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A/N- Hey, it's Sweevil. I want to first off say that yes; I DO support Leah/Jacob. I got a review about that so I just wanted to make that clear for everyone. And amazingly, girlreadsalot got it right on the first try! Go girl!
And I want to apologize for the wait. We had another football game and we CRUSHED THEM! We also hosted a band competition but since we were hosting we didn't get any awards. We rocked though; we were the exhibition, which basically means we show off and make all the other teams know that we beasted them!
Sigh. Band (and Fanfiction) is like marriage. Once you get in it takes up your life til you have none and it takes forever to get a divorce. But I love them both, so that's OK.
Also, these two boys (have I mentioned them already? I'll tell you anyway) they believe I am basically psychopathic. All I did was break one little pen and suddenly I'm out to kill every body in band class. Though, telling them all of my crazy summer camp stories and saying I would kill the Tenor Saxophone player who calls me an exorcist and who I call beiber might add to that…Anyway, they claimed I poisoned the cookies my mom and I made for to sell at the competition (apparently it's a huge fundraiser 4 my school) and refused to eat the ones I gave them for free. But anyway, that's my band class, or at least the drama of the saxophone section. Let me tell you, what happen in the band room (or on the band bus) STAYS in the band room (or bus).
Also, my best friend Kaylin came over and spent around ten minutes with mom, Araia, Karisa, and me. And then deemed us all as the most hilarious family she has ever known. And she hadn't even met my dad (or my mom's best friend Margo and her 2 kids) yet.
FPOV:
"On the contrary Fang, you are the one who has some explaining to do." Edward counteracted and I swore quietly under my breath.
"Shit." I muttered. I guess I can't hide anything now…
I tried to find the best way to explain these things without giving it all away. Then I realized the best way was to make a deal. I gave the Cullens and Bella my signature smirk.
"Fine, I'll tell you everything if you tell me everything." They all caught the meaning behind that last word and immediately Barbie Doll started to spit and hiss furiously.
"No freaking way you little punk! WE were the ones that saved YOUR pathetic life; we don't have to tell you a WORD!" She hissed. I always disliked her.
"Rose, calm down. Alright Fang, we'll agree to your terms to make it fair." Carlisle said. Rose and Jasper hissed so quietly that only people with super hearing could hear it.
"I heard that," I muttered at the same volume.
I took a deep breath. It was time to do more talking than I ever had before in my life.
"I'm-" I began.
"You're an angel right? Am I right? I hope I am; that would be amazing!" the Alice girl squeaked before I could get a full word out. I frowned- how ludicrous, an angel-and started again.
"Nope, I'm not an angel," Alice's face fell. "I don't-didn't even believe in God." Until now, I silently added.
"I was stolen from my parents as a baby and used as a recombinant-DNA experiment. I've never found them. But basically, evil whitecoats-scientists-mixed up my DNA to where I'm 2 percent bird and 98 percent human. That means I have wings, obviously. There were six of us, Max, me Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel…"
And I went on and on and on. I talked constantly aside from a few questions the Cullens had. Carlisle and Bella seemed the most curious out of everybody. Rosalie didn't glare or hiss at me after the first sentence about me being kidnapped and Jasper stopped after I told them about the tortures of the School and the hardship we had faced. Esme cried as I told them about all the deformed children and Alice gave me understanding looks when she found out we had never had a 'normal' life. Edward tried to cover Bella's ears on the fighting and death parts but Bella didn't stand for it, moving his hands away and listening with wide eyes. She seemed beyond interested whenever I mentioned Max, like she was trying to think of something but couldn't remember. Carlisle looked disgusted at all the medical stuff and the tests we had to do, though his curiosity kept the man from totally hating the information. Edward was beyond amazed at our powers, especially Angel's. I think he felt a kinship with the mindreading little girl so I guess he was the mind reader.
I told them everything from how I saw it; my childhood at the School, meeting all of the Flock for the first time, Jeb rescuing us, being on our own, Angel's abduction, New York, Virginia, Florida, the football game in Texas, the 'incident' at Max's mom's place (all the girls awed at that while I blushed the tiniest bit and the guys snickered, flowed by the girls hitting them; Rose and Alice both hit Edward for Bella, not wanting her to break her hand or something like that.), being at the School again, the separation, being reunited, and finally the explosion. All of them glared at air when I described Omega to them, so I'm guessing they knew something I didn't. Bella wasn't the only one crying when I told them about my discovery but she was the only one with actual tears coming out of her eyes. Everyone else besides Esme, Bella, and Emmett looked a little guilty though.
