"Fly," I whispered to Sky. She nodded and unfurled her 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.
"Ah, so warm," Malley sighed as she warmed her hands by the now blazing fire. Demon and Sky hadn't come back yet and the younger kids were starting to complain. I tried to find maybe some berries or something but it was late fall and all the fruit plants were dead by now.
"I don't want to be warm, I want to be full," complained Chip. Malley stared at him.
"Full of what?" she asked. Chip looked confused for a second.
"Uh, food," he answered.
"What kind of food?" she asked. At least she stopped him from complaining. I stole a glance at the sky, nothing yet. Maybe they're slower from the weight of all the food.
"I don't know. It's whatever Demon brings back with your whacked-out sister," Chip replied annoyed now from hunger and Malley's, uh, not-so-smart questions. I gave him a glare. He realized what he just said and looked a little worried. She didn't seem to notice.
"You put your lives in the hands of a demon?" she asked. She looked exactly like a five year old, as if she really was that…not smart.
"No, no, not a demon, Demon, the boy," I explained. She still looked lost. "You know, the one with the black wings, choked your sister? Ringing any bells?" She looked deep in thought.
"Nope, I have no idea who you're talking about," she said with a sincere smile. I broke into a smile while the other three laughed loudly. It had been a while since I had heard them laugh, not since our parents went missing. My smile quickly faded. I then heard the beating of wings and looked up. Two dark figures where descending upon us. Gosh, that sounded emo.
"What's so funny?" Demon asked as he landed next to me, Sky touched down between the kids and her sister.
"Nothing," Mint giggled out. Demon looked at her suspiciously and I myself had to hold in my laughter.
"Yay! Sky, did you bring food?" Malley asked jumping up and grabbing her sister. The height difference between the two really was funny.
"Yep, I got burgers and fruit pies…" she couldn't finish her sentence on account she was then attacked by four children, one being four inches taller than her, the others extremely hungry bird-kids. I watched amazed as the kids practically dog (or is it bird in this case?)-piled on Sky. She was drowning in a swarm of feathers and food but she still seemed to be having fun.
"Should we do something?" I asked Demon. He just shook his head and handed me a Coke. He opened one for himself too; unfortunately little kids heard the fizzy sound of carbonated air releasing. They all stopped and looked at him like a pack of wild hyenas. Demon just nonchalantly took a sip of his drink and took a side step as Chip made a grab at him. He then went invisible, his drink disappeared with him.
"If you want your drinks and more then you have to behave and not attack me," he said appearing in a tree. The kids, plus Malley, stood underneath the tree.
"You couldn't say that before?" Sky demanded as she stood up. Her hair and clothes were a complete mess.
"You seemed to be in control," Demon replied. Sky glared at him and Demon just smiled slyly. The kids were now getting antsy.
"Just give us the food Derek!" Malley yelled. Demon nearly fell out of the tree.
"What did you call me?" he asked disbelievingly.
"Derek, that is your name right?" she asked confused. We all tried to control our laughs.
"No, it's not," he replied. Malley looked at him in confusion.
"Um, is it Dennis?" she asked.
"No."
"Daniel? David? Darkboy? Dart?" she asked, Demon shook his head at all of them. He now had what I thought would be a permanent scowl on his face.
"My name is Demon, de-mon! Not that hard to remember," he said. Malley looked even more confused.
"Really because you look more like a Sam to me," she replied. Demon stared at her in disbelief. Sky was clutching her sides laughing.
"Just take your food," Demon said defeated as he threw the food to them. They practically jumped for it but Malley got it first, since she was taller. She evenly distributed the food to us. Sky took the food in her bag and did the same. Soon we were all heating up burgers and fries and pies on sticks over the fire.
"Ahh, I'm so full," Chip said as he laid back on a log and patted his stomach, "By the way I am gonna belch."
"You might want to cover your ears," I warned Malley and Sky. Everyone else had already done so.
"Why?" Sky asked.
"Just trust me," I answered and covered my own. The two quickly followed the suit. Soon Chip opened his mouth and let one out. Then the ground shook and the birds nearby flew away. When Chip burps, he really burps. It was over soon, but the sound still echoed through the mountain. We uncovered our ears. Malley and Sky seemed a bit shaken.
" `Scuse me," Chip said, his bright green eyes filled with mischief.
"I think I'm deaf in one ear now," Sky said. Demon rolled his eyes and clapped his hands, signaling that it was flock meeting time.
As soon as I clapped my flock was at attention, I had taught them well. Though two certain girls were still not quite with us. Malley trying to coax a squirrel to come over to her and Sky was, I guess checking her hearing. I gave Ziggy a look telling him to get their attention. He tapped Malley on the shoulder and motioned for her to listen, Malley got Sky to focus, sort of, she was still digging in her ear.
