Savannah's PoV

When I heard a scream, my eyes flew open and, on instinct, I leaped up in the air. The first thing I saw? Chase, lying on the ground, moaning. And behind him, holding a lead pipe? A perfect, beautiful looking pre-morphed Eraser.

"Harlow! Ash! Felix!" I screamed, already rushing towards the Eraser. I heard the flock jump up behind me as I leaped into the air, roundhouse kicking the Eraser who'd just nearly knocked out Chase. It stumbled back, and I punched it wildly, half-blinded by fury. "No. One. Touches. My. Flock." I spit out, snatching the pipe out of it's morphing claws. I jumped off it, breathing heavily, looking around. "Chase!" I yelled. "Are there more?" No answer. "ARE THERE MORE?" I screeched, not daring to pause to see if Chase was alright.

Ash and Felix were flanking either of my sides and I saw Harlow hoisting up Andrew into a tree to protect him. "No!" Andrew was crying, "no! I want to fight the bad guys! Harlowwww!" "No, A-A, stay here. Your job is to protect yourself." Harlow was saying soothingly.

So far, I couldn't see any more enemies, and I calmed down a little. "Felix. Ash. Go search the area in a half-mile radius, make sure no one's here." I commanded quietly. They both nodded, a little shaken. Ash fled to the right and Felix to the left, and I was proud to see firm determination on their faces.

I turned my attention towards Chase, dropping myself behind him. "Chase. Chase, wake up." I pleaded, patting his face gently. He stirred a little, but his eyes stayed closed. "Chase!" I said again, letting my voice get a little louder. Suddenly his eyes opened, and groaning, he tried to sit up. "Careful." I warned, helping him stumble to his feet. He leaned against a tree.

"F-flyboy." He managed, touching the back of his head gently. "Ow." I shook my head. "Chase, that was an Eraser." I said, while examining his head. Oh, gosh, that was one heck of a lump. "No, it was a flyboy." He said. Gritting his teeth, he let me touch his head to examine it better. "Look." I pointed to the dead, half morphed Eraser a few feet away.

"I-I saw a flyboy." Chase stuttered. He pointed towards the woods. "Over there." I blinked. "Just one?" Chase nodded.

"We've got to get out of here. ASH!" I yelled. "FELIX!" I didn't care how loud I was being-if there were more flyboys or Erasers or M-geeks or whatever, we needed to fight somewhere where we had an advantage. Meaning-anywhere but the woods in the middle of the night.

Andrew hopped out of the tree, grinning and raising his little fists. "I gunna fight now." He insisted. "Maybe you can, honey, maybe you can." I replied, as Harlow took his hand. Chase and I covered the embers of the fire, just when Felix and Ash came back. "I-saw-something." Ash wheezed. "Yeah, me too. I don't know what it was. Can we fight?" Felix added.

I nodded. "We're leaving here, first. Ready?" The rest of the flock nodded, and I counted down. "3...2...1...NOW!" I yelled, and we all ran and leaped into the air, stroking our wings powerfully to get altitude. "Ugh!" I heard Chase say. "I have a monster headache."

Normally, I would have told him to suck it up, but I let it pass this time. I guess anyone would have a headache if they were slammed over the back of the head by a pipe. Also normally, that would have killed a human. But-we're not all human. Not only are we three to four times stronger than the average human adult, we also have supernatural healing powers. Chase would be over his headache in an hour, probably. I didn't feel too bad for him. After all, this kind of thing happens all the time. You tend to get used to it.

We flew, extremely fast and hard, knowing the flyboys and Erasers were trailing about two miles behind us. "There!' Harlow called, motioning down towards a huge hill.

"Alright, guys! Let's land and get this over with!" Chase said, and we headed towards the hill, landing quite gracefully.

"Okay, everybody, I don't know how many robots and stuff we're battling, but prep for the worst, got it?" I said, getting into battle-mode. This happened way to often. "Hey Savannah?" Ash asked, "can I try that new thing I learned, where I confuse their minds so much that they like die?"

My eyebrows rose. "What?" I asked. "I don't remember you-never mind. Go ahead, do what you like as long as their dead, and you're alive." Andrew hopped up and down excitedly. "I'm gunna get them." Harlow and I looked at each other. "Don't let them get you, though." Harlow said. Andrew solemnly shook his head. "Don't be scared about me."

