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I flew back to the cave. Wind throwing my hair around wildly. I was shocked at what Angel had told me. And let me tell you, almost nothing shocks me.
Fang was sitting in the cave, dark and silent. Akila was resting on the cold cave floor. She was used to the cold and was constantly hot from the heat of the desert.
"Fang," I said, very quietly, "What the heck is going on?"
He turned his night black eyes toward me. "Hey Max."
"I was- just and Angel told me," I spluttered, which is not something I normally do. I am always cool as Antarctica.
Fang looked at me, eyes piercing into my brain. He could just look at me and know exactly what I was thinking. "Angel told you something? About me?"
I nodded, "Fang she said you had a voice in your head. The voice of the Uber-Director."
His eyes tightened the smallest fraction, "Really? She said that?"
"What is going on Fang?" I almost yelled, nerves strung tight.
"I don't know," Fang whispered, suddenly looking very scared, except Fang was never scared. Unless a rock could be scared.
Not knowing why, I ran quickly over to him and wrapped my arms around him. Then blushed scarlet and pulled away, I heard the other flock members approaching,. If they had seen this… Oh, God, please let them have been blinded some how.
Nudge ran over, smiling hugely. "Guess What! I just caught Iggy. We were playing tag and then I flew up behind him and grabbed his jacket."
"Gosh, Nudge. That sounds really hard, sneaking up on the blind guy like that," Iggy was undoubtedly sarcastic.
Angel had her eyes on me. They were much too wise for a six-year-olds. A tiny smile was on her lips. It made her look really, really scary. Like she knew exactly what was going to happen next.
Gazzy came over to Fang, "Hey, I saw this hawk out there Fang. Its wings looked like yours," it was so sweet how Gazzy tried to be nice to Fang.
"Cool Gasman. Let's go look," Fang jumped up. For the smallest second, his eyes met mine and I knew that we would keep talking later.
That night, Fang woke me up gently, "Max."
I instantly sat bolt upright, even though I hadn't been deeply asleep. I was too worried.
Fang and I jumped off of the ledge, then soared into the dark, velvet sky. "So?" I asked.
Fang was silent, then, "Max, there is something in my head."
I was silent. Fang was not ever emotional, but his voice sounded choked. "Yeah, so what?" I decided that this was not a big problem, we had wings for God's sake, a voice- whatever.
"You don't understand Max. This thing, it can control me."
I was, for the second time that day, bowled over. Fang was my constant, even after things had gotten different between us. Now, I couldn't trust him to be himself. Something was controlling him. I took a deep breath, then, Fang punched my gut so hard, I couldn't breathe. I passed out, feeling darkness cover me as I fell towards the desert sand.