In The Rain We Stand, Alone
Kale's P.O.V.
We were hurrying home. We threw the Erasers off track miles ago. Now it was us. And we were safe. The Humans are hiding beside of a creek below. They are hidden and safe. But no one found Susan and the worst was expected. When Jim came to it wouldn't be good.
"You couldn't have picked anyone else to carry you?" Ice growled as he shifted Flair.
"I know, I'm scared that you're gonna drop me," she mumbled.
"Well, maybe I should!" He snapped.
"Shut up! I saved your butt so show some respect!" Flair crossed her arms.
"Yah! Well I remember pulling you out of the way of a bullet back there, so were even!" He growled. They started to bicker. I only sighed and face palmed myself. Then a streak of light rippled across the sky, illuminating the air around us. A rough boom of thunder followed. Flair jumped as her arms laced around Ice's neck and she pulled closer to him. He gripped tighter to her. They both stared up in wonder. Then they slowly tried to play it off as they pushed away from each other blushing. Their eyes wouldn't meet for some time. I mean embarrassing!
"Oh my gosh I was listening to rap and this guy was all like 'Your face looks like a tarantula! Your mom is a tarantula!' and it was so awesome! I mean he rhymed tarantula with tarantula again! Wow! Can you rap? I can't! I've tried! Watch!
Yo dude with da wings. Ya you! Marchin' around like you only got one shoe! I see you in my dreams, repeatin' 'I got to pee!' I'm like, back off, show off! You say roll with it and I'm like whoa! Uh huh! Yah! Porcupine quills and fuzzy quails! I wanna kangaroo with you! Uh huh!" She blabbered. (A/N: and that was Nudge fail-rapping random things :P)
I groaned.
"Your turn!" She chirped.
"Uhh? Sure. Lets see… Uh.
Naps, I take 'em.
Smoothies, I drank 'em.
Maracas, I shake 'em.
Vases, I break 'em.
Lampshades, I rock 'em.
Girls, I…chase 'em…?" I tried. (And just to make it better! Lol ;))
"Pervert," Nudge rolled her eyes.
"I screwed up bad, Dylan," Storm frowned.
"Everyone's still alive," Dylan smiled. Storm, on the other hand, did not.
"Watch this!" I said to Iggy as I punched his arm.
"I'm watching. I can't wait to see you fail at whatever I'm supposed to be observing," Iggy chuckled. Oh yah. I flew straight up, went in a big loop, and circled behind Gwen and Ryan, who were talking.
"Ssssssssup?!" I cried as I slammed into Ryan, squeezing myself between them.
"Gosh! Why!" Ryan whined.
"You know you love me!" I laughed.
"Yes, your just like an annoying younger brother who is afraid of the dark!" Ryan sneered.
"FOR THE LAST TIME, I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE DARK! IM AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN IT!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. Both Gwen and Ryan drifted back.
"Maybe you don't understand! You've been sheltered your whole life, but when you've been in the heck I've lived through you learn survival strategies. One is clear…when the lights go out they rip your loved ones away, make them fly to exhaustion, cause them to crash because they're button happy, and then recreate them into the same freaking looking being, but they're not your brother, dude, they're a clone! Who remembers nothing! Do you get what I'm saying?!" My eyes narrowed and my anger flared.
Ryan glanced to Gwen and put on a teasing grin.
"Take it easy, big boy," he chuckled as he pushed me back.
"Seriously?! I might not have a high intelligence, I may not be as handsome as you either, but one things for sure…YOU CAN'T TREAT ME LIKE A DOG!" I growled as I advanced. He shied back some.
"And you can't tell me how to protect my family, and you can't tell me what's right for her, and you can't order me around and toss me to the side!" I growled. I could choke the life out of him, watch it fade from those cocky eyes. But that would be bad. His eyes would buldge out like squeaky toy. I felt terrible. I was as bad as the Whitecoats. Man, was that new. This was the first time I had actually expressed anger.
"Kale?" Gwen called. I felt her poke me, like I was an animal.
"I know! Apologize and walk go away…" I frowned. But I wouldn't do it. No. I couldn't. So I flew away from the two and back to Iggy.
"So…it didn't sound to good…" Iggy whispered.
"It wasn't. I hate that guy..." I grumbled.
"Jealousy?" Iggy snorted.
"Uh huh..." I nodded.
"We're almost there!" Fang called back.
Well that's a plus. And it starts to rain...great.
"Ryan! Stop! I can't breath! You're hilarious!" Gwen cackled. I glanced back, my hair plastered to my face. And I saw it. Him. Ryan was making fun of me. Me. And he was pretending to have a break down...like I did thirty seconds ago. And Gwen. Gwen was laughing. My Gwen was laughing hysterically at my mistakes. My heart ached. She happened to glance up and her green eyes met mine for a moment. I set my jaw and looked back ahead of me. The rain poured and a tear slid from my eye. No one would notice. Nope. Not a soul. Not only because of the rain, but nobody cared about me. No one spoke to me. No one talks to me, no one respects me. I am human still. Then it struck me. They don't talk to me because I'm dumb. I'm stupid and childish. Another tear. And Gwen was pretty and lovable. I was dumb. I am useless.
