Chapter 5
Soon we landed behind one of the very few bunch of trees next to the parking lot. There were so many cars! Just that alone made me nervous, but as we walked in, both of us were a wreck. People were streaming in from everywhere. I looked at Fang and knew he was thinking the same thing, How in the world are we going to find Stella. But soon that question was answered. I recognized a tall, thin girl, with blonde long hair and tan skin like she had been in the sun, leaning on the wall by the entrance. She was wearing a gray sweatshirt with black skinny jeans. hhmmmm I thought. Hoping she would recognize me too, I walk up to her. Luckily, she did.
"Max," She said as i came closer, "I'm so glad you came."
"Um.... OK?" I replied as she grabbed my hand and started shaking it. Then she noticed Fang.
"This is Fang," I said.
"Oh, hi," she said reaching out her hand, but pulled back looking at his expression. It took my super max control not to laugh.
"Can you come with me," she said.
We both nodded. She led us out the door to the back of the mall; there was no one insight. She turned around and kind of shuck her shoulders and unfolded her beautiful white wings.
"I do have wings and they do work, but I would like to say thank you for saving me," she said.
"You're welcome?," I said, uncertain "How did you survive the easers and flyboys?" I asked.
"I hid. The other experiments died or were killed, I almost did myself." She replied a sad frown coming across her face.
"We are sorry, but did we just come out here so you could say thank you or what?" I said steel dripping from the last word. She was startled, but recovered and said, " I was wondering if I could meet the flock and hang with you guys for a little bit. I won't stay long, I'm just lonely." Oh god. I looked at Fang and his face didn't show anything as usual, but i saw a flicker of guilt in his eyes and knew his answer. Great. I thought sarcastically. "Follow us." I said with a sigh only Fang could hear. Stella looked surprised, but she held it back as we took off into the after noon sky. Chapter 6
Stella was about 10 yards behind Fang and me. Fang about 3 yards from the tip of my wing so everything seemed in control, but it felt weird being followed in the air by some one I didn't know. I was beginning to have my doubts about bring her to the flock, when Fang touched the top of my wing with his. Stella was too far behind us to see fang give me an "I don't like the plan" look. Well we where on the same page there. Suddenly, we all saw a dark cloud ahead, but were moving too quick. "They're robots!" Stella yelled so I could barely hear her. Well, S***. This is turning out to not be a good day At All.