So Sorry I haven't updated in a while.

I made sure this was more than 2,000 words this time to make it up.

Hope you enjoy :)

"Up and at 'em Max!" I heard someone calling loudly from above me. I opened my eyes, blinking in the bright light. I got my vision for a bit as Caige's smiling face blocked out the sun.

"Jace say's we're going flying." He said happily as I sat up. Great, I'd slept way past dawn. I spotted Jace smugly grinning at me and turned away, walking to the opening of the cave where Crest and Zen were looking out. "Where are we headed?" Crest asked, shooting me a sideways glance. I didn't even bother forcing a smile.

"You heard Jace, we're flying." I said and kicked off the cliff, surging downwards and letting the wind fill my lungs. I has to wait a few seconds before my wings would actually open. I hears all of them kicking off the cliff and flapping after me as we headed off during the bright morning. Little did I know it wouldn't have as bright an ending.

We had been flying for three hours at most when I noticed Harmony's droopiness. At first it wasn't so noticeable just a bit of rubbing her eyes or face, then it was yawning. By the time we reached the second hour she was flying for long strokes with her eyes shut. And finally, she started to forget to flap a few times and fell a bit before snapping herself awake. She had been up a quite a bit, I guess I didn't notice as much.

Zen had noticed and moved over to her, waiting to catch her if she fell. I smiled, she was a trooper. I felt Jace come up above me and glided long enough for him to get beside me. "Have you noticed?" He asked and I nodded. "Harmony? Yeah, should we stop?" I asked him and he thought for a few seconds. "I'm going to go ahead, fly for a few more minutes." He said. Before I could object he was gone. Couldn't he hear me out for a few seconds sometimes?

Like he said, soon Jace was flying back up towards us. "There's a clearing in the forest we can stop in for a bit below." He told me and I gave him a skeptical look. "Did you check to make sure it was safe?" I asked and he shrugged. "Mildly." I groaned before seeing Harmony drift off again. "Fine, we'll check it out when we get down there. Just don't tell Harmony we're stopping for rest, or she'll completely deny it." I whispered the last part and turned, hovering in the air.

"We're going to head down to the clearing for a bit." I announced and they all looked confused, well except for Harmony who just looked tired. "We're going to see if they're's any supplies." I lied. "Land in the forest and follow me in." Jace commanded and dove down to the trees with the rest of us on his tail.

I walked with the rest of my flock into the bright clearing. "We're going to look around. Just..." Jace said before turning to face us. "keep you eyes open." He said seriously before sending us of in groups. "Harmony, go with Crest. Zen with Scholar. And Max, your with Caige." He said and started to walked off. 'What about you?" I demanded and he looked at me over his shoulder. "I'll be fine Max. Just take care of Caige." He said and teleported before I could answer, again. Fine, I would be cooperative this time, and only this time.

"Caige, make sure you look in the bushes too." I told him as we made our way around the forest area. Harmony wasn't in any condition to fly. It looked like if this place were safe that we would stay here for the night. I swear, if Jace insisted on going off on his own, he had better not have been reckless. As if that wasn't already hard enough to picture, a reckless Jace. "Max, there's something over here." Caige called to me, looking around a shrub. "What is it Caige?" I asked and walked over. He was looking at the discoloured ground. "It's... blood?" He stuttered curiously looking at it strangely. I did the same before reaching down and poking it. "And it's dry." I breathed with relief before noticing it led further into the bushes. "Follow me Caige, keep close." I warned him and crept to follow the trail of blood.

The stream went deeper and further away from the others, but I continued, constantly looking around cautiously. "Caige, keep your lightning ready." I said. 'Why?" "Just in case." I said, not turning around to look at him. I heard the sparks from behind and continued on following the now smeared red trail. "Somethings been dragged."

A ruffling of leaves came from deeper in making Caige squeal He pointed his hand quickly at the bush and sparks of electricity burst from his hand, one brushing my arm. "Be careful where you point that!" winced, the spark burning my arm. "Sorry." He said weakly. I shook my head and headed towards the bushes, now covered in scalded lines from Caige's sparks. We found the source of the noise.

"It was just the rabbit falling over." I said annoyed as Caige inspected it. "A stabbed rabbit." He said quietly. Curious, I went over to see. He was right, a rather sharp stick was sticking into its neck. "Gruesome." I said disgusted and heard a small drip. Caige touched his face, his small hand shaking. "Caige, what is it?" I asked as he slowly turned to face me, still on his knees. His face was masked with confusion, but I could see fear in his eyes. Then I saw his pale cheek splattered with a small drop of dark coloured blood. It was only then that I realized the blood around the rabbit was wet, and there was way too much of it.

At once, Caige and I both looked up slowly as another drop of blood dripped onto Caige's palm. The tree branches above us caused Caige to scream, seeing the bloody Eraser with a large stick in it's neck, hanging limply over the thick branch.