"…and then I saw you six leave the house and thought 'perfect, it's empty'. Then I broke in." I took a deep breath again, my voice not use to being used so much. It was almost sore.
They all just stared at me, still processing the information. Then Bella frowned at me and asked-
"The girl you love is Max, am I not right? She is your best friend and you love her."
I blinked. Well, so that's the first thing she says. Not, 'OMG I feel so bad for you' or 'how have you survived for so long, poor thing'. No, it's, 'The girl you love is Max, right?' I was slightly shocked that this was all she picked up as the mural of this funny little story. Not, 'don't experiment on people, it's not nice'.
I nodded, knowing I could never deny it now; she had saved me anyway, from death nonetheless.
"Max, Max…" Bella trailed off, clearly in thought. I ignored her and turned to the leader, Carlisle.
"Well I told you my part, now tell me you guys' stories." I said. I had to clear my throat because it was really sore. God, I don't know how Nudge could do it, talking constantly all the time; I'd go mute.
Carlisle actually looked sheepish. "We're vampires." He said simply.
Shock. That was it. Completely and utter shock.
I was use to surprises in life. I tried my best to take them in grace and not let people know they could catch me off guard. But freaking vampires! Even I'm not a mythical creature.
I raised my eyebrows an inch and my eyes widened the tiniest bit. Basically this is my way of saying that they had nearly knocked my socks off.
Jasper raised an eyebrow at me, as if amazed by something.
"Vampires?" My tone was normal, as always.
"Yep," Alice said, peppy as always. "It's a shame your not angel-that would be amazing. I guess mutant freak works though."
"Alice!" Esme reprimanded.
"Sorry," Alice muttered shamefaced. Her joyful attitude came back instantly and she bouncing in place again. "I'll get you some food, come on Esme, Bella. We'll cook since the guys would probably burn the house down, again." Alice glared at Emmett and Jasper who looked like they should be blushing, yet weren't.
"Sorry Shorty," Emmett muttered.
"I apologize honey," Jasper said quietly, his voice having a southern accent.
"Honey?" Was there some kind of brother-sister loven' going on here I didn't know about? If there is I'll not only be out of here in a heartbeat and scarred traumatically with a need for intense therapy for the rest of my life, but my respect for vampires will definitely drop to level of respect that I have for unicorns.
Jasper laughed, seeming to sense my confusion. "We all aren't really related. I'm actually about sixty years older than Alice." He said. Jasper laughed again.
"And that helps how?" It was still gross in my opinion-like Iggy and Nudge. They had seemed to like each other but an eleven year old with a fourteen year old? The neighbors would call the police, claiming pedophile.
I laughed quietly to myself, a tiny chuckle, and the vamps looked at my oddly.
"What?" Alice asked. I shook my head. The girls aside from Rosalie left the room.
"So please, explain this vampire thing to me." I asked, trying to be polite.
"Well," Carlisle began. "We are all animal blood drinkers, so don't worry." Like that will help me not worry-I'm part bird!
"We, like you can see, are exceptionally pale and have red-for human blood drinkers and newborns - or golden - for animal blood drinkers - eyes, are super strong, super fast, and have elevated senses." That reminds me of someone…
"We tend to 'sparkle' in the sun instead of burn in it, and can't sleep." Still, I feel the memory coming back…
"We also don't age and can't die except when torn and set on fire. Though our emotions are doubled in power, along with our instincts and intelligence." Uh-huh. Keep talking; this is reminding me of…Omega!
"Omega." I whispered in shock. He was a vampire!
I thought back to my memories of the fight. I remembered Max calling Omega GlitterMan because he seemed to resemble a disco ball in the muted light. And his speed and strength were beyond what I had expected it be.
Plus his emotions! He had somehow acquired emotions, and maybe even some kind of soul, when he had gotten his improvements. And his 'improvements' were being changed into a vampire!
Carlisle nodded sadly. "I noticed that from your story. Yes, I believe your Omega was a vampire. Though, how an experiment like that could be changed is a mystery to me-he was supposed to be dead, wasn't he?" I nodded.
"This is all very interesting but I believe your food is ready." Edward said. We all nodded and went downstairs.
