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A little thing called destiny

Chapter Two: The Echo of an Angel

"I don't know why she's here," I said and Echo slapped his hand into his palm.

"Hand me the note I know you got. Oh and Zync go find Vertigo and Alyssa," Echo said. I handed him the note and he looked it over as two more people came in, one girl and one boy that looked to be brother and sister. They were both about fifteen.

"Alyssa look this over, Vertigo help me question Fang," Echo said ", Vertigo is a master of the mind but only when somebody truly shows what's going on inside their head. He actually has unlocked enough of his brain that he can transmit thoughts short distances. He can't read minds and unfortunately he's mute."

Vertigo gave me a nod towards a chair and I sat down.

"Now Fang do you remember the last sentence Max spoke to you?" Echo asked.

"Yes she said ', I'll see you tomorrow Fang," I said as Echo paused and nodded his head obviously listening to Vertigo.

"What was Max doing with you the night before she left," Echo asked.

"We were out for a late night flight," I said.
"Has Max talked to anyone outside the flock lately," Echo asked.

"No one besides Ella, Dr. M, and Jeb," I said and Echo stopped and looked like he was restraining himself from murdering all of us.

"I freaking knew it," said Echo ", She didn't leave out of her own will. I just got information that Angel broke out and was headed to an island not far from here. The island is one in this chain that is rumored to have a base for Itex or the school on it. Angel apparently had overheard Max's thoughts and they changed drastically one day. Suddenly Max began thinking about all of the flock's deaths and had strange thoughts. I think that there is a puppeteer controlling Max's thoughts and actions."

"How does that relate to Angel," I asked.

"She heard Max's thoughts, her real thoughts and there was one word that she was thinking. Well more of a phrase that scared Angel," Echo said than paused contemplating if to say it or not ", She was thinking ', I must kill Fang.'"

"What!" I yelled as I stood up ", We have to go get her."

So with that Echo and I were flying along with Zync who looked really cool as he walked on air so to speak. Ryan and Vertigo were there too but they were in their wolf forms bellow us. I saw another break in the island chain were there was water which wasn't a problem for the people below us because they ran so freaking fast.

"Okay so were all good on the plan right?" Echo asked.

"Fang and I will break in as the rest of you make a distraction, the usual," Zync said with a shrug as he sprinted along adding flips and spins. Man that would be even cooler than flying.

everything was eerily quiet and I felt there was something that they weren't telling me. I was in one of those, everybody knows something you don't and aren't telling you because it's for your own good, situations.

"Okay guys what's really going on with Max," I asked.

"Everything we've told and one more thing. I believe Max has those thoughts because of something that 'theoretically' you did. So we believe they had a clone of you as well and it did something to Max that made her hate you, but not the real you," answered Echo.

"Oh," I said ", and what exactly would she hate me for."

"Never mind I said anything, I just hope it's the second one I'm thinking," Echo said but if he was going to say more he was cut off by a shrill screech from an animal that can be best described as a flying snake, a giant flying snake.

"Break off! Fang that is a true dragon," Echo yelled as he arched leftward. So that's why it looked so familiar, it was one of those Japanese New Year like dragons. I dove downward and the dragon began to follow me. I speed through the trees trying to give the dragon a hard time but it just plowed them down or on occasion let out a spurt of acid.

"Get away from him," Yelled Zync as he teleported above the dragon and began throwing hundreds of knives into its back but it seemed unscarred. I thought I was done for, the dragon was gaining on me and I don't think anybody could help me.

Right at that moment I heard one of the strangest sounds ever, the only way to describe it is as white noise. It had no tune or sound and it defiantly didn't hurt my ears. The dragon on the other hand arched upward screeching with pain; whatever had produced that sound had saved my life.

"You owe me big time, like I said, they call me Echo for a reason," said Echo as he came up besides me.

"How do you do that," I asked.

"How did we get wings, how can Ryan and Vertigo transform into dogs, how can Zync teleport and transport weapons from one spot to another. I don't know," he said with a frozen look of pain on his face ", I'm as hurt as the dragon by that sound because I can actually hear it correctly."

"Echo you should stay back," said Zync.

"No, I've worked to long for this moment," Echo said.

"Wait what do you mean," I asked.

"I mean that, well it's hard to put in words. You hear those people who say they have callings, well I feel like I was created for this purpose. To help you get to Max and help her, and whatever she has gained, out of there. I was created not by the school or Itex but by a company called Angels. I felt that I was better than them so I originally called myself The Archangel, but I eventually restored to tactics that were very, demonic. I became a shell of my former self or an echo. That is truly where I get my name, that is why I'm here to stop people from going down the path I've traveled. I ask you this Fang, what is your purpose in life? What is your true purpose because if you say you don't have one I will kill you on the spot," Echo said.

"Echo, my goal right now is to save Max. If I cannot achive this I will gladly let you kill me but not until I try," I said looking ahead at the complex that was built into a mountain side.

"Fang I hope you truly are everything they say you are because the show has just begun. For both of us," Echo said as he headed off with everybody but Zync to make a distraction.

"Okay Fang they should have made a good distraction. Now all I need you to do is simply imagine Max as she once was, think of the true her the good in her and I can teleport us to her. That or our atoms get thrown into space, either way you may not like what happens," Zync said.

"I'm ready," I said as I closed my eyes and simply imagined Max. I opened my eyes and we were in a small room but Max wasn't there, only Angel.

"Angel? Where is Max?" I asked.

"They took her, well you took her. I realize now it was a clone but Max won't listen to me. They said they were going to perform a final test, all or nothing," Angel said.

"Here," Zync said handing Angel a knife.

"Giving a child a knife?" I questioned.

"Children are way more agile thus they are able to do things adults can't. That and in actuality her intelligence and the wings make her about twelve. I killed my first person when I was nine," he said obviously not wanting to talk about it ", Fang whatever happens when you get Max bolt. We'll be fine and we'll find you and get the flock to you."

"I understand," I said as Zync started picking the lock. I heard a small pop and Zync swore very loudly. He then proceeded to stand up bring his foot back, kick forward, and send the door flying off it's hinges. We walked out to find a Soldier squished between the door and the wall. I walked right past as if something was guiding me to Max. Some person ran up to me but Zync intercepted them, I was oblivious to anything except one door. The door that I kick so hard it went inward and flew through the wall. Inside was Max and beside her was a small boy, maybe five or six. I had a few thoughts but I needed to get out of here and lucky for me the boy had wings.

"Come on as they say 'Let's bolt,'" I said as I ran for the hole in the wall hoping Max was behind me. I was about to run through the wall but I felt something hit me in the neck.

"Sorry Fang," Max said with no emotion.

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