HEY PEOPLE!! I finally updated... I know, I know, but I've had so much homework and my beta is doing finals this week so it's been slow, but here you go!
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Chapter 21
(Fang's POV)
I'd never been as relaxed as I was in that moment. Everything was silent and calm. This dream was mixed with the tiniest of reality. Max was lying with me in a bed in a room and it was clean and tidy. She was asleep and I was half awake. The room was bright and happy. I breathed in and out slowly.
I wasn't in my body; I stood beside my body; looking down at the dream Max and me as we slept. We looked a little older than usual, though. Max looked at least in her late twenties, but weirdly, I looked a little older. Maybe I was just more tired. I had tiny bags under my eyes even though I looked so calm in my sleep.
I wanted to stay here forever, just sleeping happily. Suddenly there was a loud bang somewhere of a door opening and closing and everything was filled with noise. A small girl and boy ran into the room. The boy had brown hair and eyes. He had a big smile on his face. The girl had brownish blonde hair and brown eyes as well. Her smile was as big as the boys'.
"Mommy, Daddy, wake up!" cried the two children. I stood beside the bed watching the two kids. A smile spread across my sleeping body's face. "Daddy, come on, you promised you'd teach us today," the little boy said tugging 'my' arm.
I heard Max laugh, "Come on, Fang, you promised."
Older Fang sighed and smiled, "Okay, go get yourselves breakfast and I'll be down soon."
"Yay!" The kids shouted and jumped from the bed and ran from the room.
Max kissed me and said, "You better get up if you don't want them back up here complaining."
I watched myself sigh, "Okay, okay, I'm getting up," I groaned rolling out of bed.
I got up, changed and left and I looked around. Although I didn't know what I promised them, and I didn't have a clue what was going on, I was happy. I seemed to like this life. I almost wished I wouldn't wake up from this.
That's when Sorrow started yelling. "Fang, get up! It's freaking 10 am and Dr. Martinez says you should eat something."
Oh god, why'd he have to interrupt? I thought with a groan as everything started to disappear into reality.
I slowly opened my eyes to see Sorrow there, a small smile on his face. "I brought you eggs," he said with a smile.
I was alone in my bed, surprising, because I distinctly remember Max and me falling asleep in my bed.
Sorrow smiled, "She's downstairs getting ready for work. You on the other hand are staying home… doctor's orders."
"Screw that," I muttered taking the eggs from Sorrow and starting to eat. "I just got a decent job, no way am I screwing that up."
"Don't you get sick days? Say you had the flu or something," Sorrow said with a shrug.
I shook my head, "No way, plus, I'm fine," I said, swinging my legs over the side of the bed and standing up. I felt suddenly very weak and dizzy. Sorrow looked alarmed as I held my hand out to grab something to hold me up.
"Fang, Fang, relax. Besides Max called in to say that you were sick, but you'd be better by tomorrow," Sorrow said pushing me down onto my bed.
I groaned and lay down. "I hate it when you guys decide stuff for me…" I grumbled before mom burst into the room.
"Fang, oh my God, you gave me a freaking heart attack! Are you all right?" she asked, rushing to my side. She had to squeeze through the beds and the mess to get to me, though, so it slowed her approach.
"Ya, mom, I'm fine, seriously. No joke, I can go to work," I said trying to sit up again.
Sorrow actually snorted, "He just nearly fainted from standing."
I glared at him from around mom. "It's nothing and he's exaggerating," I said instantly.
Mom looked between us and she didn't seem to care about what I said. "You just stay here and get some rest, okay?" mom said, patting my shoulder. She kissed my forehead and nodded. She left through after that and l glared at my brother.
Sorrow shook his head at me, "Relax, or I'll get Shadow. She's been crazy all day and yesterday. She totally blames herself, but she cooled off a bit… well until I told her about you-know-what. She went ballistic after that. She hasn't said a word, don't worry, but she's really excited now," Sorrow said, rambling and I raised an eyebrow at him.
