Chapter 1

Fang's POV

Another day, another eraser down, another piece in the puzzle of our lives, another day in the life of the flock. I looked over to the forest and out came erasers, about a dozen, and it looked like they took Flight Basics 101. I glanced at Max and then I gave a curt nod and we organized the flock for an eraser attack. They moved much more smoothly now but they still couldn't compare to us. I darted in between two of them and knocked them both out simultaneously, then I saw one in front of me and clapped my hands over his ears, he went down howling in pain. Meanwhile, Max was fighting two at a time with ease, and Angel was making two of them punch themselves in the gut, and then the other one would say stopping punching yourself. After the fight Nudge said, "Can we find a place to sleep, like a hotel?" Max glanced at me and said, "What do you think Fang?" and I said, "Yeah, a place to crash would be cool." So we started to head to a hotel. When we got to the hotel we realized it was more like a rundown motel, but decided it would do.

When we got there we quickly got checked in and head up to the rooms, Angel and Nudge were in a room, Gazzy and Iggy were in a room, and I was in a room with Max. After we all ate a huge amount of room service Max sent them off to their rooms. We were in a room with one bed, but it was a king sized bed so I decided it should work. Max and I talked about what the plans were for the flock for awhile and then we went to sleep. I woke up to the sound of Max quietly crying; I looked over at her and quickly pulled her into a strong embrace. She cried into my shoulder for awhile and then finally after seemingly regaining her composure she pulled back and said, "Thanks," and then I asked, "What happened?" and she said, "It was a dream, it started with erasers pouring out of the woods, hundreds of them, and I watched them from a tree while they killed you, it was so vivid, but the scariest part of it was it didn't feel like a dream, it felt like a vision of the future." Then she broke down again, I held her for awhile longer, and when she pulled away her lips caught mine. At first I was surprised, then I got into it, soon it was a full make out session, with my best friend. Then I realized how long I had wanted this. Finally I pulled back and looked her in the eyes and saw the pain from just a bit earlier when she was talking about her dream was gone. All of a sudden I had this overwhelming feeling that something was wrong. Then I looked at the window and saw a red dot on it, I threw myself in front of Max, and I felt a sharp pain on the right part of my chest. I looked down and saw blood, Max screamed, "Fang, shit shit shit, oh God, okay I will be right back I am going to get the rest of the flock, will you be okay until then?" then I said, "Yeah, b-but just be quick." She came back a minute later with the rest of the flock. Iggy started to dress the wound when Angel said, "We've got company guys. Hundreds of erasers are heading our way." I looked out the window and was able to distinguish the shapes of the erasers heading towards us. Then I said, "Guys we only have once choice, leave me here. I will just slow you guys down; instead I will distract them long enough for you guys to escape. Then Max said, "NO! Fang I won't leave you, no chance in hell." Then I said, "Angel you know what to do." Angel then nodded and turned to Max and all of a sudden Max flinched and her body became very straight. Then I told her, "Max I love you, and its too bad this is how it had to end up." Then she said, "I love you too Fang, and I will never forget you Fang, goodbye." As Angel forced Max to walk away I gave her a quick, sad smile and then we all jumped out the window, but while I headed towards the erasers the rest of the flock headed the other way.

Max's POV

I saw Fang head off towards the erasers and with my hawk sight I saw him fight valiantly, but to no avail. I saw them begin to pummel him and finally I saw his entire body go limp, but they still didn't stop, when they finally did stop his whole body was bloody and bruised. I knew he was dead. I turned away, and I realized this was just like the dream I had earlier that night, just why did this dream have to come to fruition? WHY?