"The steak is ready! I hope you like steak, baked potatoes, and rolls." Esme said happily. I thanked her and began to eat my food.
The thing about dying is that you're starved for food afterwards. I stuffed the food the same way as before and the Cullens respectfully looked away, seeming to realize that it made me uncomfortable to have them gawk at me while I eat. Rose still gave me disgusted looks though-but that's part of life.
I finished quickly. "So, I know you guys have extra powers like me because I feel one of you trying to enter my brain and read my thoughts. Who is it?" I said. Way to get to the point Fang.
Edward looked shocked. "How do you feel it when I read your thoughts? I know Angel was a mind reader too but how do you sense that and then block me out?" He seemed honestly curious and frustrated by this fact. I grinned-I knew it was him.
"I literally grew up with a mind reader; of course I know when you are entering my mind. As for the mind block thing, I just build up a mental wall with my brainpower that pushes you out. It's kind of like when people purposefully block a memory from their mind. It's still there, but the shear willpower of the person has prevented it from being accessed."
Carlisle's eyes were lit up with the knowledge and Emmett had a mischievous look on his face that made me fear for my physical well being. Edward gave him a look that said 'don't even think about it' but Emmett ignored his brother.
"Can you teach me how to do that?" Emmett asked me. Edward growled at him.
"Please don't," Edward literally begged me. "You don't know the kinds of trouble this idiot would get into if I didn't know his thoughts 24/7."
Emmett grumbled under his breath. "Well Bella can't teach me her little trick, so Fang needs to teach me his. Otherwise, how will I keep you out of my thoughts when me and Rosie have our alone time?" Edward cringed visibly and I tried very hard not to think of the obvious meaning behind the words 'alone time'.
Bella gave me a sympathetic look. "Don't worry-none of them are really related to each other, they just love each other like siblings, aside from their mates." She whispered.
"Hey, I don't see how you think it's so weird. You said you loved Max like a sister before you fell in love with her. How is that so much weirder than us?" Emmett said, teasing.
I shook my head to clear it. "I just have the fake story implanted in my head about you all being related in some way or another. From that point of view, it's completely creepy. But from reality, it isn't. Sorry." Whoa, how many times in my life had I said sorry? Less than Max.
The Cullens all smiled at me in forgiveness. Then Emmett got excited again.
"So will you teach me?" He was jumping up and down liked a child on a sugar high and Alice was doing the same thing-she seemed excited for all the chaos that was to come from me doing this. Edward groaned for some reason.
"Ah…I guess it couldn't hurt too much." I mumbled. Edward groaned again.
"Yes! Woooooo-hooooo! Watch out Eddy-boy, soon I'll be private mind Emmett! Woooo! Me and Bella will be silent mind buddies!" Emmet cheered and roared in celebration while Alice danced around in happiness with him. Carlisle and Esme shook their heads like amused parents and Rosalie and Jasper just laughed at Edward's expression of misery and grief. Bella rubbed him arm soothingly, trying to calm him by reminding him that there were times when avoiding Emmett's thoughts were a good thing.
I looked at Bella. "Tell me now how bad of a mistake I have just made."
"A very very bad one. Do you realize you just destroyed the world with the power you are about to give this annoying big brother of mine?" She said. I blinked at the word brother but didn't say anything; I was over this sibling-lover stuff by now.
"Oh come one little sister, you know you want another person you can't get their mind invaded by you boyfriend." Emmett teased.
"Oh course-that's why Fang is still here." She shot back with a victorious grin. Emmett pouted while the rest of them snickered. I strengthened the mental shield just to humor her.
"I'm offended." I muttered, playing along for once. I think I was really starting to fit in with these Cullens oddly enough.
Everybody broke out into laughter and soon I was smirking at my skills- yeah, I was such a joker that I should join the circus. 'Most Hilarious Mutant Ever'. I would get millions.
As their laughter went back down my mind traveled to where it always did- back to Max. A need to see her face, to hold her in my arms and feel her body against mine and her soft yet powerful arms around me, grew inside my body. I needed to find her now. No more distractions. No more hesitations. Just a full on search-til-you-find-her session.
Bella saw the determination on my face and smiled at me. "Max?" She asked simply. I nodded.
"Well then, let's find her." She said. "Can you remind us of what she looked like again, so we know what to look for?"