"Okay, look, before we discuss the new additions to our group," I said.
"I love how I'm referred to as an object," Sky muttered. I ignored her and continued.
"We are going to have to move on tomorrow morning. Some geek may have gotten some pics of me and Sky tonight. It may have just been a cellphone camera but nowadays those things can be consider actual cameras," I explained. They didn't complain, they looked upset, but they understood. Understood we couldn't afford to be found out.
"So where to?" Ziggy asked.
"I was thinking of going to the East Coast this time, maybe Maine or something," I answered.
"Can't we go somewhere warm? It's fall, by now all the northern states have snow," Mint complained. I knew they didn't like the cold but the northern states had more coniferous trees which where good for hiding in.
"I'm sorry, I don't like the cold either but we need to hide, and we need places with mountains and lots of trees," I explained. Mint nodded but still looked upset. I felt kinda bad, but I was the leader and needed to stick to my word, and not seem weak.
"So what about them?' Chip asked jutting his thumb out at the wonder twins.
"They will come with us, if they answer a few questions," I said looking over at them.
"Fine, we'll answer some questions, if answer some of ours." Sky said, I was about to object when she continued, "To make it fair, both of us will get to ask you one question each and each of you will get to ask us one question each, that's 12 questions per group." It seemed fair; I looked at Kitten for any sign of a scam. She just nodded; telling me it was in fact even.
"Oh and each person gets one pass, and if one person passes the question then you can't ask someone else that question and you'll have to ask that person a different question," she added. Again Kitten gave the confirmation nod.
"Okay, I'll start," I said, finally the appearing and reappearing objects puzzle could be solved.
"Nuh-uh, not so fast mister, younger ones go first," Sky protested. I was going to object but Kitten interrupted me.
"Are your names really Mallet O'Malley BoSalley Fefifofalley oh-by-by Galley Smith and Skylor McPearson Yabadaba Learson Meriwether the 15?" she asked. "The question is for Sky." The two had big smiles on.
"Yep! Those really are our names, when we got away from the bad people we decided to get names and we named each other," Sky answered, at least that explained why their names were ridiculous. "Though someone took three months to come up with one." She glared at Malley accusingly. Malley shrunk under her sister's glare.
"I said I was sorry Sky! I had to think of the perfect name!" defended Malley though she still slouched.
"Three months Malley," Sky held up three fingers, "three months of not being able to answer people when they asked my name, three months of being called 'you' and 'big sissy', not fun, Malley, not fun."
"Alright, Malley, how come you're taller than Sky?" Kitten asked. We all laughed again. Sky frowned while Malley straightened back up.
"Cause I wished to be big so I became big, Sky didn't wish hard enough," she answered with all seriousness.
"Okay, Chip or Mint, whichever one of you clones is youngest can ask," Sky said still a little ticked at Kitten's question. Chip smiled triumphantly, he was younger by five minutes (for those of you who didn't get that, that means that Mint is older by 5 minutes).
"How old are you, both of you? This counts as both my questions," Chip explained.
"Well, I am roughly 14 years old," Sky said. Seriously? She was only a year younger than me? She acted like an eleven-year old, and she was defiantly as tall as one. I smiled inwardly to myself at my joke.
"And I'm 13 years old," Malley chimed in. Okay the height was more reasonable on her, but character-wise, not so much. She was exactly Ziggy's age though.
"Okay, Minty-fresh, your turn," Sky said. Mint grinned, I guess she liked her new nick name.
"Um, at the lab you were made, what did they call you there?" she asked. I guess that was valuable in some way. Maybe those names would be easier to remember.
"Well, besides freak, they called Malley Experiment # 25769, and I am Experiment # 25768, at your service," Sky answered. So there were 25767 more of them? Crap.
"What happened to the other 25767?" Mint asked. They hesitated. Malley glanced over at her sister, Sky put her index finger on her forehead and leaned forward a little. She glanced over at Malley, who looked worried. Sky bit her lip, sighed and gave a slight nod. Malley nodded back and tried to look unfazed.
"According to the bad men, the others died or were either," she side-glanced at Sky, who gave her a slight nod, she continued, "the others who didn't die were taken away to become the Shredders." My eyes widen, so they could have easily become Shredders. We were silent for a moment. Ziggy spoke up.
"So why were you made?" he asked. That was the million-dollar question.
"We honestly don't know," Sky answered, "they weren't very talkative and most of the time we were in cages." They really were like our parents, growing up in a lab, in a dog cage.
"Then how come you're not Shredders?" he asked. They seemed to be happier with this question. They smiled at one another as if sharing an inside joke.
"Because every time they came near one of us, the other would attack," Malley said, "When they came for Sky, I would break them and when they came for me, Sky would hurt them. So they never even touched us really, only when they drugged us."
