Chapter 12

Fang POV

I got up after my nap with Storm. I tucked him in, then I walked into Ash's room. He was staring out of the window, a faraway look in his eyes. His tail hung limply over the side of the bed. I walked out and bumped into Devil, who had puffy pink eyes. I knew he had been crying.

"Everyone into the living room! Meeting!"

I shouted as loud as I could. I winced when I heard my voice crack a bit. Everyone came into the living room and sat on the couch, it just seemed empty without the girls and Mr. Perfect. If you tell him I said that I will kill you.

"How about we go to a water park to take our minds off things?"

I suggested.

"Okay, It could be fun…"

Storm said, looking a little better.

"Why? You wanna take your mind off Max?"

I winced slightly.

"Yes, Iggy, I do. We could all use some cheering up, so when the girls come back they will see that we have kept the house up, and aren't moping in our tears."

"I'm down."

Gasman said, looking a lot better than he did about 3 hours ago.

"Fine." Ash stated, still looking lost.

"Okay." Devil gave in.

"Well geez, I don't really have a choice do I?"

30 MINUTES LATER

"WHEEEEE!"

Storm screamed from my lap. My heart was pounding in my chest. We were making a giant drop on a water slide. Iggy was whoohoo-ing and Gazzy was screaming Yeah! I was silent. When the ride stopped we all jumped off the raft and waited for Devil and Ash to come down. When they got here and Devil was frozen. Ash was high-5-ing Iggy.

"Lets go on the lazy river next. I want a break." I called to them. While walking in that direction. I ignored all the gaping people. Yeah, we were shirtless and showing off our wings. Ash and Devil were making a big deal of waving their tails around. When we arrived at the lazy river I picked up a double raft and told Iggy and Ash to go onto it. Then I got another one and had Devil and Gasman get on it. I picked up a last double seater and helped Strom climb in. I got in behind him and we floated up to the rest of the flock. Strangely, our wings fit in nicely. Ash was a little jumpy, since cats don't like water. But he was fine. Besides, the sound of the rushing water was relaxing, so I laid back, enjoying the moment. Man, this is the life!

Just then I felt ice cold water splash on me, I yelped and jumped off the raft, only to find all the guys laughing and high-5-ing Ash. I grinned and had an idea. I sank under water, the guys not even noticing. I snuck under the other two raft and jumped out of the water, knocking both of the rafts over, and leaving the other guys panting in the water and Ash screeching and clinging to Iggy. I laughed at them like a 2 year old.

"That's what you get!"

I said in between laughs. Ash glared at me but still looked at the water warily, even though he was soaked. Devil's tail stood straight up, the hair spiked because of the water.

"That was not funny! You aren't terrified of water!"

Iggy whined dropping Ash who stood up. I smiled when he still had a terrified expression on his face. We all swam with the current, and Storm decided that he wanted to ride on my back while we swam. Man, he's small but really heavy! He was cheering and waving to the girls who were smiling and giggling at me. Girls only seem to wear bikinis today; I have not seen 1 girl who has a full bathing suit. Scratch that, I have not seen a girl who isn't showing off all her junk. This was one of those rare times of which I wasn't thinking at all about Max.

"Can we go on the biggest water slide now?"

Gasman asked.

"Sure. That will be scary though."

"I know right! It even goes upside down, and its pitch black the whole way!"

"Cool!

Storm exclaimed. We made our way over to the slide. My skin prickled at all the people watching us. Thank god we got free admission, because of our wings. We arrived, and surprisingly there wasn't a long line. We waited for about 5 minutes. Luckily this ride's raft could fit 6 people, so we could ride together. Ash's tail was flicking nervously, and Devil was looking a little scared. It looked into the tunnel. I am claustrophobic, so it looked like a tunnel to hell. Oh god….

"Daddy! Come sit with me!"

Storm called and I walked over and sat with him. As soon as the guy pushed us into the tunnel I wanted to scream, LOUD. But I managed to keep my mouth shut. But when the raft dropped about 3 feet I yowled. Storm snuggled into my side comfortingly.

OH DEAR GOD! GET ME OFF!

When we reached the end I could feel the dents I had made in the raft with my hands.

"Dude! That was awesome!"

Gazzy exclaimed to Ash who looked calm. Iggy looked calm. Devil looked pale. I kept my poker face on.

"Yo Fang, I never knew you were scared of water park rides!"

Iggy said smirking at me.

"Shut up!" I growled at him feeling my face heat up."Anyway, why don't we head home, its getting dark."

"Okay" Gazzy said.

We all jumped out of the water, and snapped out our wings. I could hear the click of cell-phones taking pictures. I leaded the way back to the house. I don't know why, but my hopes shot up that Max and the rest of the flock could be inside, waiting for us. But when I opened the front door, nobody was back, everything was untouched. I walked up to my room, and flopped onto my bed. Oww! I jumped back up, and saw a lump under the covers. I dug and found a note.

It said:

Hi Fang, how did you like the water park? Maybe you should have been paying more attention to the house. Your girlfriend did come back, but we captured her and the girls with as little as 2 dart guns. Have fun trying to find us. But, I have always loved a good chase, so here are your clues:

She died here,

She was buried here,

You'll want to come here,

The girlfriends are here,

Where a dead body lies,

2 north,

3 east,

lies a cabin,

Where we sit,

Starving 8 unlucky birds,

In cages of their weakness.

Just then I heard Storm and Gazzy scream.

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