Fang's P.O.V.
Oh, this was so wrong. Max could not go to the School with me. This was torture.
I hadn't meant to yell at Max like that before, and to tell the truth, for the first time, I regretted my earlier anger.
Max had instantly fallen asleep, and I wished so dearly to be able to knock myself to sleep right away with no worries. Only if I had stopped myself from feeling so wimpy and cowardly when Max had stubbornly decided to go with me. The pale moonlight didn't provide enough cliché for a horror movie as horrifying as going to the school.
I rested my elbows on my raised knees and closed my eyes tight. Right now. This instant, Angel or Nudge or Gazzy or Iggy could be tested on. They could be running mazes, they could be forced to drink or eat poison, they could be forced into to telling where I was, or even worse: where Max was.
Miraculously, a few minutes later, I was asleep. I was sinking into a dreamless sleep.
(In dream)
Fang, you know, you can't hide the secret from the flock forever. I visited you before, and I can visit you in your mind again.
Jeb! What did you do to the flock?
Nothing. Or at least I didn't do anything. I trust you have Max with you. Oh, I miss her so much.
You miss her enough to kill her?
Fang, if you think that I'm going to kill Max, it's a very fallacious reasoning you have there. I will never kill dear Max. I just want to make a friend for you. You'll be Adam, she'll be Eve.
What? You're going to give her wings?!
Hadn't you always wished you had someone you could relate to…so you wouldn't feel so…oh I don't know…alone?
You lay one of your paws on her and I swear I'll…
But I couldn't finish my words. A split image shot through my mind.
Max was screaming in pain, she was thrashing on the ground, blood splattered across her body because of the sharp jabs she had gotten.
"Fang! Aaaaahhh!" her scream was unbearable…yet Fang felt happy inside. Almost giddy.
A sharp electric pain was shot onto Max's back, and they injected several needles, needles that made her…
It went on like that forever. Endless screams, and shouts of pain, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape this dream.
"Fang! Fang! Hellooo?! I'm right here! I'm not dying!" someone yelled in my ear. Now that I was conscious enough on my own to focus, Max was shaking me awake with a terrible look on her face.
I looked around and saw that we weren't in the school, thank god. Instead, I was sprawled on the ground sweat and all.
"What happened to you?" Max asked searching my face for an answer.
"Nothing," I said quickly to cover.
"I see. Did you have a horrible nightmare or something?" she asked noting how I looked.
"It's nothing Max. Let's eat breakfast, and go."
We were eating breakfast when I thought up something.
"Max, I've made my decision. You can't go with me."
She smiled and looked at me tensely. "Why not?" Oh man, she sounded confident.
"Because…because you can't fly and I am not going to carry you all the way there. You don't know how heavy you have proven yourself to be," I stated simply hoping to notify her of the absolute false statement.
"Who said we're flying. I'm not that unthoughtful of people, Fang," she shot back with sarcasm glass fulfilled. I grimaced.
"I guess you're going to walk the rest of the way while I fly then," I replied acting like for once my wings were useful and I liked them. It was pretty hard. I stood up walking toward the opening of the cave.
I wished this was everyday, waking up in a normal bed in a normal household looking out a normal window not seeing flyboys attacking you and having no turmoil bubble up inside. But deep back in my mind, I knew there was no time for pleasantries and serenity; I had five ordinary kids to save. Well, with Max.
"Fang! I can be a lot of help. You might only see me as a normal girl with no wings and absolutely no super power, but you don't see what's behind the face—." She pleaded with false sincerity.
"Cut the crap, and let's go," I said and I effortlessly scooped her up flying out of this damp cave.
(A couple of hours later)
"Do you want to land?" Max asked after a while. She hadn't said a single word and I was worried if she was still there.
"No. We're almost half-way there," I replied my eyes drooping involuntarily. Then something harshly slapped across and I flapped my eyes open, panic rising ready to kick some flyboy butt.
Instead it was Max frowning and folding her arms.
"Wake up! Are you about to drop us both?" she demanded with hard eyes boring into me.
"Sorry," I muttered hoping she hadn't heard me. I despised apologizing; it made me seem weak, like I was falling on my knees.
"Here, I'll ramble on so you won't fall asleep," she said cheerfully. I scowled.
"Oh no, don't be like Nudge."
"Your sister? Oh yeah…don't worry, I'm not that talkative. So, I wonder what my parents are thinking right now. When did you tell them that I was coming back at? I mean, this is going to be one loooong sleepover right? Or am I being pessimistic here? And also—." Max stopped suddenly dead cold.
"Do you feel that?" her next words were a whisper. I shook my head. And soon enough, something whipped right across my arm and Max screamed loudly. Really loudly.
"What the—," and that's when I accidentally dropped Max. I dove straight downward for her, which wasn't easy as that the wind slapped me across my face, but nothing can be peaceful for me, right? I can never be that dream guy where I save the girl I like.
The flyboy kicked me right in the stomach, breaking about…oh, I don't know…three ribs? I'll count them later. I swung around doing a back flip in the air while doing some multiple kicks into the weak spots of that…thing (to inadequately describe it).
"Max!" I yelled, but instead of hearing a safe yell, a loud sound to tell me she was alive, or even a frantic shout, nothing returned. All I wanted to do was to save her.
But flyboys never gave me that chance of course. The biggest one, Ari kicked me in the back, thrusting me forward with all his wolfish mighty power. I quickly whipped around without moments to spare to find his fist greet me right in the stomach.
"Where are you going Fang?" Ari snarled right into my ear as I held on to dear life.
"Where's she?" I rasped out attempting to punch him in the nose.
"Arrrgh!" Ari yelled gripping his nose and kicking me in the chest, but this time I was ready. I swung around to the side and using my heels to hit him on the base of his spine.
Nice timing. All the other flyboys rounded me leaving me standing all by myself in the middle.
It's one thing to feel alone in the dark by yourself shunned in a corner, and it's another thing to feel alone when you're the center of attention surrounded by flyboys drooling for your Avian American blood.
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