Assassination of Memories
Chapter XXI – Take Three
Ack I just notice the ages for the flock and crap are wrong!
Wolf: What is she going on about now?
Logan: She found that it's really been about two years since Serenity's death not one
I'm so sorry Pyro!
White Wing: What are you saying sorry to him for?
Now Shadows is older than Blaze, since she's supposed to be 16 *bawls my eyes out*
Logan: Argh get an umbrella! *huge raindrops fall from the sky*
Neofreak: Ack I'm all wet!
Wolf: Let's just tell the people the ages and get on with it!
Fang, Max, Iggy, Shadows: 16
Nudge: 13
Gazzy: 10
Tranq: 10
Angel: 8
Max's POV
"How did they find us!?" Tranq cried jumping to his feet his fear obvious in his eyes. "More pointedly when did they find us? Who knows how long the Organization's been around here." Neo said stiffly. He seemed generally fine despite the weird guy burning kid. This guy, Blaze, he had eau de Eraser all over him. I didn't understand it; he looked human enough like Owen though the air around Blaze just felt more animalistic. Maybe he was an Eraser, who knew?
"Hunter," Shadows stood up staggering slightly, "How many are there, I want the closest number you think you saw." The new boy, Hunter, swallowed taking a deep breath. "More than two hundred but less than three hundred. I've never seen so many in one place, not even the mess hall had that many Erasers in it." He answered. "Must be Second Branch, there's more Copies there than anything else." Blaze said picking himself off the floor. Copies? Why did he call Erasers Copies? "Shadows definitely rubbed off on you." I heard Neo muttered. Why would Shadows' call them Copies? Copies of what?
"Who's leading them?" Blaze questioned, Hunter flinched. "It's like walking down memory lane right?" Shadows said. "Um well this, little girl is leading them. She's probably around... four?" Most of the eyes in the room widened, the exception was Fang, Shadows and Blaze who where just blinking.
"Have you gone blind mutt? That's impossible!" Neo snapped. "I swear she's around four or five. The Director's with her too." Hunter whispered the last bit looking over to Shadows. "Well looks like they need a whole Copy army to bring you to the Organization Shadows." Blaze said rolling his eyes. "How do you know they're here for Shadows? They could be here for anyone else." Nudge said. Blaze smirked, "Nah I know it's for Shadows, Father has a huge crush on her." Shadows head whipped in Blaze's direction, her eyes ablaze behind her glasses. "What?" her voice had both fire and ice at the same time. "Doesn't surprise me, first they have a lesbian psychopath as an assassin now a Pedophile for a Director. Man the Organization is just built upon sick love relations isn't it?" Iggy said.
"What about the Pack, Hunter? Are they okay?" Tranq pressed, Hunter shrugged, his shoulders sagging. "I don't know Cain told me to come here, as Alpha he ordered me to." I was still trying to follow this. "So we're just going to let them get us?" the Gasman said, hovering on the rake above our heads. "If they get any closer the whole town will be endangered." Jared pointed out. "I'm going to finish this once and for all. Father's dying today." Shadows growled.
"You can't do that he's too strong!"
Heads turned to the direction of Dobry, the boy seemed so insignificant I had all forgotten about him. He had covered his mouth, having said something he shouldn't. Shadows' eyes flashed, she moved so quickly it almost looked like Dobry had just slammed into the wall by himself. "You little brat." Shadows snarled. "Shadows what are you doing!?" Jared cried grasping Shadows' collar. "That little traitor told them where we were! How else would he know about Father? This is the most I've talked about him!" Shadows shot back.
"I had to they have my sister!" Dobry sobbed.
Everything was happening in a whirlwind, a blur rushing past my eyes. Telling Mom and Ella to go somewhere but home seemed to fly by, how one thing led to another and the Flock and I were going to fight alongside Shadows. It was a couple miles off, Shadows, Blaze, Neo and Hunter taking the lead in a run with no sweat. If only we could fly there but I wasn't taking my chances with Shadows just yet. We just learned something else; this Hunter kid was a werewolf. A large amber one at that, large enough to carry Angel though I refused that with a short growl. I was holding Iggy's hand, pulling him along with us.