"What did you mean by break them?" I asked. I tried to picture a small Malley breaking a white coat.
"I mean this," she said walking over to a log. She picked it up and when she got a good grip on it, she snapped it in half. My mouth dropped and Ziggy's eyes widen. That girl had some strength. She made snapping a log in half, one that was pretty thick, look like child's play. We were strong but not that strong. Note to self, don't get the tall one angry.
"I hope you know that that was your first question," Sky said. She was completely unfazed by her sister's feat. She was like, 'yeah, breaking logs? No big.' I was a little ticked that I spent my first question.
"Fine, I just want to know how you make things appear out of no where," I said. Sky leaned back and thought about it for a minute.
"Pass."
"What?" I said, I had to control myself. I really wanted to wring her neck…again.
"I said, pass. What do you need a hearing aid," she replied sounding annoyed. I glared at her.
"Whatever," I thought for a minute on how to change my question without really changing it, "What is your power? Your sister is extremely powerful, so what can you do?" Sky sat there, probably thinking of a way to avoid the question.
"I'm extremely random," she answered. I nearly fell off my log. The flock started to laugh again.
"That's not anything!" I yelled. I was extremely frustrated now. Why couldn't she just cooperate? God! I hate girls! And no that does not mean I'm gay.
"Oh really? When was the last time you did something completely random? Huh, huh, huh?" she defended. She was acting like a 10 year old, an annoying 10 year old.
"I don't have time to be random, plus there is no point to it," I retorted. She looked as if I had just said something of unspeakable evil. I rolled my eyes.
"Well then you're no fun at all, are you?" she responded. The flock was watching and listening intently, no one ever started a fight with me. I narrowed my eyes.
"Like I said before, I don't have time for fun, I need to protect my family," I glanced at Malley, "Something you barely have." Sky's face went red at that statement. I knew I had hit a sensitive spot. This little 'fight' was over. I looked over at the flock.
"Its time to go to sleep…"
"Why are you such a JERK!?" Sky yelled at me. She was standing now, her face was twisted by anger and her wings were bristling every few seconds. I stood up too.
"What did you say?" I asked her with venom in my voice. She didn't back down at all.
"I asked you why you're such a jerk! That's my question to you. Actually I think I'll be more specific," she growled.
"Sky, I think you need to…" Malley tugged at her sister's sleeve but Sky brushed her off. She was beyond furious now and so was I.
"I want to know how such a jerk like you can even be a leader. What do you do to make them listen to you, huh? Do you hit them? Beat them? Yell at them until they listen?" she yelled. The flock stared wide-eyed at her. I was trying to control my temper; she didn't deserve to die, just a few good hits, maybe more than a few.
"Sky, maybe you should stop…" Malley tried again but her sister just brushed her off like before. I could faintly feel Kitten trying to get into my mind but I pushed her away, now was not the time.
"In fact I bet your parents weren't even kidnapped," She wouldn't dare… "I bet they ran away and left you behind cause they were tired of dealing with you!" That did it. I snapped. I launched myself at her as I roared with anger. We crashed into a tree and started to roll down the mountain. You're probably thinking 'Why don't you just fly?' Well, for starters I'm rolling down a mountain at a fast pace over rocks and other various sharp things, plus I'm also fighting a girl in the process. So let's see you try to spread your wings and fly.
"Family-less freak!" I yelled at her. I got a punch on her then I hit a rock, ouch.
"Egotistical jerkface!" she yelled back. She managed to get me stomach. We rolled off a cliff and down into some bushes. Prickly bushes.
"Lab rat! Insane!" I yelled, I'll be honest I have no idea if I kicked her or the ground.
"Leader fetish!"
"Vampire!" I yelled as we fell off another cliff and into a lake. I open my eyes underwater and it stung really bad but I kept them open to know which way was up. I surfaced and gasped for air. I looked around for Sky. She hadn't come up yet. I felt something tug me down. When I resurfaced I saw Sky laughing at me.
"Your face was-gasp-hilarious!" she laughed as she gasped for air. I rolled my eyes and splashed water at her.
"Says the girl with 8 different kinds of plants in her hair," I retorted. I wasn't really angry anymore. I guess the freezing cold water cooled me down. I swam towards the shore; I felt her right behind me. I pushed myself out of the water; I began to pick out the bigger stickers. Sky removed the plants from her hair and was wringing out her clothes. I practically collapsed exhausted. She sat down next to me. I glanced at her. She had loads of scraps and cuts on her face and arms. Her clothes were full of stickers and rips. I was pretty sure I didn't look any better.
"Here," she said handing me a towel out of no where. I still didn't get it, but I accepted the towel anyway. I started drying off my face feeling the stings as I bushed over the scraps.
