Quote #5: Smile, and the world will smile with you. Laugh, and the world will think you're on drugs.
Max POV
Miles away, in the sky, were a bunch of people swooping in low arcs and twirling in the air.
"Are they dumb?" I thought aloud. They were flying below the clouds, in plain sight, right over civilization. T hey could be seen. I looked over at Fang, who shrugged. Iggy flew up next to me, Hawk in his arms.
"What's the plan, Oh Mighty One?" Hawk asked, so low I could barely hear it. I put a fake smile on my face; more for her sake.
"We are going to use you, of course." I looked up at Iggy, whose face was a complete mask of concern. I don't know if the concern was for sending Hawk into get the other flock's trust, or for Hawk's weak condition.
"Everyone, land!" I looked around. We were about thirty minutes away from the shore, but a small patch of trees was off to our right. "In the trees. Land in them." My flock did a bold move; we dive bombed into the trees. In plain sight. My fingers were crossed. Hopefully, no one saw us.
The second everyone was perched in a tree, I started barking orders.
"Okay, Hawk and Angel, it's up to you. Fang, you're going to carry Hawk up." I shushed Iggy, who was about to complain about not carrying Hawk. "Angel you'll fly behind them. Hawk and Angel, the second you find the leader of the flock, explain everything to them. Make sure they understand. Do it through your minds. Explain that we are in this patch of trees." I looked at everyone, who was hanging on my words. "Angel, I would tell you what you should explain to the other flock…" I paused. "But you probably have been listening to my thoughts." She gave me a sweet, embarrassed little smile. "The second they agree to help us, come back and get us. Then we'll take it from there."
Hawk, Fang, and Angel looked at me. Gazzy jumped over to Angel's tree and gave her a small hug. Iggy kissed Hawk on the cheek and handed her over to Fang. There is most definitely something going on between them. I gave a small smile at Fang, who nodded at me.
In seconds, bird kids were raining down on us.
Well that wasn't part of the plan.
Someone tackled me from the tree to the ground. They pinned me down and held down both of my arms. I looked up at them, it was a guy. Light brown hair draped over his shoulders in messy wisps.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" He said through clenched teeth.
I looked up at him, trying not to look mad. "My name is Max. You have to understand: We are on your side. We are against Itex!" He looked convinced for a second, but he narrowed his eyes.
"How can I trust you?" The boy looked me dead in the eyes.
My life story. That's all I have to get this guy to trust me.
"When I was younger, my embryo was sent into the School to get avian DNA graphed into it. I grew up in a dog crate until I escaped. My flock and I have been on the run for years." I took a deep breath and looked around at everyone, who was fighting with the attacking flock. "While on the run, we ran into another flock. They took us in… they trust us. We have a plan. We want to destroy Itex. But we need your help. Please, just let me and my flock go."
He looked at me. Seconds passed and he finally stood up, still ready for any fight that might come his way.
"Stop!" He yelled. The boy's voice boomed over everything. Every head snapped in his direction and stopped fighting. He backed up and every person that was with him ran behind him. I guess he's the leader.
Angel, do your thing. I thought to her.
The leader's face looked surprised at first. Probably from the voice in his head. But then he started to look more calm… more relaxed. After many minutes, he spoke.
"H—how did she do that?" He was looking straight at Angel. If he was afraid of Angel's skill; we were screwed.
"Some of us have… powers." I bit my lip and crossed my arms. I was trying so hard not to bite my nails. The boy nodded and looked understanding.
"Some of us do too. How about we sit down and introduce ourselves?" I nodded and everyone started forming a large (very large) circle. I noticed how the people stayed with their own flock.
The leader of the flock looked around, "Well, I'm Travis. I'm head of the flock. I'm eighteen." He nodded at a girl next to him.
She was gorgeous. I felt so self conscious around her. She was obviously from Asian descent. Her black hair and pale skin went perfectly with each other. "I'm Kiki. I am eighteen also." She nodded off to a small girl with blonde hair.
"I'm Lea Alexis-Martia Hope." She smiled up at everyone around her. "And I am five years old."
Travis looked at everyone's faces, "Tell them your real name." He said.
The little girl sighed, "I'm Lima." Her blue eyes were glistening. Lima looked at a girl next to her. She looked young, but, man, she looked like she could kick your butt. She had dark brown skin and hair. She didn't look like the feminine type.
"I'm Taya. Nine. Whatever." She looked away and glared at Travis. She didn't like pairing up with us so much.
"She sounds so happy to be here." Fang whispered into my ear. I smirked and looked at a boy. He had bright green hair and light brown skin. Even though the skin colors were different shades, he looked a lot like Taya.
"I'm Kris. I'm seventeen and Taya's brother." He gave everyone a bright smile and looked at two boys that were sitting off with each other. They looked exactly alike. Both blonde haired and blue eyed… they were like mini-Dylans. But I couldn't think that, because I would automatically hate them if they associated with Dylan.
"I'm Jacob." One said. "I'm Spike. We're twins and thirteen." I nodded and looked around. That was all of them.
Our turn.
"I'm Max. I'm fifteen and one of the flock leaders." I gave a small smile and looked at Fang. Once everyone was done introducing them self, we explained the whole situation for everyone to hear. Their faces were varying from shock to anger. Taya was one of the angered faces.
"We are not going." Said Taya. "That's a suicide mission! It could get everyone killed!" She looked at Kris and creased her eyebrows, seeing that he was into the idea of attacking Itex. "Kris… I can't lose you again."
I looked away. She had lost him at one point in time… Just like I had lost Fang. I couldn't possibly do that to her. I wouldn't go through the pain of losing someone you love again. I stood up and it took all of my power to look into her eyes. A mixture of pain and anger flashed in them.
