Flock Feathers

by Sylvanna

A collection of oneshots for a collection of people. All pairings used at some point, or will be used. Pick a chapter title that suits your fancy, let me know what you think. (Note: the first chapter was written more than a year ago.)

6. Sunset

Sunset

Song: I Gotta Feeling

Iggy

The sunset. Something that I'll never get to see, something I've never seen. I don't remember it, all I know about it now is that the heat vanishes slowly as it happens. But harmony is all of us standing as one Flock. With the exeption of two "additions" as you might call it. Fang and Max sat in silent watch, Gazzy and Angel shared the usual inside jokes, and I sat near Max II, her cold hand resting on my knee (don't ask). I look over to where she is. Her head turns. I can feel her skin, paler than Max's. Her hair is a honey brown/blond. She smiles (oh yeah, I'm good) and turns again to watch the sunset.

Max

Well, we're not fighting. Fang sat down next to me (not next to Maya, I notice) and watches silently. I creep away from the moment, just to think. Fang follows me, silently.

"When?" I breathe, a whisper. He looks at me, puzzled.

"Huh?"

"Did you stop caring...stop loving me?" I ask, searching for a real answer this time. I want a real answer. I need a real answer.

"I never did." he says reverently, kissing me on the cheek. And as time stops for me, he calls Maya and they fly away, leaving me to puzzle his words. Sifting them for meaning, emotion...regret.

Fang

This time, I'll let her know. She walks away from the increasingly emotional moment (typical Maximum, trust me) to think. I follow her, anxious for a last word.

We reach the shade of an old Magnolia tree, and she turns to face me, the sun highlighting the red in her hair.

"When?" she asks softly. Though her question is predictable, my instincts kick in.

"Huh?" I ask.

"Did you stop caring...stop loving me?" she asks, in all seriousness. Woah, hold. the. freaking. phone. Stop loving her? Who, exactly, does she think I am. Someone who replaces another person with her CLONE? I decide to answer honestly, again. Darn me. I kiss her on the cheek for the last time, probably, and fly away with Maya. This is for my own good, I say to myself...but convincing no one.

Maya

Why was I created? To replace Maximum? To break her? I leave myself wondering as we fly away.