When The Birds Fly

when the birds fly {chapter 5}

Chapter 5

            Ugh. I couldn't believe it when iggy told me I have to stay in the house for a couple days. I couldn't believe it when the stupid snake bit me! I also couldn't believe Iggy saved my life. I was cursing the snake under my breath when angel came in.

            "Hey, sweetie." I said. Angel smiled, and that brightened my day.

            "I heard what you did to fang." Angel giggled. "That was funny."

            "Yeah, that was more accidental. Like a reflex."

            "Still it was funny. Fang told Iggy and Gazzy it hurt." When angel said that, I smiled. Damn right I got him good. Angel must have read my thoughts, because she smiled at me. Then we were laughing. Our laughing got cut short when fang came in, trailed by the rest of the flock. When fang came in, that set angel and me into another round of laughter. Gazzy joined in, along with nudge. Iggy was smiling, close to cracking. Fang was frowning while the rest of the flock was laughing at him.

            "ok, you don't have to rub it in." fang said, frowning, and all of us laughed even harder. Fang was definitely not the happiest camper right now. And our laughing at him didn't help. Fang looked at the window, and then he left, leaving us practically having heart attacks from laughing.

            "Oh god, that was great." nudge said, giving me a high five. I smiled as Gazzy and Iggy agreed with nudge.

            "So, what are you guys going to do?" I asked.

            "I was thinking of practicing some of the moves the hawks showed me." nudge said. "I was watching them, and I wanted to try to fly like them."

            "Find fang. See where he went." Iggy said.

            "DIVE BOMB SOMETHING!!!!! YEAH!!!!" Gazzy said, punching the air. I smiled.

            "I'm going to stay here." angel said. "make sure you rest."

            "Ok, you guys be careful and have fun." I said, and the flock practically ran out the door.

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            Fang was flying in circles the size of football fields, feeling his anger rolling off him, like his anger was jello and he was the hot hood of a car. It just slid off him, and he couldn't help but smile. He heard a silent flapping behind him, and he turned around, already in his fighting stance, ready to rip an eraser's head off. It was Iggy, and fang untensed a little.

            "hey ig." fang said. Iggy corrected his course when he heard fang call to him, since Iggy was about 3 inches off.

            "hey, I was just-quote-seeing-unquote- where you went." iggy said, smiling at his quotes. Fang smiled, then went back to his circles. Iggy sensed him moving, and followed. Fang and iggy flew in circles for about 10 minutes when iggy shuddered.

            "what is it?" fang asked, already on the lookout. Iggy's face turned confused.

            "flapping... or something. Too light to be a chopper. Kids, maybe?" iggy guessed. He listened, then pointed 30 degrees south, downward. Fang looked in that direction, and saw about ten dots coming in their general direction. two were trying to fly. fang called to angel mentally. Angel, get the other kids out of here. There are some...things coming this way.

            I know. I hear them. It's two kids being chased by erasers. Angel replied. Gazzy and nudge are coming to help kick the erasers butts into next week. Fang smiled quickly when angel thought that. Then he got into fighting stance. He flew up to iggy while seeing the other kids in his peripheral vision coming to help them.

            "ig! It's about eight erasers coming from 30 degrees south, on the ground! The other two are kids! We're going to help the kids!" fang shouted. Iggy nodded. Fang took a breath, and he dove towards the erasers, adrenaline rushing through his veins. He was ready to tear an eraser's head off for real. fang sped past the two kids, both were bird kids, one was a girl and the other was a boy, and dove at an eraser who was about to grab the girl. Fang noticed that the girl had red hair, but he snapped back to reality when she cried out as the eraser brushed her leg with his claws, and fang dropped on top of him. the eraser recoiled in surprise, then started going for him. fang dropped onto the ground as an eraser punched, then fang jumped back up and roundhouse kicked his chest. The eraser's breath went with an "oof", then the eraser used the energy from his blow and punched. fang felt the blow, one to his chest and the other to his face, and he sucked in a breath, trying to ignore the pain.

            Fang saw nudge, about three feet off the ground, being chased by two erasers and she dodged into the forest, the erasers following on the ground. Fang silently agreed, then rounded up his own group of erasers, then he booked it into the forest, dodging the trees like it was a videogame. The erasers didn't have much luck, though, since most of them followed fang into the forest, and then fang would pull straight up, leaving them lost in the forest. fang chuckled to himself, then he turned around to help the bird kids. when fang came out of the forest, he saw the two kids trying to fight off erasers. fang poured on speed and he tackled the one who was ganging up on the girl. here's a fact: it's hard to tackle an eraser in midair, but it's possible. fang punched the eraser's guts out  (not literally of course. that would be gross!), then he kicked the eraser in the you-know-where, and he squealed and booked it.

             fang turned to see iggy helping the boy fight off their eraser. fang heard a scream, and he turned to see the gasman and nudge starting to go down: gazzy was trying to ineffectively hit the eraser who was holding nudge, who was screaming. fang crept up behind the eraser and chopped down hard on the eraser's collarbone. the eraser didn't let go of nudge, so fang wrapped his arm around the eraser's neck, grabbed his wrist, and pulled. that did it, since nudge was able to escape, and nudge punched the eraser in the face. fang admitted: it was cute, nudge's fierce look.

            "look out!" the gasman said, throwing something. fang grabbed nudge and booked it into the forest. When the gasman says look out, you'd better expect all heck to break loose. Also, many apologies for those who got pelted with eraser bits. fang heard iggy tell the bird kids to follow him, and the three, along with the gasman, barely made it in time before the bomb gazzy threw exploded. it wasn't your normal BOOM!!!!!!, it was BA-BA-BA- BOOOOM!!! fang could literally feel the air vibrating. i hope max didn't hear that... fang thought to himself, head in his hands.

            "fang!" nudge shrieked. fang turned to see the bird kids losing altitude. fang nodded to the gasman, and they shot down to save the kids from a crunchy death. The two got them, of course, otherwise this story would be a drag.