Chapter Two
Told by Fang
I'm confused about what I saw. Did I really see wings on that girl, or did I just imagine it?
"Yo, birdman!"
I am startled out of my thoughts at Ratchets words.
"What's the plan besides staring into the fire like it's going of solve all of our problems. "
I look at him. Always act like there's a plan. Excellent lesson, taught by The Great Max herself.
"Continue on to the Doomsday Headquarters. This was just a temporary stop. Unneeded, though helpful if it had come through." Maya answers for me. I nod, then retreat back into my thoughts.
I decide that I have to tell Max about this, no matter how crazy that may be.
~Might as well start steeling myself for the argument now.~ I think miserably.
I realize that everyone is asleep when I feel Maya shift beside me.
"I guess I'll take first watch, then."
I stir the embers of the fire with a branch. That's when I hear it. A twig snapping.
I get to my feet, muscles tensed, ready for a fight. I see a figure slowly take shape.
A tall girl with long, strait, choppy black hair and silvery blue eyes steps into the ring of firelight. I narrow my eyes. She looks familiar.
"What are you doing here?" I ask. Then it hits me. The girl with the wings.
"It'd be best not to wake everyone else, wouldn't it?" She asks, then nods toward the forest. She melts back into the trees and shadows again.
Warily, I step closer to the trees. I don't see her, so I'm about to turn around when she swings down from a tree branch. I jerk back.
She smiles. "Sorry, bad habit."
"Who are you?" I ask, unsure if I trust the girl or not.
"You ask a lot of questions. But if you must know who I am, it might take a while to explain."
She leans back against the tree. "First of all, I am not your enemy."
"And how do you prove that?"
In response to my question, she leans forward and whips out her fifteen foot wingspan. Black wings with blood red lining a few of the feathers. Then she starts talking. "I am Kai. I am the leader of a group that has been working to help and protect the flock from the sidelines. All behind the scenes. Unseen. It was just the flock until you made everything much more complicated, several times, I might add, and split. So now we have to watch over both the flock and the gang. Thank you."
Though the words seem hurtful, there is a teasing look in her eye. "Now, you're probably wondering either how this group got started or how I became such of a nutcase. But I am telling the truth. Let me start at the beginning" She takes a deep breath, as if summoning up forgotten memories.
At the end of her long tale, I am shocked, though I'd never let her know. Now I really do have to tell Max.
"And looks like one of the gang is stirring. I have to go." She opens her wings and drops from the tree, then powerfully flies away.
"Fang, what are you doing up there? I thought you were on watch?" Maya asks below me.
"You can see more from up here." I mutter, getting down. "Not that I volunteered to be on watch." I sigh.
The next day we had a destination: Colorado. A.K.A. where the flock is.