"I know how you feel. I lost someone I love. And I got him back, just like you got Kris back." I took a deep breath. Getting my emotions out was hard. Saying them to an almost complete stranger was even harder. "But if we destroy Itex… we won't have to live in fear any more. You won't have to worry about losing Kris. We can walk free." I sighed and looked back at Fang. He didn't smile, but the look in his eyes made me feel 100% better. "Please… we need your help."
Taya looked at me, and then at Travis. She nodded and sat down next to her brother.
"Where are we heading?" Travis asked.
I looked back at Hawk and gave her a small smile, "Arizona. My friend Hawk… she is hurt. We are going to get her help there. My…" This information could destroy their trust with us completely. "My mother is a vet. She is going to be removing a chip from Hawk and giving x-rays to the rest of my and her flock. I would feel completely safe if you guys got x-rayed too. To see if you are chipped or not…"
Travis looked at me, his expression serious. His long dark brown hair fell in waves around his face. "I know I was chipped. I went nuts and removed it with a pocket knife." He pulled up his pant leg and showed us a long pink line on his calf. "I don't know about the rest of my flock though. It will be up to them to get the medical attention." I looked around at all of them and nodded.
"We need to leave for Arizona now. I'm afraid my friend might not have much time. Then we need to go back to Maryland. We have hawks there… we are going to use them in the battle for Itex. I got Angel to tell them that we will come back for them as soon as possible to get them. They are staying put… for now." I said. I was digging my nails into my leg. The thought of losing Hawk sucked. She and I had to go through the same things. I need a friend like her.
"Don't say that." Iggy said. His brow was creased and he pulled Hawk closer to him. "She had time."
I nodded, "We need to go now."
Travis looked at me, his eyebrows slightly raised. "Can my flock pack a little first?" I shrugged and stretched out my wings. Everyone did the same. I was almost mesmerized by Kiki's white and black specked wings. They were gorgeous.
"Follow them." I said to my flock. Once the other flock had taken off into the sky; I jumped up and started flapping. In minutes, we were at the den that the other flock stayed at. They stayed at an actual den. It brought back memories of the house we had in Colorado… The E house. I smiled a little and followed Spike and Jacob through the door. The den was pretty nice. Livable.
Better than the sewers of New York.
Everyone separated into their rooms, leaving my flock and the owl flock out in the living area.
"They have no bad intentions. They really want to help." Angel said. She smiled up at me. I couldn't help it and I bent down and hugged her. She was surprised at first, but then she wrapped her small arms around me.
You haven't hugged me like that since… She trailed off. I hadn't hugged her like that since she got kidnapped.
Don't think about it. I smiled at her and let go. I needed an Angel hug right now.
In a minute, everyone was out in the living room with their packs ready.
"We're in the middle of a suburb. Where do we take off from?" I looked at the other flock for help.
Lima, the littlest girl, smiled at me, "The neighbors know about us. They just let us be. We can take off from the roof." She smiled at me and walked out of the door. Angel smiled and skipped after her. She intended on making a new friend.
When we took off, the neighbors didn't even give a second glance. I wouldn't mind living here. They treated them like an everyday part of their lives. Travis, Iggy, who was holding Hawk, Josh, Fang, and Kiki flew up next to me. We were all in one huge line.
"You lead the way." Travis and Hawk yelled. I nodded and smiled.
"Hawk, get some rest. We should be there in about a day and a half. Don't try to do much damage, okay?" I looked at her, concern flooding through my veins. She looked bad. Really bad.
Her tan skin was looking pale and clammy. Her brilliant sapphire eyes looked grey. Her lips weren't pink anymore. Her hair looked flat and lifeless, usually it had nice body to it.
"Hold in there." I swooped down and gave her hand a squeeze. "Iggy, when you get tired, hand her over to Josh or Fang." He nodded as I flew to the front of the mass of people. There were seventeen people traveling with us now. At first, it was just my flock. We gained eleven people.
Wow. That's pretty good.
Fang's Blog
You are visiting Fang's blog. Welcome!
You are Visitor#: The Thing is still broken…
Yo,
We are with another flock. It's now my original flock, the owl flock, and this new flock now. Just so you're not confused while I'm talking, their names are Travis, Kiki, Kris, Taya, Spike, Jacob, and Lima. Travis is the leader.
We are all on our way to see Dr. Martinez! A little surprise visit to her. Max has been dying to see her mom, so she is extremely excited. But that's not why I'm here to talk to you.
I'm here, because I need to build an army… again. Everyone, make those groups. Pick a day to get everyone to attack. We need your help. Max won't ever admit it, but we do need it. Do the best you can. This is it! This is our world saving chance! Itex wants us out of the way, and we need to stop them! This is our time now! We can start a revolution! This will go down in history.
We are the key.
I'll answer a few of the questions I got recently.
From OhMiBabiiCakes
Fang, dump Max for me! I LOVE YOU! Here, I'll send you a pic to show you wat yur missing out on! picture deleted Don't you see how sexi I am? Here's my number if you want to call me number deleted I'll be waiting 333
To OhMiBabiiCakes
… Wow.
From BuddhaKicksAss
Yo, I got your back. Man, we can kill these damn whitecoats! They took innocent babies and experimented on them! Took their lives away. I'm definitely fighting! Give me a time and place!
To BuddhaKicksAss
Cool, man. There should be links on the blog with self defense clubs and things that people are doing to fight against Itex. Click on the link at any time.
From The_Ghosts
Man! My name is Rafael. Im part of the Ghosts. The gang that helped you when you split from the females. Im here to tell you that we are in on the fight too! We'll def help.
To The_Ghosts
Hey! It's good to hear from you guys again. Thanks for everything.
Well, I'm beat. I have a long day ahead of me.
-Fang out