Circus Acts
Chapter 12
"Yeah, Nudge, really bad. Were there any more of these bir-" I started.
"AaaaAAAAHHHH!" another bird, I bet. I facepalmed.
"Angel? Angel! Angel, wait!" Nudge screamed, flying after the little rocket of energy.
"Two bucks I bet it was a cockatiel." Iggy elbowed me. I sighed, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
"Five it's a dove." I shrugged, handing him five dollars.
"Deal." he grinned, taking it.
"THREE IT'S A PARAKEET!" I heard a child's voice.
"GAZZY!" Iggy laughed, hugging his partner in crime.
"Oh, brother..." I sighed. I looked over, Fang was flying over towards us. Finally, someone who is not mentally retarded-
"It was a dove." he held up his hand to hi-five me. I snarled and did so, collecting my bet money. For the love of God, are all the boys retarded here?
"Wonderful." I sighed, putting the money in my pocket. I flew off to go find Angel.
"Iggy, so... are you going to do something special for her?" Fang landed in a tree. Usually he was quiet, but today he probably took a Nudge pill.
"Uh... what day is it?" Iggy landed beside him after hearing the ruffling in his tree.
"Christmas is in three days!" Gazzy cheered, flying up into the air and giving a fist-pump.
"WHAT?" Iggy immediately flew out of the tree, then crashed into another branch.
"Easy, Iggy, we can take you." Fang held Iggy by his shoulders and helped him sit down.
"Okay, maybe today would be a nice day to take me to get a Christmas gift for Xera, I mean, it's only three days until Christmas." Iggy facepalmed. Everyone still wondered how he could manage to facepalm his actual face when he was blind...
"Okay! I need more materials for making C4!" Gazzy cheered, hugging Iggy.
"No C4, Gazzy." Fang sighed, looking in a wallet that he "borrowed" for money. Iggy did the same, feeling where the colors changed to find how much it was worth. Gazzy just sighed, twiddling his fingers.
"Twenty-seven dollars." Fang put the money back and put "his" wallet away.
"...thirty-nine...forty-four...forty-nine!" Iggy laughed, putting "his" money away, too.
"How come I don't have any money!" Gazzy crossed his arms.
"Because you haven't been able to casually 'borrow' from anyone." Iggy laughed, handing Gazzy a five dollar bill.
"Thanks, Iggs!" Gazzy laughed, putting his money in his pocket.
"You're welcome, Gassers." Iggy chuckled.
"Okay, children, let's go find some store and find some nice presents." Fang sighed, spreading his wings again.
"OKAY!" Gazzy and Iggy cheered at once, spreading their wings. They all took off, heading towards some store with people that would hopefully not recognize them.
"Angel? Angel! Come on, Angel!" Xera flew above the forest, looking for any sign of life of Angel.
"Angeeeeey! Angeeeeeey! Where are you?" Nudge flew right beside me, her mocha skin glistening in the morning sun. I feel like a poet.
"Nudge? Xera? I'm here! I'm here!" I could hear a voice about 30 feet north from our position. And a navigator person.
"Angel! We're coming!" Nudge and I swooped down almost as one, landing at the entrance to a cave. I looked inside and saw Angel huddled up with-
"Total!" Nudge ran up to the dog. Greaaaat. Did I ever mention my extreme HATE for dogs?
"You hate dogs?" Angel looked at me with a level of disgust.
"Uh, hello, cat ears and tail." I sighed, flicking my tail out. Total looked at the tail with envy. Great, now the stupid dog is going to eat me.
"He's not stupid!" Angel hugged that abomination tighter.
"Ange... can't... breathe!" the dog ye-wait a second.
"THE DOG CAN TALK?" I was on edge, the hairs on the back of my neck stood straight up.
"For the record, my name is Total. And, yes. I can talk." he sighed. DEAR SWEET MOTHER OF GOD, WHAT MADNESS HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?
"...okay. Errgh... what?" I backed up slowly, hoping for no chase scenes.
"I had run away from all the madness when Angel here found that bird, and now, we're here together." he bared his teeth and stalked closer to me.
"O-okay... uh... I'll just be going- OWW!" I started to run away when that idiotic excuse for a dog bit my tail. I spread my wings and flew away, the dog hanging helplessly by my tail.
Well, not helplessly, he has wings. REALLY, ANGEL? YOU TELL ME THAT NOW?
And now, the idiot started flying up. I quickly stopped flying and folded my wings in. We both quickly fell to earth. At the last second, I unfolded my wings and shot up as high and as fast as I could.
That stupid dog couldn't hold on, he let go. I stopped mid-air and waited a few seconds. I then dropped as fast as I could, catching him and shooting back up. I flew down to the cave, handing him to Angel, who squealed in delight, then scolded him for biting me.
"Xera, your tail! Ohmygosh we reaaaally have to clean that up! I mean, look at it! It's so... yucky!" Nudge held my tail in her hand. I cringed as she touched a sensitive spot, chunks of fur hung loosely by flaps of skin where that mutt bit it, and little waterfalls of crimson flowed down to the tip of my tail then smacked into the ground with enough force to kill an ant.
"Yeah, we should get that looked at-" I cringed again, Nudge dropped my tail and it smacked into my leg, which was covered in mud and more blood.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"
Okay, now, the next chapter is about Fang, Iggy, and Gazzy shopping for Christmas gifts. There's going to be another bird, they're all going to get gifts for everyone, as in they're pooling their money to get a gift for all the girls, and Xera is getting her tail looked at by Dr. Martinez.
I just need help, A.) What is the bird going to be and how does it die, B.) What are they getting for the girls, and C.) How do they get Xera to Dr. Martinez's house without raising suspicion?
Oh, and D.) Why isn't yous all reviewing?
