Chap. 19

We Never Finished Him Off

Fang POV

Max, Max, Max, Max. I could feel the waves of worry flowing off her.

"Fang," she said weakly, "can you pack some food and leave a not for Mom?"

"Sure," I replied. I slipped away, sensing she wanted to be alone to talk with Nudge for a while.

I brought the all lightest, non-perishable food I could find. No canned food, 'cause that stuff is heavy. It was stuffed all into one small backpack. I was kind of proud of myself. Who knew you could put so much food in a backpack, and still have it light? Anyways, this food would last us… oh, maybe 5 – 7 days. Around a week. Hopefully enough time to get the rest of the Flock back from Brazil.

Max POV

After Fang had left to get food, I started to talk to Nudge.

"It's not your fault, sweetie," I said, "Ig and Angel and Gazzy are probably fine."
"I'm sorry," Nudge whispered hoarsely.

"We'll get them back, we always do," I assured her. I sounded confident and sure of myself. A lot more confident and sure than I really felt.

Meanwhile, some where in Brazil…

Angel woke with a start. She was in a cage. A metal cage with bars.

"Gazzy," she whispered. "Wake up."

Her brother started to stir. "Huh?" he mumbled.

"We're back," Angel moaned.

"Back where?"

"At the School."

Nudge POV

We were on our way to Brazil. Because of me and my big 'I-need-to-get-anything-I-want' problem.

"Nudge?" whispered Max from somewhere behind me. "I'm up now. You can go back to sleep, I'm taking 2nd watch."
I nodded, and stood from my spot in the front of the cave we were sleeping in. "Remember to wake up Fang for 3rd," I reminded her. "Sure, sweetie."

Max POV

"Nudge was a lot more silent now. NO ranting endlessly until someone clamped a hand over her mouth. No 'I'm hungry's at regular intervals. And it was all because she blamed herself for getting Ig, Gazzy, and Angel stuck in cages again. I tried to lift her spirits. I really did. Nothing I tried worked, though.

We were crossing the Mexico/Guatemala border when it happened. I was trading night shifts with Nudge, when my super – acute mutant senses picked up some sounds. I tensed, getting ready for a fight. When you're on the run, you never know when someone might attack. I waited. 10 seconds later, there was nothing. 2 minutes later, nada. 3 minutes later, nope. Almost 5 minutes later, I heard the rustling sound again.

I slowly got to my feet and walked backward into the cave when they pounced.

"Fang!" I shrieked, "Nudge! Get up, get up, they're here!"

Fang and Nudge both immediately sprang to their feet. It's a quick senses, light sleeping thing. They started taking out the nearest cat-snakes.

I blow to my gut brought me back to the fight. I kicked the cat-snake's front two feet/paws, and doubled around to kick its hind legs. Then, I jumped and landed, -crack- on its neck. The way its eyes glazed over told me it was dead.

I looked up to check on Nudge and Fang's progress. They were doing okay, Nudge had found a weak spot on the cat-snakes; it's soft underside, which wasn't scaly like the rest of if. She was taking out a big, 5 foot long one, and Fang was doing 2 smaller cat-snakes. I singled one out, did a running jump, and landed on its back.

The cat-snake growled and tried to shake me off. Unsuccessfully, of course. It reared on its 2 hind legs and Fang delivered a hard kick to its exposed belly.

When we were finished, all of the dead or unconscious cat-snakes were on the ground.

"Whoa," I muttered.

"What?"

"Look at this one." I kicked over one of the cat-snakes.

"So?" Fang asked.

"Look closely," I told him.

On the dead center, tattooed in black print, was a name. It looked a lot like an expiration date, but instead of numbers, it said:

CHU INDUSTRIES

"Crap."

"'Crap' is right. We never really finished Chu off, huh? So he's the one who kidnapped Ange, Iggy and Gaz."

There was a short pause, and then:
"Do you want me to take 3rd?" Fang asked.

"You are, later, 'cause 2nd shift isn't over yet," I replied.

"I'll keep you company."
"Go to sleep."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Ye- GO TO SLEEP, SO GOD HELP ME, I WILL KILL YOU!"

Fang rolled his eyes. "Chill, Max."

A/N: Hey, peeps!

Okidoki, how'd you like it?

I switched POV's a lot again... T_T Even after I promised to do only 2 per chap.! Sorry, guys...

Next chap. will be Iggy's POV. I don't think I've done him yet... Wait, once. But it was really short.

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