Chapter 35
MAX
I was super relieved by the fact that Fang wasn't wigging out on me after Angel explained everything to him. Of course, he was Mr. Rock after all.
He was looking at me and I was avoiding his eyes, my blush was gone (thank god) and now I was just trying to slow my heart rate down so no one would hear it.
Angel was beaming. Her mind reading was coming back to her rapidly. She'd sent Fang a thought clarifying that he was indeed my perfect other half, he'd failed in hiding the paling of his face.
The little girls eye's started drooping and I stood up.
"Come on Ange. How about we head back."
She yawned and nodded sleepily.
The three of us arrived back at the camp in minutes and I had to carry Angle into her tree and set her down because she was out the minute her little feet touched the ground.
I flew up into my own tree only to hear Fang come up next to me.
"Hey." I sighed.
He simply nodded, so we were back to quiet now.
I laughed and he looked at me confusedly. "This is insane." I laughed again.
"Yeah." Fangs chest rumbled with a chuckle and I smiled. "You okay?" he asked.
"Yup." I popped the "p". "You?"
"Oh yeah." He nodded and smirked.
That concluded our conversation about it and that worked for me.
I leaned my head on his shoulder and he put his arm around me. With his warmth radiating off of him and into me, I was asleep within seconds.
I woke up 50 minutes later and decided it was time to head to Arizona.
The morning was suckish at best. It was already drizzling rain drops and thunderheads were rolling in from all around.
Flying was gonna be great. (Please not my sarcasm)
"Fang?" I whispered.
"Hm?" He mumbled back into my hair, his chin was resting on the top of my head and my cheek was leaning on his shoulder.
"Let's get the flock and your gang up. Time to head to Arizona." I murmured.
He sighed. "Are you gonna be okay."
"Me?" I rolled my eyes and awkwardly stood up on the tree branch, stumbling a bit, Fang grabbed my waist and steadied me. " Er… Thanks. And of course I'll be okay! Am I Maximum Ride or not?" I smiled at him.
"Sure, sure." He smirked slightly.
"Now you get up with your black-wearing self!" I jumped out of the tree and landed softly at the base of the trunk. I stuck two fingers in my mouth and whistled loudly. "Up and at em' flock!" I yelled.
Iggy hopped out of the tree and lightly landed on the ball's of his feet. "What's for Breakfast?" he asked, stretching.
"We could go to the store or something." I suggested.
He nodded. "Nudge and I can go."
"Kay Ig."
"Oh Nuuuuudge!" He sang into the tree he'd just come down from.
Nudge was mumbling something unintelligible and rolled out of the tree, like literally rolled.
She tumbled off of her branch until she realized she was falling, but she was too late. She started shrieking like a banshee.
Iggy laughed and held his arms out in front of him. Nudge landed, flailing and screaming, into them.
"NUDGE!" He yelled as she continued shrieking her head off.
She froze mid-scream and opened her eyes.
"Oh! Iggy, you… I… Ha ha… I thought I was gonna die! I mean I was having this dream that I was standing on top of a cliff and I went to jump off and fly, but then my wings folded in and I was all like 'somebodies gonna catch me because the flock's around me and they'll catch me like Fang always has to do for Max.' But then I woke up and YOU caught me! What's for breakfast? I hope it's like pancakes, or waffles, or just some orange juice would be nice! I haven't had orange juice in like FOREVER! I looooooove orange juice! OH! Are you making breakfast Iggy? I hope so! You're such an a-ma-zing cook! I hmgfhamd jmkdakadm lmfghts-" Nudge continued talking even though Iggy's hand was over her mouth.
"NUDGE!" The entire flock, which had just joined us, yelled.
She stopped talking and smiled silently. Iggy set her down foot by foot and tapped her nose. She smiled.
I felt totally lost.
Iggy bought and cooked like thirty packs of bacon over the fire, and they were delicious!
But let's not focus on food.
We put out the fire, gathered our stuff, and were flying towards Arizona by 4:00 in the morning.
The wind was roaring in the sky, not exactly the most ideal flying conditions, not to mention the thunderclouds that were rolling in ahead of us, and the rain that began to fall. I knew a storm was coming, but we had to keep moving.
"Hey Max?" Nudge called from behind me.
I looked back at her. "Yeah Nudge?"
"How far do we have before we get to— Where are we going in Arizona exactly?"
Voice? Any Ideas? I thought.
Go to your mom's house. It replied.
"Finally an answer." I sighed, the whole flock, Maya and Dylan included, gave me confused looks. "The voice says to go to my mom's house. We should be there in like 6 hours, but we'll need to stop for food and all that so..."
"Wait. She's at her house? She the freaking leader of the DG and she's just sitting back at her house, drinking a cup of coffee?" Iggy yelled.
"I highly doubt that Ig." I laughed.
"So then… what's she doing?"
I sighed. "I have no idea Iggy. Maybe rallying troops?"
"A convention?" Angel shot in.
"Public speech?" Gazzy asked.
"What if it's a trap?" Fang called from my right.
"I thought about that, and it darn well could be…" I sighed. "It probably is."
Fang nodded. "But we still need to go." He clarified.
"Yuppers." I grimaced then looked at Angel. "Angel. Try to listen closely for any… eraserboys or gen77 kid's minds."
"My reading isn't even fully back yet Max." She grimaced. "But I can sense you and the flocks thoughts, so I'll try to extend it to full on thought reading."
I smiled and thought to her. That's my girl.
Thanks Max. She thought at me and smiled, well, angelically.
A boom of thunder echoed through the sky.
I put up my mind blocks to keep the little mind-reader out of my head.
I was glad Angel's powers were coming back; she was devastated by the fact that she couldn't do anything but fly. She never showed or voiced this, but I could tell. Angel was the type of girl who needed to be special. She'd grown up with all of these crazy darn powers and they'd made her who she was, a sweet little girl sometimes and a devious little… never mind…. Now she was my little Angel again, I think getting Fang nearly killed, seeing me broken hearted because of her mistake, and then being kidnapped by the DG really sent the evil Angel away into the deepest pit of… a place.
Just so we're clear, I'm not mad at Angel even though she kinda ruined my love life, tried to take my place as leader more than once, and worked with the enemy several times, I wasn't mad at her. It seemed like she hated herself for doing all of it and that she really wants to fix it. However, I will be keeping a close eye on her for three reasons:
1. I can't afford to have her turn on us again
2. I'd go insane if she was kidnapped again
3. She's my baby (not literally of course) I have to protect her
This applies to the rest of the flock too, but they can fend for themselves a little more than Angel. I mean she's only seven!
I know, I know. I'm a little Paranoid.
Lightening flashed across the sky.
I sighed internally and looked at Fang, only to see he was already looking at me.
"We need a plan." He said.
"No dip Sherlock." I mumbled sarcastically, he smirked. "But you're right. We do need a plan."
"And I think I just might have one." Iggy called above the wind, rain, and thunder. "But it start's with us getting out of this freaking storm. Bird-kid and lightening do not go well together."
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