Sorry I lied about posting another one yesterday. It takes me a long time to post something because i have a short attention span. but here is the update. and its four and a half pages on word so be happy
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ASHLEY P.O.V
As soon as he went inside I knew something was up with Fang. So I flew up to the roof. How I knew he was up there, who knows? But there he was sitting on the roof looking out over the yard. As soon as I landed he looked up at me. "So." Jeez back to one word sentences I see. Yay. (Note sarcasm.) "Ashley?" He asked looking up. "Fang," from all the years I've known him, he knew that meant what. "Can I ask you something?" Now he's not looking me in the eyes. This can't be good. "As long as it's not about my husband." Boy did that aggravate him. "Excuse me?!?!" He yelled, jumping up. I held up my hands to calm him down. "Chill Fang I was just kidding." He sat down evidently much calmer knowing I wasn't married. "Ashley, why'd you do it?" "Do what?" I asked playing dumb, hoping he wasn't going to ask what I thought he was going to ask. "Why'd you leave? How could you leave us there to rot in that Hell hole?" He asked exactly what I thought he was going to ask. I sat down knowing this was going to be a long conversation. "One, I didn't know how to break you out. Two, like you said, it was a Hell hole. Plus my Vo- "I really hope he didn't hear that last part. "Ashley, what were you going to say? Were you going to say Voice?" Crap. "Yes Fang. My Voice. Both me and Max have one." Why did I tell him that? It's like I can't lie to him. "You still didn't tell me why you left." Ugh. Why can't he let it go? "I'm getting to that. My voice told me I had to do something I didn't want to do. Besides I was eight at the time, I had no clue how to. I was told that if I didn't do what they say then they would hurt you. Not just you, the whole flock. So, I thought that if I escaped then they would leave you alone and come after me. It was stupid, but at the time like I said I was eight. It was a lot of weight on one little eight year olds shoulders." I expected him not to say anything, but I was wrong. "What did the Voice tell you?" He asked. I let out a deep sigh, "it told me I was the greatest experiment ever made, which was a load of bullshit," I said looking into the yard. "It said I was the 'ultimate avian hybrid' Max was an ant compared to me. It told me that I would soon get every power imaginable, plus more. I believe that now. It told me that I could absorb anybody's power when I came in contact with them. Which is why I can read minds, I saw Angel and absorbed her power/powers." Hopefully that caught his attention enough for him to forget what it told me to do. "Okay, that explains the powers, now elaborate on the whole 'it told me something I had to do' thing." Dang it. On the right side he didn't get on me about my cussing. "I'll cut to the chase. It told me to save the world." If he was drinking something it would e all over my face. He just blinked which is how he showed he was shocked.
FANG P.O.V
"I'll cut to the chase. It told me I had to save the world." If I was drinking something I would have either choked or spit it all over her face. I was speechless. I thought that was Max's thing? "It is now. It asked/told me to first. It told me since I was the oldest that it was my duty. But since I refused, it passed the torch down to the second oldest, who so happened to be Max." That explains a lot. But not enough. "But, how could you just shirk your leadership responsibilities?" That's right. Ashley was our leader. When she left, Max stepped in. "I couldn't let them hurt you. I thought leaving would be a good thing. I know I was wrong and I had to live with it every day since then." When she finished she pushed some of her hair back. That's when I saw something. It was a thin line across her wrist. I grabbed it and pushed her sleeve down before she could do or say anything. On her arm was etched the words 'I tried,' and upon further inspection, on her other arm were the words, 'and failed.' "Why?" Was all I could get out. She didn't show any of the signs. Believe me, I know. I spend so much time proving I'm not emo I tend to know a few things. "I told you, I had to live with leaving you every day and I couldn't stand it." Who knew she would cope with it that way? "Does that blonde kid know?" Wow. Did I just ask that? "He has a name. It's Cameron." "Fine. Does Cameron know you 'hurt' yourself?" I don't even know why I asked that. It's not like I'm jealous or anything. "I don't tell him everything about me. He doesn't even know about ITEX. All he knows is that when I was born, I 'moved away' and had gotten wings. Now can we stop talking about 'my problem' and my boyfriend?" Wait. Boyfriend? "I thought he was your friend?" "What do you think I meant by 'friend'? We can't talk about this now; Max is going crazy trying to find you. She thinks you're missing. Does she know you at all?"
