Chapter Sixteen: Candex, or Is It?
We see at least two hundred Erasers, just standing there, waiting for us. This is the one sight we were hoping we wouldn't see, but one we were prepared for.
Just as I was about to send the message to Angel to get Max's Flock, I see that the Erasers are moving and watch as they take out guns, big fast guns. This isn't going to be good. Those are the ones that fire a good twenty bullets every three seconds. (A/N: for those of you trying to do the math it's 400 bullets a minute and the number of bullets is made up. If there really is a gun like this, I had absolutely no idea.)
This is when I finally got my senses back and contact Angel. Angel, get Max and her Flock now!
Uh… Max… about that… I've already contacted Ozy and he says that Max doesn't think it's a good idea for them to show themselves. She won't tell him why and even I can't find it in her mind.
What?! The plan is to have them meet up with us if we need help!
I know that and so does Ozy. Even Max knows that part, but I think she's trying to keep Candex from finding out that her Flock is still with us.
Why didn't she tell us this BEFORE when we were making the plans?! I mean, I guess she's right, but she could have mentioned this sooner!
She says sorry and that we should run with this many Erasers here.
Run? When they've seen us? No way! We are going to fight them all, even if there are this many. We don't want Candex to find out we are looking for them or even have these Erasers join up with the ones we might be fighting later. We should take them out now!
When you put it that way, I want to get rid of these Erasers now. I've told the others what you just thought and they agree completely and want to get this started now!
At that moment we are started to soar right at the Erasers. They start to shoot at us but this time I think really fast and yell at Nudge, "Send the bullets back at them!" She turns to look at me for a second before the meaning gets to her and then she is suddenly holding out her hand and moving it backwards in a circle before throwing it back at the Erasers. As she does that, the bullets turn in the same way so that when she thrusts her hand at the Erasers, they are all facing them.
We slow down and watch as the bullets start to hit wings, arms, legs, chests, stomachs, and even some heads. At least one hundred and fifty get hit and are still flying and around seventy-five others fall after being hit. Well, that will help even the odds. We have our bullet shield right here with us!
I haven't been paying attention to my Flock until I see them all looking between Nudge and me. Oh, that's right! No one knew it was coming and so they are still amazed at that happened.
I turn to Nudge, "Great job Nudge. Now, you have to keep the bullets off of us. Also, do you think you can get each of us a couple of those guns from dead Erasers?" She looks down at the ground where the guns are, looks back up at me, and nods. "Good. Get us them now, and then stay up here to try and force the guns away from the Erasers. If you can get them all away from them, come join us in the fight. Got it?" She nods and starts to concentrate on the Erasers on the ground.
I turn to the rest of my Flock. "Got that?" They all nod just as two guns for each of us appear in front of us, floating. We all grab our guns and nod to Nudge. Once everyone has their guns in hand, she starts to concentrate on the rest of the living Erasers and guns suddenly start flying everywhere but at us. I nod at my Flock and we all soar towards the Erasers.
The moment I'm within a good firing range, I start to fire at the confused and hurt Erasers. I take out about ten Erasers on the first swoop. I do four more swoops before going back up to where Nudge is concentrating very hard on keeping us bullet-free.
I look down and see the rest of my Flock doing sweeps like I had been moments ago. Erasers were going down fast, but more seemed to be coming in unharmed. I look around to see where they are coming from. I see a crevice in the rock to the west of the fight, and Erasers are coming out of it one at a time. Great, now we have to take care of that as well as these Erasers already out of it.
Just then Fang comes up next to me with an eyebrow raised; he wants to know what I'm thinking about. I just point to the crevice and he turns to look at it. He says one word, "Crap." That sums it up pretty well.
"We've got to stop them from coming through that crevice. Got any ideas Fang?" He starts to think and then he turns to look around again. The next time he looks at me, he has an evil look in his eyes. I raise an eyebrow this time.
"Iggy and Gazzy." That idea might just work! I nod at him and go down to where Iggy is while he goes down to Gazzy. I tap Iggy's hand to make him know I'm there and then I fly up again. Iggy follows me and we meet Fang and Gazzy. Gazzy looks like Christmas and Hanukkah are here early and on the same day. Fang must have told him.
"Gazzy, take Iggy, tell him what to do, and do it!" He looks at me, smiles, and nods. Then he goes over to Iggy, brushes his wing against Iggy's, and takes off towards the crevice.
Angel, come on up here where Nudge, Fang, and I are please. I think after this we will let Gazzy and Iggy have their fun.
Okay.
She flies up to where the rest of us are watching Iggy and Gazzy. The two of them are slowly getting closer to the crevice, bombs in hands. When they are about a hundred yards back and a hundred yards above the crevice, they throw their bombs at the rock just above the crevice. That makes a huge explosion and rocks come down, covering the crevice hole. They even hit the Erasers still in the area of the crevice, killing them.
Iggy and Gazzy high five each other before coming back up to the rest of us, smiling from ear to ear.
"Iggy, Gazzy, you both still have work to do! Bomb those Erasers!"
They both grin even wider, if that's possible, and turn back towards the leftover Erasers. They both have bombs in their hands and are flying back towards the Erasers. Once they are in range, they start throwing bombs at them like crazy maniacs. The bombs explode all over the place, hitting the Erasers easily.
