Bust Out

Gwen's P.O.V.

I was hurting, bad. I needed medical attention and I knew, without a doubt, that if I didn't I'd be dead in a couple of hours. I'm bleeding out, and there's nothing anyone can do. It's like my body knew my situation; I wasn't shutting down. I wasn't giving in to the pain, or the blood, or even the sure need to rest, no. I was going to fight this out until I died, and from the looks of my biological clock I didn't have long.

The torture they had put me through was hard and probably fatal, but I had battled exhaustion and hurt too long to give up now, not with my family standing helpless behind me. They needed their powers, but they wouldn't get them for another few hours at least. We were drugged to the point where it slowed everything from our metabolism to our nerve system. This made us just like any regular human. Their powers were shut off due to the fact that we just work so much faster than regular people. The messages weren't getting through, meaning Flair couldn't shoot fire, Angel couldn't read minds, Kale couldn't pick anything up and chuck it a couple of acres, and so on. I had happened to find a map of the layout of the School and I know how to get out. I "tweeted" it to Kale earlier. Of coarse they'd show that video, they probably thought I was going insane. I was far from crazy.

The punches kept coming, and I kept dishing them out. Then a mighty cry erupted from behind me and a streak shot past. The streak was Max, and she was furious. Her fist collided with an Eraser's snout. She sent it howling. I couldn't believe it, she was kicking butt! Now I know why they call her Maximum. With us all battling off the oncoming ward, we happened to push the enemy back to the split in the hallway. I looked at Kale and he gave a curt nod. He whispered the plan to Max who stopped fighting to think. She told Fang and Storm, and they seemed to agree.

"Break left!" Storm ordered.

"Go left, Flock!" Max shouted. Then a mass of bird-children turned to sprint for all they were worth to the left. I pulled the fire alarm, which added to the confusion. I couldn't keep up with the rest of the group, I lacked behind. I was sure I was going to be caught, that I was going to be strangled to death and left to go down under with Eris, but a pair of beefy arms scooped me up from behind and I saw a blur of black before I was being carted down the hallway. Gunshots rang behind me and then I noticed that I was being carried by a Dark Angel. With no time to scream, I instantly started to wriggle. The grip only tightened and a pair of maroon eyes looked down to study me.

"Be still," the deep voice commanded. There was no use in fighting it, so I lay limp. Then the motion slowed and our direction changed sharply. I was set down on the ground and a familiar pair of arms wrapped around me.

"What do you want?" Kale snarled at the Dark Angel as he drew me to his chest. I glanced up to see that there was three of them. Night, the one thy carried me, and then the one that looked like Gazzy.

"They killed our friend," Night said, her voice strangely showing a sign of pain.

"And?" Ryan snapped.

There was a long drawn out silence, the only thing you could hear was the fire alarm blaring and the gunshots.

"We...want to help you all..." The boy whispered.

"Gloom, they obviously don't want us," the Gazzy-lookalike stated.

"Yeah! Get out of here!-" Fang began, but Ebony cut him off.

"It's better if we add to our allies, instead of our enemies."

I guess that made some sense. Kale lifted me to my feet, but I wasn't sure how much longer I could stand.

"Do you know the code to open the emergency door?" I asked, pointing at the fire escape in the corner if the room. The man, Gloom, nodded.

"It's 5689," a voice echoed, beating him to it. We all glanced around for the being who said it. Then I saw her, cowering in the corner with her black-ringed tail wrapped around her and her ears twitching. Moonlight.

"You!" Max thundered, pointing a the girl. Moonlight squeaked and her hazel eyes grew wide. "You did this!"

"She was forced," Night explained, right before Max lunged.

"Forced how?" Nudge questioned.

"They took the child's food and water, then threatened to turn her into one of us," Gloom sighed.

"Can we stop talking and get out of here?" Melee grumbled as she typed in the code and pushing the door open.

"What about Sparks?!" 24 shrieked.

"She's gone," I whispered hoarsely. 24 didn't seem to understand why I meant by gone. "Sparks died..."

"How?!" 24 now had tears steaming down her round cheeks.

"I misfired," Night saved me from having to tell the story. 24 glared at the girl.

"Where are the rest of the Dark Angels?" I asked, trying to change the subject, as I looked at Night. The others brushed past as they made their way to the door.

"They remain loyal to this place," Gazzy 2 answered.

"What's going to happen to you?" Kale questioned.

"We die or follow you," Gloom acted like it was normal.

"We're going to have to hurry," Kale said as he tugged me towards the door, "And you red eyes are going to have to keep up!"

I forced myself to follow and ran numbly after Kale on trembling legs. When we reached the usually dry, barren sand that surrounded the School I noticed something. The sky was dark and the wind was picking up. A raindrop hit me.

"Great! Just great! This is really what we need! Thanks a lot! Thanks world!" Flair yelled as she continue to run through the storm.

The slight edge we had against the Erasers was lost as I looked over my shoulder to spot them coming out of the building and into the elements with us.

"They're on our tail!" I called out to the rest of the group. Kale kept looking back at me, trying to see if I was alright; I wasn't.

We ran for almost an hour on nothing but pure adrenaline. Then I collapsed, coughing as my blood was absorbed by the sand below me. Everyone stopped to gather around.

"My healing isn't working yet!" Alex panicked.

"What are we going to do, Max?" Iggy asked.

"I can't teleport her to the hospital," Selene mumbled.

"Is she going to be ok?" Jester sniffled.

I couldn't speak, or respond in anyway. Kale rubbed my back as I shook and trembled.

"She's going to die from blood loss," Gloom said, "We must fly her to the hospital."

My hacks stopped and I choked some words out. "No!" My voice came out harsh and hoarse, "Max, you have to go to Hillbilly's old cabin in the woods. I told Dr. M, Trisha, Ella, and Sylvia to take Ava and Eva there. You have to go back to Kentucky. You have to-" I started to cough again.

"Ok this is how it's going to work," Max started to plan.

"The Flock goes with Max along with Melee, Jes, Ryan, Selene, 24, Jace, and Alex. Ice, Flair, Ebony, Kale, and I will take Gwen to the hospital," Storm finished for her. Max gave him a half-hearted glare.

"Alright, split," she mumbled. Jes kissed my forehead.

"Get gooder," he said as his little neon green wings spread behind him. It was so sweet. Melee placed her hand on my shoulder then turned to push Jes into the air. I watched them leave, cringing in pain myself. The Dark Angels didn't leave me either. They just gave directions to the closest hospital and then we were off. Kale carried me, even without his super strength. The three followed and Flair, Ice, Ebony, and Storm led the way.

I was toted into the emergency room of a small, rural hospital. A nurse in a crisp, bleached uniform came over and screamed something when she saw me. I left the security of Kale and was sprawled out onto a stretcher.

"Her shirt is already ripped, we'll need it off. Scissors!" A voice said tersely.

"Um..." Ebony protested. Then there was a snipping noise and another shout.

"This girl has wings!" Another cried.

"We're going to loose her if we don't slow down this heart rate!"

"She's as good as gone!"

"Call the police!"

"Call the Capitol!"

"Who are you kids?!"

Voices swirled around me, and I could hear my family trying to explain.

"Please just help her!" Kale pleaded.

Then I was out like a light, and I wasn't sure if I was ever going to wake up.

Honestly guys I was a little hurt. I only got two reviews last chapter :( is it that bad? I have two more chapters and then the epilogue left and then this story will be over, but I need three reviews before I update again. Thanks for reading!