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Fang: The Black Hawk

Chapter 14: Seeking Protection

Max POV

We all ran out of the hut and joined the giant circle of Erasers around the edge of the camp. The Erasers were already armed. Well, some of them were. Others were crouched, their nail growing into claws.

I pulled out my knife and stood in front of a small section of the circle. "Iggy, when I say, throw a smoke bomb. Stay low, they will have guns."

We stayed quiet. Fang raised his cross bow, squinting one eyes for better aim. I was so tempted to confront him about the stupid thing. I had more unanswered questions, but they would have to be delayed a little longer.

We waited.

I heard a snap of a twig. A flash of black. Slowly the Shadow's came into view. Stepping through the trees, their guns partly raised.

"NOW!" I screamed.

There was a hiss and Iggy threw a smoke bomb into the threes. A few seconds later, it exploded. Shouts and cries as the fogged gas spread through the trees for at least 20 meters.

"CHARGE!" I shouted.

A number of cries rang out. I charged ahead. Two of Fang's bolts zoomed passed me silently and disappeared into the fog.

The fog gave us the full advantage. Why? Well, Erasers had poor eye sight anyway. They mostly use their ears and smell to sense out their surroundings.

Humans on the other hand, rely mainly on sight.

I jumped at a Shadow who had his back turned to me and stabbed him in the spine. Erasers were growling around me, running on all fours at lightning speed. Their ears were back and their mouths snarling.

I another two bolts zoomed above me, slamming into two Shadows ahead. Though I couldn't see them, I heard their grunts and the thunk as they hit the ground.

I sensed a Shadow behind me in the fog. I turned around and swung my leg around, kicking him in the face smoothly.

This was awesome fog.

I sensed my way through the trees, unable to see more than a meter in front of me. To my right I could hear Erasers attacking shadows. At every gunshot, I winced.

I sniffed the air and charged. I hit the Shadow on the side, knocking him over easily. He fell to the ground, but knocked his head sharply on the ground.

I ran to my right. Erasers kept appearing everywhere. This side of the camp seemed to be winning the battle. I wasn't so sure of the other side.

Gazzy passed me, but I grabbed his collar and pulled him back. "Gaz, find Ig. Tell him to send smoke bombs over the other side."

Gazzy nodded and disappeared into the fog again. There were more shouts around me as well as low growls and gun shots. The fog was slowly clearing.

A Shadow jumped out of nowhere. He aimed his fist to my head, but I ducked down. When I stood back up he swung his leg around to hit me in the side, but I grabbed his foot and twisted it causing him to land face first onto the ground. And just for good measure, I kicked him in the side of the face.

I winced as my ribs throbbed. I leant against a tree, clutching my side. At least my leg didn't hurt all that bad.

It was then did I hear the helicopters.

"Crap," I whispered as I looked to the sky.

The sound of three beating choppers made my skin crawl. Through the fading fog I saw one fire a gun.

I cracked my neck to the side and re-gripped my knife. Time to take out the choppers.

I tucked my knife into my sheath and faced the tree. I gripping the trunk and bounded up the tree faster than a cat running from a dog. Dodging the thick branches, I sped up the giant pine tree.

When I reached the top, I was out of the fog. I scanned the sky and spotted a Helicopter coming this way. It was too dangerous to fly beside a helicopter. One wind gushing up and that would be the end of your wing.

I crouched down as it came closer. I stared at it, trying to judge its speed. My fingers tingled as I concentrated on getting my timing right.

3...

2...

1...

I sprung off the tree. My hands reached for the helicopter skid. My teeth grinded together...

My finger's wrapped around the thick bar. The helicopter kept zooming around in circles, dragging me along with it. My legs dangled just a few meters over the trees.

My ribs throbbed, but I ignored that. I threw one leg over the skid and heaved my body onto it. I stayed low, so the gunman couldn't see me, but I could see the end of his gun. It let of another round of bullets into the forest.

The instant the bullets stopped, I jumped into the cabin. The Shadow sitting behind the gun jumped up, but I dived on him, slamming my fist into his head.