Immediately the branch started to light up with sparks, their light flying wildly around the tree. "Stop Caige! You'll burn it up." I said and touched his arm reassuringly, fighting against the shocks going into my hand. He stopped, giving in to me and whimpering. "It's dead, don't worry," I soothed him and pulled him into a hug, unable to take my eyes off the Eraser, or the stick forced into it's neck. Now I noticed the strangeness of the Eraser's position He wasn't actually laying across the branch, but looked hovered in the air above it. Nothing visible was underneath it.

All of a sudden, it started to slip and fell to the ground with a large thump. I walked over, still holding onto Caige, making him look away when I saw the Eraser lying on the ground. I kicked it onto it's back from it's shoulder. Unlatching Caige from myself I took a step forward, but my foot caught in the air. I could feel it pushing against something, but nothing was there. I knelt down and touched it, now seeing how large it was when the object, or person, appeared. And embarrassingly enough, i found myself mesmerized by the sleek darkness that I'd been missing as well as the unfamiliar blood covering the body. But based on the reactions I'd gotten so far, I wasn't sure if he would be as overjoyed to see me as I was to see him.

"It's a person." Caige said slowly as we both stared and the person disappeared again. "It's an invisible person." He said even more excited. Before I could stop him, he took a deep breath and yelled. "Jace, Crest, Scholar, Harmon-umph!" I covered his mouth in a rush. "Shush!" I whispered fiercely as Jace appeared in front of us.

"Who screamed!" He demanded frantically as Zen and Scholar appeared from behind, panting heavily. "Ask Caige." I said annoyed and let go of his mouth. He smiled widely, completely forgetting the Eraser he had seen before. "There's an invisible person!" He said. Like this kid had never seen a mutant before. I scooted closer to this so called "invisible person" and shook him, making his dark nature appear in front of me again. I ran my fingers across his paler than usual skin, or at least what remained untouched by blood. If you hadn't guessed already, it was Fang.

"What's going on?" Harmony asked frightened as she ran through the bushes, Crest right behind her. "Oh god, its another one." I heard him say under his breath. Harmony came closer and knelt down beside me, inspecting Fang's face. " I should see something soon." She whispered reassur thought about it for a second, considering who to include. "We had eight, including me. Well, I guess one was more of mascot." I mumbled absent-minded, just staring. His face was nice, older, but still how I remembered, if you looked past he blood and pained expression, something I hadn't seen in a long time.

"And there goes Harmony." Scholar sighed and brought me back. She was right, Harmony was staring off into space again. At the moment I had the impulse to break down, hug Fang a lot. But I thought it wasn't the best idea considering his neck might be broken and if he woke up mid-hug he would probably kill me from the shock.

Harmony took a deep breath before looking down at Fang's face timidly. "Gruesome." Was all I heard her whisper. It was then that she moved into action. First, she started to peel back the sleeve on his left forearm, revealing deep and bloody bite-marks in his skin. "Oh god." Scholar breathed while Crest reached forward and pulled Caige back, covering his eye. I think this was more blood than any of them had ever seen.

"Let's leave Harmony to it," Jace said and started to clear everyone away. Then he looked at me. "A word?" He said and walked off into the forest. I sighed and got up, following him. There was no getting out of this one.

A Segment from Harmony's Vision

The rain was heavy and the sky was black. Only small bolts of lightning lit the darkness. But she could see him with a stick in hand, leaning againt a tree. He kept looking around, like he was running from something.

There was a ruffle in the bushes. The older boy stood quickly and threw the sharpened stick into the direction of the noise, He fell over, now she could see all the blood covering his leg. He dragged himself over to the bushes, seeing the rabbit he had killed by mistake.

Thunder sounded again as he opened his dark wings from his back and pushed forcefully off the ground onto a branch above the bush. His breaths were heavy and airy as he panted and looked around again. He had seemed to calm down until a low rumble of thunder growls and lightning cracked.

It lit the sky bright enough for him to see and Eraser pouncing down on top of him. He was pinned to the thick branch and struggled under the weight of the bloody thirty killer. When the Eraser used some energy to bring his jaws forward, the boy pulled his left arm free and stuck it between the Eraser's teeth, keeping the jaws stuck and pried open as they sunk into his arm. He ripped his right arm free and reached for anything he could, finding a mildly sharp, dead branch. With the last of his strength, he plunged the point into the Eraser's neck. It howled and pulled it's teeth from his arm.

Before he could move, the Eraser fell on top of him, the dead weight crushing him into the branch. His vision was already blurring as he tried to push the Eraser off of him. But with no success, he fell unconscious and slowly started to blend into the tree. Now it looked like the dead Eraser was floating in the dark and stormy night.

It really was Gruesome.