A/N: OMG! I'm back after like 4 weeks of not posting. I'm sorry! It's just that we started a new semester and had midterms! 7th grade is harder than you think. 100% in Social Studies, 89% ELA, 96% Math, and 98% in Spanish! Bam =) I kinda suck at writing action parts, so please please don't judge me based on it!

-GabbyGonz

Max POV

The biggest of the three kicked Nudge in the gut before I could stop him. She crumpled to the floor in an instance. But, they didn't get to hurt anyone else, because Fang was in front of them in a breeze. He kicked the leader smack in the face with his foot, but not before the leader punched him in the stomach. He yelled out in pain

"Fang!" I screamed as he, too, crumpled to the floor.

That was it, first you mess with my flock, and then you mess with my boyfriend? A burst of adrenaline rushed over me. The Erasers were already out the door running away. I guess they got my message. I was really angry. And when Max gets angry, you better be ready for the worst.

I ran after them on foot for about 30 seconds until I realized I had wings. I snapped out my 15-foot white and brown speckled wings. It felt so good, especially after being trapped under my shirt for about an hour.

Gazzy and Angel were behind me and from a distance; I could see Fang trying to get loose of Iggy's grip. I also saw Ella trying to calm all the guests. But, I left those things for them to deal with; my goal was the Erasers.

I looked back at Gazzy and Angel and gave them a quick signal. It was trick that we had been practicing forever since Fang and I learned it from the Eagles. Angel flew to the left, and Gazzy to the right used my hyper-speed and before I knew it, I was hovering above the Erasers in a clearing, them searching frantically for us. In front of me, I spotted Angel perched at the top of tree. She motioned her head towards the right, which I assumed meant Gazzy was perched in another tree in that direction.

I hovered in the air for a minute, waiting for just the right moment. When the first Eraser looked up, I dropped like an anvil. My foot collided with his face in an instant. I squealed in pain like a little girl before crippling to the floor unconscious.

At that moment, Gazzy and Angel too dropped like an anvil from the sky on to the faces of the other Erasers. When I knocked out the leader, the others 2 seemed to be lost.

The last one was out cold before I could say Mutant.

"Is everyone OK?" I asked Gazzy and Angel. Despite a few minor cuts and bruises, they seemed to be just fine.

"Yeah!" Gazzy said. "It was actually kinda fun. We haven't picked a fight with an eraser in like what? 2 years?"

"And that's what bothers me?" Angel said.

When we arrived back at the house, the guests were long gone. Probably back to their hotels to post their discoveries of bird-kids on Facebook. Mom and Jeb were home too. Mom was attending to Nudge's head injury, Ella and Iggy were quietly cleaning up the mess of the party, and Fang and Jeb were sitting worried on the couch.

"Thank Goodness you're OK!" Mom cried when we entered the living room. I smiled back at her and went to sit on the couch next to Fang.

"You OK?" I asked with worry, as I looked him up and down for any signs of major injuries.

"3 broken ribs." Mom interjected, "But nothing a few days of rest won't fix." She said with a smile. I kissed him gently on the cheek and ignored the stares of everyone else in the room. I honestly didn't care, as long as my family was safe.

My worst injury was a gash from an Eraser Claw on the side of my face, but that I could live with. I left Mom to attend to Gazzy and Angel's cuts while I talked to Jeb. We had to figure things out.

"What do we do know Jeb? Move again? I bet by tomorrow morning, everyone will know who and what we are." I asked with a tone of worry.

"Yes. The quickest solution would be to move. Maybe to New Mexico? Near where your mother and sister live, but far enough so that the information won't travel." Jeb suggested. Start a New life in New Mexico?

"I don't think that will cut it, Jeb." Fang said, voice groggy.

"What do you suggest we do then?" Jeb asked, with a tone a little harsher than necessary.

"We move, start a regular life, be regular kids, and act as if none of this had ever happened." Fang replied sternly.

The room was silent for a moment as we let that information sink in. A new life in New Mexico as normal kids? Well, this should be interesting.

"It's settled then! Start packing, we leave first thing tomorrow morning." Jeb announced.

Everyone exited the living room and rushed to their bedroom to pack for tomorrow's adventure. I leaned my head on Fang's shoulder, gently so I wouldn't hurt his ribs.

"A new life in New Mexico?" I whispered to him.

"Yeah. This is gonna be fun." He replied with a chuckle. "But no matter what, were all in this together." I looked up at him and smiled.

"Yeah. Through it all, taking it step by step." And I leaned in to kiss him gently on the lips.