The co-pilot jumped out of his seat, but I just grabbed his collar and threw him out of the helicopter all together.

The pilot kept turning his head around to look at me. He yanked off his helmet and shouted, but I could hardly hear a word he was saying over the noise.

I pulled him out of his seat and instantly the helicopter tilted. The pilot landed hard onto the floor of the cabin, but rolled out the door unable to grab anything.

I quickly jumped into the helicopter seat. I suddenly realised I had absolutely no Idea what I was doing...

Grab the control in front of you.

I gripped the black gear stick in front of me and aligned it straight. The helicopter levelled out.

Use the stick to guide your way across.

Hey, Jeb. Does that red button on the top shoot missiles? Like in movies?

Yes, but you want to actually find something to shoot first.

I grinned evilly. Gently I angled the helicopter to the right where the other helicopter was circling. I concentrated as I lined the helicopter I had with the second one.

I flicked up the little plastic nob, protecting the big red button.

Wait for it. Jeb instructed.

I narrowed my eyes as I moved the helicopter in line with the other one.

NOW!

I slammed my thumb down on the red button. There was a hiss as I watched the missile head straight towards the helicopter...

BOOM!

The Helicopter itself created a mushroom. Exploding in mid-air, the propellers were still spinning as the helicopter tumbled to the ground.

Now, where's its twin...

I angled the control stick to the left and the helicopter angled smoothly. When I saw the second helicopter, I pushed the gear stick forward. The second helicopter wasn't moving. It was just hovering above the trees, shooting at the fog below.

I pulled my hair tie out of my hair. I hocked it over the control stick and something metal sticking out of the dash board. I let go and the control stick remained angled forward.

The second helicopter drew closer.

I jumped out of the seat. I saw briefly someone from the second helicopter jump out, but I didn't have time to look.

As I jumped out the cabin, the helicopter exploded against the second one. I snapped my wings out and switched into super speed mode. Once I was sure I was a fair distance away from the exploding choppers, before I turned around to look.

The two choppers spun around wildly, burning like mad. They both fell quickly into the river below.

A flash caught my eyes. For a second I thought it was nothing, but I saw it again.

Shadow.

I dived into the trees, pulling out my knife. I didn't need to fly fast. I zipped between the trees, my eyes scanning for the Shadow.

I spotted him running passed. In less than I split second I threw my knife.

When I rounded a tree, I saw I didn't kill him. Giniw just caught his shirt and wedged in into the tree. Before the Shadow could rip away, I yanked my knife out of the tree, grabbed his collar and shoved him up the tree.

"Who are you?" I growled.

The Shadow laughed. "You don't know anything."

"What do you want with my daughter?" I snarled again.

The Shadow raised an eyebrow. "Your daughter? She's your daughter?"

"You son of a..." I began.

The Shadow slammed his fist in the side of my face, catching me with surprising strength. I fell to the ground and rolled. My ribs protested madly. I scrunched up my face.

The shadow removed his balaclava. My eyes widened. The guy had jet black hair and angry dark eyes.

He was a splitting image of Fang.

"Who..." I shook my head. I was seeing things.

The Fang double grinned madly. I could see the differences now. The double had lighter skin and broader shoulders. Not only that, he was built like a weight lifter.

"I knew that little kid was related to me, but I never knew that she'd be my niece," The double said pulling a modern combat knife out of the sheath on his calf.

Fang's brother.

This was Fang's brother.

Gees Fang. A mother and now a freakin' brother? Any other relatives you haven't told me about.

I jumped to my feet, re-gripping my own knife and growled. "Who are you? What do you want with Indi?"

Fang's brother paced causally, ignoring my question. "She looks like you, you know. Indi. Of course, she looks like her father too I guess. She has your personality. A good little fighter."

I lunged at him. Of course, he was ready.

He spun around and plunged his fist into my ribs. I screamed as I fell to the ground. My ribs were screaming with me.

Fang's brother crouched down beside me, twiddling his knife in his hands. "I wonder what Fang would do to me I killed you now..."

