Chapter Thirteen

"What happened?" Mr. Jensen almost yelled. Red had creped up into his cheeks.

A newly made eraser was the one to answer, "Uh, it was the captives. They…they blew up the lab."

Mr. Jensen turned on his heels. His eyes bugging out of their sockets, "Gee, I wouldn't have guessed. Start the repairs. We have to find them. We have to get them all," he stressed the world all that sent cold shivers down even the older erasers backs.

---Back in the Woods---

Danni sat staring into the dying fire while the rest of the flock slept. Her mind was too restless to sleep. Laying down she laced her fingers through Iggy's. He had been through a lot, so had the rest of the flock.

It hadn't been their fault that was just the way it was. They had been born into this while Danni was dragged into this. Strangely though she wasn't angry with them. After all they weren't the ones to inject her with tiger DNA.

Slowly she closed her eyes and drifted off with thoughts of Iggy and thoughts of the jungles.

Nudge's eyes sprung open. Finally, she thought. She silently left the campsite and disappeared into the woods. Now all she needed was a really… Yes that would work.

She stooped and picked up her weapon of choice, a sharp branch. It was just sharp enough that with enough thrust it could inflict a lot of damage. Who knows maybe even death?

Tracking down an unmarked trail Nudge kept an eye out for a rabbit. After a few minutes a brown fury rabbit hopped into Nudges path. As silent and deadly as a snake she striked with the branch she had picked up earlier and stabbed the meaty brown neck. Blood was swelling up around the branch's bark. Carefully picking up the rabbit Nudge moved back to the camp.

Quietly setting the rabbit on the ground Nudge pulled the branch out. Plunging her fingers into the rabbit Nudge saw her plan coming to life. Slathering Danni's mouth and hands with blood Nudge smiled. It wasn't the normal happy-go-lucky smile it was a wicked grin, malicious.

She walked away into the woods again. At a stream she discarded the rabbit after ripping her shirt leaving fingernail marks. The marks weren't deep enough so she added rabbit's blood.

Next she walked to a tree farther into the woods. Clawing her neck deep enough so that it bled. She closed her eyes. For this plan to work she had to pay in blood.

With a deep breath she lifted the branch and plunged it into her stomach. Pain shoot through her. She wanted to scream but couldn't. Slowly slumping she lay on her side and stared at the trees and grass. Soon they would find her and her plan would then be finalized.

While she waited Iggy was in the world between waking and sleeping. He could feel the warmth of Danni next to him and a smile lit his face shattering the dream world. Awake now he kept his eyes closed. His smile widened.

The School did only a few things right. One was giving his eyes back and two…Okay so the School only did one thing right. He could see again and that was worth a thank you if nothing else.

When he first removed the bandage back in the School the first thing he saw was Danni. He didn't know it was her by sight but the fact that she was behind bars and looking at him with those blue eyes- blue eyes that looked at him with concern. She was as beautiful as he imagined her to be.

With thoughts of Danni rolling around in his head Iggy drifted back to sleep.

The next morning Max was the first to wake. The first thing she saw was red. Blood. It was all over Danni's hands and mouth. What happened to her?

"Danni!" Max screamed waking the rest of the flock up.

"What happened?" Gazzy asked seeing the blood.

Danni's eyes had grown wide too. "How the hel-"

Max cut Danni off, "Danni! Sorry, but watch your mouth. Do you know what happened?" Max asked calmly because yelling the whole conversation would kill their voices for the next week.

Danni shook her head no while trying to wipe the blood on her hands off on her jeans.

"Where's Nudge?" Fang asked looking around.

Max stood and looked around too.

"I can smell her," Danni said getting up. "Her scent is all over me along with something else. I think the bloods animal, not human, game."

She moved through the woods following the scent to the stream then to the woods. The flock followed silently after Danni yelled at them twice.

When they saw the dark brown hair sprawled across her face they ran the short distance to her. A branch was stuck in her gut, her shirt ripped, and her neck full of scraps and to top it off it looked like an animal had thrashed her.

Eyes turned to Danni who looked as horrified at the site as the rest of them. Angel took Max's hand in one of hers and then took Danni's hand in her other hand. Something was creeping into Angels mind but it was taking longer for her to know what it was than usual.

As she was about to say something Erasers surrounded the flock and a few white coats too boot. Yeah the day was just starting and it was already looking bad. Could it get worse? Yes it could but would it?

AN: Sorry this took a little longer to get out, stupid school. Next one hopefully by next saturday.

Kool-Wolf -Glad you liked it. This chapters longer than the others and the next to come is to.