Powerful

Chapter Seven

Max's POV:

The next morning, we slept in and ate in a nearby restaurant with an all-you-can-eat buffet. We rented a car and drove to Seattle to see the sights, then drove back to Forks for the half hour tour.

"Look guys-trees! And plants. And more trees!" I called out in fake enthusiasm. Voice, why are we doing this? No answer. I sighed. "Ok, let's go return the car-." For a nanosecond, everything went super-slow. Like in the movies. Then, a big black van squealed and swerved. Right into us. Next thing I saw was black.

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I stood up carefully. "Report!" I coughed out.

"I'm okay!" Iggy.

"I'm good too." Fang.

"I'm fine, Max." Angel.

"Bloody nose, but I'm fine." Gazzy.

That was five. Where was Nudge? "Nudge? Nudge!" I called out frantically. Then I saw her. Wing bent and leg jerked out an odd angle, she was lying there. But she was alive. I could see her chest rise and fall feebly.

Just then, a sandy wolf ran over to us. I recognized him. A shape-shifter. He looked at us, raised a paw to himself, and then looked into the woods. His eyes held a pleading look.

"He wants us too follow him. Why? I am not an idiot! And, fine, I believe you. I can read minds. Who's Edward? Never mind, let's go!"

Iggy and Fang picked up Nudge's delicate frame and we flew after the wolf. He stopped, after about 20 minutes of flying, in front of a huge, mostly glass, house. He disappeared for a moment, and then another tall Native American stood before us.

"Hey, I'm Seth Clearwater." He studied us for a moment. "Winged kids, winged kids… Where have I seen mutants before and why don't the wings surprise me?" He muttered to himself. "Let's get her," he pointed at Nudge "inside. Then you can tell us about yourselves. This is the Cullen's house by the way. Carlisle's a doctor and he'll fix her up in no time."

I nodded. Fang and Iggy carried her through the door of a stranger's house and laid her down carefully on the only un-occupied couch. And there were a dang lot of them. Hopefully –if something went wrong (which it usually does; the Fates hate mutants) - then we could kick some butt and get out with Nudge. Fast.