I nodded. "She has brown hair that's lighter than Bella's color with sun-made blonde streaks all through it. She'll probably be tanned like me because we spend so much time outside. You vampires should be able to see the scars on her skin like you can probably see mine, but one in particular is a ragged scar on her left upper arm from the beach incident. She has brown eyes and is tall, like 5'9'. Clothes could be anything by now, but she'll be wearing something to cover her back like a jacket or sweatshirt."
As I described Max to them, Bella's eyes got that look from before again. Edward seemed as interested in why she looking at nothing in particular like I was. Her eyes became unfocused for a second before they snapped back to reality and she cried out in shock.
"What?" Edward and I instantly yelled out.
"I saw her!" Bella screamed. "The girl who freaked out and attacked me at Sam and Emily's house while Fang was out of it! It was Max!"
Everybody was shocked to say the least, and I looked at Bella desperately. "Are you sure?" This was too good to be true.
"Yes I'm sure. She introduced herself as Maximum Ride, so I couldn't make the connection. But when you described her, I knew I was right and it was her!" Bella was ecstatic that she had found my lost Flock member, but a question rose in my mind.
"Bella, who are Sam and Emily?" All the vampires immediately got frustrated looks on their faces and I couldn't help but look curiously at them.
"Sam is a werewolf and Emily is his fiancée." She told me. Her face became upset as she realized this.
"A werewolf!" I yelled in shock. What the hell? Weren't vampires enough for one world to handle- they had to add the Wolfman's extended family into the mix too?
"Uh-huh." She said, and Edward moved a little closer to Bella, looking very protective. I just stared at her.
Seeing a pack of werewolves would immediately make Max's mind jump to one of two things: Ari or the School. Because to her point of view-and mine if I were in her situation-that's what a werewolf would seem like; just another Eraser improvement.
I bet she fought them and kicked their furry asses into next week, I thought with a smirk. That would be just like Max.
"It didn't seem like the wolves were cruel to her, she actually seemed comfortable there. I wonder if they knew you guys' secret." Bella pondered out loud.
I blinked. That would be just like Max. To find a way to give the secret away and feel comfortable around giant wolves. Then again, her half-brother was an Eraser and she got along with him before she even knew they were related. That girl could find a way to feel both comfortable and uncomfortable in any situation.
"If they know her secret, then can't we just go to them and get her? Would she still be there?" Esme's first question was to everyone but her second one was to me, since I was the one who knew her the best.
I looked at Bella. "How long ago did you see her there?"
Bella frowned, calculating. "A few days ago." I immediately shook my head.
"No chance; Max doesn't stay in the same place for too long. If she's moving she's probably healed by now and flying around looking for me."
"Well then," Bella said with a smile on her face. "I guess we'll just have to meet her. How hard can it be to find one flying bird girl anyway?"
About three hours later we realized just how hard.
It was early afternoon and we had separated into groups with Carlisle roaming the hospital and other medical facilities, Bella was at the police station, Esme was searching around the town, and the rest of us were roaming the woods again. With me now here we had a better chance at finding them.
To bad nothing continued to turn into nothing as time moved on.
My wings could fly again, though I had to take it easy. Every once and a while I would land and rest, plus I had to stay within certain speeds, but other than those little things my wings were healing so fast even I was amazed. Ignoring the pain of when I forgot to stop, I searched endlessly.
As I flew over the world, and my eyes saw everything.
The sharp blades of grass tangled up in one another and knotted with moss, there green exteriors covered with tiny water droplets. A fox coiled to spring on a branch of a tree, it's black-tipped ears and white-tipped pointed tail poking out, and it's red glossy fur hidden well by the thick ivy-covered branches. It's icy blue eyes were focused on the gray rabbit below it with animalistic determination. A wild strawberry bush, full of fresh fruit and surrounded by deer tracks. Some of the red fruit had bite marks on them. It was the perfect time for picking them it seemed, for these were ripe as can be. It reminded me of the day Angel wanted to go pick strawberries.
But that was all. I saw the natural, I saw the unnatural, and I saw nothing more.
Max was nowhere within my sight, nowhere within this forest.
Will I ever find her?
"Sure you will. It's just a matter of time and perseverance. Trust me; I know." Edward's voice came from the mossy trees directly below me and I looked down to see his bronze hair and golden eyes. When I looked at them I couldn't help but instinctually react to how alien they were, how inhuman. But alas, he smiled at me in understanding and for a moment he looked like any other human.
