Chapter Fourteen, Just because Thirteen is unlucky.

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Fang POV

I was concerned for Phoenix, even though I didn't know why. Maybe it was because she's done so much for us in the past few weeks, or because she's part of our flock now. When you're stuck together with a bunch of people for a while, you learn to bond with them. Surprisingly, our flocks have basically molded together and have become one large flock! We were a huge family wrapped up with a big pair of birds' wings on top.

I watched as Phoe fell from the sky and I rushed to catch her before she became a red-and-blue haired pancake. You know, because she had red and blue hair? To tell you the truth, it's a bad mental image. Back to the action, right. Phoe was as careless in the air as Max was, always zoning out in the and all that good stuff. Somehow, Phoe had replaced Max in our hearts with her witty comments and flame colored wings. She was a good leader too.

I was thinking about this while landing with Phoe in my arms, fighting against the wind. Whatever this was, Phoe was right, it was going to be a big one. Instantaneously, I was hit by a gust of humid wind, and I glanced down to keep myself from feeling like hell froze over on my face. Flapping my wings against the wind, the tears in my eyes sharpened my vision, and I easily saw where the flock was clustered as a whole, searching the sky for me.

I landed, but I made sure not to close my wings, so I wouldn't land in some random person's backyard. If I was lucky, I would be able to follow the Yellow Brick Road back to the flock. Not. I quickly dived towards the flock, holding Phoe tightly towards my chest. I quickly constructed a plan to get away from this storm.

"Pyros, do you have some sort of machine-device-bomb that we could use to blow a hole in the Earth, big enough for all of us to hide in?" I asked my tone sharp and serious.

"Yes, sir!" Gazzy saluted. I swear that boy… Nobody asked questions about Phoe and why she was in my arms. They just knew, having faced more trauma than a man sentenced to death, that there was no time to be funny with this storm coming up.

It seems like nothing compared to everything else we've gone through, but when you're in a hurricane/tornado in the middle of a forest where you could be hit by a bunch of trees, give me a call. My plan was to create a cellar or a basement like place underground, where we would be safe from the storm. The only part that would cause failure is the storm coming to fast or it being an earthquake instead. Only the first option was likely.

"Nudge, can you attract a metal plate, big enough to cover the hole, however big it is?" I questioned her, practically yelling over the wind. If the storm continued to come at this rate, I'm not sure if we'll all make it to safety. Nudge nodded.

"The rest of you, back away, it's going to hurt if you get in the way!" I ordered. Damn, the wind is starting to pick up. I hugged Phoe tighter to my chest, as if that'll make the storm go away. God knows that nothing ever goes the way we want it to. If it did, we probably wouldn't have wings grafted onto our backs.

Gazzy, Iggy, Lacey, Desiree, and Zephyr were huddled around a large, very dangerous looking machine. I wouldn't want to be around that when it explodes. If it were a less serious occasion, I would probably be wondering where the hell they got those supplies… But then again, do I really want to know?

All of a sudden they got up and started running towards me, so of course, I followed them. When you need to know how far to run before something explodes, you should always trust the pyromaniacs.

"Okay, Fang. We're ready to explode in 5, 4, 3, 2…!" Gazzy screamed before a loud "BOOM" echoed throughout the woods. I turned around from the explosion to see the little group of bomb builders slap hands, supposedly high-fiving each other all at once. I saw them all flinch and cradle their hands not a second after. I snickered.

I turned around and went closer to where the bomb once was, to see a huge crater, big enough to house about thirty mutants with their wings open. I laid Phoe on the ground and hopped in. Of course, it was twenty feet deep, so when my feet absorbed the impact, I couldn't help but wince.

"IT'S CLEAR! LAND USING YOUR WINGS!" It hurts like hell if you don't, I thought after I yelled the first part. If you're underground, and the wind is howling outside, when you're trying to communicate with everyone above ground, it would be just a wee bit hard if you're talking using an "inside voice". Why is there a defined inside voice and not a defined outside voice? Then there's also the inside, inside voice that's inside Max's head and Angel uses to communicate with us, through our heads.

To make extra sure that everyone heard, I sent a telepathic message to both Angel and Lilly, telling them that I wanted them to tell the flock to land using their wings and someone needed to carry Phoe down too. A few minutes later the flock started to land, with Total in Quail's arms and Phoe in Dylan's arms. A spark of anger ignited in me, leaving me confused and angry. I meant, I was angry about Phoe being in Dylan's arms, not Total in Quail's arms. That would just be weird. (Beta-Note: Ooh... Total/Fang moment! XD)

Finally, when all of us were piled into the crater, Nudge called upon her power. It was a whole lot quieter in that crater than the roaring wind above. A glance above lead me to see a huge metal plate, falling above us. Of course, it didn't land on us, but above, creating a roof and a shelter for us. Because Nudge only had the power to attract metal and not the power to repel it, we had no way of moving the huge metal structure above us. I guess it's not so fool proof after all. We didn't have a way to escape, or a way to see what the hell was going on around us.

"Fang…I can't see anything!"

"Now you know how it feels to be me!"

"But, I'm used to seeing everything!"

"How are we going to get out of here?"

"You stepped on my foot!"

"No, you did!"

"I'm hungry!"

"There's no light and you're thinking about being hungry?"

"Eep! There are bugs all over the place!"

