Chapter 8
Shadow POV
"Silent's Jelly! Silent's Jelly!" I sang out in a cheerful voice as we flew back to the cave. He growled at me and I smirked.
"Shut up!" He snapped as we landed at the cave. It was empty. No Flock in sight. There packs were still here. Maybe they had gone for a swim? I set the fire wood down and looked around quickly.
"You think they just went for a swim?" I asked hopefully. If something had happened to them while we were gone, I would never forgive myself. I shouldn't have left them with out At least one of us there! I should have stayed behind and sent Silent and Leo out for fire wood! How could I be so stupid! Focus! I quickly reminded myself that we hadn't been attacked in a while and everyone was probably safe.
"I don't think they went for a swim." Silent said. I turned and hurried over to him, in his hand was a piece of Bright's jacket. It was shredded and covered in blood. Bright's blood. I gasped. I knew it!
"They got them all! I can't believe it! No... No... No" I sank to my knee's head in my hands. "That means they got Zack too!" I had promised Zack he would never go back there again. I couldn't keep the promise now. He was already on his way there. Silent crouched by me putting a hand softly on my back, right between my wings.
"It's alright. Were gonna get them back. We always do" He said softly. I nodded and got to my feet opening my wings.
"Pack up. I'm scouting the area." He nodded and I took off into the sky. I circled the area looking in the trees. I circled the area for around 5 minutes till I saw something. It was on the ground Brown wings. An eraser? I dove down to check it out. I gasped. It was Talia. My Talia. My little Broken down and beaten Talia.
"Talia!" I shouted when I was in ear shot. Her head raised slowly and she smiled at the sight of me. I landed closing my wings and hurrying to her side.
"Oh My Gosh. Talia what happened?" I asked pulling off my jacket and ripping it into a bandage and wrapping it around her stomach, which was cut it several spots. She sniffled wiping away tears and blood from her face.
"E-Erasers came" She said shakily, "We all fought as hard as we could. They got the others. I managed to get free. A-An Bright told me to go look for you guys. B-But my wings were so tired, and there's a big cut in my left one. It was hard to fly... I...I" She couldn't finish; she had broken down into sobs and loud crying. I pulled her into a light hug rubbing her back soothingly.
"It's Alright. Were gonna get them back, Alright? I promise you. Were gonna get the flock back and destroy the school" I whispered in her ear. She nodded, her face pressed against my shoulder. I gathered her up in my arms and took to the sky, flying back to the cave.
By time I got back to the cave Silent had the cave all packed up and was waiting for me. I landed on the edge of the cave setting Talia down on the ground. She had stopped crying during the flight but was extremely tired and in no shape to fly.
"Erasers got them. There probably at the school by now" I said to Silent who stiffened. None of us had good memories of the school. Silent had it the worse though. He is able to fly for up to 5 days straight. They had made him go that long in a wind tunnel. They had tried to make him have replace limbs if they were gone. They had ripped off his wings to see if they'd grow back. They ended up reattaching them to his back. He had been in pain for weeks.
"Let's head into town and get a Hotel room. She's in no shape to fly or even fight" Silent said grabbing his pack along with Leo and Ian's packs. I nodded picking up Mine, Brights, and Talia's pack.
"I-I can fly I'm alright" Talia insisted trying to stand. She barely got up before stumbling. I scooped her up in my arms.
"No. You're hurt enough. Were gonna go get a hotel room and let you rest up, then go after the others" I said as we took off.
It took us an hour to fly into town find a hotel and get a room on the top floor. Talia had long since fell asleep during the flight. I set her down on one of the two beds there were. I pulled the cover up to her chin and smiled. I was At least happy two of my flock members were safe. Now to rescue the others...