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Chapter 13: Supermarket Sweep
Max's POV
I entered the supermarket with the others trailing behind me. It was big, the supermarket I mean. Big, full of people, and full of food. Which was good, the food part anyways.
"Okay everyone, grab a cart and split up and grab good healthy food. And don't attract attention," I said. They all groaned and split up. Angel and Nudge ran to the candy aisle, despite what I just said. Cass, Chris and Ella went to the fresh produce section. I sighed and went to the dairy section with Shadow trailing soundlessly behind me.
We weren't big on the whole wordy apologies thing so we just started looking at milk, seeing which ones haven't expired yet.
"Does your wrist hurt?" I asked. She shook her head, still looking through the milks.
"Can I see?" I asked again. She sighed and took off the long glove that concealed her wrist and revealed an inch long burn. My eyes widened and she smirked weakly.
"Isn't it nice?" she whispered. I felt like hugging her but I was frozen in place.
"I'm sorry," I managed to get out. She looked at the floor, then back at me.
"It's okay," Shadow said. "I'll go to the frozen foods aisle." She said whirling around and leaving me just like that.
Shadow's POV
I'm such an idiot. As if Max didn't feel bad enough! I went to the freezers and looked for some TV dinners. Wait...chocolate ice cream...oh lucky me, last one.
"Sky," I turned around. Angel was there with tears in her eyes and a boy in tow. I looked at him. He had dirty blond hair, like Max, and had hazel eyes, like Jeb. I shuddered as I thought of that bastard.
"SKY!" Angel snapped. Oops...sorry Angel...don't repeat the last word I thought, okay?
"Sure," she answered. The boy looked at her, confused.
"Who are you kid?" I asked him. He looked at me.
"I'm Ari," he said, sticking out a hand. I smiled and took his hand. How cute...
"He's my boyfriend," Angel said sweetly. That made me freeze. Angel...boyfriend? I gave the kid a good look now. He was about the same height as Angel, who, thanks to her avian genes, was pretty dang tall. So this kid could be 10 or 11 at most.
"How old are you k-I mean-Ari?" I said, not calling him kid by the look Angel was giving me.
"Seven," he said. Well, that's a little hard to believe...
"Sky," Angel moaned. I turned to her and saw she was holding her arm. I blinked.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I-my arm scraped against the wood and now it's bleeding," she said, removing her hand to reveal dark crimson blood. I bit my lip.
"You have to be more careful," I scolded, taking off my fabric glove and wrapping it on her arm.
"M'kay," she said and grabbed Ari's hand. His face flushed. I barely suppressed the urge to say Aww... "Let's go Ari!"
"Sure Ange," he mumbled and she dragged him off. I raised my eyebrow. They knew each other for at most, 5 minutes, and their already boyfriend and girlfriend, not to mention the fact that he called her Ange.
That girl works fast.
Max's POV
Shadow came back over, with a big smirk on her face. I was already wary.
"What?" She dumped chocolate ice cream into the cart. What part of healthy doesn't she understand?
"I know something you don't know," she teased. I glared at her. She knew how much I hated being out of the loop.
"What is it?"
"Angel..." she trailed off. I almost strangled her. This is my baby that we're talking about.
"What about Angel?" Shadow looked at me, her face impassive, but her eyes were dancing.
"She has a-"
"A what?! A what?! For goodness sakes, spill it!"
"Angel has a boyfriend."
That was when my jaw met the floor.
"WHAT?!" Shadow winced.
"Yeah, she brought this boy to him and she said it was her boyfriend." I relaxed. They were just kids, just kids...
"Okay, just kids he's how old...?"
"Seven,"
"And she's six," I continued. "No big deal." Shadow snickered and nodded.
"Oh yeah," I looked at her. "She had a cut on her arm but I patched it up. No big deal." I fought the urge to tear down the store looking for her and Shadow took the eggs from me, putting it down.
"Sheesh, you act like she can get pregnant." My stomach flipped as I thought of my six year old Angel with a big stomach.
"I bet she doesn't even know what sex is," Shadow continued, flipping her hair back and looking through the egg boxes. I felt the blood drain from my face. Angel...doing that.
"JEEZ MAX!" Shadow said grabbing my arm. "You have such an overactive imagination and a faint heart. I didn't tell you to imagine it. Goodness."
Meanwhile...
"So what should we play next?" Angel asked, skipping next to Ari. The boy had his hands shoved in his pockets.
"I dunno, should we go to the produce aisle and throw tomatoes at people? It's fun," he suggested. Angel shook her head.
"No, Max will get mad..." Angel said, trailing off. Max wouldn't mind too much...right?
"Hey, um Angel," Ari said. Angel stared at the boy and resisted the urge to read his mind.
"Why did that girl-um, Sky I think you called her-had her wrist burned like that? It looked...painful..."Ari trailed off, embarrassed that he even asked the question.
"Oh," Angel said and looked away. Guilt crushed Ari and he was immediate to apologize.
"Sorry, for bringing up! You don't have to tell me," he said. Angel looked at him, her big blue eyes filled with forgiveness.
"It's okay, you were just curious," she asked. Ari breathed out in relief and idea struck him.
"Hey, you know, your cousin Sky reminds me of my cousin, and he's in the supermarket now. You want to meet him?" Ari said.
"Sure!" Angel said, already bouncing back into hopefulness. Ari grabbed Angel's hand and they ran through the store.
