"Yeah, at least you have parents!" Malley said smiling, she never ceased to amaze me…wait what?!
"MALLEY!" screeched Sky. These two really didn't have parents? But that would mean…
"Whoopies," Malley giggled and covered her mouth.
"What did she mean by that?" I asked sternly. I was done with secrets. I glared at Sky for answers. She just avoided it.
"I told you we can't tell," she replied.
"That's total B.S.!" I yelled at her. If these two were in anyway dangerous or had something to do with our parent's disappearance I wanted to know and I wanted to know NOW.
"I already said…" she was cut off by me stomping over to her to where I was only mere inches away. She leaned back a little but stood her ground. She was completely taken aback.
"Tell us or I'll make you tell," I growled. Her eyes widen at the pure anger flowing from me. I glared at her so hard it would have bored a hole straight through her. She blinked a few times rapidly, and then seemed to regain herself. She stood straight and glared right back.
"Okay, first off, back up because my face needs space," she said pushing me back. I only went a few steps. "Secondly," she held up two fingers to emphasis her point, "You can't tell me what to do, and thirdly, I'd like to see you try." She crossed her arms and gave me a challenging glare.
I smirked at her idiocy. She might have strong super human strength but so did I. And not to sound sexist but I'm pretty sure I could beat a girl.
"You asked for it," I jeered.
"Bring it pretty boy," she barked back. The expression she had when I disappeared from sight was priceless. She went from overly self-confident to horribly confused. I could tell she was listening for me to make any sound at all. Unfortunately for her, I actually pay attention to were I step. I got behind her and put my arm around her neck and squeezed. She gasped and looked even more confused as she struggled to get whatever was choking her.
Okay, I'm not evil. I wasn't gonna kill her. I just wanted to spook and shake her enough to were she would speak. If she knew anything about our parents or if she was some kinda spy, I needed to know. I was gonna protect my flock.
"SKYLOR!" yelled Malley as she watched her sister struggle to get air. She looked just as confused. She had no idea what was hurting her sister. By now Sky was trying to pry off my invisible arm but I held steady. I wasn't letting her off that easy. Malley's eyes brighten all of a sudden.
"Sky! Sky! Chomp chomp!" she yelled. What the heck did that mean..."OW!" She bit me. The little munchkin bit me. I immediately let go of her and swung her off my arm, by now I was visible again. She staggered away and spit out some blood. Yeah that's right, blood. Little bitsy bird drew blood. My blood! I inspected the bite mark carefully. It looked shallow but I didn't know what had been in her mouth. I was so focused on my wound I didn't notice her come up to me.
"Here," she said handing me some Neosporin and some band-aids (where the heck did she get them from?). I took them, I kinda felt bad about choking her now.
"Thanks," I replied tersely. I put the medication and band-aid on. I handed he back the stuff. She just waved her hand and it was gone. I was a bit freaked…when I say a bit I mean a lot.
"We don't have parents because we were born in a lab," she said. She still sounded ticked. We all were silent though listening to her.
"Sky and me, we're-we're experiments," said Malley, the girl looked genuinely sad.
"We've been running from them for about 5 years now," Sky explained. Malley looked as if she was going to cry. I saw Ziggy contemplate whether he should comfort her or not. I know this was a sad moment and all and I should have been respectful but my mom taught me that it's better to get all your information at once.
"Whose them?" I asked. My flock gave me a look basically saying I should stop pestering them. Like I said though, it's just better.
"The nasty birds! The Shredders!" said Malley. She made a "grr" face and made her hands in the shape of claws. It was kinda funny to see a girl who looked like she wouldn't hurt a fly try to look evil. But if what she said was true then these two were okay by me.
Our parents told us stories of Erasers, wolf-men who tried to kill them, well let's just say that Shredders were ten times worse. Shredders were just as she said, nasty birds. They looked like humans covered in feathers with blood red eyes and razor sharp claws. They also had beaks that housed two rows of crookedly sharp teeth. They couldn't speak or do much else than just try and kill us.
I didn't think they had actually fought the Shredders more like run away. They just didn't seem like fighters. Malley like I said earlier looked like she wouldn't hurt a fly and Sky was just too small to fight. They probably just flew fast and into a crowded area.
"Where did you guys come from?" I asked. I got the look again.
"Not that I'm overly-enthusiastic about your extreme all-knowing fetish," Sky said. The flock stifled their laughs. "I just think that I shouldn't give out information to people who I hardly even know, especially those with a tendency to disappear."
"Fine will talk later right now we need to find a safer place, you know without a gigantic I hole in the canopy," I replied pointing to the gap in the trees the girls had created coming in for their crash landings. Sky and Malley both looked up at the same time.
"Whoops," said Sky.
