unknown angel

Another Gun

The four of us sit in an sandwich shop. I stretch my wings and give a little shake as I walk up to the table. Max tries to hug me from behind but gets a face full of feathers. Chase laughs as I try to sit down. I smile and wiggle into my seat. We all get our food and start.

"So we have a little while. What do you want to do before you go home?" Chase asks drinking his soda.

"I don't know." I shrug as finish off my bag of chips.

"Is there a park or something. I love swings." Lizzy says between bites.

"Yea we can go after we eat." Max nods taking the last bite of his sandwich.

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Lizzy and I sit on the swings as the boys try to one up each other on the rest of the playground. the three of them compete to see how far they can jump off the swing. They decided that me having wings gave me a unfair advantage. A grown man came up to us.

"Are you the girl from the news this morning?" he asks me.

"I am." I stretch out my wings as I come to a stop.

"I am sorry I have to do this." he says pulling a gun out of his coat.

"Hey, it is ok, you don't have to do this." I hold my hands up as I stand up. He cocks his gun and his hand shakes as he aims it at my heart. Then max steps in front of me.

"Why don't you put down the gun and we can talk." Max says.

"I truly am sorry. For all of you." he looks between the four of us.

"Just put the gun down and we will forgive you." Chase says blocking lizzy.

"I can't do that." he looks down.

"Why not?" I say slowly trying to freeze him to the ground.

"You bring a dragon that destroys this town." his hand shakes again.

"How do you know?" Max asks.

"I am a fortune teller i can see the future." he wipes a tear away.

"Have you gone passed that time?" Lizzy asks from behind Chase.

"No. It doesn't work like that." He explains

"Have you tried?" I ask walking around Max.

"Well no." he shrugs. "but enough of this I can't let my family get hurt." and with that he pulls the trigger. Lizzy dives in front of me so instead of me getting shot in the heart. She gets hit on her right shoulder.

"Lizzy." I catcher as she falls down.

"Hey angel." she smiles weakly as I hold my hand where she got shot.

"I thought we agreed you were going to stay with us." Max kneels down next to me.

"I was trying to save you." Lizzy says to me.

"Oh you didn't have to do that." I start to caress her hair.

"I know." she says as Chase and I work to clean her shoulder. I lift up the pile of napkins I was holding on her shoulder. Chase dumps half a water bottle on her shoulder.

"Wait there is no bullet wound." Chase exclaims.

"What?" Max says looking passed his phone where he is calling his mom.

"Look." I show him. "Well I guess we figured out at least one of her powers."

"Thank the gods." Chase sighs.

"Give me the water bottle." I tell Chase.

"Here." he hands it to me as I sit Lizzy up. "Let me help." he holds her head up as I give her little swallows of water.

"Ok my mom will be here soon to pick us up." Max says hanging up the phone.

"Did you tell her about Lizzy's newly discovered ability?" I ask looking up at him.

"Of course. She was surprised." Max explains.

"I am too." Liz says sitting up.

"Are you alright?" Max says helping me up and Chase helping her up.

"Yea. Wait where is the guy who shot me?" She asks looking around.

"I don't know." I look from Chase to Max back to Lizzy.

"I feel another adventure coming on." Lizzy said sitting on the swings.

"What do you mean?" Chase says resting up against the things that holds the swings.

"Oh you will see." Liz nods as me and Max start thinking up a plan. I notice a dark green streak in her hair. I will have to remember to ask her about