"Kale? Are you ok?" Iggy asked.
"Y-yah! I'm just trying to keep my head above water. I would play I-spy, but yah...that probably wouldn't work," I made awkward conversation.
"I spy something black. Guess the answer. It's the back of my corneas," Iggy grinned, "That was a hard one!"
The cliff was just ahead. I decided to fly fast. It would just look like I'm an idiot. So no one would expect that I was trying to get away from them. I glanced back before I started flapping harder and soaring higher. I went a lot faster. I slowed when I came to the cliff. Bodies laid everywhere!
"GUYS! HELP! BODIES! HELP!" I called with desperation as I landed and slid on the steep wet rocks. Most of the bodies were Erasers, the others were bird kids. I went to my knees. There in the midst of it all, laid Max. She was soaking wet, and tucked under her arm was Alex.
Alex's face had three claw marks down her cheek. Like Wolverine had attacked her or something.
Then, held tight in her little hand was Jace's hand. He was terrible. Not only was there a huge chunk of flesh taken from his side, but now his am was cut open.
Melee's body I found hanging off a branch in a nearby tree. I flew up and poked her. She frowned and her head lifted up. A big black eye, acquainted with a split lip, was implanted on her face.
"Melee?" I whispered.
"I tried," she whimpered.
"Shh, I know…" I nodded as I picked her little frail body up.
"What is it, Kale? See a pretty butterfly or something?" Ryan called.
I climbed down, bringing Melee with me. I looked up and there was the faint outline of the group.
"Is this funny to you?!" I screamed. The snickers stopped. They landed and their eyes widened. Jaws dropped. Fang ran to Max. Melee leaned against me.
"I just wasn't strong enough," she said. I looked down at her. She leaned on me.
"You kept them alive," I stated.
"Ebony," she pointed downward. There lay her body. The dark brown hair lad back behind her. Her wings stretched out. She was soaked, and the puddle beside her was a dingy red.
"STORM!" I wailed. Crenshaw just continued to point. Storm read the sign and he slid down the cliff to the bottom and cradled Ebony.
"Eb? Ebs!" He called softly. He wiped the hair out of her face.
"Stay," I ordered Melee as I spread my wings and fluttered down. Ebony was scratched to pieces. Her arms were bruised and blood trickled down. She must have fell down like someone pushed her off the edge…
"S-Storm?" She croaked.
"Thank goodness, you're ok!" He sighed as he kissed her forehead.
"Im soaked…" she began, "Oh! The Migration! Max came and the Erasers, they-they attacked and… are they ok?! What about Jes?! How did you get here?! Kale! The Migration! They've been…like beat up!"
"They're fine," Melee's voice echoed. I looked behind and there she stood.
"I thought I told you to stay put?" I raised an eyebrow.
"I don't obey you," she said bluntly. Well then Ms. Hateful!
"What?!" Someone screamed from above. Ebony shot to her feet, pulling Storm with her.
"What's going on?!" She asked.
"Lets find out!" I mumbled. We flew up, slowly considering Crenshaw and Ebony had been beat to just about to death, to the cliff. There stood Max. She had on the 'home alone' face and stared wide eyed at Fang. He explained some thing to her…again.
"Alex?" Flair moved her sister. Alex's hand slipped from Jace's. that little act resulted in Jace waking up screaming, Jace jerking up to a sitting position, and then laying back down because something in his side hurt him.
"Dude. You ok?" Ice asked him as he scooted closer. Jace's skin was dented.( If you don't think that sentence was weird read it again. ) If it dents his skin then you know they hit him hard, with something as strong as diamond. The only time he bleeds is when his nose just has one of those freak nose bleeds.
"How's everyone else?" Jace grunted.
"Fine…I think," Flair smiled. Alex was curled in a ball. Her tail was matted to her side. Flair held her wings out, sheltering Jace and Alex from the rain.
"Alex? Bunny?" Jace leaned over and shook her. She didn't wake up.
"What's wrong?!" He shrieked. Ice slapped a hand over his mouth.
"She's fine! She's breathing, I swear!" Ice growled and rolled his eyes.
"Kale! stop standing there like a moron and do something!" Gwen barked. I immediately began to move. The slippery rock made my feet slide out from under me and I crashed on my butt. Everyone looked up as the splat of me hitting echoed. They laughed and I turned bright red. I thought I broke my tail bone! I just sat there and put my head in my hands. I found out that Max was back inside the cave, actually the whole Flock was, tending to Angel. We sat out in the rain and wind huddled together telling our war stories. Catching the others up.
Gwen leaned back on Ryan, who was stroking we hair-GROSS!- and snuggling with her.
"Kale! Earth to Kale!" Crenshaw waved her hand in my face.