"You hang out with Nudge too much," was all I said.
He only grinned, "See I have a plan though, since you're staying home today. We'll go to the store today after going to visit Dr. Martinez at her clinic; she wanted to do a few tests to make sure everything is okay," he said like it was no big deal.
I sighed and handed Sorrow the plate, "Fine, but I still think this isn't necessary."
Sorrow shook his head. "Don't let Shadow hear you say that," he muttered walking away.
Around noon, after they'd made me sleep all morning, Sorrow came and helped me from my bed. I stood and it was all fine. I smirked at Sorrow and he just rolled his eyes and pulled me from the room.
When I got downstairs, Shadow was grinning and bouncing slightly. "Oh my God, I can't believe you hadn't told me until now, but I am so happy you did because you're so clueless about this stuff and you're going to need my help," she said talking at high speed.
I sighed and rubbed my temples as a headache started to work up in my head, "Bring the Advil, Sorrow, she's already giving me a headache." Sorrow sniggered while Shadow frowned at me.
Shadow headed for the door, holding Jade in her arms—who was flapping her arms again—as Sorrow got me an Advil and a glass of water. The doorbell rang as Shadow approached it and I sat in one of the chairs as I waited for her to answer it.
"Hi, I'm looking for Cole?" Henry's voice sounded from the door.
"Oh hello you must be Henry, I'm Zoe, his sister," Shadow said happily as she bounced Jade on her hip. Sorrow walked into the room I was sitting in.
"If I get fired," I muttered to Sorrow has he handed me the water.
He gave me a look, "Oh I doubt you'll get fired," he whispered dropping the Advil in my hand.
"Well I wanted to see if he was okay, some girl named Max called saying he wasn't feeling well today. I just wanted to see if he was okay," Henry said and I raised an eyebrow at Sorrow.
He in turn mouthed "not helping" to me.
"Oh, ya, he wasn't feeling too well this morning and yesterday afternoon, we were just going out to get him checked out by our friend," Shadow said smiling, but only I could see the slightly worried look in her eyes.
"Oh, what's wrong?" Henry asked.
I sighed, "Hey Henry," I called and his head poked around the door to see me pop in the Advil and take a swig of the water, "Thanks Sorrow," I muttered. Sorrow smiled slightly.
"Hey, are you okay?" He asked me looking me up and down.
"Well I think so but apparently not. I've just got a huge head ache and there's this weird pain in my side," I said and shrugged. "Apparently, I should just go and see what's up with it."
Henry frowned, "Interesting, well I see you don't have a car, do you need a ride to wherever you're going?" he asked continued to look me over suspiciously. I was sure he didn't believe me.
"No, I think we'll be okay," I said standing and my side where the bullet was spiked in pain. I winced, "Damn it," I muttered.
Sorrow looked worried and Shadow eyes filled with worry before she ran her hand through Jade's hair. Henry seemed to believe me now. "I think we'll take that ride," Shadow muttered looking at me.
I clenched my jaw, "But we're not going to the hospital or the doctor's office," I said and he looked confused.
"Okay, well, wherever you are going, I'll give you a lift," he said and we went out to this car. We got in and Shadow told him the address but not that it was a vet clinic.
I glanced at Shadow and she whispered in my ear, "You need to go see her; it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand." I nodded and I noticed Sorrow stared out the window.
We drove up the vet clinic and Henry frowned, "Why are we at a vet clinic?" he asked as we stopped. Shadow got out of the car and I followed.
Sorrow was behind me in a second and Henry followed us.
Shadow walked up the desk, "Hello, we're here to see Doctor Martinez," she said politely.
The receptionist looked at us, "Where's your pet?"
Shadow gave her a look that could make an Eraser cower and run away, "It's Shadow, I have an appointment, tell her we're here."
She nodded quickly and called her. "You can go right in," she said and we walked in. She looked down at her work after that and didn't say anything.
