Waiting for Amber Skyy

Chapter 28

We were flying again, but longer. We were tracking a train to hop onto so we could get to Virginia. Yeah. Virginia. Turns out if you backtrack DNA samples and blood tests, you can find where your birth parents were born. And that was Virginia. Washington D.C. to be exact. It made no sense how I ended up in New Mexico, let alone near it with my fake family. That wasn't in my file.

"I don't see the train!" Speck called over the wind. We now had a more secure system just in case she fell now. She hooked her backpack straps to mine, and tied the remaining strap things in a knot, and I was holding her for extra measure. It was like a baby carrier but for large children.

I dipped a little bit lower to get out of the line of clouds, eyeing the earth for tracks. All I could see was flat nothingness. A small town here or there, but no train.

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" I asked. We did a search for possible ways to get to Virginia without flying by plane, and the closest thing we could get to was by taking a train to Chicago, then hopping a couple more trains to get to Virginia. It was a little bit of a detour, but it was better than carrying this sack of potatoes around. She was quite heavy. Gotta lean her off the bread crusts some more. It made me think of how I was deprived of food so much being back at that horrid place. I was nearly skin and bones back there, and here we are, making sandwiches while running from monsters who were created there. The thought of running into Erasers again made me shiver. They sent them into a busy city to attempt to kidnap and/or kill me and Speck. They were getting riskier by the minute, and it made me even more on edge.

"I'm sure," she crossed her arms, which made me smile a bit. I was starting to see more of her personality the more we traveled. She wasn't just the small kid in the cage next to me anymore. She was spunky, had a bit of an attitude, and tried to protect me to the best of her extent. But all in all, she was just a kid. With a knife. And with a brain that can hack into any server you can imagine. I wondered what and where she would've been if she weren't mutated.

With my head in the clouds, literally, as I could only see white, I didn't see what was flying below me. Speck slapped my hands to ask me what those things were, so I went even lower. I gasped.

It was a swarm of flying Erasers. No wait, something metallic. Or, both? It was weird. They were in a formation, buzzing, no, it was more like humming, and they were headed straight towards us.

"What the h-" a bullet barely missed me and Speck screamed. And with that, the flying robot army was upon us. Speck screamed again as even more bullets seared past us. I clung to her, feeling a couple raking my skin. I couldn't defend myself like this. I couldn't defend her. Of course my instincts were always right, I should've realized!

"Hold on!" I shouted, tucking my wings in as we fell straight down like a rock. Speck shrieked, turning and holding onto me as tight as possible. The robot things weren't fast enough. They sputtered and ran into each other before dropping after us. Wind roared in my ears as I covered Speck's face with my fingers. Free fall was usually a fun sensation you get during a roller coaster ride. But this wasn't fun at all. I knew this because I had to time it right. If I didn't, we would go splat. The ground grew at a rapid pace; Speck's screams faded into the rushing air. I had to open my eyes.

We were closer to the ground now, and I was able to spot some large cacti. But we weren't close enough. Speck screamed in my ear, "Amber!"

The ground grew more. I was starting to see more detail on the ground, the small bushes and plants were easier to see. "Amber!"

I could now see some rodents scurrying off, anticipating our demise as we hurtled even closer- "Amber! Amber!"

I could see ant hills, scurrying off to fetch food for their queen- "AMBER! AMBER!"