Okay, thank you to bubbleblue, maximumtrouble10, and JP.book.reader. You were my first three reviewers, and thank you very, very much. Now here is the second chapter of my story, so I hope you like it. And don't forget to leave a review, please.

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Chapter Two

"Eighty-nine bottles of beer on the wall, eighty-nine bottles of beer. Take one down, pass it around, eighty-eight bottles of beer on the wall!" Gazzy was singing loudly to my right as we flew in our usual on-guard formation, the wind whipping through his, now getting long, blonde hair; his bright blue eyes sparkling in the sunlight.

"Gazzy..." I said through gritted teeth. "You've already sang that song twice all the way through. Now will you please stop?" I sounded desperate. Oh, wait, I was desperate. I was desperate an hour ago!

"Aw, but Max, I like this song!" Gazzy complained, looking over at me and I gave him a stern look. "Alright..." he said, backing down finally. "Can I at least sing a Weird Al song?"

"No!" Nudge and I both exclaimed, because we knew that he would pick The Constipated Song. That was his absolute favourite Weird Al Yankovich song and he had it memorized.

"Gazzer, come on, give it a rest for a while, allright?" Iggy asked from up ahead, his sightless eyes looking back at us.

Gazzy sighed heavily, looking crestfallen. "Fine then..."

"Thank you." I said, giving him a smile, which he returned, however cheekily.

"Max, it's starting to get dark. We need to land soon." Fang said from my left side, looking over at me with dark, mysterious eyes. And, okay, I'll admit...his eyes were quite--dare I even say it--sexy. Now forget you ever read that! You did not hear it from me. Nope. Never in a million years would I admit I said that.

I nodded, tearing my eyes away from his, though, let me tell you, it was hard. "Yeah, I can see the next town up ahead." I said to him. "We'll land there and find a hotel."

He nodded wordlessly, not unusual for him, and turned his gaze back so he was staring straight ahead again.

I caught Angel looking at me, seeming innocent as ever, but let me tell you, she was anything but innocent. Sometimes I think her powers involve witchcraft. She can breathe under water, talk to fish, control people's minds, read people's minds, and who knows what else is next? She's the only one of us that has that many powers and she obtained them all when we rescued her from the School. I spent several sleepless nights pondering that.

We got to the next town--somewhere in Tennessee--and found the nearerst hotel, which was a Sheraton.

I led the way into the reception area and went up to the desk. "Can I help you?" The woman asked, looking at all six of us suspiciously. But I guess it was a pretty peculiar sight, seeing a bunch of kids walking into a semi-swanky hotel at eight P.M.

"I need one room." I said to her. "A double."

She typed something in on her computer. "Um...smoking, or non smoking?"

"Non." I said, rolling my eyes. What, did we look like hoodlums? On second thought, don't answer that.

She continued typing, and nodded. "Alright, here we are. That will be ninety-one dollars. Cash or credit?"

"Credit." I said, handing her my credit card that never had a limit.

She swiped it and then handed it back and then handed me two cards. "These are your room keys. You're in room 401."

I took the cards and nodded. "Okay, thank you." I said, handing one card to Fang to keep while I would hang on to the other.

We all walked towards the elevators, which I never liked. They were too clausterphobic and closed in. No escape. Something that could be fatal to us.

I pressed the button for the fourth floor and the doors closed once we were all inside and it started ascending.

"Max, I'm hungry." I groaned inwardly. Three guesses who said that. "We'll order pizza." I said to Nudge who brightened up at the mention of food.

The doors slid back open once the elevator stopped and we walked down the hall. I stopped at room 401 and inserted my card into the slit and the green light flickered on the small mechanism. I heard the door's lock click and I turned the handle, pushing the door open, walking inside. Once everyone else was in, I shut and locked the door back.

The first thing Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy, and Angel did was flop down on both beds, looking exhausted. Fang just stood at the far side of the room, leaning against the wall, his dark hair covering his eyes.

"Okay, guys," I said to them. "First before I order the pizza's, we all need showers. No offense, but no one exactly smells pine fresh. Angel will go first." I said.

Angel scooted off the bed where she was perched, her eyes drooping tiredly, so I figured I'd make her go first before she was out for the night.

She walked into the bathroom, taking the clothes I handed her from Fang's backpack as she went.

"Max can you order the pizza now!?" Nudge asked in a whiney voice and I obliged, picking up the hotel phone and dialing the number for the Pizza Hut down the street, the number for which I found in the phone book on the desk. I ordered four large pizza's with everything on them. By the time I was off the phone, Angel came out of the bathroom, her blonde hair actually blonde again.

"Alright, Gazzy, your turn." I instructed and the eight year old marched off to the bathroom.

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