A/N: When the name of a character is above words that means it is their POV. Tell me if its confusing plz! I'm just trying to show each character's feelings. R&R!
Chapter 1-Separated(how things get when your brother almost kills you with deadly plunges into one of the Great Lakes)
"It's getting late, Fang and a storm is coming. We need to get moving," Max concluded as she stood up, searching the area for her flock. She didn't see anyone. "Where is everyone?"
Fang shrugged. "They couldn't have gone far."
He takes off into the air, snapping his dark wings out behind him before soaring into the vast grey that was the evening sky. Suddenly, he turns around, "You coming?"
After thinking it over, she sighs heavily. "Yeah, but let's not stay up too long or we'll end up smelling like wet wing."
He nodded and kept flying; soon he was out of her line of sight. Max then took a head start, her feet pounding against the soft earth and jumped to let her speckled wings glide her across the sky. It felt good to be in the air again, she thought.
This bomb was going to be awesome, Iggy thought. There are so many supplies in this town, which was the prime reason he picked it when Max asked him where he wanted to go. She was so nice lately having contributed to what would soon be the biggest bomb they'd ever made. "Gazzy, are you done connecting those wires?"
"Just give me a minute."
"Hurry, before it rains."
Then, Angel and Nudge wandered into the clearing. "Hey, guys. How come you aren't with Max and Fang?"
"Max and Fang are boring." Angel says truthfully.
"So what are you guys doing?" Nudge asked, taking the initiative to look over our little project.
Her mouth turned to a pout; she looked disappointed. "Oh"
"That isn't a good idea. Don't you know we're near the Motor City? They could be building anything out here. They'll run over here at the sound of a bomb going off."
Nudge rattled on like that for a while. I tuned her out and asked Gazzy, "Are we done yet?"
"Ready to go, Ig!" I started the countdown.
They spotted them in about five minutes in a clearing not far from where we were. She had to hurry, it was raining and didn't want to get caught in this storm in fear of them getting sick (which hadn't happened yet, but she would never take the chance).
Fang landed and ran over to the kids. Max followed but was distracted by Iggy running towards her faster than she'd ever seen before.
"I have to go to the kids!" He didn't listen and kept running at her. He tackled me and they both fell to the ground. Max squirmed, trying to struggle from his reach, but he was too strong for me.
"Get off me Iggy!"
Stay with Iggy, Max, Angel told her.
Why? She sent back.
No time to explain; just do it.
Max didn't care or listen. She continued to struggle to get free from his ever-present grip. He wouldn't budge so she did gave up, but made sure to sigh really loud to show my annoyance with him.
Iggy continued to hold her tighter as she relaxed against him, because when she landed she hadn't seen the bomb and there was no way she would let her get herself blown up. 9... 8... 7... Iggy had known that she wouldn't have made it if she kept running at the pace that she had. He was faster than her.
3... 2... 1... The bomb went off and I closed my eyes even though I knew I couldn't see anything either way, but what I was really preparing for was the impact. It came and we started tumbling, rolling away from the others and soon away from everything. We were free falling and what made it harder was that the harder and the more I tried to shield her, the more she squirmed.
When the bomb blew, they could no longer be seen by anyone, because they had already hit the water, but Fang didn't know that. He rant to the edge of the cliff and watched them drop towards the angry, blue water and as Max's head disappeared. He started to panic, but remained cool on the outside.
After checking everyone for bruises, he made sure to ask Angel, "Can you try to contact Max and Iggy? See if they're okay."
She closed her eyes. About a minute later, she opened them. "Well?"
"Nothing. Sorry Fang."
Max is always thinking, sometimes too much even. What if she died? What would I do then? "Try Iggy!" I said frantically. She stared at me for a second before closing her eyes one more time.
Angel's eyebrows started to arch. Her normally content face paled and her mouth began to pout. It didn't look good. "What did you hear?"
"It's not good. All I could get from Iggy were words. I heard things like drowning… max… and freezing… What are we going to do Fang?"
Even though I didn't like what I was hearing, I put on a brave face. I can't let the flock down when they need me most. That's what Max would have done. "Let's go to a hotel or something. We don't want to be here when the real storm hits."
