Chapter: 1
MAX POV
All you readers that just went "OMG! SHE DIED!": shut up because you don't know everything. I know more than you do, trust me. I did not used to, but I do now. That's because… well I don't exactly know how, but I know why. Let me go back a bit and tell you.
FLASHBACK!
"...''-****" Nudge manages to get out before Jeb politely walks over and puts his hand over her mouth. "Okay Nudge. But, Max, what does she mean about 'haven't eaten in four entire days'? Haven't you been feeding them?"
I reply, "Yes, I was feeding them, until the money ran out while we were in fricking AFRICA!" So we flew here and found you. But the trip took us about, hmmn… let's see…FOUR DAYS! Whoa!"
Jeb gives me what is supposed to be a harsh stare, but I return it, just better. "Max, you should have called me, I could have helped you."
"Oh yes, I can't believe I forgot about my phone! Where is it, oh wait, that's right! I DON'T HAVE ONE! Ha! Seriously Jeb, you thought that I could have called you if A)I don't have a phone B)No one in Chad, Africa has a phone except for a select few and C)We have no money to use a payphone or whatnot."
Jeb looks ashamed. HAHA! I am triumphant again! Jeb mutters, "Well, when you put it that way…"
Gazzy butts in, "Hey, old married couple, we want food here, so let's go. Come on, hurry up!"
I glare at Gazzy, steal Jeb's wallet, and lead the flock into McDonalds. I step in line and I order three double cheeseburgers, two BigMacs, four medium fries, a chocolate shake, and a DrPepper. The counter lady looks at me funny and asks if I was feeding six people or something. Yeah, me and my split personalities (A/N: I don't know if I got that from the actual books or someone else's fanfic. Whatever.). The rest of the flock orders things very similar to mine, except Nudge gets everything with no meat. I think she is crazy, going without bacon, but oh well they are her choices. We finish eating and leave the restaurant. I wonder why we haven't been attacked by Erase- shit. Why do I always have to jinx myself?
'Because that's what you do.' Angel says sweetly in my mind.
'Thanks Angel, real encouraging.' I think back. I hear tinkling laughter in my head. I sigh while I run. I yell to the flock, "U&A guys move it!"
Fang does a 360 before actually obeying me, being the stubborn person he is and flies away with Iggy. I grab Angel and throw her into the air and Nudge follows her. Gazzy and I are about to take off, but I realize that there is still the problem of Jeb. I tell Gazzy, because the others are still within sight but too far away to help, to grab one of Jeb's arms and I grab the other. We take off awkwardly, our wings almost hitting each other, but we make it work. I steal a glance at the ground and I see one of the Erasers pull out a gun. I groan and tell Gazzy to try and fly faster. He tries, but it is not fast enough. I feel searing pain in my wing as I fall, Jeb in my arms because Gazzy couldn't hold onto him. I hear the rest of the flock shouting my name but they are too far away. Just then, as I am falling out of the sky, I see a brilliant flash of white, then darkness.
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****For all of you that did not know what this was it was this:
Oh my gosh I swear if Ari attacks us one more time I am going to... blow up or something because I just can't take this much moving around when we haven't had a full meal in four entire days! Oh my gosh what are we going to do? Do we even have any money to spend on food? Even if we have a little we can always go to McDonalds or Wendy's or some cheap fast food restaurant like that. I wonder if there even are any of those around. Oh look, there is one right there! Can we go Max? Please, please, please, please, please, please-
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