"Awwww, poor trees," Malley whined. She went up and hugged the closest tree and started frantically whispering her apologies. I gave Sky a questioning look, she just mouth 'don't ask'. She went over and wrestled to get Malley off the tree.
"Malley let go!" Sky ordered tugging at her sister's waist. The younger girl had a rock hard grip on that tree though.
"No!" she yelled like a stubborn three-year old. Sky pulled harder, this reminded me so much of a cartoon.
"Malley I said let go!" Sky ordered again. Malley seemed to hug the tree harder and death glared at her sister.
"And I said no! Mr. Oak needs comfort right now! He just lost 57 feet of his limbs!" she complained. How did she even know that? Was she making it up? I looked at Kitten, the girl had a supercomputer brain and could find out practically anything. I saw her with a look of complete concentration, soon her eyes lifted up and she looked at me. I had a static-y felling in my brain telling me that she was about to say something.
"She's right! I mean it's accurately 56.739 feet but still…" she left my brain. I looked at the two girls still struggling with one another. There was something defiantly strange with them.
"Malley you'd better let go or else!" Sky threatened. Malley glared at her sister again.
"Or else what?" Malley challenged.
"Or else I won't give you your teddy bear tonight," Sky growled, her eyes were narrow slits now. Where these girls being serious? How many questions had I asked myself this day already? And about them?
"HUH! Not Peanut Jelly! You wouldn't dare!" Malley gasped.
"OH, I would," Sky said. Malley looked defeated and let the tree go. There were indentions where her arms wrapped around it. My eyes widen, maybe that girl wasn't as weak as I thought. I put it out of my mind, right now we needed to find a place to rest, the sun was going down already.
I motioned for the flock to follow me. I started heading toward the denser trees, Ziggy pulled on Malley's sleeve, telling her to follow. Her and Sky were right behind him.
Did I really want the crazy girls to follow us? No, not at all. Did I have much of a choice? No, not at all. What's the point of being in charge if you don't even have a say? I guess I'd have to discuss that with the flock later. Right now I was trying to navigate the forests of Montana.
Why were we in Montana you ask? Easy, loads of mountains and forests , great places to hide a flock of bird kids on the run from evil bird mutants. It's kind of ironic to call the Shredders mutants when we aren't the most normal people out there either.
I looked behind me to see how everyone was holding up. Kitten and Mint were hanging in there but they both looked like they were about to drop. I knew hadn't gotten nearly enough calories for our bodies to work that well. I felt bad, I mean I was the leader after all. It was my job to take care of my flock, like my mom did.
My mom, the thought of her being gone along with my dad made my heart tighten, but I didn't cry, I had to be strong (its that whole leader thing again). She protected her flock for years and was still the leader even though they had all grown-up. I always heard stories of their adventures and reporters still came to our doors looking for interviews with the Winged-Wonder Woman. I couldn't blame them, I men she did save the world and I bet she hardly ever let her flock go without the right amount of food.
I kept trudging up the mountain searching for a good spot and knowing I'd need to find food for all of us, plus two. I groaned inwardly and glance back at the (unwanted) additions. Malley was chatting away with Ziggy who hardly got a word in but still seemed to enjoy himself. Sky just stared blankly all around her, not really paying attention to where she was headed. She caught me looking at her, she glared back. I guess she hasn't gotten over the whole choking thing. Good, I looked down at the band-aid, because I still hadn't gotten over the whole biting thing.
I found what I thought would make a good rest stop. It had lots of trees with thick branches and a big enough spot to make a fire.
"Okay gang, we're stopping here tonight," I said. The three youngest practically collapsed.
"Finally, I'm tired and so hungry," whined Chip. I rolled my eyes, but I knew he wasn't exaggerating. They all needed food.
"I'll start a fire," Ziggy offered.
"Fine, but try to keep it contained this time," I warned. Last night we would have nearly burned down the entire forest if the lake hadn't been nearby. Ziggy had a guilty look on his face.
"Oooh a fire! I wanna see! You can start a fire? How do you start a fire?" Malley asked excitedly. She latched onto his arm and his face turned red. I rolled my eyes, Ziggy had the weirdest taste.
"Alright, I'm off," I said, I prepared to take off.
"Why don't you take Sky with you." I froze and stared at Ziggy. Was he being serious, Sky must have thought the same thing because she was giving him the same look.
"Look, it makes since, with two of you, you'll have a better chance of finding food, and be able to carry more too. Plus if Shredders attack you the odds are better with two," he explained. Malley nodded frantically beside him with a giant grin plastered on her face. Sky shrugged.
"I'll go," she sighed. She made it sound like she was doing me a favor. I glared at her for the millionth time that day.
"Fine but only if you can keep up," I said and leaped into the air.
"Demon don't…" Ziggy's words were lost as I kicked it in to overdrive. I smiled as the world moved into a blur. You gotta love genetics. I stopped as a saw some lights of a city. I looked behind me; there was no way she could catch up with now. I dove down into the city.
