharply just in time to have its fist crash into the side of my head.

I did a scissor motion with my legs, kicking the Flyboys arm, forcing it to let my leg go, and kneeing it in the jaw, making its head whip backwards. I then proceeded to do the same thing I did before, flitting around, kicking its spine and watching it fall.

In my peripheral vision I saw a Flyboy aim its gun at Fang, who was now only fighting one furry robot.

"Fang!" I shouted in warning.

The Flyboy pulled the trigger, and it was like the world slowed down. I stopped breathing and I was able to see the bullet make its way towards Fang.

Fang dodged just in time. I breathed a sigh of relief and the world sped up again.

"Max!" I heard Angel yell, and I turned to see that a Flyboy had her in its clutches.

I sped over and grabbed the Flyboys arm, twisting it behind its back.

"You okay?" I asked Angel.

She nodded. "Thanks." She said, rubbing her arm where the Flyboy had grabbed her, and swooped away while I finished off the Flyboy.

Then, three things happened at the same time.

I heard two gunshots. Something hit me hard, forcing me up and to the left. I felt excruciating pain just above my hip, and I knew I had been shot.

This pain was worse than when I was shot in the shoulder. It made me dizzy and made my vision go all spotty.

I was flying unevenly and I was finding it hard to stay in the air. I was slowly descending, every flap of my wings shooting white-hot pain through my side.

I heard someone scream my name. Below me, I saw where the desert met the trees and focused very hard on getting there.

My clothes were soaked in blood and I knew if I didn't stop my bleeding soon, I would be in big trouble.

I saw a jeep speeding towards us, but I was too dizzy to care who it was. My vision went black for a few seconds and I dropped ten feet.

I tried to take deep breaths. I didn't want to go splat, so blacking out wasn't an option.

I got to the edge of the desert, just when the jeep pulled up. I collapsed onto the sand and heard the jeep door open.

"Max!" my mum screamed, running towards me and falling to her knees beside me.

Jeb was kneeling somewhere near my head.

"Don't worry sweetie. You'll be alright." He said, stroking my hair. "She has one bullet wound on her side. We need to stop the bleeding and get her to the refuge's hospital centre."

Everything sounded really far away, and I felt really light for some reason. I heard the flock land close by, and somebody crying, which bothered me.

"The flock." I said, and was surprised to hear only a whisper.

"They're fine." Jeb said. "They're safe."

I closed my eyes while my mum tried to stop the bleeding, but opened them again.

"Fang." I whispered, looking up at my mum. I wanted him next to me.

My mum looked up at the flock, and a look of confusion came on her face.

Then she said the words that made my eyes widen in fear, and adrenaline pour into my veins, affectively snapping me out of my almost unconscious state.

"Where's Fang?" she asked.

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