With that she leapt off the roof and soared through my window. I thought I closed that? I soon jumped off the roof and followed her. But when I got in my room I regretted it. Max was standing there looking steaming mad. "Where were you? You gave me a freaking heart attack. Who knows what could have gotten you? And you- "She said turning to Ashley. "I said you can stay here one day and in that day you have taken Fang twice not saying where you're going or when you'll be back." Boy did that piss Ashley off. Steaming mad, she yelled back, "Excuse me. When did you become Fang's security? When did he have to tell you everything he did? Does he have to tell you every time he has to take a dump? Plus , both times I wasn't the one who told him to leave. The first time, I told him where I was going and he chose to come with me. The second time he was on the roof and I decided to see what was wrong. So you need to back off before I make you back off!" By this time Ashley was steaming. Literally steaming. Her hair and her hands were starting to grow flames! I now know not to get her mad anymore.
MAX P.O.V
Dude her hair was on fire! "Chill Ashley. Think of…Cameron," Fang said trying to calm her down. Wait. Who is Cameron? "That's for me to know and you to never find out." Ashley said, evidently calming down. "I'm leaving. NOW." Thank God. "And we're going with you." Fang say what?
"Tell me again why we're going with her," I told Fang as we were packing four hours later to leave with her. She makes me so mad I can't even say her name. He just stopped what he was doing and gave me a look. Then, out of character I might add, said, "She was our leader. She left. She came back. We're not going to lose her again." Wow. Definitely out of character. What's with not using complete sentences either? "I still don't trust her. She could be leading us into a trap." Did I really tell him that? Again he looked at me with his rich, chocolate eyes. No Max! You don't like Fang! "We chose to go with her. If it's a trap it's our fault for falling for it. Plus Ashley wouldn't do that to us." Wow. He actually used a complete sentence. Ashley being here has changed him. Maybe I could get to like her. Maybe.
ASHLEY P.O.V
*one hour later*
We were outside loading everything into the trunk of my car so it would be easier for them to fly. We told the younger ones where we were going and now they were deciding who would get to ride with me in my car. I doubt Gazzy would want to ride in a 'chick' car, so I'm guessing it's going to be a twelve hour drive with Nudge and Angel.
You guessed right.
Angel it's not nice to read peoples mind. And when we're at my house, try not to do it. My brother thinks things I don't even want to hear.
I heard a quick 'okay' and felt her leave my mind. "Angel and Nudge, if you're going to ride with me, you have to sit in the back with seat belts. There are laws about those types of things, and if we get pulled over, for any reason, no mind control. Angel, you are my sister and Nudge you are just a family friend. If, and only if, the police officer doesn't believe us, then you can use mind control. But just then." I got two 'okay's and started to get in the car. Suddenly I got a pang of…I don't know what it was. Guilt? Sadness? Sorrow? It was all three wrapped into one.
"Ashley are you okay?" I heard Angel ask and five other heads turned toward me. "Yeah sweetie. I'm fine." Hmm. I've been lying a lot since I got here.
No you're not fine. But, I'll leave you alone.
Boy did that girl know me. Was it that I was taking me other family to my birth family? Or was it that I'm taking one guy I love to another I'm equally in love with? I guess only time will tell.
Now that we're seated, buckled, and on our way, I felt better. Nudge and Angel were chatting in the back and I could see Gazzy, Iggy, Max, and Fang flying above us. Since it was summer I decided we could put the top down. Occasionally I could see Fang or Max looking down to check if we were still there.
A couple of hours later I was broken from my driving trance by a text on my phone. "You know you're not supposed to text while driving." Ha-ha. Nudge. If only you knew half of the illegal and dangerous things I do. Like texting while driving for one. "Okay Nudge. You can answer it then. It's from Fang anyway." I threw her my phone and she read it out loud. "It says that it's getting dark and we should find a place to sleep." I looked at the clock and sure enough it was like eight thirty. "Tell him to land somewhere convenient for my car and to come and find us." I stopped the car and she nodded. Soon her fingers were going at the speed of light on the keyboard of my phone. Remind me to find her when I need something texted fast. Five minutes passed and I saw Fang's dark figure walking toward my car. He opened the door and climbed in. "Hello. Come to join the girl party?" He just looked at me and said, "Drive." I fake saluted him and drove to where he told me. When we got there I could make out the dark shapes of Gazzy, Max, and Iggy. "No fire? That's not safe." I told him. "Matches are in Ig's bag which is in your trunk," he told me. I pulled into the 'campsite' and got out of the car. "Thank God. I'm starving. I could eat Fang that I'm so hungry." Ha-ha. Iggy and his humor. Got to love it. "Nice to see you too. How was the drive? Fine thanks for asking." I got a look from him and he shot me the bird. He bust be really hungry to do a double. But that's what he gets for flying on an empty stomach. But boy did I miss him and his sarcastic humor.
