"Max!" Screams a frantic Angel as she runs up to me, drenched. Catching her in my arms my first reaction is to check her over. No bruises, nothing wrong. Next reaction is to check everyone else. Angel, Total, Nudge, Ig, Fang and Ga-
"Where's Zephyr?" I ask, looking around. The rest of the locals who are still gathered around give a shrug, but that doesn't work. Everyone has gone home a little ago, and we have just been enjoying relaxing. The night was successful and calming. Until now. Jumping to my feet I search a touch further, but it's way to dark.
"I haven't heard him for two minutes Max! We where playing in the water." Angel whispers, taping her head. Two minutes. Erasers? Maybe, but Angel would have heard. Flyboys? Ig would have heard. Drowned. The rest of the flock have panicked looks as they jump up also.
"Jeff, Krystal. Check the sands on the left." I instruct. Without a thought both of them run off. Lowering my voice I continue to Total, only a breath of words. "Total, right on the sands." The locals lift their heads in confusion as Total runs off. "Ariel. Keep check." She sits down with a deep look of concentration on her face. Grabbing Fang's hand I bolt to the sea, just missing the bodies of the locals.
"Zephyr!" I hear three people scream at the same time. Well, two people and a dog. Kicking of my shoes away I run into the water, and split off from Fang. The water is chilly, but nothing is cold these days. The salt should burn as I dive under, eyes open, but I have had ten times worse. A hand grabs my wrist, as I am about to go further under, pulling me out.
"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Shouts Sam, obviously furious. Behind him are another two people and I can hear a struggle with Fang. But what am I doing? Didn't he hear anything?
"Shit!" Someone howls in pain. "Where did he go?" At that little distraction I fling my fist at his jaw and give a roundhouse kick to his stomach. Before any of them can do anything I spin around and dive straight into a wave.
My eyes scour the floor, hands brushing it every once in a while. My clothes weigh me down, but not by much. The waves crash around me like crazy, but as with the cold, I ignore it. Bobbing my head up to breath, I give a massive shout. "Report!" I screech, my voice going high in fear.
"Nothing!" Screams back Nudge and Ig together. "I'm heading into the water. Jeff to Ariel." Nudge continues as a splash comes that way. Another few seconds go by before the next shout.
"Nothing for Total or I!" Hollers Angel. I give a mental nod and scan the sea. We would be about half a kilometre out, the sea floor way below us. Figures stand in shock at the edge of the water. Locals, waiting for us to get out.
I can hear a sigh of relief not far from me. The last person. "Found him." Comes Fang's voice, a touch strained. I feel the relief fill me too, but don't wait as I pummel through the water in record time. As I am rushing through the water I give a final call out.
"Got him!" I scream out loud. A few woops go up. Another crash of the wave pulls me back, but it has hardly anything on me. I crash forward again, getting through the half kilometre of sea in two minutes. But standing in my way, of course, are the locals.
"What the hell where you doing!" Screams one of them. Err… Jacob? I think. Maybe not. My mind races as I stand in front of them.
"Finding my brother." I state logically. About to go around there overly large bodies, he grabs me. I mean, come on. Who goes and grabs a girl? No one should. And if you grab me? Well, only one thing happens.
"Shit!" He screams as pain goes through the fist I just used. Dammit. Are all these people made from stone? Staring at my hand for a second, I give a small poke. Healed, wrong of course. Nothing can ever heal the proper way. Even if it's only a fracture. Grabbing my middle finger between my pointer and thumb I give a tug, effectively breaking it. Another pull sets it in place.
"Didn't that hurt?" Someone asks as I dodge another arm and rush to the flock.
"No!" I scream back at them. A gasp escapes my lips as I look on at Gaz lying in the sand with blue lips and pale skin. Dropping to the ground I feel for his pulse. Slow, even for a human. Giving a tap on Ig's hand he starts pumping Gaz's chest, fast. I blow a lung full into his mouth but he doesn't open his eyes. Hospital.
"Ariel, find out a hospital." Fang shouts out loud in a hurry. I give another breath but nothing. I feel hands gently take my frantic hands and pull me to my feet. With a quick kiss on the lips Fang picks Gaz up easily. A sob comes from my lips and he looks up startled. I, Maximum Ride am crying, adding this to about seven times in my whole life.
"We can take him in the car." Someone comments, but my eyes are to blurred to find out whom. Slipping off my wet hoddie, I tie it around my waist. A ball of fur jumps into my arms and licks my face. For once I don't push Total away.
"We can get there faster." Fang states, starting to walk away. I notice Angel give a slight nod. The ten locals surround us, and start moving in. Bad, bad idea when you have five mutants, plus dog, who are all claustrophobic, being surrounded by the locals who look like erasers, and one of there own close to death.
"U and A!" I scream in a slightly horse voice. Instantly the five of us jumped six metres in the air, spread our wings and started pumping.
"Angels!"
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The flight was overly slow, as my eyes stayed blurry and Total tried to console me. But nothing helped. Each time Fang would beat that much faster I would freak. Angel was worse then me, lying in Ig's arms, not able to move. When she pointed the way to the hospital and we saw the white building we all pulled our wings in for a break neck landing, nothing else mattering.