We walked in and Dr. Martinez shook her head at Shadow, "You didn't have to scare the daylights out of her."
Shadow just shrugged. Dr. Martinez smiled at Jade before turning to me. "Hi Fang, Sorrow," she said smiling; her smile dropped slightly when she saw Henry, "Hello, who's this?"
"This is Henry, he gave us a ride. He's my boss," I said sitting on the exam table thing and feeling very self conscious.
She raised her eyebrows at me, probably attempting to ask me if he knew. I shook my head, she nodded, "Well, Henry, could you please wait out in the waiting room?"
He nodded, "Sure, I just wanted to know, why do you go to a vet clinic instead of a hospital?" he asked looking really confused.
"Ask your brother," Sorrow practically growled, and I raised an eyebrow at him. "Come on Fang, you hate Mark too."
I shrugged, "I won't deny that I do." Henry looked confused, "Your brother used to date our mom," I clarified.
His mouth made a little O as realization flashed in his eyes, "You're those kids?" he asked with a small smile.
I nodded, "Did he tell you about us?"
Henry slowly shook his head, "He said they were weird, but I didn't know what he meant."
"Well go ahead and call him in the waiting room," Sorrow said, anger in his eyes. "Oh, and tell him that his right hook is crap."
Henry stared at him in shock and nodded before leaving the room.
Max's mom shook her head at us, "Okay, kids, lets make sure the entire bullet got out of there," she said turning to me.
She did a few x-rays and it turns out there is a shard of metal about a centimetre in length and a millimetre in width still in there. She asked if I would rather be asleep or awake for the procedure and I said I might as well be awake because she was just going to retrieve it and be done.
She loaded me up with anaesthetic and made the smallest cut with a scalpel that I'd ever seen in my life, and I'd seen my fair share of those. She took a pair of tweezers and dug out the little splinter. She sewed up the little cut and put a bandage around it. She gave me some pain medication for if it started to hurt and to call her if I threw up or felt sick or anything.
I nodded and she helped me up. I walked gingerly into the waiting room, my hand softly pressed against my side. Henry looked up; he was on the phone.
I swallowed; I wondered if Mark had told him. Sorrow smiled at me and I heard Jade gurgle. I looked at her, I smiled and she reached for me. Her hands squeezed the air as she reached for me.
I glanced at Shadow, she held Jade out to me and I took her from her. "Hey," I whispered as we walked over to Henry.
Henry's eyebrows were raised in surprise as he listened to whoever was on the phone.
Jade reached up and poked the side of my cheek, pushing it up, as if she was trying to make me smile. I smiled at the thought and she clapped her hands.
Henry frowned and rolled his eyes, "Oh get a grip Mark, you're such a baby," he said and a small smile crept onto Sorrow's face. "Well, you know what, I could care less…. Ya well you too," he paused, "I'll talk to you later." He hung up and looked at me, "We need to talk," he said seriously and I nodded.
We walked outside to his car and he leaned his back against it. "So… my brother kind of went off on some story about how you guys are from some lab where they changed you guys so that you've got wings or something," he said looking between us.
I glanced over at Shadow. She looked back and I looked at Sorrow. Sorrow looked right at Henry and said with as much strength as his voice could muster up, "And?"
"Is it true?" Henry asked looking between us.
I sighed and nodded, "We're part bird. We're genetically altered freaks."
"And they don't let us forget it," Shadow added with a small smile.
"Who doesn't let you forget it?" Henry asked.
"The Erasers, half man half wolf genetically altered people. They try to catch us and bring us back to that lab," Sorrow said with his hands in his pockets.
He looked between us, "Is that why you're sick? Is there something wrong with the mutation or something?" he asked me.
I shook my head, "The Erasers paid us a visit," I said and lifted my shirt slightly to show him the bandage. "Sorry, I generally try to keep it quiet when I take a bullet to the chest, but they insisted I get it checked out. They weren't sure they got all the shards out," I said and his eyes went wide and his eyebrow shot up.