"That's good; with all of these thoughts about how obviously different I look from humans, it's good to know I can fool you sometimes." Edward chuckled. He was echoed by Emmett's booming laugh behind us.
I had been keeping my mind block down as we searched so that Edward could locate me at any moment and tell me when someone found something important. Also, it was an unofficial sign that I trusted the Cullens enough for them to know my thoughts, though I blocked out some things.
"Good because trust me, I don't always want to know what some people are thinking." Edward said the disgust from previous experiences obvious in his tone of voice.
"Hey!" Emmett shouted, clearly knowing what he was talking about. The two of them had been grouped together but even though I had not wanted a group but to go solo I had ended up going the same direction they had.
What a nice little arrangement, huh?
"I wasn't talking about you Emmett, at least not completely." Edward said with a chuckle at Emmett's expression followed by a scowl at the unpleasant memory.
"I don't even want to know." I muttered as I flew ahead of them. We had steadily been making our way closer to the town since the areas of unsearched forests were dwindling down. I had guessed that she was staying in some vacation house but the guys assured me none of those existed here.
We continued on towards town til we were running through backyards and gardens. We had to be careful-some people where home this week even though it was Spring Break for every one who had to go to school and the sun was shining in Seattle. But aside from avoiding a few houses we ran straight forward with few turnarounds.
I was flying when I saw a familiar car in a certain driveway. A rusty red truck.
We were headed towards Bella's house. Edward moved ahead of me, speeding up with unease; he was probably nervous about the last time Bella and Max met. Max basically beat the crap out of her.
Of course it was to be expected; Bella had called Jacob, her werewolf friend, and asked him about Max and he replied that she left yesterday night after an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
I had freaked at that. No, freaked wasn't a strong enough of a word to express how I felt when I found out that Max had tried to kill herself at the same time that I was dead and being judged in heaven and that they had just barely saved her right after I had woken up.
I had talked to Leah, a werewolf who claimed to be Max's friend. She said that Max claimed she felt it when I died and only stayed alive because she felt my 'life energy come back' or whatever Leah called it. The Cullens didn't understand it the way it was worded but the message was clear in my head. She was like me; she felt like the world had fallen from beneath her when I died even though she wasn't even physically there to witness it herself.
I know I would feel that way. In my worst nightmares where Max had died I had felt that way. Like there was no real ground to stand on, like everything had ceased to exist and the universe was gone away, leaving me with no supports to lift up the despair from capturing my heart. Only seeing her face in the morning had made me feel better after those particular nightmares.
So I knew what condition Max would be in. She would be desperate to see me and know that her gut feelings were right; that I was alive.
I was a little sympathetic to Jasper; Max's feelings could be crazy at moments, so he was in for a handful when he met her.
"Oh, Jasper will love that; another person on an emotional rollercoaster." Edward said sarcastically from in front of me as we entered Bella's backyard. I had never seen her house before and it was appealing, I guess. I wasn't really a master of architecture and when it came to the housing market I was at a loss.
But it was cute.
As we entered Edward and Emmett immediately stopped, smelling the air. I didn't have a freaky dog-like sniffer in the middle of my face so I couldn't smell what they smelled.
"I think I smell her. And something else too." Emmett said. I was immediately filled with hope.
"Max?"
"Yep, she was here," Edward said. My eyes must have lit up like a kid's on Christmas with the hope in them. "But there's another smell too mixed in. It smells like…dog."
"A werewolf!" I said in shock. What was a werewolf doing here? They all swore they hadn't seen her since early last night.
"No…an actual dog. Do you guys have any pets?" Edward asked. I held in a gasp of shock as I realized who could somewhat qualify as a 'pet'.
"Total…I thought he was dead. I guess I was wrong. He found Max." Even though I never found his body, I always assumed he was dead. I mean, what else could have happened to him? But he had lived and, in turn, found Max first.
For a moment I felt infinitely jealous. The talking dog got to be with Max before I did. I had wanted to see Max first and one tiny black talking dog had hunted her down before I did. He got to spend time with her and see her face and listen to her talk and yell and laugh.
What did this say about my search attempt? Not much.
But at least she had company. She had probably found Total after leaving the wolves since they didn't mention any talking dogs; at least she had company. And Total would surely chew Max out about how stupid her suicide-I had trouble just thinking the word after the last few days-attempt. And that would be just a small scolding compared to just how ready I was to explode the girl, you know, after I hug her to death.