"Max I saw something." Iggy said quietly. Fang was a head of us keeping close to Angel, Nudge and Gazzy. "What do you mean?" I asked. Was he getting his sight back?
"When Shadows was suddenly not breathing, just before that I saw something white flash across my eyes, it looked like a person." Iggy said his voice cracking in places. I instantly knew why, Iggy could 'see' Serenity somehow at times though it was more of a completely white figure in a black abyss for him than anything else. Could Serenity have run past him? Was she still alive? Was she going to suddenly swoop down from the sky like an angel brought back to life? 'Only time will tell Max.' The Voice said and I groaned. Great you again, what do you want? I growled. 'I told you Max, beware of the wolf. The wolf of snow will bring pain to one of the Flock members and you.' The Voice advised. What? That made no sense I thought afterwards getting no answer like usual. Terrific, more fortune cookie advice. "Voice again?" Iggy asked making me sigh. "Yeah, beware the wolf of snow, blah, blah, blah." I muttered.
"Shadows those guys can't keep running. The mutt says its three more miles." Neo said, I quickly closed the gap between me, Iggy and everyone else so I was an active part of whatever was going on. Had we already run a mile, two maybe? "That's right Max two miles already. Your doin' pretty good so far." Neo said over his shoulder. I put my block up but Neo still answered the second question I had thought. "Yes I'm a telepath but I'm closer to a hundred than eight." Neo said.
"He's a guppy geezer." Shadows added. "Excuse me!?" Neo growled. The wolf Hunter smiled, looking like Total yet a lot fiercer with the huge canines in his mouth. "Before you say anything to Neo I know they've moved three miles." Shadows said slowly down.
They were close to the house, would Mom and Ella be able to go somewhere in time? We slowed to a stop, crouching down in some bushes. It looked like the field stretched out forever without focusing on it, the trees a little green line in the distance. "You okay?" Blaze asked Shadows her eyes staring out over the field, her whole body tense. "I've been here before." She said quietly though she sounded not too sure of herself. "No you haven't your smell isn't anywhere around here." Neo hissed checking the field. "Where are the Erasers?" Angel asked quietly. "I don't know sweetie, their coming." I told her. "I have been here before, I was standing here when a bunch of wolves ran out from there," Shadows pointed to the far end of the field maybe a hundred feet away. "I started to run and they caught up to me beating the living shit out of me." Shadows hissed.
"Ah no need to break this up," Hunter said now a human, "but we've got company." He nodded to the forest across from us. Erasers came into view, creating a front line far away. Hunter had been right; I have never seen so many Erasers in one place. I also got the face of the girl Hunter told us about.
My whole body tensed, the last time I had seen her she was strapped to a metal table and Dr. Millstone had stuck a huge needle into her neck. "Max?" Fang looked at me I waved him off. Impossible, she was fighting against Dr. Millstone yet leading a whole Eraser army? Her face was just as impassive as Shadows' or Fang's, her eyes set determinately ahead. "Hey she reminds me of you, maybe she's your little sister." Blaze joked nudging Shadows with his elbow. Shadows decided then to cock her gun, narrowing her eyes at Blaze.
