Chapter 19
We flew down, Max, Iggy and me in front of the others. The first couple came directly at us, then they appeared from everywhere. They came out with guns, swords, ropes – everything and anything that could be used to kill. One swung it's sword at me, but I barely cleared his reach, then, twisting his hand behind his back, grabbing his sword and cutting up his arms. He bled a lot and howled in pain. Then I remembered Max – I had just done what had scared me most.
Then I heard a bullet graze the side of me. I turned around to see the only Exer with a gun. I took a quick look at all the weapons the Erasers and Exers were using, which was quite limited. All I had was a sword and Max was working on an Eraser with a rope, which had to be around her neck. She wrestled with him, trying to use his weight against him. He flipped over her, pulling the rope and Max with him. Now the rope was only in the Eraser's hand, not around Max's neck. Max was punching his head every which direction. Blood was splashing out of his mouth and nose like a fountain. I heard a Crack come from the Eraser's neck. She jumped off of him, and I turned my attention back to the gunned Exer, and just missed a shot to my side. I ran towards him, avoiding any bullet I could, and jabbed him once in the eye and once across the muzzle. His gun went off and I felt warm blood.
I saw red and blacked out.
.:FMFMFMFM:.
"Fang? Fang!" I heard Max yell. I opened my eyes a slit. And saw everyone but the Exers and Erasers. "Fang? Can you hear me?"
I moaned, not feeling pain, but feeling Max's hand in mine. I'm sure she was worried; I'm sure everyone was worried. I opened my eyes a little more and could see Max's beautiful face.
"Are you okay?" Max asked and I could sense the fear in her face and voice. I nodded slightly and tried to boost myself up off of whatever I was on. "No! Don't move!"
"Okay," I muttered and I saw relief fill her eyes. "So, do you know what happened?" I wasn't in a lot of pain now, but I had an ache in my arm. I looked at everyone who were all shaking their heads except Max.
"I saw you fighting an Exer and I heard a gun shot," Max started, tears starting to roll down her soft cheeks. "I saw blood, and all I could think was 'Fang, don't be stupid enough to be shot.'" A choked laugh left her and she wiped away a tear. "The Exer didn't fall, you did, and I ran over to you, but you were past out. I don't know why, but all of them just ran away."
"Really?" I asked, feeling excited but not fully believing it.
"We waited a few minutes to see if they would come back, but they didn't," Max continued explaining. "When they didn't come back, we came over to you, hoping you weren't dead."
"Dead? Why did you think that?" I wondered, surprised to be thought dead.
"Well," Max started just as Angel sent to me Look at your side. I looked at my side and expression hit my face – I had a hole going into my arm. I was scarred, and showed it. Max grabbed my hand from the non-holed arm.
"It's okay," Max said, more tears streaking down her face. "It stopped bleeding an hour ago."
"I was out for that long?" I said, shocked. Max nodded, still holding my hand. Suddenly, Angel came into my mind.
How much do you love Max? she asked.
About as much as I love you, I replied. Why do you ask?
Because she's always on your mind, Angel thought back.
Don't tell anyone – not even Max, I warned her.
Okay.
I tried to get up again, and Max started to stop me, but then she thought better of it. I was able to push myself into a sitting position, but nothing farther. I examined my surroundings: in a forest, my head was on a rock, (my blood in a trail), and sunlight broke through the leaves of the tall trees.
"How long have I been here?" I asked after looking everywhere.
"About two hours, after all of them," Max answered, referring to the Exers and Erasers leaving. Max squeezed my hand and I knew what she was wandering. I nodded back. I looked back at my arm, wondering how much blood I had lost.
"Come on, try to get up," Max urged me. She let go of my hand and I tried to lift myself with one arm. Slowly and painfully, I stood up. I was a bit dizzy, but I held myself still. I looked at Max, who had taken my hand again, and then at Angel. She was smiling huge, holding Celeste in her hand and holding Iggy's hand in her other.
To everyone's surprise, I smiled. Angel probably told Iggy telepathically because he nodded.
"So, what now?" I asked, still a bit exhausted.
"Well, we still have the School," the Gasman suggested. "How 'bout we explode that place?"
"Good idea," Iggy agreed, happy about the thought of blowing something up with one of his homemade bombs. "Max?"
"Sure," Max said after a long pause of thinking. "But we have to get all the experiments out first. Got it?" Everyone nodded, and I just looked at her, thinking she was a bit crazier than usual. But I went with everyone else.
Iggy and Nudge leapt up first, followed by Angel and the Gasman.
"You think you can fly?" Max asked me and I knew she was worried I might fall out of the sky.
"Yeah," I replied. "I can. I feel I can." I smiled faintly and rose half way up the trees with one hard beat of my fourteen food wing-span black wings. I felt Max followed me, closely watching me to be sure I didn't fall. We joined the others, all in one tight clump, my wings brushing against Max's on the down strokes.
A/N: GASP! Fang got shot! Ahh!!!! Please leave 5 reviews for the next chappie(s).