"Where does the trail go?" I asked them. Edward frowned.
"Up."
All three of us stared upwards at the sky. It was cloudy as usual today but clearing up slightly, though no direct sunshine was released just yet. I frowned at the possibilities of where Max could have headed in the dead of night.
Which is basically anywhere when you're considering an endless sphere of nitrogen, oxygen, and any other number of gasses that span about a hundred or so miles above land.
"Ugh, this is going to take forever!" Emmett groaned like a child. Edward frowned.
"No it won't," I told them, an idea coming. "You just have to look closely and…Edward, which one of you vamps weighs the least?"
APOV: (this is for Alice lovers!)
"No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no nooooooooooo!" I screeched at them. "I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE!"
"Ah come on Shorty, you'll love it. Unless your scared…?" Emmett teased. I wanted to rip his head off. 'Shorty' is going to have to show him a thing or two…
"Explain to me again WHY you want me to be flown one thousand feet into the air by a half-way healed birdkid again?" I demanded of my crazy brothers and the emo who came up with this idea.
"I'm strong enough to lift you. You have a good sense of smell. It's not one thousand feet. It's less. Don't worry." Fang and his oh so explanatory half sentences. After all the talking he did earlier though, I wouldn't blame him.
But still, I would be hanging in the middle of the sky with only Fang's measly strength to hold me up. Oh, that was comforting.
Not.
You see, during me and Jasper's searching Emmett, Edward, and Fang had found us and said they found Max's trail, along with Total's. Fang had thought of this amazing idea; since Max had flown up into the sky where we can't sense her, Fang would fly one of us up into the air and that one would tell him which way those two went.
It sounded perfectly fool-proof to me-until I heard that I had been the one being volunteered to be carried into the sky like airmail.
"Why?" I whined. I had to admit I sounded pathetic but it didn't matter to me at the moment. I wasn't a freaking mouse that Fang the carrier pigeon could just pick up and carry into the air whenever they want to scare me.
And NO, I wasn't SCARED really…I had flown thousands of times…but then I was in a secure metal air plane and not being carried by a kid twice my height who had injured wings…
"I'm sure you'll be fine Allie. Fang will make sure you're safe." Jasper soothed. It was unlike him, but he approved of a plan that put me in danger.
Jerk.
"Alice, be reasonable. You aren't in any danger, you're a vampire for heaven's sake. And if you fall, something that I feel is very unlikely, Jasper will catch you." Edward said looking aggravated.
"Of course I'm aggravated, you are being beyond silly." He said, answering my thoughts. He gave a pointed look at Jasper who at the same time I also gave a very pointed-and angry-look. His head whipped between me and Edward, trying to decide which one he feared more; Edward's wrath or mine.
Jasper held up his hands in defeat. "I'm not included in this anymore." Smart boy.
"Alice," Edward glared. I glared back.
"Come on Alice, don't be such a whimp." Emmett said. "I bet you twenty bucks you won't go." His grin was cocky.
That got my ego going. This bet was easy to win; I just had to agree and then follow through. I didn't even need my visions to let me know who would win this one.
"You are on!" I yelled and walked right up to Fang.
"Come on emo boy, let's get this show on the road!" Fang looked at me incredulously at the emo comment but finally sighed and held out his arms. I jumped into them and he turned and began to run.
I was being jostled up and down-Fang was silent and graceful most of the time, but when taking off the kid just flat out ran and it wasn't very graceful. But seconds later Fang spread his wings and jumped.
With a grunt of effort he flapped his wings hard and soon we were rising higher and higher and higher. Fear, unlike I had ever experienced before, went through me as I saw my brothers and mate get smaller and smaller below us. The fear was unnecessary and unreasonable; there was no solid thing behind it, just plain unexplained fear. Even I realized that.
So of course my scream as I looked down was completely uncalled-for.
Fang winced beside me and muttered, "Geez, you're worse about heights than I would have guessed for someone who can't die. And you have a pretty good set of lungs on you." I frowned and tried to control myself.
Emmett chuckled from below, obviously hearing that comment. "Shut up Emmett." I growled at my brother's ability to find amusement in anything. He laughed harder.