"Get away from her, Night."

I snapped my eyes open. Fang stepped out of the trees, his crossbow up and drawn. Not to mention the tight look fury on his face.

Night straightened up to staring. He was taller that his brother, by at least half a head. Fang continued to step closer to me and Night took careful steps back.

I sat up. Breathe Max. Pain is a message. I still scrunched up my face as I tried three times to stand.

Night grinned. "Well, hello little brother. We meet again."

"Unfortunately," Fang said, his tone dripping with venom.

Night put his hand to his chest. "Ouch. You sure know how to make a mark."

"What does he want?" Fang said moving himself to stand between Night and I. I shifted, getting to my feet, despite the pain.

Night raised an eyebrow. "Dad you mean? Oh he wants what he always wants. To rule the world. To be powerful. You know you were his favourite. Until you laid that blonde bitch."

Fang fired.

But Night snapped out a pair of black wings, but unlike Fang's, they had grey specks through it. He zoomed into the air at surprising speed. The bolt thunked the tree behind him.

Fang dropped his crossbow and stared up as Night disappeared into... well the night. I glanced between Fang and the bolt.

I opened my mouth to say something, but winced slightly as my ribs expanded. I clutched them trying to breathe in short breaths.

Fang spun around and clipped his cross bow over his back, walking to me. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah," I whispered. "He kicked them pretty bad."

Fang nodded and kissed my forehead. "We'll get you some panadol when we get our bags."

I stared at the space where Night had been then back at Fang. "Any other relatives I don't know about. Sister? Uncle?"

Fang chuckled softly, before bowing his head in slight guilt. "Not that I know of."

I ran my hand through my hair. "How do they keep finding us?"

Fang looked at the sky. "I don't know Max, but we need to keep moving before Night decides to pay another visit."

Fang helped me to my feet. Ah, god my ribs were killing me.

I stared at the ground. Dr. Mandock was after me. Both he and Night wanted my blood. And they were determined to get it anyway possible.

I needed to find the rest of the flock before they do.

I would I be in their full control if they found them.

I looked at Fang. "We have to find the others."

Fang nodded. "Before Dr. Mandock."

I nodded. The air shifting caught my attention. Gazzy and Iggy landed. Gazzy ran over to me.

"That was so cool! You took down like, three helicopters!" Gazzy cried jumping up and down in front of me, awe in his eyes.

I smirked. "Well... yes, I did."

Not without help, Jeb piped up.

"Yes, not without help," I agreed. Fang gave me an odd look.

I swear I could feel Jeb smile.

"Max!"

I spun around quickly. Coco ran up and hugged me around the waist. I winced, but laughed and hugged her back. Nudge walked in behind her and walked straight to Iggy's side. Total padded up to me, tucking in his giant wings.

Phoenix squawked. Naturally, Fang held up his hand. Phoenix landed smoothly and arched her head forward as Fang stroked her feathers.

Coco pulled back. "I thought you blew up in the helicopter. I was so scared."

I ruffled her hair. "Would I ever do that to you guys?"

Coco giggled. "No."

I laughed again. Fang chuckled.

Another flap of wings caught my attention. I straightened up as Bardolf landed some 20 meters away and walked up to me. Coco gripped my hand and Fang instinctively drew closer to me.

I briefly wondered whether we were ever going to get the bad thoughts of Erasers out of our heads.

"Maximum," Bardolf said business like. "We must thank you for your support. We couldn't have done it without you."

Sure you could of.

Expect I wasn't that rude. "You're most welcome."

Bardolf gazed briefly as the light blue tinge in the east. "I suspect you will be leaving."

I nodded. "I'm so sorry for these unfortunate circumstances. You have been so kind to us. But yes, we need to leave now."

Bardolf nodded once. "Please know that you are always welcome here. Anytime you need shelter or protection, don't be afraid to come in."

I nodded. Bardolf looked serious. "As leader, I've come to know that you don't trust anyone that doesn't want to put in the effort to trust you back."

I had to smile at that. I knew how true his words where.

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