Yellow Submarine

Chapter 3

Annabel's POV

I was vaguely aware of a commotion in the background, which I'm sure was the others taking care of the flyboy that shot my mystery man. The flyboy that tried to shoot me but this boy, that I didn't even know, jumped in the way. He took a bullet for me.

I quickly sat up holding him in my arms, checking him for blood. I found that he had been shot in the right shoulder, it was a through and through, it didn't look too serious but the bullet had managed to clip a couple of his feathers, so he wouldn't be able to fly for a while.

His family rushed towards their brothers still form and the younger boy started to cry.

"He's going to be okay," I said soothingly. "It looks much worse than it is. It was a clean shot, through and through, doesn't look like it hit any major organs, but it did clip a couple feathers. We wont know the extent of it until we get home." The group looked nervous about going to my house. I couldn't blame them, for all they knew I could have been a bad guy. "Look," I said strongly. "My mom is a nurse, she can help. He needs help. I know you don't trust me, but you don't have a choice right now. I give you my word as a genetically altered mutant freak, we wont hurt you."

The leader looked to the dark boy who nodded slightly, still nervous. "Fine, just give us the directions, it will be faster if we fly." she said in a 'that's and order' tone. I hate that tone.

"How about we all fly. Can one of you manage to hold Ryan?" I was still holding the mystery man so I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and absorbed his power. I felt the wings growing on my back and I winced from the slight pain. The beautiful golden wings ripped through my shirt and spread to their entire length behind me. I opened my eyes to see 5 frightened bird-kids and a dog staring at me in awe.

"You're part bird too?" The African-American girl asked excited.

"I am now." I replied. "I'll explain later, right now I need to know if one of you can carry Ryan. He's light and he can stay as still as a rock, he wont be any trouble. I'll carry this one here and Sienna can fly on her own."

"I'll take Iggy, you can carry your boy." the dark boy said. I could feel the fury in my eyes, but I didn't get the chance to speak.

"The boy's name is Ryan, and I wouldn't have you touch me anyway, you butt-face miscreant." said Ryan defiantly. I had to put a hand to my mouth to stifle my giggles. We had just watched the episode of Gilmore Girls where Rory had called Logan a bunch of names, ending with 'butt-face miscreant.' I knew that Ryan had been dying to use that ever since.

I looked at the others faces, ranging from shock on the dark ones face and humor on everyone else's, including the leaders -though she tried to hide it.

"What did you call me?" he asked shocked.

"You heard me." he said crossing his arms over his 8 year old chest. He was so cute when he was trying to act tough.

I stood up to stop the bickering. I walked to the dark boy and carefully handed him my mystery man, Iggy. "Be careful with him okay, and keep your hand pressed on the wound. It will hurt him but it's the only way to stop the bleeding." I said this with my eyes not leaving his frozen body.

"I know." he coldly replied. Strong silent type I suppose. Idiot.

I nodded and turned around to look at my pack, they were okay a few cuts and bruises and Sienna was sporting a couple broken fingers, but nothing too major.

"Come on Ry." I said holding out my arms for him. He ran to me and I scooped him up bridal style. "Come on bat-girl lets go home." and with that we did a running take off and flew straight into the sky. I loved flying, it felt so free. I was so used to flying with Sienna's bat-wings though that it took me a minute to get this flight pattern down. I guess its good that I wasn't carrying Iggy, though I would never admit that to the dark boy.

We flew in silence for a couple minutes before the younger girls came up beside us and started asking questions. Holy crow this older one could talk. I could barely even answer her questions before she would start another one.

"What are your names? I'm Nudge, this is Angel and our talking dog Total. Those are Fang and Gassy and you've already met Iggy. And that's Max. She's like our leader. Are you the leader here? What are you guys? How come you two have wings but he doesn't? Why are hers different than…" I was very grateful for the hand that shot out and covered her mouth. I smiled thankfully at the young one, Angel, who smiled, well, angelically back.

"Okay, let me see if I can remember all of your questions. My name is Annabel, this is Sienna and Ryan. Its nice to meet you Nudge and Angel and your talking dog Total. And everyone else for that matter. I wouldn't really consider myself a leader, I just do what I can for my pack. As for what we are, we are freaks like you. Ryan is 2% lion and Sienna is 2% bat. And I am not really sure what I am, I don't know if they even gave me any animal. I have wings because I cloned them from the boy who was shot. Iggy. That's my ability, I can clone any ability or physical feature from anyone I touch. Did I miss anything?"

Angel let go of her mouth and she said "Nope I think that's about it." She was quiet for a whole ten seconds before she said "Where are we going?"

"We're going to the Yellow Submarine." I said and I smiled at Ryan in my arms.

"We're going home." he said smiling back.