The twigs scratched our arms as we landed in the trees on the side, but they could heal. As soon as my feet touched the ground I was running. Bursting into the emergency room at eleven at night, a few people flew out of there seats from where they where waiting. I was the first in and a doctor came to me. Immediately I noticed he was a Cullen, but I couldn't care less. "Water in his lungs, weakened heart and breathing rate, and hypothermia." I list off like a pro.
Too many times have things happen, but hardly is it that we have to go to a place like the hospital. I instinctively pull my wings in tighter as the smell finally catches up to me. My fist clenches as the vampire takes one of my babies and runs off. We easily keep pace as he dashes into a room and starts cutting of the clothing. Overly slowly I might add. He puts two fingers to Gaz's pulse point and frowns. "It seems normal to me. Maybe a touch slow. Nope. Way to slow." He mutters. Another sob goes through me as I realise that he is dieing.
"Our heart rate is about…" Ig says out loud and clicks our overly fast heart rate to the astonished doctor. Arms wrap around me and just before I let out a scream I realise whom it is. Fang.
"I need a pump." He mutters again. Suddenly a nurse runs in with a pump in hand. Angel. I can't watch as they stick it down his throat, so instead I burry my head in Fang's chest. What if he doesn't make it? If something happens? What if Itex finds us in these short few minutes? What if we don't survive? What if-
"Here." Someone new says. Looking up I see another Cullen. Edward. Quickly I put up my mind blocks. Two vampires in one room. What about the human. Shit! They are taking his clothes off.
"Angel."I hiss, she gives the slightest of nods, indicating that she picked up on what I was thinking. The nurse walks out without a word just as Gaz's shirt is pulled off. The pump starts working and suddenly his eyes fly open, and water spews out of his mouth. All I can do is sigh in relief as he starts breathing normally.
"Thank god." I hear from behind me, as Fang's arms tighten. Swiftly, like I knew would happen, Gaz jumps off the bed and into a fighters position. Natural instinct. The smell of the place is the first warning. The beeping the second. The metal bed and white walls the third, while the four is the worst. The white coats.
"Gazzy!" Screeches Angel as she throws herself at him. He grabs hold of her without a second thought as the rest of us engulf him. Exhaustion starts to take him as he sees he is safe. Safe. Well, for the time being. Except I guess, for the vampires. Both of which are staring at Gaz's bare back in shock.
"He wasn't lying." Edward breathes out. Our heads snap up. Who wasn't lying? Oh god! They saw our wings. Grabbing hold of them I position the younger members behind me. Time to go I think.
"We have to leave." I state, looking around. Looking around just in time to see something I don't need to see.
"Erasers!" Screeches Angel. Sweeping the room with my eyes I spot a bedpan and metal stand. Both of them float over to Nudge. More like race over. Objects start spinning softly around me; glass bottle, needle and lamp. The others move aside as the erasers barge in.
"Let go of me!" Barks out an irritable Total from under the bed, an enormous hand around his body. One bite he let's him go and Total spreads his wings, hovering above everyone's heads. "Blasted thing. Just because I am a dog they can do what ever. Stupid wolves." Growls out Total. As one approaches me I let fly the needle, straight for the vein on the side of your head. One that when bursts hurts like hell. A punch to the gut and roundhouse kick knocks him down.
A terrified scream comes from Gaz. Spinning around I see him struggling to breath with a clawed hand around his neck. His eyes scream blood lust. Sent to kill, not capture. Another two come to his side, just as thirsty. A sob comes from Angel as I continue to stare in horror. Everything around me starts to go a touch red and a hot sweat breaks out. Tremors rip through my body as I lash out with no warning.
In a second I am beside one of the erasers, and with a quick kick he is down. Another tremor rocks my body and my hand shoots out, a ball of fire landing one the other. The one holding Gaz doesn't do anything, most likely having back up behind me. But I don't care. Another flick sends his body alight, but not touching Gaz. Gaz drops to the ground, breathing in a deep breath before getting back into the fight.
A quick glance around shows only two left, Gaz and Ig finishing them off. The two Cullen's standing on the side in shock and an approaching Fang. Arm's wrap around my waist, pulling me into him as all sound suddenly rushes back. "Baby, it's ok." He coos.
"It isn't ok!" I sob, the shock settling in, as does the smell. Burning hairs. "Seventeen years, this year. Seventeen years!" My voice starts going hysterical, but I can't calm it. Too much. "I can't do it any more. I want to live a proper life. I don't want to be scared. I hate being SCARED!" I scream, my head still in Fang's chest. "I want to be NORMAL! To be go into a hospital without freaking. Or even a lift! I can't go to school and hear the bell without thinking we're going to die. Not trusting anyone. Needing an escape route every place. Seeing a cage! Even at the zoo!"
His hand strokes my hair as he picks me up, pulling me tighter if possible. Closing my eyes I continue, not as loud, but just as desperate. "A baby makes me grieve, and we can't see Ella or Mum because they could die. We can't get married because we aren't real. We can't have another child because it to would be taken. We can't go to one town for one week without a problem. I just can't do it any more. I can't do it." I feel myself constantly repeating that just before the world goes black.
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To all my err... fans i guess. I just posted four chapters! So please can i have a review... one per person. Oh! Do you want Edwards POV? Or any of the Wolves? Tell me who!