Because of Autumn
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-Chapter 7-
The Flock
I was completely dumbfounded. The Flock… they came back for me.
"Who are you guys?" Autumn asked sweetly. Somehow, she was aware of the situation.
"We're Iggy's family, and we're here to get him back!" Max stated proudly, but then her voice became casual. "Wait, who are you?"
Autumn stepped forward. "My name's Autumn Miller. Iggy's been staying at my house for the past few days."
Max suddenly stormed over to us. "YOU WHAT!"
"Stop it Max," Angel commanded softly, "she means no harm. Autumn's a sweet girl."
I could feel Max's tension wean off into oblivion. That's when it hit me: Oh God, the Flock is here. I tried to hide my anxiety of the subject, but for once, my slyness may fail.
Max huffed and backed off. Nudge came bounding towards us.
"Hi, Autumn! Gosh you're pretty!" Nudge gushed out. "What's your secret of keeping your hair so nice? I-" Nudge gasped a little. "What happened to your arms?"
Know Autumn by now, I can assure she rolled her eyes. "It was a plane accident a few years back; nothing to be freaked out about. Ahahahaha…" Autumn ceased her awkward laughing.
Max shoved her face right into Autumn's. "You seem really suspicious… how old are you?"
I heard Autumn raise her hands in mock defeat. "I'm 14, I swear! I have and had no intentions of doing anything to Iggy! Nothing! My parents were away for-"
"Where were your parents? Hmmmm?" Max questioned sarcastically.
"Away on vacation for two weeks, it's their 20th anniversary!" Autumn answered, trying to keep from freaking out.
"20th Anniversary for what, hmmm? Say hiding behind peoples' backs and creating mutant fr-"
Fang set his hands on Max's shoulders and pulled her away. She was practically blowing steam. "Xnay on the freakay." he whispered in a hush.
Autumn breathed a sigh of relief, but I heard Max starting to kick the air. "What did you do to Iggy?"
Fang piped up in a surprisingly polite voice. "Please excuse Max here. My name's Fang." They took shook hands.
The rest of them came around Autumn. I smiled and hung back against the pillar.
"My name's Gasman, but you can call me Gazzy!" Gazzy gushed.
"And I never told you, but I'm Nudge!"
Angel tugged on Autumn's hand. "And I'm Angel." She hesitated and then whispered only loud enough for me to hear. "She knows our secret."
"GUYS!" Max shouted. "Don't give her your real names!" Fang still calmly restrained her.
I kept quiet until now. "'Sup guys."
"Don't ''sup' me, bud!" Max bellowed angrily.
Autumn chuckled. "Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you." Fang finally let loose on Max and joined us.
"Hi everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you." Max sneered sarcastically as she tried to mock Autumn's voice. A terrible impression, I might add. "Pleasure my butt! Iggy, we fle- DROVE 5 hours straight! And the jetstre- TRAFFIC was horrible."
I grinned at Max's terrible lying. She didn't know Autumn knew our secret.
Autumn played it cool. "You poor things… I'd be honored if you joined me for dinner."
"Sorry, but we don't want to deplete your food stores." Fang said nonchalantly.
Autumn ignored him and continued on. "And it will be dark soon. Please, I don't want any danger to come of you guys, so why don't you stay for the night. And The Weather Channel is calling for a terrible storm tonight…"
"Please Max! She has a good point!" The younger kids begged.
Suddenly, I felt a tug at my collar. I grit my teeth. "Max."
"No way guys, we're grabbing Iggy and heading back to New York!"
"NO!" All of us, even Fang, retaliated back. Max let go of my shirt and huffed.
"I guess one night wouldn't hurt…"
I turned back to Autumn and smiled.
But, that smile was a bittersweet one: On the plus side, I'd have another night with Autumn. On the down side, I'd have one more night with Autumn.
That night, she found a spare change of clothes for all of the Flock and started cooking dinner with a beautiful hum and smile. I helped her against Max's glares. Yes, I can't see them, but I feel their dark, dark presence. Call me crazy, but I think Max doesn't like Autumn.
"We eat a lot, and that's an understatement." I warned her.
I heard her put her long auburn hair behind her ears. "And I care why?"
I smiled to her response and set the table. Everyone hurried over. Autumn and I made spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, and fruit plates. The both of us agreed this should take care of everyone's hunger.
After the tasteful and wonderful dinner, the flock split off to do their own things. Max and Fang went out onto the porch to "watch the oncoming storm"; Nudge was reading Autumn's mom's beauty magazines; and Gazzy and Angel started on a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle that would only take them 10 minutes to do so. Autumn started cleaning up and washing the dishes, but I snatched them from her, tossed them in the dishwasher, and dragged her to her room.
I sat cross-legged on her bed and, after closing the door, she did the same.
"You're family seems nice." She pondered. "Are they like you, Iggy?"
I ran a finger along the patterns on her comforter. "Yeah… but they don't know you know, so keep it on the down low."
Autumn giggled. "I'm sure that can be done and… call me crazy, but I think Max doesn't like me."
I burst out laughing. "Oh really, I haven't noticed."
Out of nowhere, Max's voice yelled out unhappily, "I can hear you guys, you know! And whatever you two are doing in her room, you better pray I don't catch you doing something nasty!"
"What a nice girl." Autumn stated in a lower voice. I covered my mouth to hide my laughter. I also clenched onto the bed sheets to help me, but it didn't.
"Oh hey, look outside."
"Yeah, let me get right on that." I muttered. She lightly hit me on the shoulder.
"You get what I mean…" Autumn grabbed hold of my arm and lead me out to her backyard. The wind could nearly knock us off our feet.
"Maybe we'll have a tornado…" she sighed happily.
I stole my arm back from her. "Are you nuts? That's a bad thing." Then I sighed. "But I bet while every other living person in Cincinnati is in their basement cowering for their lives, you'll be out here videotaping and smiling."
"That's right!"
A torrent came from the sky at full speed, but she didn't budge. I nudged her, but she didn't stir.
"You know… I never got to thank you, Iggy. I never got to thank you for letting me take you in… You-… You've really opened me up to… the world. Not too many people have done that to me after my accident."
I spread my wings out and held the right one, painfully, over her to shield her from anymore rain.
"Likewise," was all I could say. But, no matter how much I enjoyed this moment, in the back of my mind was the continuing thought: The School wouldn't just send one Eraser after us… it's still game.
I looked down at Autumn who was probably smiling up at the storm. And now that all of us are here, she's even in more danger.
Though, she made that thought disappear the instant she pulled me into a kiss. Once again, that girl never ceases to amaze me. I folded my wings, but still keep them close as I kissed her back.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING BACK THERE!"
We both blushed and pulled away.
Author's Notes: Thanks again to everyone who reads and reviews and favored and alerted to this fanfiction. Sorry for the delay; we had a city-wide power outage due to an ice storm (3 inches of ice!). Also, I showed some of me in Autumn in this chapter, for I love storms and I will do that if there was a tornado. I know, I'm weird, and loving it.
Also, I just started reading "Angel" (Yes, I know I'm slow) and what's the deal with EllaxIggy! GAH! I much perfer AutumnxIggy, what do you think. And about the mutant generation; I'm already loving it! I'm pretty sure Ella's gonna get pissed Iggy's got another girl in mind- HEY! I HAVE TO DRAW THAT NOW! SEE YA!:)
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