I hung on to Fang tightly and even though he looked uncomfortable at me clinging to him for dear life like a girl in a horror movie, he let me. "Ugh Alice, I'd like to keep that arm in one piece." He told me looking pointedly at both my hands gripping his left lower arm. Oh, I guess that was what was making him uncomfortable.
"Oops, sorry." I apologized, letting go reluctantly. Fang let out a sigh of relief.
Then we stopped moving.
Fang began to slow the flapping of his large black wings to a steady rhythm that kept us up but wasn't enough to keep moving up. I could tell this was hard for him to do since only hummingbirds and helicopters can do this, and my added weight made it even more difficult.
"Alright, lets get this over with," Fang said. His voice had gone back to the quiet level I had heard from him the first day. "Take a sniff and tell me which way Max's scent is going please." Fang said the please even quieter than the rest and more hesitantly. I could tell words like 'please' and 'sorry' were uncommon for him to have to say. He seemed to say enough by just looking at you.
"Gotcha."
I focused and took a deep breath through my nose, trying to pick out the now familiar scent of birdkid from the air. I smelled Fang easily since he was the one holding me, but I also caught this unfamiliar yet sweet smell of bird and human mixed together.
It was female, I could tell that. Fang's scent was thick with the scent of the something that I would call woods and raven. But while this girl had a similar yet sweeter woodsy smell to her, she also had a sort of hawk smell too. It made a very strange yet nice combination together, like Fang's scent. The human and the bird seemed to mix perfectly where in any other case it would smell bad. Like their human scent was made to coexist with bird scent.
Then I got a noseful of something that smelled similar to a dog who hadn't had a bath, ever.
"Dear God! Jesus Christ, was is THAT? I swear to God I'm never going to be able to smell again! When's the last time you washed your dog? Ugh, that's nasty!" I swatted the stench away from my nose in an effort to clear my nasal passages of the reek while Fang laughed silently beside me and the boys laughed loudly below me.
Fang's body shook from his laughter and my fear of flying so high up with little support returned momentarily. I gripped his arm a little harder than necessary and Fang frowned at me slightly, stopping his laughter. I let my hands loosen again.
"Can you tell which direction they went?" He asked. I had never really looked this kid in the eyes before and the seriousness in his voice made me. I noticed his strange black eyes had golden flecks in them. They were quite beautiful; Max had chosen well.
I took another breath through my nose. Then I pointed west, farther into the town.
"That way; I'm positive." Fang smiled a half smile before beginning to descend. Again, I held on for dear life. When we landed Fang immediately let go and I leaped from his arms into Jasper's. He hugged me back.
"You'll pay for allowing this," I threatened him menacingly. He cringed as I conjured up the most frightening emotions possible. "Yes dear."
Oh, I soooo wanted to laugh evilly at this moment.
"Come on; I'll call Carlisle and the others and tell them to stop looking since we've found their trail. We'll just have to wait til they get here." Edward said, getting out the cell phone from his pocket and pressing the number two on speed dial.
Fang shook his head impatiently. "No time to wait; we have to go now!" He demanded before leaping into the air from a standstill-very cool-and soaring up into the air. He was gone in seconds, flying at speeds that Carlisle wouldn't recommend for someone still mending.
"Fang stop!" I yelled uselessly after him, but I was too late; he was gone. And he is a blind spot for me so I can't see his future. Dang-it!
"Should we go after him?" Emmett asked curiously.
"No; Carlisle said to wait til he gets there before we follow." Edward said.
"Hell to that!" I exclaimed, and dashed off after him.
"Alice!" Jasper called behind me but I didn't stop.
Because something deep in the pit of my stomach told me that something was wrong.
And you should never bet against me.
Ah finally. You all know how long it took for this to come out, but it was worth it; trust me. It will be coming up soon! And you know exactly what I'm talking about! (squeals happily)
Now, I won't be doing a preview since 1. I have nothing made yet and 2. I don't want to ruin the surprise! Reviews equal inspiration which equals faster chapters!
I'm by the campfire so let's sing our Campfire songs!
Gonna Get This/This Boy, That Girl by Hannah Montana ft. Iyaz (compared to some of her other songs, this is actually good)
Elcetropop by Rising Jupiter (Have I already done this? Oh well its good)
Gasolina (I think) by some Spanish speaking band who's name I don't know (I heard it at my summer camp and basically this girl like this guy's gasoline-can you figure out what that means?)
Sorry; there is nothing good on the radio anymore.
I Love You All!
~Sweevil Out!