"I say we send Blaze out there." Hunter said. "H'm good idea, they'll be scared shitless." Shadows said. "What?" "It's been fifteen months since they've seen you. They probably think your dead." Shadows elaborated. "It's been more or less a day since I've seen you!" Blaze objected. "Idiot Holden can travel through time, it's really been months not a day." Neo shot at Blaze. Blaze pressed his lips together becoming silent; Shadows motioned for him to go when the Erasers were a little closer. "Tranq you go secondly when I give you the signal." Shadows ordered, Tranq nodded. Blaze strutted out there in a matter of minutes, the first Erasers shot towards him, he turned to them calmly, any of his facial features lost as Blaze turned his back to us. They were right on him when he snapped out a pair of dark red dragon like wings. The Erasers yelped jumping back looking terrified. I wondered if Blaze was giving them the same look Fang gave those guys in the beaten down house so long ago, when he looked like an angel of death. Blaze leapt into the air taking flight, coming down on the Erasers in a flash of swords. Shadows gave a brisk nod, Tranq shot from the place he was sitting, flying a few feet above the ground towards the startled looking Erasers. He didn't even have wings, flying like Peter Pan or something. When he was right above them he changed into something you might see sitting on the top of the Notre Dame coming down screaming making the Erasers scatter. "Hunter." Shadows didn't need to say anymore, Hunter morphed shooting into battle. Teeth, blades and fears, the Erasers seemed to be losing. It was when a gunshot split the air, three Erasers falling to the ground dead. Everyone seemed to stop, eyes on Shadows who rushed from the cover of the trees flinging herself at the closest Eraser.
I followed, the Flock at my heels, Neo shot past me in a blur, pouncing on the closest Eraser. The Eraser screamed, scratching at the boy at his neck. Oh god this was crazy. A roundhouse kick to the nearest Eraser broke his ribs, another kick to the head and he was down for the count. The Erasers weren't suspecting this, so many fighting against them. "Fire in the hole!" Iggy yelled pushing and Eraser back into another on coming group. The Eraser he pushed exploded bringing down the eight that were coming at the same time.
"ARI!" Shadows screamed launching at Fang.
But Fang was at my side, she was launching at one dressed in a black combat suit. That was Ari? He looked so much like Fang I understood how Shadows, and Blaze for that matter, thought Fang was Ari. He evaded her attack, spinning around smashing the back of his arm against Shadows' head. Blaze came at Ari in a burst of knives. Ari dodged him too, almost sticking on of Blaze's own knives into Blaze's chest. I caught a glimpse at the person I presumed was the Director, a man in a wheel chair watching Shadows with admiring and saddened eyes. Nudge screamed, an Eraser taking her by the arms. I ran up clapping my hands over his ears. He screamed going down, suddenly Neo was there ripping at his neck. "Damn your blood tastes horrible." He grumbled darting towards another Eraser. "U and A now!" I yelled. We had to do it; the Flock was outnumbered on the ground.
Fang shot into the air first, Ari growled at him trying to grab onto Fang. "You sick monster I can't let you live." Ari snarled. It didn't even sound like Ari, is sounded like Fang. Fang was holding his arm close to his side; it was bleeding with large bite marks underneath his torn shirt sleeve. "How did that happen?" I said. "A white wolf appeared and bit me, no big deal." Fang said calmly. Beware the wolf of snow... Blaze swooped down grabbing Angel, throwing her into the air to give her a faster takeoff. Angel beamed down to Blaze, who gave her a nod, tucked in his wings dropping on top of an Eraser before throwing Gazzy into the air. From the air we had advantages, being able to swoop down and kicking an Eraser in the head or chest before soaring back to the sky.
"Pull back there's too many of them!" Neo cried jumping away from an Eraser.
Third POV
Blaze pulled back into the sky, followed by Tranq. Shadows turned on her heel, racing off with Erasers on her tail. It seemed familiar, behind her she was being chased by wolf-men, her bare feet slapping against every little rock sending stings of pain shooting up her leg. Above her the Flock looked like large birds, wheeling around in the sky, fleeing along with Blaze and Tranq. Hunter and Neo were in front of Shadows, running towards the mountains. Shadows checked the sky for a clear takeoff, a pang she couldn't describe hit her sending Shadows to the ground.
The Erasers caught up, pulling her hair, kicking her before Blaze intervened taking them out. The girl that was leading the Erasers ran up, her right arm a blade aimed for Blaze. "BLAZE!" Shadows shrieked, lunging for him. Blade sliced through flesh, once again in the stomach.