Fang's POV
Frozen foods, frozen foods...where is that damn aisle?!
"Look for the one with the big, obvious, freezers Fang. That might be the frozen foods, not sure." Ghost said. I growled and he laughed, going to the fresh produce.
I found to freezers and went to one that looked recently opened. Damn, someone took the last tub of chocolate ice cream...
"This is Nick," I heard Ari say. I turned and looked. Ari was hand and hand with a blonde girl with blue eyes.
Wait a sec...she looks familiar...
The park! She was with Max at the park!
Oh crap...that means...
The Angels are here.
"Sorry Ari. Got to run!" the little girl said, once she laid her eyes on me. Oh crap...the others are here. The girl ripped her hand from Ari's and ran off. Ari looked bewildered and confused.
"Wait...ANGEL!" he ran after her.
"ARI!" I called, going after him.
Max's POV
"MAX!" I heard Angel scream. I dropped my basket and Shadow caught it before it hit the ground. I ran down the corridor to see Angel heading in my direction. I swept her up and spun her around. She clung to me.
"Max! The Fallen are here!" she said. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped. "And Ari's in the Fallen!"
"Who's Ari?" I asked. There were tears in her eyes.
"He's in the Fallen," she said. "He's my boyfriend Max and-"
"ARI!" I saw the boy heading this way. Looking a lot like Hunter. And Jeb.
Then I recognized who was streaking this way, grabbing the boy's arm before he could come any closer.
"Hello Nick," I spat.
"Maxine," he said evenly. I heard Shadow yelp in surprise. I looked back and saw...she wasn't behind me.
"NONE OF YOUR-..." Shadow went quiet. I gulped. Uh-oh...
I stepped back and saw Shadow and Hunter at a stalemate, both of them glaring at each other, with Shadow hiding her injured hand behind her back. I heard screaming coming from the produce section and saw Nudge running up to me.
"THE FALLEN!"
At the same time, the boy version of Angel came running up to Hunter.
"THE ANGELS!"
"Why can't I come to the supermarket in peace?!" Shadow muttered.
"MAX!" I heard from the produce section. Why me...
I ran past Fang to the fresh produce.
And a lettuce head almost hit me.
I ducked and Angel jumped from my arms and went to where Chris was hiding, which was a overturned wheelbarrow. What part of don't attract attention don't they understand?! Maybe the don't, because they attract attention just fine.
"COOL!" I heard the boy, Ari, say from next to me. I looked at him and saw him run next to the blind boy, Iggy.
"Oh Jesus, why me?" I heard Hunter groan from next to me.
"Thus proving that Total's not the only one who needs a leash," Shadow muttered from next to me. I would've laughed if this wasn't so bad. But it is. Because we're in a public place, hurling food at one another.
"HEY!" Hunter roared. All of the Fallen froze in place. The Fallen consisted of 7 boys. There was Hunter, Fang, Iggy, Ghost, a green haired kid, the male version of Angel, and Ari. I looked at my own group. Me, Shadow, Chris, Cass, Ella, Nudge, and Angel. And my group was still throwing crap.
"GUYS ENOUGH!" I roared. They ceased fire.
"Why? We have to get the Fallen before they get us," Chris said. And that's when I lost it.
"Oh, so THAT'S you're excuse for starting a food fight in a freaking SUPERMARKET?! 'The Fallen is here, lets throw pumpkins at them' THIS IS RIDIC-" Shadow put a hand on my shoulder and I shut my mouth before I started screaming like a crazy person.
"Crystal, get the others and get to the car right now. We're leaving," Shadow said, in her cold, deadly, 'you better listen to me' tone.
"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!" a store clerk shrieked. I groaned. This was the moment me and my credit card were dreading. I turned to the store clerk, who looked at who I would guess to be the manager. The manager was tall, and had thick black hair with brown eyes.
"Listen, I'll pay for all this-" I started.
"Me too," Hunter put in, digging in his pocket.
"But you can't pay like that," the manager said, his voice silky smooth. Some people were crowding around us, making me nervous. I went up to him, and poked his chest hard. Shadow came next to me grabbing my wrist so I wouldn't poke him again.
"Listen mister. We're going to pay, not work in your crummy market, so deal. And we do have the money so don't even try to shove us in those stiff vests just because you're short of workers," I snarled. The manager grinned making my stomach sink. This isn't going to end well...
"That's not how you're going to pay either," he said.
"MAX! DUCK!" Angel screamed. The worker looked at Angel and before he could do anything else, Shadow swept his feet from under him. He hit the ground.
And that's when all hell broke loose.
Hunter lunged at Shadow and they skidded across the floor. Just as one of the workers pulled out a gun and shot the area where she had been, just seconds before. I jumped back.
"THEY'RE FROM ITEX!" Angel screamed.
"Cass, cover Angel!" I started hurling out orders. "Chris, flank my left! Ella, my right! Nudge stay behind me! Shadow? SHADOW!?"
"She's fine!" Hunter called. The other shoppers were coming over now, grins marring their faces.
One of them stopped in front of me. "The pipsqueak is right. Itex wants you out of their hair. So I hope you made funeral arrangements, though I doubt that they'll be necessary since you'll be cremated."
"Excuse me?" I snarled.
"Yeah, this place will go boom in...eleven-no ten minutes now." The worker said.
"Yep," Chris said from next to me. "We're so totally fucked."
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