He stared at me for a long time, "Wait, so yesterday, you got shot, right?" I nodded, "Who took the bullet out?" he asked looking between us.
"My husband, Iggy," Shadow said smiling.
He stared at her, "How old is he? Does he have any medical training?" he asked.
"He's the same age as us, 17, and he doesn't really have any medical training, but he's got plenty of experience," Shadow said smiling slightly.
"It hurt like hell though, we don't exactly keep anaesthetic stocked in the first aid kit," I said bouncing Jade a little.
He shook his head, "This is unreal. My mind is blown."
Sorrow smiled, "Ya, well, you kind of accept these things when it's your life."
Henry looked dazed, "Why doesn't anyone know about this stuff?"
"Well we can't exactly just walk into somewhere and be like 'Hey, this is our life,' people would think we were crazy," I said and he shook his head.
"But these Eraser things, they randomly attack you guys? If they wanted to take you back to that lab thing then why'd they shoot you?" he asked me.
"Ya, well, when you don't cooperate they tend to get a little pissed off," Sorrow said shrugging.
Henry nodded looking confused.
Shadow nodded and said, "Well Henry, maybe you can stop by later for dinner. We're having it at our dad's house. We can explain it more if you want." Jade reached for her mother and she took her from my arms.
Henry took a deep breath, "I guess, I just want you to know that I won't be firing you or anything because of this," he said looking me in the eyes.
"Thanks I guess," I laughed, "Honestly the job doesn't mean that much to me, but I do need money to help out the munchkin," I said gesturing towards Jade.
"Hey," Shadow said sounding half offended, "I had to go through hours of labour for this kid, no calling her a munchkin."
"My niece, I'll call her whatever I like," I said smiling and she stuck her tongue out at me. Sorrow rolled his eyes.
Henry nodded slowly and beckoned us to get into the car. On the way there Shadow told him when to be at dad's house if he wanted to come to dinner.
He dropped us off and we went back inside the house, "Well, I guess we'll have to go ring shopping another time," I said smiling and Sorrow and Shadow both smacked me in the arm. I frowned for a second, "Hey, how come you're out of school?" I asked Sorrow. No one else was out of school, just him.
Sorrow smiled, "Dad let me because I told him I am taking care of you."
I gave him a look; leave it to Sorrow to talk dad into anything.
Shadow went right to cooking and Sorrow and I kept Jade busy for her. Sorrow found her incredibly amusing because she found it amusing to hit me. She didn't hit hard enough to hurt me or anything, but she seemed to like hitting me.
We lay her on the carpeted floor on her back so she was facing the ceiling and Sorrow and I sat on our stomachs around her. She hit the floor with her little hands, trying to fly again.
She reached for me and I sighed, scooting closer to she could touch my face. She poked the scar on my forehead and I took her little fingers and kissed them gently before setting them back on the floor. At around 3:30 the other kids came home and we all played with Jade.
I eventually got up and went to the kitchen to see if Shadow needed any help. She got me to make Greek Salad. She was making Greek food, and I knew it was going to be good.
Shadow was good with Greek food; it was one of my favourites, right after her casserole.
She talked to me the whole time she cooked. She was hardly distracted as she worked, "You know, you should start a restaurant. We've got enough people to be waiters and cooks and stuff," I said as I cut the feta cheese.
"Smaller chunks Fang," she sighed, "And I know, but we don't really have the money."
I nodded absentmindedly, "Probably." I looked at my sister; she looked more tired then usual, but still strong at the same time. She'd lost most of the weight that she'd gained from her pregnancy already. She looked like the beautiful young lady I'd hoped for her to grow up to be. I smiled at her; she was facing away from me so she didn't ask me why I was staring at her.