We were all sitting by the fire now just talking about life in general. I kept getting worried sideways glances from Fang. Can't he just leave me alone? I was broken from my train of thought by Angel. "Ashley I'm thirsty. Can I get a drink out of the fridge in your car?" Yes people. Being a hybrid has its advantages. Like rigging a fridge in the trunk of your car for example. "Sure sweetie." After that she got up and left. "Shit! Angel no!" I had forgotten what I had in there. I got up quickly and ran to Angel and my car. When I got there I was relieved to see that she had a soda. By the time I got there everyone was right behind me and could plainly hear what she asked me next. "Ashley, what is Mikes Hard Lemonade?" (A/n: I told my dad I wanted to try that one day and he freaked out on me.) Oh shit. "What?!" Max. "Ashley?!" Fang. "Excuse me?" Iggy. "Ashley explain to me why you have that in your car!" Ah Fang. All the things he didn't know. "Would you believe I'm holding it for a friend?" I asked with a sheepish smile. Yeah…no. "Like Hell I would!" "Fang language!" At least Max could keep her cool. "I'll explain later. Not now." They knew it meant not in front of the kids. "This is not going to drop," scowled Max. We all sat down by the fire except Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy who were sent to bed. Once we were sure they were asleep, I got hounded for my bad behavior. "Now, tell me why you have alcoholic drinks in your car!" "Max, you sure do know how to get to the point. Well, It has to do with the fact that I'm a teenager who likes to have fun every once in a while. Also it has to do with what we were talking about Fang. It got unbearable and I decided to take it out on a few things. It's not like I get drunk or anything it's just I like the taste." Yeah this isn't going the way I planned. "What are you talking about? Fang what is she talking about?" Max asked in a panicked voice. Fang looked from her to me and said, "it's for her to decide to tell you or not." Thank God. Iggy was just sitting there looking blank, then sat up and said, "I just have one question, why lemonade? Why not something stronger like coke and vodka?" "Igs, that's two questions. But lemonade is really sweet and mixed with the alcohol it tastes even better. I've tried coke and vodka, but it never really stuck. Plus it's cheaper this way. Do you know how expensive vodka is? Wait. Don't answer that." "How do you even get it? It's not like your old enough." "Max when you're a mutant freak, there's plenty of ways to get what you want." "You're telling me you force people to buy it for you?!" Her surprise amazes me. "No, I have a fake I.D. silly. Plus I can shape-shift into an older person. It's not that hard." "What you're doing is illegal." "So what? We're illegal too! What they did in that sadistic Satan School was illegal but they still did it! Plenty of people do illegal things in the world and they still do. It's not like I get drunk every night and go and kill people just a few drinks here and there that's all." "Then why are four missing?" So he wanted to play that game? Well as a matter of fact, I am a master at that game. In fact I invented that game.
"I drank them when I came here." Oh joy. The look on Fang's face was priceless. "You what?!" He yelled/whispered, he only used this tone when he was mad. "Chill. It was a joke. I drank them before I came here." He started to calm down but not all the way. That's a good sign. "Does-" He was about to say before I cut him off. "If you were about to same Cameron I swear I will punch you from here to Denver in two seconds flat, and believe me I can. Are you like obsessed with my boyfriend?" "Boyfriend?!" Iggy and Max both exclaimed. Apparently they were shocked. "Now you have put a title to the name Max. And Iggy close your jaw, your acting like it's the Apocalypse or something." Iggy smirked and said, "To me it is. Who would want to kiss you?" "Thanks Ig. Way to boost my self confidence." He laughed and sat back looking at the stars. Or he would have if he could see them. "Ahem, I wasn't finished," Fang said breaking the two second silence. "Way to go Fang. Ruin the silence." "Well you wouldn't let me finish. I was going to say your brother. Does he know?" "Brother?" Iggy shot up at that. Here we go again. "Yes Ig. I have a brother. And a mom and a dad. And yes Fang, he knows. Who do you think buys it for me? He's legal don't worry. I can't believe you thought I used a fake I.D. Do I even look twenty one to you?" I leaned back. Ughh. This is going to be one long and painful trip. I know it already.