I leaned on a wall, running a hand through my hair. I put a hand on the wall, just to feel something crawl on it. I quickly snapped my hand back and panicked, internally, of course. What about the flock? I just let them fight; they're all tired enough anyway to stop soon, right? Wrong. They kept getting louder, just when I thought they couldn't get any louder. Finally, Dylan indirectly hushed everyone. How? You'll see.

"CRAP!" He yelled. Not the best thing to yell in front of a bunch of kids. This quieted everyone and you could hear a flurry of punches and kicks, until Gazzy lit a match to see what was going on. It's scary if you knew what the eight year old carries in his pockets… What I saw was strange to say the least.

If you were in my place, you would be seeing Phoe pinning Dylan right about now, about to punch him. She seemed to realize that there was now a presence of light and looked up to meet my to see the flock staring at her with wide eyes. Phoe then looked down at who she was currently beating up, saw Dylan, and nervously laughed. She proceeded to get off him and help him up.

"No hard feelings, right?" She asked him, biting her lip.

"None if there's no permanent damage…" Dylan stated, then walked away, hands in the air, as if Phoe was going to attack any moment now. You couldn't blame the kid, (First and last time I am ever saying that) he looked like he got run over by a truck, ate green sausage, and turned into a zombie! God, Phoe's strong…Or Dylan's just weak. Yeah, that's probably it. (Beta-Note: Green?)

"Hey! You try waking up to being hung over someone's shoulders, in complete darkness, and being a paranoid mutant!" Phoe defended herself.

"You couldn't have just knocked me out?" Dylan asked.

"I couldn't see you! So, I just punched you! By the way, why are we in a disgusting cellar like place filled with bugs?" Phoenix demanded. This led to several squeals.

"Hurricane." I stated, in that annoying way of mine. Phoe's answer to my statement was simply melting part of the metal, instantly cooling it, and then fly outside. In a panic, I flew up behind her. This was a freaking hurricane! What was she doing flying outside?

"You mean this hurricane?" She asked, smirking and raising an eyebrow. Instead, she raised both eyebrows in her attempt, got frustrated, and gave up. This time, I smirked and then raised an eyebrow like she couldn't do. She saw me bragging and brought something else to my attention.

"You didn't know that I could manipulate the weather?" She asked, sweetly. Now that I looked around, I saw that we were in some sort of safe bubble, where it was only sunny in this area. Then there was a hurricane around it, dust and dirt swirling around our bubble of protection. I guess it might have even been a tornado…

I simply shook my head in answer to her question. By this point, the whole flock was out here, gazing around in amazement. They probably came out here, worried for us. That's sort of sweet, considering I barely knew half of them.

"Do you think we should continue onto California?" Phoe asked me.

"Besides your thinking, the rest of us didn't get a good night's sleep and are still tired and hungry!" Iggy stated.

"Oh, sorry. I guess we'll have to sleep in your cool underground place!" Phoe replied.

"How? It's ugly, disgusting, filled with bugs, filled with the scent of B.O., and there's no light!" Nudge replied, ticking each problem off of her fingers. Talk about the harsh truth…

Phoe just flew down into the place none of us wanted to re-enter after we saw the insides. We might have been through worse, but bugs? Come on. None of you want a bug playing head, shoulders, knees, and toes with you. Especially the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth part…That's a horrid mental image. Gag.

After a few minutes of confusion, we heard a low "Come down!" I flew down to see huge changes. There were cracks outlined by phosphorus giving off the amount of light a bright nightlight would. In case you didn't know, phosphorus is the stuff that makes glow-in-the-dark bracelets work. The walls were covered by reflective rock, giving a smooth feel to them and adding more light. There wasn't much color to the light, but it was enough to see around. As for beds? I think I tripped over one made of air. Talk about literal air beds…

Phoe's powers seemed to have no end. It's a good thing that she's on our side. Or is she? I wouldn't be so quick to judge, being that we didn't want an incident like last time happening again.

Phoenix/Max POV

I dusted off my hands, pleased with my work, more tired than before. I was ready to crash onto an air bed, literally. Except, not so much about the part about me crashing. I don't want to be smashed into pieces.

There were sounds of appreciation everywhere. I even made a small hole where we could all hide and escape from if Flyboys or M-Geeks found our location. I covered the top of our place with packed dirt so this place would look as if it were part of the ground. Talk about being buried alive! But by choice of course.

I went over to the hidey hole to fix it up a bit. I had already grown some vegetables and fruit by now. It was just the hiding hole that needed fixing up. This hole is actually made underneath a tree with an escape route. It was a little bit smaller than a Californian Redwood Tree, probably a Coast Douglas fir Tree. There was a hole small enough to crawl out of the tree if we were invaded. Sometimes, I wish that people could call me by my name, that they had full trust in me, that they never kicked me out…At least I could always dream.

I looked around, tired and proud of my work, ready to go back to work, to see Angel and Lilly with tears streaking down their faces. I was about to comfort them, when Angel said the only possible word which could have made my guard come down.

"Max?"

A/N: Guess thirteen still is an unlucky number, even if you call it fourteen! Ooh…Major cliff hanger! (I'll say) Do you guys know any good books to read? I seriously am running low on good books to read. So, please! Review and tell me! Press the button down there if you want me to update and not go into a one month writing block again!

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