Fang POV
I turned. We had been flying about half an hour. I turned back. Max should've caught up by now. The rest of the flock seemed tired and I knew we would have to stop soon. Angel lay limp in my arms, breathing raggedly and not moving. Nudge continuously asked me where Max was. I shrugged for the fourteenth time in the last ten minutes. Finally I caved. Total had begun losing altitude.
"Nudge! Go get him!" I ordered, the same way Max did. Nudge nodded and immediately picked up the howling dog.
"I was a gonner!" Total muttered, "I was going to die all because I can't keep up," he added. I rolled my eyes.
"we're gonna land guys," I said simply and veered to the left. There was a rocky ledge that had been almost completely hollowed out which we landed on in a running finish. I placed Angel delicately on the ground, using my back pack for a pikkow for her. She had a bleeding nose and her arm looked delicate and fragile. I felt it and felt her twitch. Gently I wrapped it in bandages and used a tissue to blot her bloody nose. Nudge came over to check on her.
"is she okay? I hope she is, where's Max? shouldn't she be here?" Nudge asked. I rolled my eyes.
"yes, don't know and probably," I responded. Total continued looking scared where he sat next to Iggy, hugging his shoe. Iggy was pretty much ignoring him and sparking a fire. I looked out at the sky.
Where are you max?
Max POV
I was panicking. My brain was on hyperdrive and my heart was racing. My mind was thinking all sorts of questions. Where are the flock? Is Angel okay? Will Fang definetly kill me when I get back? I didn't move, hovering and turning around for ages and ages. I felt an urge to go North but decided stubbornly South would be better.
Are you really sure Max? the voice. I scowled
Yes I am, now leave me alone, I'm busy and the last thing I need is your stupid Genie fortunes. I thought. I thought I heard it sigh
Go East max, it chimed. I felt inclined to do so. But I didn't, because that would be disloyal to the stubborn animal instinct Max. Logical Max could kiss up all she wanted but she would be ignored, just like Harry Hill is ignored when he says something smart. Okay only kidding about Harry Hill, but still, I wasn't going to listen to reason easily. I went South, towards Arizona.
I saw my mom's house after I was about fifteen miles away. It was quiet and the lights were turned on since by the time I got there is was night time anyway. Which just goes to show how long the trip was since it was midday when I left. I saw Ella sitting on the front porch after a few more miles. I smiled but I didn't wave. She didn't have raptor sight like I did. So I kept flying, trying to have fun by pretending to swim the breath stroke. Its harder when your flying. Soon I could see her very clearly; Her brown hair, her eyes and her jeans and red t-shirt. She soon saw me and waved vigorously. I waved back
"hi Ella!" I yelled. She smiled and I landed, running towards her and hugging her.
"nice to see you Sis," Ella said. I grinned and pulled my wings in, which I realized I hadn't tucked in yet. My mom was at the door suddenly she was holding Magnolia in her arms and she was staring at me. I smiled at her.
"hi mom," I said. Mom then broke a huge smile and put Magnolia down, running and hugging me tight. She pulled back when I winced as she stroked my head.
"what's wrong?" she asked. I shrugged.
"little fight with M-Geeks. I hurt my head that's all," I told her. She didn't look impressed. She hurried me and Ella inside and began checking my head to see what the damage was. She told me I may have slightly cracked my skull and I should rest for the next few days.
"no way!" I said, "I have to find my flock!" I explained. Mom looked at me. I looked at the floor.
"I kind of lost them, they may come here to find me, but if not I need to find them myself," I told her. Mom shook her head.
"I'm not going to let you leave in this condition, you will have to wait until your healed to look for them," she ordered, "plus they probably will find you anyway," she added.
Fang POV
"Gazzy, hurry up," I moaned. The Gasman had been slacking for the entire time. He was tired I know but it took less then an hour to get to Virginia. I don't know why but I was drawn to go there. Iggy was holding Total while I kept hold of Angel, and Nudge had fallen back to get Gazzy. I looked around continuously, especially down toward ground in case Max had tuckered out and just fallen and was now a feathery, red pancake. We continued moving for the next twenty minutes when Gazzy and Nudge stopped. Iggy and I turned.
"what?" we asked. they gave bambi eyes.
"can we rest for a bit?" they asked. we rolled our eyes but reluctantly and went down towards the ground. I lay Angel down again. Iggy checked her over. Her skin seemed paler than normal and her breathing had gotten more ragged.
"Gazzy," I said calmly. The blonde boy stood and walked over. He looked miserably at his little sister, stroking her hand affectionately.
"is she okay?" he asked. I shrugged, Gazzy nodded. "can we go to like, Max's mom's place?" he asked. I nodded.
"maybe, but it's kind of a long trip," I told him honestly. He nodded again.
"it'll be worth it though," he told me.
We had been flying just under an hour, the sky was becoming much darker, but that wasn't a problem with night vision. None of us had talked for the entire trip so far and my arms were aching from the extra weight. The kids were complaining now and I was beginning to feel the way Max did.
"all right guys, hush up, we're going to take ten for food and stuff, then we're taking off straight away," I ordered. Nudge and Gazzy looked shocked at how orderly I was. I took pride in that. We landed for the third time and ate. Iggy had been quiet for a long time and he was gently touching things, grinning when he felt their colours. Nudge sat by me.
"Fang? Where are we actually going? I mean it's like, you know, where we are going is really important you know?" she said. I nodded.
"course I know, so go get some food," I said. Then there was slight rustling close by. We instantly flipped around. I stared around. I saw nothing but trees, rocks, leaves, and laser green eyes. Laser green eyes? I stood instantly. Suddenly out of the bush came thirteen M-geeks. They all looked rabid and were all vicious. They flew at us, we acted quick though, getting into battle positions. I snapped one of them on the head and saw it crumple. Gazzy tripped one over, hitting it hard in the ankle. Nudge was caught but as I tried to help he another came in front of me. It made a few electric noises then whacked me across the face so hard, I felt my mouth bleeding as I stood from where the creature had hit me. I forgot it was a M-Geek for a moment and tried to punch it in the face, evidently not working as it twisted my fist making me cry out. Being smart I turned with it, yanking the M-Geek over my head and watching as it whacked its feet on the floor and crumpled. I ran over to Nudge and kicked the M-geek over. It whacked its head and began jerking violently, doing nothing.
"stop now, freaks," said the one behind me. It was taller than the others, more proud and snobby. I kicked me against a tree. Iggy yelled for us to duck and cover while holding limp Angel, and then BAMM!! The whole forest shook as a bomb went off. Iggy and Gazzy began laughing manically, looking at the debris and metal parts lying around. They slapped high fives and I rolled my eyes.
"okay, it's official, no more stops," I said simply and we took off, carrying a knocked out, probably sick six year old.