The rant of the night:

(Again...you don't really have to read this. It's not really important. Just me rambling...)

Hopefully, you all tuned in to Glee tonight. It was fantastic! I will mention it a little more at the end of the chapter. I will warn you now, I'm going to talk a little about the episode, so if you haven't seen it but plan on watching it, there will be spoilers!!

Now, onward to the story!

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CHAPTER 15

Max POV

How did they find us? Did the voice lead us into a trap? No time to think!

Fang and I had burst into the room, grabbing a few things that could be useful and throwing it into a bag.

"What's going on?" Iggy" asked panicked.

"Flyboys!" I said quickly, anger filled in that one word.

At that, the others were up and moving.

"Out the front and to the nearest woods," I instructed as we dashed down the hall. "U and A from there."

Just as we reached the door to the stairwell, two Flyboys crashed through the window on the opposite end of the hall.

"MOVE!" I shouted. "I'll meet you down there!"

"Max, no!" Angel cried.

"GO!" I yelled again. "Get out of here!"

There was no more time for arguments because the Flyboys were merely feet away. One darted forward, but I dodged to the side before swinging a fist to hit his weak spot in his back. He fell apart at my feet as I whirled around to get the other one. I was too late to dodge the kick that landed on the side of my head. It spun me around as I fell to the floor. I was struggling to force myself back to my feet to battle the Flyboy, but Fang beat me to it. I wasn't even off the ground when Fang did a flying kick right into its chest.

"C'mon!" Fang demanded, offering me his hand. "Get up!"

He pulled me to my feet quickly as two more Flyboys came through the already-smashed window.

We practically flew down the stairs and out the front door. The others were still running for the woods, closely followed by Fang and myself.

I glanced back at the sky to see how many more were coming.

"About ten more!" I called ahead. That was problem #1: Flyboys in San Francisco. It would be hard to fight without making a scene.

Finally, we reached the woods. We made sure to move far enough in before taking off to avoid getting spotted.

Gazzy and Angel unfurled their wings, waiting for a signal to take off.

"We lost about three in the woods," Iggy declared. "I heard them smash into the trees."

The others stared at me, waiting for the plan. There was problem #2: I didn't have a plan ready.

"Max!" Nudge practically shouted. "We can't keep running!"

"Right," I agreed. "You, Gazzy, and Angel get out of here! Nudge, you have to get them to safety!"

She was twelve. She was ready for this.

With a nod, she snapped out her wings. "Where should we go?" she asked in her tough voice. She was really growing up.

"Top of the Golden Gate," I decided and tossed her the bag. "It's dark, now. You should get up there easily without being seen. Any sign of trouble, have Angel send us a warning and someone will come for you!"

"Got it!" she said and the three of them flew through the treetops.

"Fang and Iggy," I said quieter. "We have to fight."

Fang POV

Iggy, Max, and I watched the younger kids fly away, making sure they weren't followed by Flyboys.

Luckily, the scientists hadn't improved the Flyboys' designs yet. These ones were the simple Eraser look-alikes with the disgusting Eraser skin pasted on. Max told us about the weak point in their lower back. They also weren't smart enough to fly over the trees to get us. Instead, they were sloppily avoiding flying right into the trees behind us.

"Get ready, Ig," Max said only loud enough for the three of us to hear.

"I can hear them," he muttered. "They make a lot of noise. Shouldn't be too hard to find 'em."

We tensed as they quickly closed the distance between us. The first one was aimed right at Iggy. Just before it reached him, Iggy managed to sidestep and brought a roundhouse kick to its weak spot.

Two more followed immediately, ready to attack us again. One was moving toward Max, the other for me. Behind them, were another two Flyboys.

"Fang," Max muttered. "Kicking and Screaming."

I gave a nod that would be imperceptible by anyone else. "Kicking and Screaming" was an attack we made up as kids when we were at the School. When they set the Erasers on us, we formed a few attack plans and slapped random names to them.

"One," I breathed and we both jumped into fighting stances.

"Two," Max said a little louder. With that, we started running toward our attackers.

"Three!" we shouted at the same time.

Everything happened quickly from there. Max stepped in front of me, facing me, arms crossed at her wrists in front of her. I grabbed a hold of her hands and spun her around to gain momentum. As we came back around, I released my grasp and she shot her legs out straight for the nearest enemy.

The impact sent them crashing into another Flyboy. That's what we like to call killing two stones with one bird! (AN: Ok. I really enjoyed that line. Sorry. haha.)

The third Flyboy dodged the attack surprisingly. Max just barely missed it as it moved out of the way gracefully. I guessed that not all of them were the older models by its movements.

It managed to cuff me on the cheek, causing me to stumble back a few steps. As it came back in for another face shot, I ducked out of the way and shot my leg under its feet. It went down on its stomach, and I jumped on its back at the base of its spine. Thank goodness for weak spots!

The fourth Flyboy in that attack went straight to Iggy. He, too, was caught off guard and took a punch to the gut. His breath came out in a whoosh as he fell back.

(AN: keep in mind, the attack with the four Flyboys happened at the same time. So, basically, Iggy and Fang were being attacked at the same time…not one after the other…ok…continue)

Max jumped back to help Iggy. She grabbed a branch that had fallen from a tree during the previous attack and smashed it against the Flyboys head. The branch snapped but left one heck of a dent on the Flyboy's head, leaving it too damaged to fight back.

"Max!" I shouted as another one came behind her, slashing a metal claw across her back.

She screeched in pain and fell forward. Iggy caught her just in time, and I slammed a foot into its back.

One more to go!

I whipped around, expecting it to be in my face by now. Instead, it was flying away in the opposite direction.

"Ugh! It got away!" Max said.

I didn't need my newest ability to know how much pain she was in. Her voice made it apparent that she was still in a lot of pain.

We took stock of our injuries before finding the others.

Iggy was mostly unharmed. A few minor scratches here and there.

Max had twisted her ankle during our attack. Not to mention the scratch across her back. Fortunately, her wings were unharmed.

I had a nice bruise on my cheek and some minor cuts and bruises.

Finally, we flew back to the bridge to find the kids.

Alright. This is where the spoilers for tonight's Glee episode comes in!

If you plan on watching it and don't want it ruined, do NOT read the next section. You can read the last thing, if you so choose.

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Ok. Those of you still with me...

I knew Puck was going to sing "Sweet Caroline" to Rachel. I don't know how I knew. I just did. lol

I think they looked cute together! I kinda like them together more than Finn and Rachel. But my dreams were crushed by the end of the episode. lol

Oh well, win some, lose some. Right?

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Anyway, I'll post another chapter sometime tomorrow. Or two. Or three. I don't know. We'll see what kind of mood I'm in. :)