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There were way, way to many to simply fight off. And our only route out was the front of the cave. I really hoped the scientists hadn't made this batch faster.

"Up and away everybody, meet ten minutes southeast!" I yelled, not bothering to keep my voice down. "Gazzy, don't let Iggy out of your sight!" Not that he would anyway. The Gasman absolutely adored Iggy, but better safe then sorry, right?

I scooped up Total and threw him to the nearest person flying next to me, who happened to be Fang. His face after getting this "gift" didn't exactly reveal pure happiness. "You get the front," I screamed at him, vaguely wondering why my voice was getting louder, "I'll get the back!"

The Erasers were on top of us by this time. In a flurry of wings and bodies, I lost track of everybody. The Erasers were all crowded together in a pack-almost like a huge, deadly cloud. I dipped down under them and sped away with my super-sonic speed, going to where (I hoped) going southeast for ten minutes at normal speed would get me. I waited around, waiting for everyone else.

They dribbled in. Nudge came first, shaking off some Eraser blood and looking completely disgusted, but otherwise unhurt. Angel was next, sporting a cut down her arm, but it didn't look to serious.

Fang came in, carrying Total. He was a mess, with bark and twigs in his hair and his shirt covered with Eraser fur. Total jumped out of his arms, swaying back and forth as though he were sick. "I had to lose them in patch of trees." Fang half-explained.

But even though we waited patiently for the next five minutes, neither the Gasman nor Iggy showed up, either together or alone.

I officially hated boys now.

"Fine, lets go look for them." I said, after another ten minutes turned up no flying mutant freaks, either bird kids or Erasers. The rest of my flock nodded, looking anxious. I really, really hoped they had just gotten lost.

We flew in the general direction of the cave where we had first been, spread out so that we covered more ground. We were maybe five minutes from where the Erasers had first attacked us when Angel pointed down. "Look at that! Could that have been one of Iggy's bombs?"

I glanced down, and immediatly started to land, going down in decreasingly tiny circles. A small ring of dirt and ash surrounded me. It was definetly a bomb, probably Iggy's or possibly the Gasman's. I searched for other clues. I didn't have to look long.

"Look!" Fang pointed to a tree. A couple of loose feathers were stuck in the branches. They were brown, like the Gasman's.

"And here!" Nudge pointed to another tree, right next to the one with Gassy's feathers in it. It had some blood on it, though I couldn't tell if it was Eraser or bird kid. There were also some feathers on this tree. Grey-white, like Iggy's. Great.

I sat down, my head in my hands. They were probably captured, and after that disturbing future-vision thing, Iggy being captured was the last thing I wanted. Any help here, Voice? I asked half-heartedly.

Surprisingly, I got an answer. I never said you would change the future for the better, Max.

Awesome, seriously. How is it fair that while trying to save a guy that was like you freaking brother from death by firemean that you actually condemned him and a guy who wasas good as your brother to something worse then death?

But who said life was fair?

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