"Sorry," I looked at her questioningly, but she wasn't looking at me, "Sorry for saying those things. I didn't mean it." She huffed, like apologizing was a hard thing for her to do. She wasn't the only one in that boat.
"I'm sorry too, about what I said, and choking you earlier," I apologized. Why couldn't it be easy?
"Sorry for biting you," she said this time looking at me. I shrugged and started drying my hair.
"No biggie, it'll heal. By the way do still have that Neosporin?" I asked. She immediately handed it to me. I guess I'll learn to ignore it. I took it and practically emptied the bottle on the cuts on my arms. I handed it back to her; it instantly filled once she touched it. She used it on herself.
I wasn't paying much attention to anything until I felt a sting on my face. I turned to face Sky. She had a cotton ball in her hand and some rubbing alcohol in the other. She waited patiently until I let her continue. I saw her smiling out of the corner of my eye. The pain eventually became nothing and she was soon finished. The bloody cotton ball disappeared. A new appeared and she put the alcohol on it and tried to do her own face.
"Give it to me before you get it in your eye," I said holding out my hand. She looked a little cautious at first but subsided. I got finished pretty quick, I handed her the cotton ball (guess what happened to it, I'll give you three tries.). She looked up the mountain.
"Guess we should get going," she said. I just nodded and stood up and offered her my hand. She accepted and I pulled her up. It was a truce, for now. I spread my wings out. She tried to unfurl hers but stopped and grimaced in pain.
"Nope, someone doesn't want to fly," she said looking at her wings. I rolled my eyes, how could she make this bad situation funny?
"You probably sprained it," I said, she gave me a look, "What?"
"How am I supposed to get up there without wings," she said, by the tone of her voice it wasn't really a question.
"I don't know," I replied, she gave me that look again; I got it finally, "No way."
"Oh come on! It's your fault I'm hurt!" she whined.
"My fault? How's it my fault?" I asked sternly. I wasn't giving up on this one.
"I'm sorry, but I don't recall jumping off this mountain. I do however remember a boy pushing me," she retorted. She had me there, but still there was no way.
"I'm not dragging you back up the mountain, you can walk," I said back. I had a gut feeling that I was going to lose, but I fought it.
"Nuh-uh, I'm not walking. Why can't you just carry me?" she asked, her arms were crossed and she stood tall (irony).
"Because, I said so," great now I was the kid, "besides you probably weigh a lot." I was desperate now. She probably didn't even weigh over a hundred pounds. She looked at me incredulously.
"That's a lame excuse," she retorted. She was right but it was the only one I had.
"Too bad," I said weakly, she moved closer until she was only inches away. She grabbed my collar and pulled me down so I was eye level with her.
"Either you carry me or you'll face the consequences," she snapped. I got the feeling that that wasn't an empty threat. My eyes widen as hers narrowed. I gave in.
"Fine," I said trying to maintain my pride. I knocked her hand away. She smiled brightly up at me. My pride went out the window. I held her around her stomach. I hated myself.
"This is so much more fun when being carried," she said. I rolled my eyes.
"Don't get to used to it," I said back.
"Hope your ready for your onslaught of questions tomorrow," she laughed attempting to sound scary. Key word is attempting.
"Yeah, yeah whatever," I sighed.
"You need to expand your vocabulary," she replied, looking up at me. I looked down at her and smirked.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," I said. She huffed and crossed her arms; she went back to looking at the mountain scenery. These girls were going to be quite a burden. Some lyrics from a song I knew popped into my head 'Can you bear the burden?' I sighed and looked down at her; she was excited looking from thing to thing. I sighed again. As I landed I only thought one thing when I saw her and her sister shouting, 'I don't think I can but I'm sure WE can.'
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A/N: Yay! This one came out quick. ^-^ *proud of herself* I guess it helps to be out of school. Thank you MLK! Also thanks to you guys who reveiwed.
Maxride333: well I have to stop writing to eat and sleep but I guess I can stop that. lol
.'-CutePrisonBreak-'.: Thx! This is actually based loosely off of me and the co-writer and how we act, but yeah without the wings. ^-^
All The Pretty Corpses: I'm continuing! I'm continuing!
Stop. But don't stare please: I tried to hint at it in the beginning and thx for reviewing…and screaming xD
Sillysally: There might be sometime soon, right now I'm working on getting some other surprises out. But keep on the look out for it and if you don't see it soon just review again and I'll be sure to get it done. ^-^
Okay so I don't own any of the original characters of Maximum Ride or any of the ideas, those all belong to James Patterson. I do however own all of my OC's so don't use them without my permission, ~_~ *thats an angry serious face*, really all you have to do is ask.
I'll update soon! oh and before i forget, the song is 'Her Portriat in Black' by Ateyu
Byes, ~Defiance out~