I remembered one time when we were little. She must have been only 6 or 7. She was sitting in her cage. Her little legs, arms and wings curled around her in a little cocoon. She wasn't sad, just merely sitting in silence.
She had thought I was asleep, which is about one of the only reasons she wasn't talking my ear off about everything that had happened while I was asleep. That is if anything happened while I was asleep.
Her right hand played with her dark hair that was flowing around her shoulders. A small smile on her face and I remembered how much I wished her to be free. She could run and play and do whatever she wanted instead of sitting in her cage.
At the time I thought of that as a vain wish. I had accepted that we would never be free, but I made it look like I never gave up. I had to fight for her, even though the pointlessness of it was far more obvious than I wished it was.
I had closed my eyes and thought of how she would look when she was older. Back then, I could only see her as beautiful as she was then, and I never realized how much more beautiful she would grow to be.
I smiled at the memory. Although, at the time it had depressed me, thinking that we'd be stuck there forever, now, I rejoiced at the idea of our freedom and how beautiful my sister actually did turn out.
"Shadow, when we were kids, did you really think that we were going to escape the school?" I asked her unexpectedly.
She turned and looked at me for a minute or two. She placed her hands on the table and leaned forward until we were only a foot apart. "Fang, I believed that when the time was right, you would do anything and everything to get you and me out of there," she said looking me straight in the eyes. "Did you believe that we would escape?"
I smiled slightly before looking down, "I believed that we wouldn't, but I knew I would keep trying anyways."
I glanced up at her and she smiled, "That's why I believed in you, Fang. No matter how hard it might be and no matter how pointless and useless it seems. If you think its right, you'll go ahead and do it, even if you never get it done."
I smiled at her, "You know, Shadow, you're a thousand times more amazing and beautiful than I thought you'd ever turn out to be," I said and she smiled in return.
She leaned foreword and kissed my cheek. She placed her hands gently on my shoulders, "Fang, Iggy may be my soul mate and the reason my heart beats, but you're my rock. You're my role model, my best friend." She leaned down near my ear, "And although sometimes I can tell you're not sure of yourself. No matter what you do with your life, I will trust you to do whatever is right for you," she whispered.
I blinked, "Even if you think it's wrong?" I asked. I knew that there were times where I did things that she didn't like, and I wanted to know how she felt about those times.
She pulled away so that she was looking me in the eyes, "Even if I don't like it… even if I think you're being a complete idiot; I will always love you and respect your decisions." She smiled at me, "Or at least I will try to." I laughed a tiny chuckle.
She stood up and let her hands slip from my shoulders. "Now, get back to work; the feta cheese is still too chunky," she said seriously and I shook my head, a small smile on my face.
"Yes ma'am," I answered with a salute and got to work. Shadow and I cooked until Max and Iggy came home at 6:30.
Max came over and sat down beside me. She leaned over and kissed my cheek, "How do you feel?" she asked, rubbing my upper right arm gently.
"Better, turns out there was a little sliver of the bullet still stuck in my side, but your mom got it out," I said as I cut the cucumbers.
She stared at me in shock for a second before nodding and rubbed my arm again. She looked around at Shadow who was going at her impatient cooking speed. She got like that when she was cooking for something or for someone and she wished that whatever she was cooking would hurry the heck up.
"What's the occasion?" Max asked with a smile. She must have assumed it wasn't a big deal.
"Fang's boss, Henry, is coming over for dinner… and he knows about the flock…. Mark told him and he kind of figured it out after he gave us a lift to the vet clinic," Shadow said in one breath. She looked pretty stressed out over dinner and I wanted to go over and tell her to relax.
Max froze in place, "Well… okay… so he knows what exactly?" she asked looking confused. "Like the whole thing, or just that we have wings? Or what?" she asked glancing at me.
"He knows that we have wings and about Erasers and that I got shot, that's about it. I'll leave it to dad to fill in a few more details whenever he gets here," I said and she nodded.
