Chapter 8! Is this….the end?

So, after watching Fang be completely embarrassed for the 3rd time today, we finally made our way out the double doors and into the parking lot, which was almost, if not more of a zoo than the actual convention hall.

"I want to learn how to do that dance! It looks so cool!" Nudge said, watching a group of girls (in freaky outfits, of course) doing some weird dance.

"I think it's called Hare Hare Yukai." Angel said, obviously pulling her little mind-reading trick.

"Cool." Answered Nudge, like she had any idea what the name of that dance meant. "Max, I want to learn how to do it!"

"Ok, you can look it up on YouTube later." I answered. "We're outta here, remember?"

"Yeah, we need to get out of here before Fnick the Anime Twin Wonder gets ambushed again." Iggy said.

Fang glared daggers at him.

"Yeah, Iggy, Fang's glaring at you." Gazzy added.

"Forget something, Fnick?" Iggy asked.

Fang rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, I forgot you're freaking blind. Sue me. I'm rolling my eyes, by the way."

"C'mon, guys, stop messing around. Let's go." I was itching to get out of this place. Way too many crowds of freakishly-dressed people for me.

"Oh, look, Angel! They're doing another dance!" Nudge said, pointing to the dancers again.

"That one's Caramelldansen." Angel said, mind-reading again.

"Yes, and it's all on YouTube." I said, grabbing the two girls. "Now, let's roll."

Unfortunately, we weren't able to roll very quickly.

We were stopped by at least fourteen people selling random anime-related junk, about twenty people who wanted to know who we were cosplaying as, and fifteen of those people insisted on knowing how we made our wings look so real. We also were forced to stop at a booth selling pocky so Angel could finally try some. And if all this wasn't bad enough, we kept running into members of Fang's fan club.

"Oh. My. Gosh, Vanessa! I swear that kid looks just like Dark!" I heard some girl saying to her friend. Fang looked miserable.

"Don't worry, I think we've almost reached the end of the parking lot. Then maybe we can make a run for it." I whispered to him, smiling.

"At least no one else has asked for pictures." He answered. We heard some more giggling from behind, followed by the word 'Dark!'. "I wish this jacket had a freaking hood." He added, trying to pull the jacket a bit higher to cover his face.

"Yeah, though, with your track record today, someone would probably follow you around saying you were the grim reaper. I laughed.

I caught a glimpse of one of his rare smiles, and then it was gone in a flash. "Probably."

I opened my mouth to say something else, then felt that something was behind me. I turned around and came face-to-face with a Flyboy.

"We are one of many."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah, one of many freaky cosplayers who creeps up on people and tries to freak them out. Very funny. Now, I and my friends are trying to leave-"

"M-Max?" I heard Angel say behind me.

"Yeah, Angel?" I did not like the sound of her voice. Oh, Patron Saint of Recombinant DNA Bird Children, please don't let her say...

"That's not a cosplayer."

Crap.

I looked behind the Flyboy in front of me. He had back-up. Lots of back-up.

"U&A! Now!"

The three younger kids shot into the air first, Nudge carrying Total. Total was freaking out.

"Get Akila! Get Akila!"

Fang and I both grabbed Akila and were ready to take off when I saw Iggy tangled up with one of the Flyboys.

"Iggy!" I yelled.

"Just get the hell out of here!" He yelled back. That's when I saw him stick something on the Flyboy.

Fang and I didn't ask questions. We took Akila and were up in the air in a matter of seconds. We had known Iggy long enough to know when all hell was about to break loose.

It wasn't too long until Iggy was right behind us, going as fast as he could.

"Can't you guys fly any faster?" He asked.

"Not carrying a freaking huge dog, no." I answered.

I looked behind us and saw the Flyboy army following. Fang saw them as well.

He looked at me. "You know what? I think I've just been inspired to go faster."

I nodded, and we sped up. I was beginning to wonder how long we'd be able to keep up this speed with Akila in our arms when…

"BOOM."

We slowed down, turning to look behind us.

The Flyboys were exploding in a series of explosions. One would explode and take out around ten others when it did, spraying Eraser skin and shrapnel all over. Akila barked her approval.

"Iggy, my man, that was sweet!" Fang yelled to Iggy. Ig just gave him a thumbs-up.

"Nice work, Ig!" I yelled back. I decided I talk to him about hiding explosives on her person another time. Right now, I was kind of glad he did, though I also decided it might be smart to keep clear of him from now on. It seemed like his bombs were getting more powerful, and if he's carrying them all on his body and one of us accidentally bumps him…BOOM!

"Come on, Max." Fang said. "Let's get going. I've had enough of planet weird for one day.

"But Fang!" I said with mock astonishment. "You look just like that Dark guy!" I threw in some fake giggling.

He glared, but finally smiled.

"Alright, Maximum, let's get out of here."

Meanwhile, back at the convention, people were trying to make sense of what had happened. Most dismissed it as some kind of show or crazy publicity stunt. But there was one group of kids that had another opinion.

"Well, that explains why she sounded just like the real Maximum Ride." Jake, the Flyboy cosplayers said to his shocked friends.

"Wish I'd gotten an autograph." Gina the FlyGirl added.

"And to think we thought Gazzy looked like Naruto!" A cosplayer said to her friend, a couple feet away.

"Yeah, we're such idiots!" Her friend agreed.

But the biggest commotion was going on right outside the double doors where a mermaid/vampire cosplayer was loudly bragging to anyone who would listen.

"I got a picture with the real Fang! You hear that, people? THE REAL FANG! I have a picture with-"

She was cut off by her friend pulling her away from the crowd and back inside.

"Yeah, Becky, I think they've got it. Actually, I'm sure even China knows by now."

"That's pretty awesome, though." Added their friend, the schoolgirl cosplayer, Cody.

"Yeah, so awesome. We can sell the prints on eBay." Amanda said.

"No! It's mine! Mine! My picture! My precious!" Said Becky, clutching her camera.

"Let's go, quick. I think she's starting her Lord of the Rings Gollum impersonation again." Amanda said.

Cody just shrugged and helped his friend drag off the eccentric girl.

"This has been the weirdest day of my life." Commented Amanda.

Cody just smiled. "Welcome to an Anime Convention, babe."

A quick note:

Hare Hare Yukai and Caramelldansen are two awesome dances that you can find on YouTube. Look 'em up!

So, this is the end. R&R is greatly appreciated. I would like to take a moment to thank all my reviewers…

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