"Uhhhh…what?" I stuttered.
"You conked out there, like always," Gwen frowned.
"And you were glaring. Your eye twitched and your teeth bared. Why are you so mad?" Alex asked. Oh, whoops. Went to far with the 'I-Want-To-Kill-Ryan!' thing huh?
"I-I was just…just thinking about Jes, and uh Carl," I mumbled. They believed it! Wow.
"It's so cold! Do you Max will let us in yet?" Flair whined. Ice, who was sitting near here, scooted away. Flair shot him a funny look.
"Do I smell bad?" She questioned.
"No…I just thought it was a hint…'cause I…I control ice. You know, cold?" He tried to explain.
Flair rolled her eyes and said something that sounded like, "You were the only thing keeping me warm." but that could be my imagination.
Max was keeping us out of the cave while she tried to tend to Angel, who wasn't even that hurt. I was wet, cold, and hurt.
"Ryan, can't you just…make the rock…you know…go POOF! And build a cave?" I tried. He laughed at me. I wanted to strangle him.
"That's actually a good idea! Build us a cave!" Ebony commanded.
Ryan rolled his eyes.
"Pppplease?!" Gwen gave him puppy dog eyes and he finally complied.
"Much better!" Alex chirped as she laid down. Ryan had made the stone come up and curve over. Gwen smiled as she reclined back.
"Isn't this just cozy," Storm mumbled.
"Yah," Melee snorted. I looked around. Flair and Ice, a pair I took to calling 'The Opposites', were not actually together but you could tell that they would be. One day. Ebony and Storm were cuddled together. Alex was curled in a ball right beside of Jace. I called them 'Bunnies'. Go figure. Then there was Ryan with Gwen laid on his chest. This pair called 'Disgusting'. Wonder why? It sickened me. I mean, I wasn't gonna loose her. Ever.
Dylan wasn't here. He was with the Flock. Lucky him.
"I'm going for a...a walk," I said, my voice cracking.
"Did your voice just crack?! Oh gosh, he already broke his hind end, now his voice?!" Ryan howled with laughter. I stood, somewhat (my butt hurt!) and stomped away. I hate him. Hate…!
I made my way to the edge of the cliff. I wanted to jump off, spread my wings, and fly to the moon. There I could live alone, watching the people below. Anyway, standing here alone in the pouring rain as it pelts my shoulders and runs down my face I noticed something. We were in the eye of the hurricane, or better yet the calm before the storm. I listened intently waiting for something, anything.
Dylan's P.O.V.
Angle wasn't doing great. She was fine, yes, but she wasn't back to normal. I stared out the cave entrance. I was daydreaming when my sight zoomed in on something far away.
Boots! Lots of boots tromping through dense underbrush. Then voices acquainted them.
"They're in a cave, just up this climb!" One explained.
"How many?" Another asked.
"Fourteen, we think…" someone stated.
This was…US! Oh my gosh!
"And we can kill the useless ones, right? I mean, we take Maximum and the Ultimate and the other elementals and go. The others are trash, right?" A younger person questioned.
"Yes."
Then I saw the faces of Erasers and of that stupid emo freak Night and the leader of that Herd. They were at the base of the cliff!
"GWEN! Guys?! Run! Run NOW!" Kale commanded from outside. We all jumped to our feet and ran to him. We peered over the edge and about three dozen Erasers, a group of the Dark Angels, the Herd, and some scientists we scattered below.
"War," I breathed.
"Let them come. One last fight, one last battle, and one last scar. Let it end here, by their blood. For the lost! For family!" Storm said boldly.
They came, and stood on the opposite end of the cliff. They were challenging us. I saw Gwen pick a gun off the dead body of an Eraser and tuck it into her back pocket. I wish I could find one…
"Here! Is this what you're looking for?!" Jeb, yes I don't know how he even got here, said as Jes was pulled from a burlap sack and was thrown to the ground.
"You crossed a line!" Gwen snarled.
And the battle began…
ok! People, I'm very sorry. This thing wouldn't let me update, so I couldn't.
•deep sorry to my flock-who I told I would update again on Friday
•congratulations sparks lupin-who won the contest!
•thanks to all reviewers! We now have over 100 reviews! Keep it up!
•thanks to all those who have said "This is my favorite fanfic!" that's awesome and you don't know how much that means to me!
•stories you should read- Where We Stand (my flock) and Life or Death (Wingzforever)
•to The Winged Nyan-there will 2 more OC's added, but don't fret because some characters will start to be…taken away…
•Im really happy that my old time reviewers are back! Yay!
•and I think this story needs more new reviewers (so any ideas on how to get them would be greatly appreciated)
again sorry that I couldn't update, but I eventually did! Yay! Anyway, the FIRST time I wrote this it was full of detail and stuff, so this chapter might suck [dont be afraid to tell me!] because i had to type it up like 5 times! The next chapter will blow your mind. It's a violent chapter, but there are some key questions answered.
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