Dad came home around 7 and we told him about what happened. He seemed pretty chill about it, but I think inside he was worrying. He was just trying to put on the brave face, he did that a lot. A few minutes later the doorbell rang and dad got up to answer it.
I heard him greet Henry at the front door and I could hear them talking as they walked over to the kitchen.
The room filled with my families' smiles, they were utterly fake, and yet very real looking.
I nodded to my boss as he entered the room, "Hi Henry, how are you?" I asked and Max smiled at me. I smiled back, looking into her brown eyes that were ringed with purple.
"Fine Cole," he said with a smile, "Um…" He looked around at the kitchen at all of us.
"Oh," I said and introduced everyone. He nodded every time I mentioned someone's name. "And you already know Sorrow… or Riley," I said at last. Sorrow had come in looking for a soda and had nodded to Henry as he left the room.
"Wow… there sure are a lot of you," Henry said, looking flustered.
I nodded and put my arm around Max's shoulders. Henry sat down at the table and smiled slightly at me, "So… you were the one who called my office at the crack of dawn… right?" he asked Max.
Max nodded and smiled, "I had to call before he could wake up or he would have gone to work." She laughed.
I rolled my eyes, "And you claim that I'm lazy," I muttered shaking my head.
"Fang, you're the biggest, laziest, sack of potatoes I've ever met," Shadow laughed and I narrowed my eyes at her.
Iggy laughed as well, "Ya, who would gladly lay on the couch all day watching TV with Jade?"
"Okay, that's not fair," I said laughing, "Anyone would love to do that." Shadow and Iggy looked at each other and smirked at each other. I huffed and sat back in my chair, "Everyone's against me," I grumbled.
I heard Sorrow laugh from the other room, "Now you know what it feels like!" he yelled and I rolled my eyes.
Henry smiled and shook his head, "You guys are absolutely nuts, and yet, I love it."
Nudge ran in with Sorrow, "I still think that it's stupid. I mean how could they forget? There are two of them!"
Sorrow shrugged, "Maybe they're just preoccupied, you know?"
"Oh, I'm so sure that they are that preoccupied that they didn't notice…" Nudge said rolling her eyes and looking around at us.
Sorrow sighed and rolled his eyes, "Nudge, I seriously doubt that such a trivial thing is on the top of their minds."
"What's trivial thing's not on the top of whose mind?" Henry asked conversationally.
Sorrow smiled, "Well, hello there Henry, thanks for acknowledging our conversation, considering it is actually about two people in the room," Sorrow said restraining laughter. Nudge grinned and Henry looked confused.
"Well, I just find it interesting that no one has mentioned the date yet," Sorrow said rocking on the balls of his feet.
"I know!" Iggy suddenly shouted looking around at Sorrow with a huge grin.
Sorrow and Nudge actually jumped and started laughing, "I know, it's so funny!" Nudge laughed.
I raised an eyebrow at my brother, signalling him to hurry up and tell me what the heck was going on. He smiled and ignored me.
Angel bounced into the room then, "I know, I can't believe they haven't figured it out yet…."
"I mean seriously, I'm surprise they haven't thrown a fit yet, thinking we forgot," my dad said leaning against the counter with a mug of something in his hand.
I frowned, "Okay, seriously, what the heck is going on? What's so important and about today?" I asked looking around at them.
Shadow looked at me and we both frowned at each other. I stared at her for a while, she cocked her head to the side and I did the same. Suddenly her eyes brightened and the rest of them started sniggering. "No," I said a smile slowly spreading across my face. "Dude, it's totally not…."
She laughed, her hand covering her mouth, "It totally is."
"I am so confused," Henry said shaking his head.
"It's not!" I laughed, throwing my head back.
"So… do you finally realize what day it is?" Max asked us.
"It's our birthday," Shadow said her head falling into her hands and I smiled shaking my head at our stupidity.
They all started shaking their heads at us, "I can't believe you forgot your own birthday," Iggy said, shaking his head.
