Chapter Nineteen: What Happens to Candex When We Come to Town

Angel's POV (Just to change it up a little. ;-P)

I can hear Max thinking about how she wants to save everyone, I can tell she has no idea how, and that we need to find a way to find the others. I need a way to talk to the others over this huge of a distance! There has to be a way to find them without giving ourselves away to the Erasers above or behind us.

I start to think really hard about how Ozy and I can both read minds. If only that could help! I clench my hands into fists thinking angrily how we both have this good power and yet it can't help me talk to Ozy!

Suddenly, I hear Ozy thinking about how it's so evil that we both have this power but he can't talk to me.

We both have to force ourselves to keep moving without slowing once we hear each other thinking.

Angel? Ozy asks me.

Yeah?

This is so weird. We have to be around ten miles away from each other, yet we can talk with our minds!

It is weird. Do you think this could work anywhere in the world since we usually can only use our powers within a short distance?

Probably.

Hey, why don't we use this to bring our Flocks together, but let's NOT tell anyone about this connection.

Okay. What direction are you in?

We are headed southwest a bit. What about you guys?

Um… headed northeast slightly.

Okay. So make your Flock go south a little and I'll have mine go north.

Okay, but keep this connection so we can make sure we are going the correct way.

Of course.

Time to talk to Max…

Max?

Yes sweetie?

I think we should go north a little.

Why?

Isn't it possible that they didn't put us directly east to west of each other, but made us a little south of them?

True. Thanks for the idea Angel.

You're welcome.

"Guys," Max whispers, "head north a little." All of us just nod and head north slightly.

I start to listen to Ozy telling his Max to go south.

Mommy, can we go south a little because it might lead us to the other Flock.

Good idea. I'll gradually lead us to the south.

Okay.

Our plan is in effect. This is really good. Now to just rush to them as fast as we can.

Normal POV

We have been heading in the direction Angel told me we should go in for half an hour now, keeping ahead of the Erasers enough so that we are hear them but just barely.

I carefully block my mind before thinking to myself. It was so weird how Angel suddenly gave me directions of where to go, even if they did make some sense… Why didn't she tell me to go south instead of north? Does she know something I don't know, like where they are? Even if she does, at least she's helping us find them.

We travel in silence for another hour before we start to hear a new noise; Erasers, in front of us this time. We all listen closer and hear a small group of people running ahead of them by quite a distance. Suddenly, Max and her Flock burst out of the trees in front of us!

"Guys, we finally found you!" Everyone seems to be yelling that at once.

Max and I calm our Flocks down as we head north, away from the Erasers following us. I turn to Max and Matthew.

"Did you guys hear or see those Erasers above us?"

Max answers before Matthew can even open his mouth, "Yeah. Let's go beat them and get out of here!"

Everyone cheers at hearing that before we quiet them down quickly. I look around at everyone and their determined faces.

"Iggy, Gazzy, get a bunch of bombs out, but keep enough for each of us to have one later. Angel, you need to make ten Erasers help us. Nudge, keep bullets away from us again. The rest of us, let's fight hand-on-hand." Everyone gives me a huge smile and then gets ready.

Icarus actually goes over to Gazzy and Iggy and offers to help them, so they teach him how to use the bombs quickly. I see Max looking at Icarus with a slightly worried expression before meeting my eyes. I give her a reassuring smile. She smiles back before we go back to making sure everyone is ready.

I give the signal for everyone to take flight and we all burst up out of the trees. The Erasers are suddenly surrounding us. Iggy, Icarus, and Gazzy, who are at different points of our own circle, start to throw bombs like crazy. We watch as at least five Erasers go down with each one, but usually ten.

Then Angel makes the nearest ten Erasers come to join our little circle. The rest of the Erasers who aren't being bombed or controlled start to shoot at us, but Nudge sends the bullets back at them. That takes out another twenty in seconds.

Nudge then forces all of the guns to fall to the ground and a few are stupid enough to go down to try and retrieve them. That's when the rest of us attack. We all start to kick and punch the Erasers; always using the hitting between the wings idea to our advantage.

Within ten minutes of us leaving the woods, the Erasers are all down somewhere in the forest. We all look around us to make sure no more are coming before looking at each other, relieved. Everyone smiles while we get our breath back.

"Can we go blow up Candex now?" Gazzy asks, seeming to think we will say yes.

"Gazzy, why do you think I ordered you and Iggy to save a bomb for each of us?" He smiles from ear to ear as he looks at me.

Iggy turns to where I'm flying and stares at me for a moment before saying, "We can really blow it up without you yelling at us?"

I laugh and reply, "Yes Iggy, you can."

"Woot!" And he punches the air with his right fist.

"Let's go give Candex a little gift guys." Everyone turns in the direction of Candex and flies towards it.

As we are flying back, Iggy and Gazzy hand out two bombs to everyone, just to show me that they can still follow orders while not following them.

I look around and everyone is excited to get to destroy our second branch of Itex in a week! Plus, we are going to get our revenge for putting us in a forest and sending Erasers in after us. This will be fun, even for me.

We finally get to our destination, ready to throw our bombs. Everyone looks at me for the signal.

"One…" Everyone puts their arms up in a throwing position, including me.

"Two…" Everyone pushes the button on each bomb that starts a 30 second timer.

"Three!!!" Everyone throws their bombs down onto the building.

We all fly south for a short distance so we don't get hit by the explosion before we turn around again to watch.

Iggy starts the countdown. "Three… Two… One…"

We all hear the "BOOM!!!" that is the result of so many bombs in one place.

We all look at one another, glowing with pride of this wonderful achievement. Then I turn to Max.

"Your home?"

"Our home." She replies to my question.

Everyone smiles and then we turn south. To the west of us, the sun is setting. We fly against the sunset back to our house, as Max put it, enjoying the long flight home after an eventful week and a half.

Wow. The day I post Chapter Eighteen, I get to post Chapter Nineteen! This is really great! Thank you Jenny Telrio, Lizzie14, Max R., Bebe In Love, MFINGA, and Zamisc for posting today! Oh yeah, Zamisc, could you please let me know what you meant when you said you were thinking of writing one but didn't know others had. What do you mean by writing one? Please enlighten me of what you meant.

I really didn't want to write this chapter, but last night, when I started to write, it just flew onto the computer. I've had the last two chapters planned for over a month, but never wrote them. I wish I didn't have to get to this chapter so soon, but it works and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Don't worry though. If you all look back at the Author's Note on Chapter 18, there is a Chapter 20! This isn't the last chapter, and the deal is still up from last chapter, but with a different number! So... this means REVIEW!!! The sooner you review, the sooner you get Chapter Twenty. I hope to post tomorrow.

Edited: 10/10/09