Felix sighed. "I wish we didn't have to do this." Chase ruffled his hair. "I know, buddy. None of us do, but it's what's gotta be done." He said sadly. "But why?" Felix said, frustrated, crossing his arms. I heard the enemies getting closer. "Because that's the way life goes. And none of us like it, but we're mutant freaks, and they want to get us." Harlow said.

Felix's PoV

I didn't want them to think I was whining, so I shut up after what Harlow said and concentrated on getting ready to fight the Erasers. Honestly, I hated and loved this at the same time. Hated it because it happened nearly every day. I hated hiding in caves or in the woods and always being afraid! I hated not being able to sleep at night, for fear of being attacked, but mostly I hated being hurt all of the time.

But on the other hand, I loved the thrill of the battle. I loved not having to stay in a house all the time, going to school, and doing chores. What a boring life! The flock was always on the move, and Savannah and Chase promised we could go to California sometime soon.

I saw Erasers, flyboys, and M-geeks charging towards the hill. "Wow! They really outdid themselves today!" Ash said with a grin. "Yeah, but can we beat them?" Harlow said with a frown. Nobody spoke for a minute. Then, feeling suddenly empowered, I stuck my hands on my hips and raised my head high. "Of course we can beat them!" I yelled. "We're the flock! We can do anything!"

Savannah grinned and nodded at me. "That's right. There seems to only be about-70 or so...Um...That's not so many, we can kill 'em all." I looked down the hill again and the quickly approaching enemies. "Wanna know something? We have an advantage 'cuz we're at the top at the hill and they're at the bottom." I remarked. Andrew looked down at them too. "Can we drop something on their heads?" He pleasantly asked.

Chase's eyebrows rose in amusement. "We don't have anything to throw, I don't think. But that was good thinking, A-A." Savannah handed Andrew the lead pipe. (A/N..go read that sentence again. LOL she handed a four year old a lead pipe! xD) "You can hit them with this, though, kay?" Andrew clutched it in both hands. "Yay!"

"Alright! Here they come! Let's do this!" Chase shouted, and we charged at the wall of bad guys, yelling like maniacs. Oh wait, we are maniacs! Haha!

I swung my fists left and right, having no real agenda except destroying every robot in my path. "Ugh!" I cried, stumbling backward as an M-geek's fist connected with my stomach. Pain shot through, but, jaw clenching, I ignored and and swiped my foot at it's ankles, and it went down immediately. Kicking it's ribs, I finished him and turned towards a flyboy to take it out.

We were grossly out numbed, but these guys were quite easy to defeat. Suddenly, I had an idea. Jumping into the air, I flew about five feet over their heads, then started kicking the flyboys, M-geeks, and Erasers on their heads. It was effective, and worked a lot better than using my fists, which by now were aching and bleeding. While still mowing down guys, I looked over and saw little Andrew, surrounded by guys, but he was swinging the pipe and taking down tons. Savannah and Chase were working as a team, just like they did for everything. They were back to back, slicing and chopping and kicking down flyboys by the dozen. Harlow had an odd, serene expression as she fought, destroying them almost gently. At least that's how they looked.

I scanned the area for Ash, but I didn't see her. Smashing in the skull of one last Eraser, I turned rapidly around, trying to find her. Then, I heard the slightest scream. I couldn't tell where it was coming from, and I could tell that the rest of the flock didn't hear her. Suddenly, I saw a flash of maroon amongst the glaring silver of the M-geeks. I pulled in my wings, letting myself drop quickly, landing square of the shoulders of a flyboy who was about to crush Ash's foot with his.

"Ash!" I grabbed her arm and hoisted her upright, as tears ran down her cheeks. "It-hurts." She choked, clutching her wrist. "Stay behind me!" I shouted, punching a Eraser square in the jaw. It swung for me but I dodged, jamming my knee in it's shin. It howled and fell, and I broke its neck, looking away.

I jumped in the air again, motioning for Ash to do the same. There were only three guys left, two M-geeks and one flyboy, which Andrew and Harlow took care of immediately. Without a word, Chase, Savannah, Harlow, and a proud-looking Andrew whipped out their wings and followed us up, up high into the air.

When we had reached about a thousand or so feet, we stopped, hovering in the air. "Great job, everybody." Savannah said with a tired smile.

...And there's chapter 2! Like it, or no? REVIEW!

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