6. Destiny?

Arrow's POV

After a nice break, we decided to start our search for the company. It was surprisingly to see so many people at once in this country. The colourful details really stood out like fireworks as strong colours seem to stand out. Max decided we should split into smaller groups of two to search the area and return to 'this spot' being the park. Immediately, the pairs started to form:

Angel and Robin. Those two bolted out of our sight as soon as they got together.

Koko and Nudge.

Gazzy and Raven.

Iggy and Indigo.

Fang and Max – Obviously.

Bullet and Me.

I had to admit I was a bit worried for Robin and Angel. I mean, two little girls travelling together in the evening in China. Yeah, probably not the best situation. I grabbed Bullet's arm and went to the west. We quietly walked in the silent, dull environment unlike the rest of festive China. I wonder which city we are in exactly.

Bullet tapped my shoulder and pointed to the rustling bush. We immediately got into our fighting stances, and looked to see a young girl of about 14, with light brown hair that was set into layers, but it was messed up with twigs and dirt. She had gray eyes that seem to stab at me, but if looked closely, she had flecks of teal that seem to soften her look. Her clothing was a pair of ripped, dark jeans, a plain black shirt with no graphics, and a black, gray stripped sweater. She had a glare set on her face as she looked at us up and down.

She shrugged, and turned to leave, but at the last moment, she tried to roundhouse me. Luckily, I dodged her attack and grabbed her leg to unbalance her. However, she brought her other leg off the ground, and kicked me on the chest. I let her go, and she pounced on me. Immediately, Bullet stretched his arm out and hooked her stomach. Using the motion to his advantage, he flipped her onto her back on the floor, pinning her down on the floor. She glared at Bullet as he placed his weight on top of her.

"It's okay. We don't want any trouble," I calmly stated as she tried to wiggle out of his grasp.

"Neither do I, but I, personally, hate having people on top of me," she countered with a tone that gave me the chills. Bullet looked at me and I nodded. He got off of her and stretched his hand out to help her. Instead of receiving the hand, she kicked his knee for revenge. Bullet fell on the ground face-first and glared at the girl. She stood up and said in a serious face, "Excuse me." She turned to leave without a look back. Weird girl. Her jacket seemed a bit bulky from her back. Wait a second...

"Are you one of them?" I asked.

She stood, petrified in her tracks, and looked back, "Who?"

I hesitated as I tried to come up with something that wouldn't give my identity, "You know, those things in Fang's Blog. Are you a hybrid?"

She tried to keep her cool, but it was obvious as she send me a glare that it was true. "No."

"Well, you are. I can see with your bulky jacket. You can't lie to me."

"I am not sure of what you are talking about. I have a backbone problem, that's all."

Bullet seemed to have gotten the gist of what was happening and got into the conversation. "Then, you wouldn't mind taking your jacket off."

"Of course, I would mind. It is freezing cold out here," she spat at him. I see that she already has a grudge on Bullet.

"Can I touch your back?" I asked, and tried to approach her.

"No, I appreciate your sympathy, but I don't need it." She backed away from me. "Plus, I am sure we will meet later if destiny allows it."

This made me confuse. Destiny? Who believes in that anymore? As I pondered on this, she escaped into the dark shadows. How did she do that?

"Should we follow her?" Bullet's question brought me back to reality and I shook my head.

"No, let's just continue looking for Itex."

Ignoring the previous situation (not without any comments from yours truly), we continued to walk. After talking to bystanders, we couldn't find any clues about a large company. It seemed to be getting late, so we returned to the park. Hopeful that the others found something. They hadn't, as it turned out. We decided to spend the night in a large tree.

"I'll take first watch," I offered. Everyone nodded, the other flock did an odd hand stack thing and lay down.

I scanned the area. Nothing so far... Suddenly, something large flew past me, it slip stream almost made me fall off the branch I was on. Something kicked me from behind, and I landed on the ground, hard. The thing landed on my back pinning me down. All the air left my lungs in a whoosh. As I lay gasping for air, the person turned me over so I faced upwards. It was that girl again, the one who supposedly had the spine deformity.

The girl slid a blade under my chin, and asked, "Who are you? And what are you doing here? Are you a mutant?"

I didn't want to take chances, so I chose to answer her. I said loudly to, hopefully, wake up the others. Fang sat up, looked at me, and then started creeping up on the girl.

I looked at the girl. "I'm Arrow. Yes I am. I'm here because-" Fang leaped onto the girl, and pulled her off me. The girl lashed out with her knife, but Fang grabbed her wrist.

"HOW MANY BOYFRIENDS DO YOU HAVE?" she screamed at me. Boyfriends? I blushed deeply. Thank god it was dark.

"I don't have a boyfriend." I said, coolly. Now both the flocks were awake, and staring down at us. I took off her jacket and Fang turned her around in mid-air so I could see her back. She had beautiful black, white, and teal wings.

"I knew it." I smirked.