Blood spurted from Shadows' mouth as the girl moved back taking the sword from Shadows' stomach, Shadows collapsed onto her back. "88697-O2!" Father screamed in outrage. Blaze dropped next to Shadows, his eyes on the wound in her stomach.
Shadows saw his eyes glisten, then fill with rage as he shot for 88697-O2. Fang slammed into the ground, his black wings being sandwiched between him and the ground. Iggy shot down to help, being overpowered by Erasers. "Fang!" Max screamed shooting down for him, not able to make it as the earth rumbled. Flare blasted out from one of the mountains grasped Max in his claw, clamping Blaze in his teeth before going back to the sky. The werewolves followed him; wolf Cain grabbed the human Hunter before the boy could go back. The remaining Flock members followed Max, unsure of what to do. Shadows' eyes closed, her head fell back as she blacked out 88697-O2 standing over her.
"Damn lizard let me go!" Blaze roared stabbing at the dragon's snout. It didn't do anything, Flare's scales stopped Blaze's knife from even leaving a scratch. Flare landed eight miles away in a dense forest when he found a place large enough for him to land, letting go of both Blaze and Max. Blaze seemed to be unharmed though yelled at the dragon for Blaze now couldn't fly with a rip in his wing. It wasn't bleeding; he looked fine enough though the rip wouldn't allow him to fly.
Giles brought Tranq, placing him on the ground putting a paw on the ten-year-old's leg. Max tried to fly back for Fang, Flare smacked her into the ground with his tail. "You stupid leech you should have gotten Shadows!" Hunter shouted clenching his hands into fists. "You think I'm that stupid, if I stayed any longer the vampire Director of the Organization would have killed me!" Neo shot back.
"The Director's a vampire too?" Angel said hugging Max tightly. Max looked at her broken Flock feeling like she had more responsibly at being the only older kid there now that Fang and Iggy were gone. The rest of the werewolves morphed back, apologizing for what happened. Will and Katrina instantly went off back towards the house to make sure everyone there was okay. "Shadows isn't going to die Tranq they just wanted her back. The Director's convinced that she's under my influence. He thinks taking her away will make her join back up with the Organization." Neo said crossing his arms over his chest leaning against a tree. "If Father's a vampire, doesn't that mean he'll be in charge of the Organization forever? I mean like, he could do anything he wanted to do and he wouldn't die is what I'm saying." Nudge said looking worried. "Dobry must have known that the Director was a vampire, Shadows somehow didn't." Neo said. "Of course she didn't," Blaze said staring at the sky. He had placed himself in a tree, staring at the darkening sky above them. "She was too loyal, too convinced that Father was the greatest." he grumbled.
"What's going to happen to Fang and Iggy?" Max asked him bracing herself for no response. The pause seemed to last a life time before Blaze answered. "If Shadows convinces Father that they are worth something they might have a chance. I don't know how Father thinks, Shadows does."
Ages later, Will and Katrina came back with Jared and Ethan. The atmosphere was sickening; Tranq and Angel started to cry. "There's no sign of Fang, Iggy or Shadows. We went back to the field on our way out." Will said rubbing Tranq's shaking shoulder. "Nothing?" Max said. "There was a large red stain at the outer side of the field." Katrina said with difficulty. "Iggy's blood spilled on the ground." Neo said through clenched teeth reading both of the werewolves' minds. The younger kids cried and all Max could do was huddle them up in a hug for support. Time was passing too slowly; Max was feeling sicker and sicker with each long lasting second. It was then when everyone started to fall asleep, as Max settled in for guard duty she noticed Blaze was gone from his perch in the tree. "He left," Neo told her, "He knows that sitting around won't do anything to make the situation better. He also knows that the Organization has probably already changed locations. Blaze is taking his own path now, though he's not going to look for the Organization just yet."
"What's he looking for?" Max inquired. "That he wouldn't tell me, he wasn't thinking of it so I don't know what he is looking for. An assassin run out by the people he worked for, who knows what Blaze is going to do." Neo muttered closing his eyes.
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