Third chapter, I think you get the pattern.
Chapter Thirty-Four
Fang
Angel, Gazzy, and I continued to dive in and out of the sky until it was dark and we were probably close to Arizona. The humid May air stuck to our wings, even at night, and made it uncomfortable to fly. I could see Angel working hard to push her wings up and down through the thick atmosphere.
"Fang," Angel whined. "How long till we get there?"
"Angel, we just left a little while ago," I reminded her.
"I know," she said. "How much longer?"
"I don't know, about five or six hours," I told her. She pouted.
"This weather sucks," Gazzy complained. I rolled my eyes. If this was what it was going to be like the whole way to Dr. Martinez's I was going to kill them.
"If anyone complains about anything for the next seven hours, they're not getting to Arizona alive," I warned. Angel and Gazzy looked forward, mouths tightly closed and eyes opened wide.
We flew the whole night, and, to my surprise, nobody complained. I wanted to land, for the kids' sake, but I was just too worried about Max. Obviously something was bothering her. A lot, if she was refusing to see me. Maybe I was bothering her?
"Fang, you should stop being all self-hateful," Angel said. "It's bad for your complexion, gives you zits."
I stared at her. "How do you know that?" I asked. "And stop invading my thoughts!"
"I read it in one of Nudge's magazines," she explained. "And never!"
I rolled my eyes and looked down at the ground below us. There were a bunch of lights, which were disappearing slowly as the sun peaked over the horizon.
"That's it, right there," I told them, pointing to the ground. The two kids looked relieved and we bombed toward the forested area where Max and I had landed together years ago. It looked the same, all lush and green. It felt good to be there again.
Angel, Gazzy, and I trekked through the trees until we could see Dr. Martinez's house. I signalled for them to be quiet. It was still really early, and I would hate to wake up anyone inside the house. Angel and Gazzy nodded and we walked out into the yard and up the stairs. I grabbed the knob and turned it, but it stuck. I shouldn't have been so surprised. Normal people locked the doors and windows when they were asleep. Max had started doing it after I broke in though her window.
"What do we do now?" Angel asked me. I shrugged.
"Wait out here?" I suggested.
"Do you think Max's window is open?" Gazzy asked mockingly. "Maybe Fang could slip through it and do her again."
I was tempted to hit him, but I knew that if I did, he'd tell Max and she'd be even more pissed at me, for whatever reason she was mad at me.
"Who's there?" I voice called from the door.
"Ig?" Gazzy called. "Ig, it's us! Angel, Fang and I!"
"Oh," Iggy said. I heard feet moving away from us.
"Dammit, Iggy!" I called. "Let us in!" He snickered and unlocked the door.
Damn kids.