"Sorry, he did that," I apologized, "Sometimes Demon can be a little prideful." I looked up but he was long gone. I turned back to Sky, she too was looking up.
"So he can go fast?" she asked.
"Yeah, like I said sorry…"
"That's so cool!" she smiled. That startled me; I guess nothing could really get her or her sister down. Sky unfurled her wings and took off.
"Well, I'm off, the nearest city isn't too far, so maybe I'll still be able to find him," she said. She was gone, her blue wings mixing in with the faded blue sky. I turned back to the circle of rocks I made to control the fire. Malley dumped another pile of twigs in the center.
"Is that enough?" she asked sweetly. She smiled big again. I felt my face go hot again. I couldn't help it, she was just really cute and not many girls at my school could look past the wings on my back.
"Yeah, thanks, we can start the fire now," I said trying to act normal, "So do you and your sister always see the glass as half full?"
"What? Oh, no way! It's completely full!" she giggled.
I dove down into the city and landed in a dark alley. I adjusted my jacket to make my wings unnoticeable. Sure the whole world knew about us, but in times of a crisis you stay under wraps. I stepped out into the street, there was practically no one out, and it must have been past the town's curfew or something. I was just looking for a McDonald's or any other fast-food with a Dumpster (desperate times call for desperate measures). I walked down the street trying not to call attention to myself. It was so silent that I nearly had a heart attack when a heard a cat meow. I calmed myself down, this was no time to freak out I just needed to get food.
"Hey Demon."
"Holy crap!" I yelled turning around and seeing Sky, "Where'd you come from?!" She looked confused.
"I thought I already answered that," she said. I mentally slapped my forehead, was this girl really that dense?
"No, I meant, oh never mind! Come on we need to find a fast-food place, and fold in your wings," I ordered her. She did as she was told; folding her wings in and tucking them close to her back. She smiled up at me once she was done. I just rolled my eyes and started walking again. I could hear her footsteps behind me; at least it broke the unnerving silence from before.
I saw a giant neon burger sign a little ways away. The place was called the 'Burger Monster'; the sign was a giant, insane looking burger with its contents spilling out everywhere. Oh yes, that looked extremely appetizing.
"Come on lets head around back," I said. We moved silently around the building. They had a Dumpster, and from the smell I got, they had just deposited today's leftovers. I opened the Dumpster as quietly as possible. I got a full whiff of cheeseburgers, fries, and some leftover fruit pies. I motioned for Sky to get closer but also to be quiet. She quickly came over and had apparently found a bag in the last two seconds I was looking at her. I just ignored it and started dropping in the good stuff. The stuff that hadn't touched the sides or the anything that didn't look like food anymore. When the bag was full another one seemed to appear, I only stopped for a second but I decided I'd ask about it later. Soon we had enough.
"Come on that's enough," I whispered. She nodded and handed me a bag after she rolled the top up to keep in the heat. We walked casually to the front and down the street.
"Wait, what about drinks?" Sky asked grabbing my arm to stop my brisk pace.
"They can deal," I said, "We don't have time to get drinks anyway." She gave me an incredulous stare and glanced around.
"There," she said pointing to an old, beat up, soda vending machine.
"Yes, that'd be great if I had change," I remarked sarcastically. She went over there anyway and pulled me with her. She inspected the machine carefully. She gave it a few good hits and stood back.
"What was that supposed to…" I started but then seven cold sodas came out of the machine and I shut-up. She smirked and put the dinks in another bag.
"You ready?" She asked still smiling.
"Yeah, let's go," I replied and walked into an alley.
"Hey, no super-speed this time please," she said. I just smirked at her.
"Why? Can't keep up?" I asked.
"Well, no duh silly. I can't go as nearly as fast as you. You go as fast Maximum Ride! Do you know her?" she asked. My heart skipped a beat as she said my mom's name. I stopped and tried to control the rush of memories and emotions. Sky stared at me inquisitively.
"Are you okay?" she asked innocently. She acted as if she hadn't asked something that was killing me. But then again I guess she wasn't because she didn't even know.
"I'm…" Someone came out of the shadows.
"Hey who are you kids?" the person came closer to us from the street. Sky backed up next to me.
"Answer me!" they yelled. They were a few feet away.
"Fly," I whispered to Sky. She nodded and unfurled he wings and leapt into the air, I followed her. The person down below gaped at us. I saw a flash. Crap, we would probably be tomorrow's headline. We flew back to our makeshift camp; it was silent the whole time. That is except for Sky's wings flapping in the air. Good, I hated silence.
A/n: yay! i got this out, i probably will only be able to update on the weekends cuz of school. but tell what you think and be constructive!!!
bye! Defiance out~