Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't own MR.
When I had gotten back to the camp, I couldn't even look into the flock's eyes. I could feel Angel reading my mind and I heard her gasp when she found out about Fang.
Do you want me to tell them? She asked me in my head. I nodded in her direction. She knew I wouldn't be able to talk when I was like this. I heard her whispering in low tones to the rest of the flock as she broke the news. And those that weren't already crying from the absence of the two newest members of the flock were definitely crying now. Fang….Fang was different. He had been part of us forever. I had been counting on the two of us to try and figure out why my mother and Ella were missing. But, that was all gone now. What if the rest of my flock disappeared? For the first time since I had returned, I looked up into the eyes of four terrifyingly scared kids. For once, they weren't just freak genetic-mutants, they were kids. Who had every right in the word to be scared right now. And I could tell…
They knew.
They knew that one of them was next.
But who?
To be honest, I didn't even want to know. What if it was me? I'd rather it be me than one of them. But, then they wouldn't have a leader. Could they handle that?
I could hear Gazzy crying his eyes out and I motioned for him to come here. The Gasman staggered his way over to me. He was always trying to be so tough, and for once, he was just being an eight-year-old kid. I reached out to him and he eagerly opened his arms. We just stood there hugging for a few minutes. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Iggy comforting Nudge and Angel.
The Gasman abruptly let go of me and looked up into my eyes. It was easy to see that he was embarrassed, but he had no reason to be.
"I…I'm sorry Max…I just.." He started but I cut him off.
"Shh," I whispered to him and messed up his hair. He anxiously brushed away his tears as he walked over to a nearby rock and sat down. I sank to the ground and leaned up against a tree trunk. I wrapped my arms around my legs and rested my head on my knees.
Once everyone had calmed down a bit, Iggy broke the silence.
He clapped his hands together and enthusiastically said, "Who's up for some dinner?" He was grinning. I knew he was just trying to cheer us up, but I wasn't ready to be happy again. I wanted to crawl in a hole and die. It was like everything was going to be just oh-so-perfect once we all had some food in our bellies. It was a bit irritating to say the least. I'd let everyone else attempt to recover, because I knew I never would until I found Fang
Max? Angel asked me inside me head.
Yes, sweetie?
Iggy is only trying to help, she said.
I know. Everything's fine, you don't have to worry, I said.
You can stop trying to hide it Max.
Hide what?
Everything is not okay, she said, Stop trying to hide it. And with that, she left my head. Since when had she been concerned about me? Yeah this is really what I need, a six-year-old questioning my judgment.
A/N: Kinda short. But all of my chapters are pretty short. Tell me whether you want them longer or if you have any suggestions on where this should go. Because, to be honest, I am still deciding on what's gonna happen.