So yeah finally updating. Thanks for the reviews and all. Here's the next chapter.

Fang POV

I stole a glance at Max and saw a familiar spark come into her eyes. In the next second she was gone. One of these days I would have to clock her and see how fast she really flew. Knowing Max she probably wanted to get to one of the islands quicker and scout ahead. No problem, unless she got into trouble, that just made it easier for the rest of us with how big the flock had gotten and all.

Looking around, all of the dark things popped out at me. The water, which would probably be fairly warm, looked deadly. The sky, with all of its stars shining, blending seamlessly in with the water.

"Um Fang." Uno flew up on my right and was whipping his head around so fast he would end up with whip lash.

"What Uno?"

"Why did Max just fly towards a bunch of helicopters?"

"WHAT? WHERE?" I looked towards the direction that Uno pointed. It was the exact place that Max had taken off towards but I didn't see any lights or hear any motors. I held back a sigh of relief. "I don't see anything Uno."

"I do though. I can clearly see a bunch of red and white helicopters heading straight towards us."

I stared at Uno trying to decide if he was just pulling a good prank or if he was telling the truth. He was very antsy but determined. He looked ready to fight erasers. That wasn't Uno. So how then could he see helicopters when I couldn't? Maybe…

"Yo guys hold up!" I yelled. Once everyone stopped and I had their attention I began again. "I think Uno just discovered a new ability of his. He says that there are a bunch of helicopters heading our way. They are probably going to search for survivors of the plane crash which means that they will be quick and thorough."

Everyone turned quickly in the direction I was looking at and turned back.

"To make it a little easier to stay hidden we'll split up into the groups that we were in on the plane. The group that was with Max, Iggy and Eel will lead you guys. Keep heading towards the island but stay out of sight! We'll meet up on the western side of the island. If you come acrossed Max tell her."

We all split up and I took my group, Nudge, Coal, and Red, and we flew high above the helicopters and to the right. In the distance I saw the lights and heard the sounds of rapidly approaching helicopters. Uno was right; I wonder what exactly his new ability entitled?

We flew, silent and steady, until the helicopters all passed under us and were gone. "Okay guys, shift a little more to the right and keep your eyes peeled for the island."

Max POV

No, no, no, no, no! This could NOT be happening. Erasers all over the place, my flock flying around, and an Itex facility in the middle of everything. I mean for crying out loud, we just can't get a break can we.

I made sure no other erasers were going to randomly pop out of no where, then climbed out of the tree I'd taken shelter in. I ran away from the building as fast as I dared. Thick vegetation slapped my face, arms, and legs, spraying me with a million droplets of water. Soon I was soaked and frantic. I HAD to find my flock. I desperately wanted to take out that building and every eraser, flyboy, and X that were in it, but my flock's safety was more important.

I ran and ran and ran until my lungs started to burn. I couldn't take off, or I might have been seen. I was running east, I would make a big circle and hopefully run into my flock along the way.

Finally I made it to a sandy beach. Waves crashed in a frenzy onto the shore and the wind was picking up. The storm that had crashed the plane was finally arriving to the island. The constantly swaying trees made an annoying background noise and I no longer heard any noises from birds. It was still dark, which made running in the sand along the tree line a little more difficult.

"Where are you guys?" I mumbled. Suddenly something dropped down from a tree right in front of me. It was long, black, and slithered.

"Ahh!" I jumped back, opened my wings, and took off. I HATED snakes. I could deal with blood thirsty erasers, but snakes… they just all needed to die.

"Max!"

To my right I saw four silhouetted figures flying towards me. I landed and they followed suit. Blade stood with Sasha, Gazzy, and Star.

"Oh my gosh, there you are. Where's everyone else?" I asked as Star and Gazzy came to stand by me.

"We split up. Uno apparently discovered a new ability. He saw all of the search and rescue helicopters before anyone else. Fang told us to split up into the groups we were in on the plane so it would be easier to stay undetected. Iggy and Eel took your group. And what were you screeching about?" Blade explained.

My mind went numb for a second. Splitting up would make it easier for everyone to remain undetected… but that didn't matter with erasers flying around. It would only lessen their chances of getting out of a fight alive or not being caught.

"We're all supposed to meet on the west side of the island…" Sasha began. "Are you okay Max?"

"Crap, crap, no. We've got to get to the east side of the island." I took off running and heard the soft pounding of feet as they followed.

"Why are we running? Why don't we just fly?" Gazzy asked, behind me and to my right.

"Because there's an Itex facility hidden on this island and erasers are everywhere." I let that bit of info sink into their heads as they all picked up the pace with me. "We've got to find everyone else, and get off this island before anyone discovers we're here. Once we're away… then we'll decide if we want to come back prepared and blow the place up."

We ran and soon caught sight of Willow, Charm, Ice, and Trent. I told them our slight, okay so not so slight, problem and they agreed with my second and a half thought up logic. And of course, because we just couldn't have one easy task, it began to rain. Then came the thunder and lightning and the clouds that obliterated any source of light that we got naturally.

It also seemed that, even though we ran half on the beach and half off, we tripped more than usual from the amount of vegetation. Finally we got to the east side of the island and settled in a rocky outcropping that provided a good view of the sky and land for a couple miles each way. I got a break when we discovered that Cammie, Sky, Sprinkle, and Raven had taken shelter in the outcropping. So now I had three fifths of my flock back.

The outcropping sheltered us from most of the rain and wind, and even though I knew it was a bad idea, I flew out twice to look for my missing flock members.

Fang POV

Come on Max, where are you?

We were about a minute away from the west beach when out of the corner of my eye I saw Nudge stop and spin.

"Nudge what is it?" I quickly looked at the sky. I wanted to get to the island, the wind was already picking up and it was just starting to sprinkle. Coal and Red came back and hovered three feet above me.

"I don't know, I just thought I saw something. Maybe it was just a bird trying to find shelter from the storm, or maybe it was just a lone cloud…"

I stopped listening to Nudge trying to figure out what she saw, because in the distance six large figures approached us. They grew too big for birds and they were too small for clouds. CRAP!

"Guys fly now! We got erasers tailing us." I turned around, dove towards the water, made sure Nudge, Coal, and Red were following, and started to fly as fast as possible towards the island. I didn't want to have to fight erasers out in the open over an ocean that was beginning to look like a whirlpool.

But erasers, come on! They were everywhere weren't they? We just couldn't get a break.

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