This goes on for about five minutes and then Gazzy and Iggy come back to the rest of us, still grinning. It's obvious they like this plan and wish they could have done it even more. Well, they had fun, and we need to get moving.
"Let's get going guys." We all fly out to where Angel says Max and her Flock are waiting. Let's hope she's in for a nice being yelled at for doing this to us…
About fifteen minutes later we are at their small camp where they had been the entire time. Now was the time to start yelling at them, or Max at the very least.
I wasn't the one to yell first. "You ditched us because you were afraid of Itexicon?! That isn't acceptable in these conditions! Do you know how close we could have come to dying?! If it wasn't for Iggy and Gazzy having those bombs we would be dead! D-E-A-D, Dead! All because you didn't want to be caught by Itex!"
Everyone just stares at Angel along with me as she throws knives at Max with her eyes. Not even I had ever heard or seen her so furious. She looks like she would throw Max right back to the School and not even look back, even if it meant she would get caught too. Even I'm getting scared by her right now. I have GOT to calm her down.
I walk over to her, hug her, and say calmly, "Angel, please calm down. I know what Max did wasn't right," I look up at Max as I say that and by looking into her eyes I can tell she realizes that even though it would be Angel, she will be getting busted up, "but you can't yell at her like that. No matter how much she earns it, and she does earn it, how you are going at this isn't right. Calm down and let the rest of us handle this, please Angel."
I look into her eyes and she calms down enough for me to lead her to a log to sit down on. Then I turn back to Max and her Flock. One look in Max's eyes and I can tell she realizes she made a huge mistake and will take anything I throw at her.
"Why didn't you come when we needed you?"
"I… I… I don't know! I guess I was afraid of Itex finding out we are still with you. I'm ashamed of what I did and I'll never do it again! I think we should destroy Itex today if possible!"
I look over at Angel who is smiling right now, and I can guess it's because everything Max just said it true. I look back at Max and her Flock to see them all looking determined. I look over at my Flock and they are just as determined.
"Let's get Itex!" I raise my right fist above my head and we all smile in our determination.
After that we all go and pack up camp before flying off to the next area we plan to check out. This time, when we get to the point we plan to split off at, Max says, "We'll be in the air the whole time so call us if you need us!" My Flock and I nod before taking off.
Five minutes later we are at the next area, and what we find there is amazing. There is a building, carefully build into the mountain. We can barely see it and if it wasn't for our raptor vision, we probably wouldn't have seen it. It's so very carefully camouflaged into the mountain that only people who know it's there or with very excellent eye sight, like us, could find it.
I look at my Flock, they understand what I'm saying with my eyes, nod, and we all move towards the building. We have to find an entrance or a way to get captured so that the plan can be used.
Angel, told Ozy yet?
He's amazed right now and he just told Max so they are going to be just outside of the area.
Great job Angel. Let me know if something happens.
Got it Max, will do.
I smile internally at her cooperation. She really has grown up as well as the rest of my Flock. Well, back to the matter at hand; getting caught. We all move towards the building and try to find an entrance in when Erasers come out the front door, moving right towards us! I smile internally again, time to go.
Angel, tell the others to fight lightly so that we all get captured.
I wait a moment before, I told them Max.
Thanks, now, get fighting!
She doesn't answer and all of us fly at the Erasers and start to kick and punch them, but not with all of our power. Within ten minutes, we are caught and being put in a huge dog cage, again.
It's in its own room yet again and this time we all just sit there waiting to find out what's going on. That's when Angel gasps and sends us all a message, Max and her Flock have been captured also!
Older Max's POV (Before they get captured)
Ozy just told us that Max and her Flock have found the Candex building, so it's time to get moving. "Guys, let's get closer to the area so we can attack sooner." My Flock all nods at me and we all fly until we are about five hundred yards away from Max and her Flock, who we can see.
We watch as Erasers come out and they start to fight them lightly until the Erasers overpower them and take them inside. After they are all inside, we all sit down against trees until Angel tells Ozy it's time to attack the building.
We sit like this for about ten minutes before I hear someone, or many people, coming to where we are. I snap once and my Flock is all on its feet with me, waiting in fighting stances to see who is coming. Then, we see a boy around my age with gray lifeless eyes come out from behind a tree. We don't let our guards down, but we are defiantly surprised to see someone like that here.
"So you are the famous older Flock that has been left alone for so long." The kid says in a tone that has no emotion. "I've been hoping to meet you and now I get to."
"Who are you?" Matthew snarls at him. "Why do you want to meet us?"
"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Omega II and I want to meet you because I have to capture you. Get them!" Suddenly Erasers are flying at us and before we know it, we are caught. I only have consciousness long enough to tell Ozy with my mind, Tell Angel! And I'm unconscious.
I'm SOOO Sorry. I know there shouldn't even have been a gap that bit, but I had a major writer's block and I found out this week that I have Tendonitis on my left wrist. It hurts a lot! I really should have updated before now, but I couldn't. I'm really sorry about that. I tried to make this a really good chapter in return for not updating in so long. It is also my longest chapter so far, but it might be the Author's Note, I'm not sure.
I want to wish any Jewish people reading this a Happy Hanukkah. I hope you have a great holiday.
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Edited: 10/10/09