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A/N: I hope you like this chapter please R&R!

For once I was in a deep sleep curled into a tight ball on the soft leaves of the tree when I started to wake. I heard growling and snapped fully awake. Clawing at my feet was a half morphed eraser, its teeth elongated and fur covering human hands. I shrieked, screaming bloody murder as I kicked at it, landing a powerful strike on its face. As it fell it grasped my ankle and dragged me with it. I hit the ground hard pain shooting up my back. The eraser was on top of me, pinning my arms by my head and snapping at my face. A roar of rage made the eraser look up as Fang attacked it. It flew off me and I crouched barely registering the pain of my wings coming free. I jumped into the air then heard a shriek. Staring down I saw Angel getting attacked by two erasers. Spiraling down I kicked on in the face, someone had taken care of the other. I grabbed Angel and tossed her into the air, I soon followed. Barely a few feet above the ground I felt claws rip into my left arm, near the shoulder. I dropped, falling to my knees arm bleeding. The erasers surrounded me and I looked up to the concerned faces of the flock.

"GO! I'll be okay just keep going!"

I began to let tears fall down my cheek and loud sops rake my body. As the erasers began to morph back to their human form I smirked and launched into the air. I saw Iggy by the light of the moon, he seemed hurt and was falling behind the others. Shooting through the air I grabbed his hand and began leading him forward.

"It's Miki. Come on Iggy you can do it just flap."

He gritted his teeth and flew faster. A loud bang rang through the air and a sickening sharp pain shot through my body from my leg. I bit my lip trying to keep back the very real tears as I lead Iggy.

"Miki! Are you shot!"

"Just keep going were almost with the others."

"Miki, I'm going to get you out of this."

"You had better!"

I could see the flock just ahead then a horrifying sight made me almost stop. A helicopter full of erasers pulled in the space between us and the rest of the flock. They shot something and a large explosion knocked us from the air. Arms wrapped around me as we fell and I could feel Iggy press me to his chest. Then we crashed into the ground me landing on Iggy then rolling out of his arms. Coughing, I stared up at the sky, we had fallen in some canyon and I couldn't even see any erasers. I turned my head to Iggy's motionless body. I bit back a cry as I crawled over using my good leg and arms. Once I reached him I placed my head on his chest hearing the steady pounding of his heart. I let out a sigh of relief then I thought of something much worse. Could he be in a coma? I started shaking his shoulders tears streaming down my cheeks.

"Iggy! Please wake up! Please? Come on, you have to! You promised to get me out of here. Please, Iggy PLEASE!"

Crawling over I placed my hand on his cheek wiping the tear that had fallen there. Then his eyes shifted and opened. Those beautiful blue eyes stared into mine. I hugged him tightly, crying into his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and squeezed ever so lightly.

"Miki, are you okay? Why are you crying?"

"Don't you ever do that to me again."

"Do what?"

"Make me worry that you're dead! Why did you do that as we fell? Why!"

"Because I didn't want you to get hurt."

"Idiot, if you die who's going to get me out of here?"

He chuckled then winced. I looked up his face was contorted in pain. I immediately set to work. I couldn't feel anything broken only his ribs were terribly bruised and his wings were crushed pretty bad. I sat him up and tried to un-crumple his wings so that they may heal better then blushed.

"Um…you need to take off your shirt so I can see why you're bleeding."

He removed his shirt and I could see where his wings met his back, a giant wound bleeding heavily. I took his sweater and tore some strips and used them the block the blood. I crawled over to his front and blushed as I saw his muscles, which were usually hidden by his shirt. When I looked up I saw a blush on his face as well.

"Um…uh… here lay down it should help. CAREFUL! Your wing."

He finally lay down with some difficulty. Once he was settled I sat and stared at my leg. Wincing as I removed the bullet that had just barely entered my skin. With some extra strips I tied it around my leg and arm and got my wings in some sort of order before having them return into my body.

"It really does hurt, when you do that."

*huff* "Not really, it's normal."

"Don't pretend, I'm blind not stupid. I can hear you trying to keep back tears each time."

I cursed myself silently then lay down about a foot away wrapped in my thin sweater. It was cold and I began to shiver. Stupid erasers.

"Would you stop shivering and come here?"

Uncertainly, I shuffled over and lay next to him. He sighed and wrapped an arm around me much like Fang had, and placed my head on his shoulder. He then took his wing and wrapped it around us like a soft blanket. It was so warm and safe I couldn't help but smile as I drifted off to sleep.

A/N: Ok so Iggy came to save the day yippy! Please R&R!