Chapter 14

(Sorrow's POV)

I was woken up by the sunlight that shining across the floor of the room where I was sleeping. I groaned and stretched, I looked around the room before swinging my legs over the side of the bed. I hobbled downstairs as I tried to put as little weight on my foot as possible.

I made in to the kitchen where I collapsed into a chair. Mrs. Martinez found me there 5 minutes later. "Hello Sorrow," She said cheerfully and went to the coffee machine.

I rested my head on the table and Mrs. Martinez subtly placed a bowl of cereal in front of me. She dropped two pain killers beside the bowl. She placed a glass of water beside them. I picked them up and dry swallowed them. I took a sip of water to get the subtle taste out of my mouth. She smiled at me and patted my shoulder. I started to eat the shredded cardboard with flavor in front of me, which was actually considerably better than the food my old captors used to feed me.

I finished the bowl when Fang jumped down the bottom half of the steps. Mrs. Martinez frowned at him and lightly smacked him over the head with the newspaper. "Don't jump the stairs." She said mid swing.

He grinned when the paper made contact with his head. He dug his hand into the cereal box and ate a handful. "Hey, how's it going?" Fang asked. I shrugged and he chuckled. "How's your leg? Ribs? Wings?" He asked.

I shrugged again, "Okay, I guess," I said.

He smiled and ruffled my hair before going into the TV room.

Soon the whole kitchen was filled with the flock and I hobbled into the other room so I could have some room to breathe.

A week passed and nothing crazy happened. My bones in my ankle and ribs healed and I could actually run around. My wings were getting there. They were almost healed.

I walked outside. I stretched out my wings and flapped them. I winced as the small tingle of pain shot through my wings. I gingerly pulled them in. I looked at the sky and sighed, this place was the picture of heaven, at least to me.

I sat down on the steps for a minute before I decided to walk around a bit. I walked down the street. The flock had gotten new clothes so now I was wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans with a black hoodie and black sneakers. My hands were in the hoodie pocket as I walked.

I glanced up the road and saw 3 boys walking towards me. I paid no attention to them. They we're going to harm me for no reason, right? I focused on their emotions. They were feeling rebellious and angry but they felt delighted and I wasn't sure why, that is, until I heard their voices.

"Hey! You! Who're you? We haven't seen you on our turf before." The biggest one said threateningly.

I tried not to act freaked out, "I'm new to the neighborhood." I said with a hint of youthful innocence in my voice. I found it hard not to snarl, or be sarcastic, at them. That's right, I'm just some sweet little boy… sure.

"Ya, maybe he needs to learn the way of the neighborhood." The one on the left said. They laughed and I could feel their anticipation growing. Their hands curled into fists and I felt fear shock through me. My feet stumbled backwards slightly. I stood like a deer in the headlights until I heard a voice behind me that made that fear melt away like butter in a microwave.

"If I were you I wouldn't touch him," Fang's voice seemed to cut through all tension in the air and created it's own.

I looked back at Fang. He was practically on fire with rage. I smiled lightly at him. He walked up to us so that he was standing beside me.

The boys glared at him, "Why? Because his big mean brother is going to fight us?" The middle boy snarled and they laughing.

Fang just stood there, anger written on his face. I heard another voice shout "hey." I turned to see Max walking over to us.

The boys growled, "It's her!" One of them hissed.

The middle one said with a look of disgust, "Is she with you?" Fang nodded and Max glared at them. "Beat them to a pulp." The middle boy snarled and they started moving.

Fang pushed me behind him and a kid punched him the face. I stared in shock as Fang's head snapped to the side and his eyes blazed with anger before looking at the boy and punching him so hard he fell to the ground and stayed down. Max had knocked one out and she was fighting the last one. He looked like he was about to fall down anyways.

I saw something move across the ground as if it was a shadow. I looked up, there was nothing above me.

I heard the strange sound of mechanical whizzing and froze. I slowly turned to see a group of 20 flyboys standing right behind me. Max and Fang hadn't turned yet but the boys had seen them and had gotten up and started running. I opened my mouth to scream but it was covered by one gross claw. Great, I thought, I don't get one freaking moment of peace!

I was yanked off my feet as the thing took off and Fang and Max had turned by now. I was struggling but it was no use. Dang, these guys really wanted me. I was shrieking into the flyboys hand but Fang and Max were kind of busy trying not to get killed by the flyboys.

It rose higher and higher and started to fly away. I watched the spot where Fang and Max were. They were little specks, and they couldn't come. It was over, I was gone.

(Fang's POV)

I punched the flyboys head so hard it snapped off and flew for a second, managing to hit another flyboy before falling. I growled under my breath and suddenly they all took off. I fell to my knees, they had taken Sorrow. I felt traitorous tears bite at my eyes.

Max came and placed a hand on my shoulder. I wiped away my tears. "Where do you think they took him?" I asked.

Max was silent for a second, "The school?" She guessed.

I shook my head, "They'll know I would guess that so they won't take him there. They'll want me to go there and get caught, but they won't want me to even have the possibility of getting him back," I said tears making my vision blurry. "Shadow's going to kill me," I muttered. "So is Nudge," I added.

"They won't, you did all you could," Max said comfortingly.

I decided not to argue with that one. I got up, "It doesn't matter, I'll be able to sense if they hurt him or he'll hurt himself to get me to see. Or he'll think my name and hopefully I'll be in range to hear him," I said.

Max nodded and we walked back to the house. Max told the others because I didn't have the heart to.

I sighed, where are you Sorrow?