ri: YAY!
me: Iggy, did you give her sugar?
iggy: um...
me: *face palm*
ri: YAY!
Chapter 31
"Bralen, who was-," my mom started walking in from the kitchen, drying her hands on a dish towel. As soon as she laid eyes on me, tears began to well in her eyes and I let go of my brother, running to my mom.
My step-dad, Keith, walked down the stairs but stopped short as soon as he saw me. He was always so unemotional and stoic that it surprised me when tears starting falling slowly down his dark cheeks.
Not long after, me and my mom's hug turned into a big family hug.
Iggy stood awkwardly to the side and just watched the giant emotion fest that I had warned him about. "Ja," he coughed after a few minutes.
Remembering what I was supposed to be doing, I pulled away from the group hug and studied my old family; my 8 year old brother, whom was mixed and had caramel colored skin, curly, dark chocolate hair, and shocking, pale blue eyes, my tall mother, whom had short dark brown hair and eyes, and my step-dad, whom had a dark complexion, dark eyes, and was more of a father than any man had ever been to me.
"Guys," I started off, my heart clenching, "I'm sorry that I left, but I had to or else I would've been putting you guys in danger. Just being here right now is putting all of us in danger."
"How are you putting us in danger?" Bralen asked, giving me his Bambi eyes.
My heart clenched even more at his big, beautiful, blue eyes. "B-because there're bad people that want to hurt me and anyone that I love, meaning you all," I manage to get out.
Bralen nodded sadly and bowed his head in despair, "I understand," he muttered, a single tear falling.
I stole a glance at Iggy and was able to tell how tensed and worried he was. I took his hand in mine and looked at my mom trying to identify her emotions. All I could pick up was that she felt very depressed.
"Why are people hunting you down, Ja?" Keith finally spoke up.
"Um…" I looked up at Iggy for help and he gave me a slight nod. Taking a deep breath I spread my wings and told him, "because of these."
I decided to stare at my family's shoes so I wouldn't have to see their shocked expressions, or worst, their scared expressions.
"What are those…?" my mother asked, her voice quivering a little.
"My, um, wings," I muttered looking up to see her staring at me with a mixture of curious emotions.
"Well…yeah…but what are they doing on you?" she questioned.
"I wish I knew," I told her.
I could feel Iggy get tenser beside me and he informed me, making sure only I could here, that we had to leave.
"We have to go," I finally managed, trying to sound strong and leaderly like Max.
"Please stay longer, Sissy," Bralen begged hugging me tightly.
"I wish I could, but if I don't go now, we'll all be in trouble. I'm sorry, baby. I love you and I'll come and visit when I can," I told him feeling on the verge of tears.
My mom and Keith stood in their spots, my mom gesturing to Bralen to let me go.
Just before I shut the door behind me, I yelled out, "I love you."
"Up and away," Iggy muttered just as the sound of 5 pairs of flapping wings reached my sensitive ears.
I muttered a swear under my breath and flew into the air to meet the rest of my new family.
"Hurry up! The fridges with wings are coming!" Gazzy shouted.
"The what?" I mumbled to myself, starting to miss my biological family more than before.
Erasers that can fly, Angel's voice rang through my racing thoughts.
"What the flock?" I exclaimed aloud.
Yeah…they'll be here in…
"2 minutes guys!" Iggy yelled close by.
"Iggy, make sure nothing happens to Jaleese!" Max instructed.
Nodding, Iggy flew in front of me and got into a fighting stance.
"Wait…so we're fighting and flying?" I stressed.
"We're ballet dancers, its okay," Fang muttered from beside me.
"Um…okay…" I said confusedly just as 6 huge forms with wings came into view.
They were flying awkwardly and when they got closer, I could see that they looked like that Ari guy when he was in wolf form. Actually, one of them was Ari and he flew straight for me, bloodlust gleaming in his eyes.
A second after I noticed him, one of the flying erasers tried to kick Fang in the side. Fang grabbed the Eraser's ankle and practically threw him into another one that was heading for Nudge. Near Nudge, Max had a grip on an Eraser's wings and she bent them back, causing the Eraser to cripple and fall heavily to the ground. A few feet from Max, Angel was making an Eraser punch himself. It appeared funny to her because she was doubled over from laughter. Out the corner of my eye, I saw Gazzy punching the crap out of an unfortunate Eraser.
"Jaleese!" Iggy screamed as Ari tried to do a round house kick on me.
I grabbed his ankle, as Fang had done to his Eraser, and flipped him backwards in the air. For a split second, Ari forgot to flap and sunk a few feet in the air.
He flapped hard and yelled in pain as his back bent awkwardly. "STOP YOU DEMON!" he screamed in agony, falling fast to the ground.
"im an Angel not a demon, you mutt," Angel said crossing her arms and hovering in place.
My eyes widened in shock at the fact that Angel had manipulated Ari to break his own back.
"ANGEL!" the others shouted, flying to her and attacking her with hugs.
I hovered a few feet away and glanced down. "I think we should, like, really go now," I suggested seeing the Erasers stand up and a few fall back down and just lie on the ground.
"Good idea. Lets get going," Max agreed freeing herself from the hug and flying in the direction of the house. We all followed and soon we were asleep in our separate beds. (except for me and Iggy, of course)
ri: YAY!
iggy: why do you keep saying yay...?
me: because you gave her sugar!
ri: YAY!
iggy: shut up rianna!
ri: no. YAY!
me: *shakes head* this is all ur fault iggy.
ri: YAY!
iggy: AHHH! SHUT UP! *runs out room*
ri: *runs after Iggy* YAY!
me: and this kids is why you never give a crazy lady sugar.