I jolt awake and feel a burning pain in my side. Looking down, I see blood.

"Ah! What the hell!?" I exclaim suddenly.

Immediately, the flock is up.

"What's wrong, Snow?" Asks Max.

I lift up the side of my shirt, where a deep gash about six inches long has been made. "Umm…. That."

Nudge, and Gazzy look sick. Fang raises his eyebrows, which is unlike him to show any emotion. Max looks concerned, and Iggy looks confused.

"Guys, have you forgotten the blindness?" He says.

Max guides Iggy's hand over to me and places it on my wound. I wince, as Max says "Better?"

Iggy's face turns grave. He gently rubs his hand over the wound.

"How deep?" Inquires Max.

He frowns. "About four inches. It's pretty bad, actually. About six inches wide, four inches deep. And stomachs bleed a lot."

I try to protest. "Guys, I self-heal, remember? And Angel is more important right now."

Everyone ignores me. Max starts to give orders.

"Iggy, stop the bleeding. Apply pressure."

"Nudge, go get more water. We're right next to a lake so it's a good time anyway."

"Fang, get out some bandages."

"Gazzy, help Nudge, I guess."

And then everyone moves, and I feel something IN my wound, moving or something. And yes, it felt weird, and yes, it was freaking painful. I groaned really loudly, and felt blood rush out even faster. Max takes the water from Nudge, and cleans away some blood, and Iggy keeps putting on pressure. Gazzy brings more water, which is used the same way, and finally, they bandage it. Iggy is covered in blood, and so is Max. My eyes meet Fang's, and for the first time, I can read his mind clearly.

"Are you okay Snow?"

"Yeah Fang, I'm fine."

"…Good. I don't want to lose any more of my family."

"…..You think of me as your family?"

I was touched.

"We're all in this together, Snow."

"Isn't that from a cheesy movie?"

"It doesn't matter. Just know that we're all sticking together now. You're one of us."

"Thanks, Fang."

"…"

"Yep, there's the Fang I'm used to."

Ten minutes later, I was able to sit up. Thankfully, I had healed fast. I was going to tell the flock about my visions, but Max was worried enough already…. Why were all these weird things happening to me? Max gently helped me to my feet.

"Snow, can you fly? I'm not sure-"

"Max, I'll be fine!"

"You have a giant cut in your side!"

"It'll heal!"

"Ugh! You're so stubborn Snow!"

"Remind you of anyone?" Fang snickers. Max glares at him. I take the opportunity to run out of the cave and take a running leap out. My side hurts, but it's a dull throbbing pain. I smile at Max and the others.

"Come on out, the wind is fine!" I laugh.

Nudge jumps out next, followed by Gazzy, Fang, Iggy, and finally Max. Max flies to the front, talking with Fang. Nudge smiles as she shows me how to fly like the hawks. Dipping my wings to catch the wind. I immediately catch on, laughing as I zip through the air. I must be going at least 150 miles an hour. It's amazing. Max signals everyone over, and we make a single file line, with me in the third spot.

"So guys, we are going to Death Valley, which is in California, we just passed through Arizona, it will take another couple of hours, I think. We're probably going to stop to get food, and-" and then Max fell.

"Well I guess injuring yourself is going around." I thought as I sped after Max. After a few seconds, I caught her, seeing Fang right above me. She was too big for me to carry, and my side still burned, so I put her into Fang's arms. She faintly moaned. Fang carried her back up, and for the next minutes, we just slowly flew on, all of us scared. Luckily, after ten minutes, she coughed. She opened her eyes as Nudge, Gazzy, and I breathed signs of relief. Fang smiled.

"Max, God, you're so heavy! What have you been eating, rocks?!"

"Why, is your head missing some?" Max croaked back.

I laughed. Max faintly smiled at me. She turned to Fang. "Find somewhere to land," She told him.

We flew down into a forest, landing gently in some trees. Fang floated gently to the ground, and placed Max down. After a few seconds, she promptly crawled into some bushes and threw up.

Nudge looks grossed out. Fang looked….well, he had no expression. Just looked like Fang. Iggy wrinkled his nose "I have a feeling I'm lucky to be blind at the moment."

I laughed. "Yep, it's not a pretty sight."

Max turned, wiping her mouth on her sleeve. "Well I feel better now."

"I should hope so. You just puked your guts out!" Exclaimed Gazzy.

"I'm fine. I'm just tired," Max said immediately. Lies.

"Max what's wrong?" I asked into her mind. I heard her sigh inside her mind.

"Well you can read my mind so there's no use keeping secrets anyway."

"Well I was just flying and thinking when suddenly this terrible pain shot into my head, and I fell. I saw all these weird images, and my head felt like it was going to explode. Then someone caught me and I passed out."

"I caught you," I replied quietly.

"Thanks, Snow," she said.

Then I left her mind, leaving her in peace. I looked around. Everyone sat around, looking tired, especially Max.

"Why don't we all rest for a bit?" I suggested. "Max, you look exhausted."

"I'm fine-" she started to say but Fang cut her off.

"Snow is right, you need your sleep," he told her firmly. I knew she wouldn't argue with Fang. So she sighed loudly instead.

"Fine!" And she flipped onto her side and almost immediately fell asleep. Nudge found her own spot, curling up. Gazzy went over to Max and slept next to her. Fang just stared at me.

"I'll take first watch," I told him. I expected him to argue, but he just nodded and went to sleep, too.