Chapter four

Max's POV

I was interrupted by talking outside the door. We all froze and stood there like a bunch of idiots. I heard Angel in my mind saying, Okay Max, this is worse than it looks. One of them has a shield. That means I can't play with there mind. It also means we'll have to go through the vent. I've told the others so let's go.

Okay why do I have to be the last person to hear everything? Sorry Max, I heard.

Before I could blink, Edward had got up, moved to the vent that was placed on the ceiling. He was on top of the table, and trying to unscrew one of the screws. Of course, he mastered it, and the cover was in his hands in seconds.

"Now we have a problem," I said. " How do we get up the ceiling? Wait, I have an idea. Edward, get on your knees, but don't get off the table. I'll go first. I'm gonna' step on your back to get up there. There's a tunnel-like passage that leads outside. If we get as high as Edward's back, I think we can make it to outside."

I-going first-stepped onto Edward's stone back. I wiggled myself into the metal tunnel. I already didn't like this plan. We would have to be on our knees the whole time. It was too squished and hot. The worst thing about it was the escape routes. There was none. Unless we had a screw driver-which we didn't- there was only two ends.

The whole thing was like a maze. Since I was first, I had to determine which ways we went. After a while, I could decide better on directions. Suddenly, I heard a scream, I recognized it as Gazzy's. I turn back, pure instinct. Bella had been behind me.

"What is it?" she asked. "Like I know?"

Angel was behind Bella. Oh…my…goodness. Max? Gazzy's wing just got torn, on one of the edges of these metal thingies. His wing is bleeding… bad.

Tell him that he's my warrior, and that I know he has the guts to wait till' we all get out to complain, I thought.

Message sent, I heard in reply.

We banged along, turning this way and that way. It reminded me of a playground set. The way I-

All of the sudden, I heard my voice again. Jeb said, (or should I say talked in his weird little voice thing) Max, the Gasman is hurt badly. Pay a little more attention to him.

"Long time no hear," I said out loud.

"Unfortunately, I can't turn around, and there seems to be to be no way out of this metal tunnel." I came to an intersection.

Turn left, Max. It was Jeb.

"Whoa! Did you just tell me where to go?"

My instincts said to turn right. Nevertheless, I did what he said.

Gazzy's POV

Okay. I was hurt badly. My wing was torn down the middle. I felt like I was a bird with a wing that got shot. Owww. I… I…fel…felt… hurts…

Bella's POV

It was at the little metal intersection, that I sensed something wrong. I turned and said to Angel, "Are you getting anything from the Gasman?"

All of the sudden, Angel stopped in her tracks, and screamed like no other. The next thing I knew, there was a LOUD thump. I was sure someone had heard us. Even through the rest of the ceiling. I was sure we had been caught, even though we were in a metal, vent, thingy.

I guess I didn't think of what it really was. I didn't think that it had been one of us. I guess I just assumed that one of the people outside had found us. It didn't cross my mind, that…

Nudge's POV

Going through the metal tunnel, I was behind the Gasman. It was me, that saw him tear his wing. I was terrified, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, I heard Angel. It's okay. Max knows. She'll do something.

I kept wondering if he was okay. He was brave, and didn't cry. Then, I heard Angel scream. In the middle of the shriek, Gazzy fell over, causing a huge thump. Then, my motorboat of a mouth started up, and wouldn't shut up. Because we had no water, I begin to spit on his face.(I was desperate for him to be okay) His eyes were closed, and his mouth open. What scared me the most, was his face in general. It was pure white.

I started to blabber to the Maniac girl, behind me. "Has he fainted? Or has he died from the loss of blood? I don't know what to do and… and he's brave right? Does Angel know? I wonder what the scream was for. Did she know that he was going to do this ,but it was to late to stop hi-"

I was interrupted by the sound of metal clinking the walls of the small tunnel. What was made of metal and was really heavy? Suddenly, I heard Max yell at the top of her lungs, "FLYBOYS!!"