I was flying solo over a large forest. National forest, probably. It was so pretty, with all those big trees! Anyway, I was keeping a sharp eye out for anything moving. The flock is in here somewhere! I've just finished up with the latest CSM meeting, and now it's time to rejoin with the rest of the flock and continue on our merry way. As soon as I can find them!
At the meeting we talked about how to update the CSM pamphlets, and how to distribute them so people actually read them. Other than air shows, of course. That didn't work last time and won't work this time either. We came up with a big fat nothing, and the meeting ended right there. So here I am, flying to my best friends in the whole world. I can't wait!
Ooh! Circle back, dip slightly, angle down... there they are! I can see Angel's blond curls whipping around her head as she dives into a little pond near their camp, Gazzy and Iggy hiding behind a tree holding something, and Nudge's mouth moving a hundred words per minute to Fang, who looked disinterested in whatever it was she had to say.
I took a dive myself, at an awesome 250 miles an hour. Let me tell you, I had to brake really fast to avoid crashing into a tree on my way down. Whoops! But then I landed, and the flock was all over me. Angel and Gazzy were hugging me, Nudge was asking about the meeting, Iggy was stowing away what he and Gazzy had been working on. Where was Fang? I saw him a moment ago, didn't I? Oh, yeah, he's hiding invisibly. Sigh. This is getting so old.
Suddenly, I felt strong, hard arms wrap around me from behind and pull me away from Angel and Gazzy. Whoever it was pulled me in tight and rested their head on mine. The flock snickered, but in truth, this made my day a heck of a lot better. Fang leaned down and whispered in my ear, "What took you so long? I missed you!" I pulled his head down and kissed him. He smiled and brushed some hair out of my face. God, I loved him so much! He was everything I wanted, needed, and more!
Angel interrupted my thoughts by saying, in my mind of course, "Can you guys do this later, like, when we're asleep? I want to know what happened at the meeting! So does everyone else!" I said out loud, looking at her with my death glare, "Sure, sweetie, I'm just so happy to see you guys!" We walked out of the woods to the camp and sat around our bagpile. Iggy was the first to speak.
"So, are you really happy to see us, or just soooooo happy to see Fang that you don't care about us either way?" I smacked his arm and he laughed. "No, Ig, I'm happy to see you. What, did you think I was the Max Clone II or something? I love all you guys! And don't you ever forget it!" Angel snickered. "What?" I asked innocently. "You don't make a very good liar," she replied. The flock laughed while I gave her a superstrength death glare. "What do you know? The skinny little girl who I've saved just about a million times from someone or other can't shut her mouth!" To that I only got more laughs. Fang got what I meant, though. "Guys, stop it! Let Max speak! We want to hear about the CSM meeting, not how much she loves me, right?" He somehow managed to keep a straight face. "'Cause she does love me. She loves me soooooooo much. This much!" He held out his arms as wide as can be. I tackled him to the ground and smacked his chest. I heard his breath leave with an audible "oof!" He groan-whispered, "Okay, alright. I'm done. Now will you get off me so I can breathe? 'Cause if you don't I won't be around for you to love very much longer!"
I gave him one last shove and stood back up. By now, the rest of the flock was in tears over the scene. Fang slowly regained the right to breathe as I began to tell my story.
Fang POV:
So, Max was at this CSM planning meeting. I'm still not sure why the rest of us weren't allowed to go. I mean, we're the flock! The bird-kids! Genetically enhanced freaks who work as poster-mutants! We're what the meeting was about! But only Max was permitted to go, so we waited for her here at the camp.
It seemed to take forever for her to get back. Love hurts sometimes, like when you're waiting for news from them. Max's sun-streaked brown hair and chocolatey-brown eyes were so amazingly cute. When I looked in her eyes, it made me want her in the worst way. Until our Hawaii mission, I had thought that Max didn't love me back, but I kept trying. Then I took her on a date and she chose me! I was so happy at that moment.
Focus! You're supposed to be listening to what happened, Fang, not your own thoughts! I strained to come back to Earth. Finally I could hear her again. She was saying some stuff about how the CSM was updating their hand-out information so people were more likely to read and understand it. Then she moved to the second piece of the meeting, when they discussed ho to promote the pamphlets to the public. I had to ask, just had to. "Not air shows again, right? That won't work! It made our enemies able to target us way too easily!"
Max turned to face me. With the sunlight streaming down her face in untouchable lines, I wanted to kiss her so badly, make her forget what she was doing, like kissing me always did to her. But I didn't, of course.
"Nope, no air shows. Something about how we need to stay safe and hidden until our enemies are all gone for good. but we couldn't come up with anything particularly useful, helpful, or worthwhile, so the meeting ended. Then I flew back here to you guys. Like I would go anywhere else!" Something about her stance, her voice, her eyes, the way she stared at me, made me think she wanted alone time too. But neither of us made a move. "Anyway, time to get this show on the road, again! We need to get moving! it's time I get to it on saving the world, as Jeb and the Voice always say. Let's go find the Director and finish her off once and for all!" This was greeted by cheers and laughter from the flock. We picked up our bags, destroyed our camp, and took off into the dark night sky.