"I can't believe Fang forgot Shadow's birthday," Sorrow laughed and they all burst into hysterics.
"Hey, I had a lot on my mind," I said still laughing.
"I can't believe I forgot my birthday," Shadow said shaking her head.
"I can't believe I forgot your birthday," I said to Shadow feeling like a total idiot.
"No one blames you for forgetting, but it was extremely hilarious," Max said kissing my cheek.
"Ya, well, now my official gift to you, Fang, is that I made you Greek food," Shadow said improvising and I laughed, shaking my head.
"Ya, well, I don't have to get you anything, you still owe me for getting you out of the school," I teased her.
"What? No fair, I could have totally got out of there all by myself," Shadow said looking outraged, but still finding the situation incredibly entertaining.
I raised an eyebrow at her, "Right," I said sarcastically and she shook her head.
"That reminds me, your mom and Mrs. Martinez called and they're coming over for dinner," Dad added.
Shadow looked at him in annoyance, "You couldn't have told me this earlier because?" She asked, "Now I have no idea if I have enough food."
"Shadow, you've got enough to feed a small country," Iggy soothed her kissing her cheek.
Shadow frowned, "That's just great. That means that only Jade has enough to eat."
We were silent for a moment before we burst out laughing. Henry shook his head at us.
Dinner that night was amazing. It was delicious and Shadow had in fact made enough for all of us to eat, the silly complainer.
Mom brought a cake with her when she arrived. As she cut it in the kitchen I leaned over to Henry and whispered, "Be warned… my mom's cooking is sometimes a little suspect… let Iggy taste test it. If he smiles it's safe."
He smiled and whispered, "Your faith in your mom is hilarious."
"Hey, food poisoning isn't fun," Sorrow whispered from across the table.
Henry laughed and shook his head. After cake, which was sanctioned safe from Iggy, we all hung out in the TV room.
Iggy was sitting in a chair with Jade in his lap; she was cooing and flapping her arms we all talked when there was the sound of breaking glass in the kitchen.
We all looked at the kitchen and I felt my face turn to anger. "I swear if they came back for seconds I'm going to…" I didn't finish my threat as Iggy, who handed Jade to my dad, Shadow, Max, Sorrow, Nudge and I all got up and approached the kitchen cautiously.
I was just about to turn the corner and enter the kitchen when 10 Erasers ran into the room.
I immediately tackled the first on and the rest of the flock jumped to their feet and started to help.
Henry, Dr. Martinez, mom, dad and Jade—who was still in dad's arms—all backed up against the far wall.
Focus Fang! Pain yelled in my ear and added, watch the Eraser at 2 o'clock, he's got a knife.
"I know Pain," I hissed as I dodged the knife.
I suddenly heard someone cry out and I looked to see who it was. Sorrow held his hand to his side, and blood was starting seep through his fingers. He looked me straight in the eyes, before his legs buckled and he fell to his knees. Nudge was at his side in a second, protecting him.
I suddenly felt a sharp stab in my side and I gasped. I looked at the Eraser with the knife. "Big mistake," I growled, and ripped the knife from my side and went at him. I had knocked him unconscious in no time.
"Damn it," I growled, my hand pressed to my side. The world started to turn to darkness and I backed up, closer to Sorrow who was now lying down on his back. I took in a deep breath and my legs buckled and I sat down automatically beside him.
"Why is it always us?" He gasped out and I chuckled and pushed his hands away. I put pressure on his knife wound and he smiled lazily, "Happy Birthday, Fang," he slurred, a goofy grin on his face as his eyes closed and he fell unconscious.
I shook my head, "Sorrow, stay awake," I said, probably too loud. Nudge looked over, pain in her eyes, before she turned and punched an Eraser so hard he fell over, unconscious.
My breathing became laboured and I felt my eyes close, I slumped onto my little brother, the two of us bleeding as the battle between the flock and the Erasers continued.