Scott heard something that sounded like voices in an alley. He looked in out of curiosity, and saw Saturn! She was being tormented by these gangster looking guys. He ran into the alley, and the guys saw them. "Get off her or I'll have to deal with you!" he snarled. The guys saw that he was abnormally tall, and one stepped back, then fled.
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Kit lifted his brows, "I dont think we really need one of those machines now. Weve got a great clue to know where Max is at..." Kit looked down for a moment and murmured, "That and it just doesnt feel right to take something from people." The parrot winged boy looked up and murmured, "At least things that arent in a trashcan anyway." He scratched the back of his head, "The new reporter said that Max and her gang were headed this way. If we continue to follow the River we are sure to meet up with them."
Saturn turned to Scott with tears down her eyes. She had a couple of scratches and a cut on her wing.She hugged him."Thanks Scott...I'll stay closer to you guys..."Saturn said. She had been so scared that she thought she might not see the others again."I'm glad you were there. Thanks."
Scott blushed when Saturn wrapped her arms around him. He smiled. "No problem, but let's get out of here now," he said, and led the way back to the park. He sat down against a tree and waited for Kit and Theo. He wondered about Max and the gang, and hoped they could join them. He wanted to be accepted by the greater bird kid. If he was accepted by her, he would be accepted by everyone.
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Theo frowned at Kit. "You want to live out of a trash can for the rest of your life? You don't think that taking the few things we need to survive is okay, considering what else has happened to us?" Theo was questioning. Did this kid really think that way? Perhaps it was because he had always had a friend in the School, while Theo had been alone most of his own time. Kit's way of thinking puzzled him. He didn't believe that they deserved the same chance that everyone did to survive?
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"If he dies, then it will be God's will."
"If that was meant to be comforting, it was not."
"Everyone dies eventually. Once you are born, you begin to die."
"That was not comforting either!"
"It is the way of the Creed. Usually our deaths are violent but quick."
Kit just shrugged at the older, "Yeah i dont believe in taking whats not ours. Just because the school kidnapped us or took us when we were nothing more than test tubes doesnt mean that we should take from others." Kit looked up in to Theo's eyes with a bold if not wild light. "We dont need it and its wrong to take what isnt ours. If its in the trash, it belongs to no one. That is what i believe. Go ahead and steal whatever you please but im not helping you with that." He gave Theo a polite nod and turned away.
Blaike walked over to Kit. "So the flock are really headed this way?" She asked him. When he nodded, she thought a moment, what if someone had discovered them? No it was practically impossible. Or was it? "So you're saying if we keep heading up the river we'll just run into them?" For some reason it seemed all too easy. If they were traveling North first, why were they now traveling South?
Kit nodded, "The reporter said that Max and her gang were headed this way because they saw footage up us and the city we were in!" He grinned widely at her, "They might be coming to find us!" Kit didnt care if it all seemed to easy. "Max managed to make it out here so far and so can we. We might just have a place where we belong!" Kit wanted to hung the nearest person from all the excitement coursing through him. It only made his headache worse but he ignored the pounding. He also refrained from hugging anyone as well.
Blaike thought for a moment, but couldn't resist the smile on her face. 'A place where we belong.' echoed in her head. She'd always wanted a place to belong. Somewhere that she could be herself. Somewhere where people accepted her. A place where she was happy, and people were willing to help her. She realized she was still smiling at Kit and he probably thought she had gone insane. Maybe Max would know what these headaches were? She tried to wipe the smile off her face but she couldn't. "This is amazing." She managed to say.
Kit nodded and turned to Theo, "Gather everyone else up and lets blow this popcicle stand." The older boy seemed to glower at him for a moment but turned away to find the two youngest. Kit looked around behind Blaike to see Zemmie staring at cars as they moved past. She almost seemed like a small animal that loved shiny things. He couldnt resist a laugh as the rest of the flock appeared. Saturn looked a little ruffed up but she was leaning on Scott for help so she was in good shape to move on. Her wounds had healed mostly by now. "Ive already eaten, anyone else still hungry?" It was a dumb question to ask since everyone here needed to eat almost constantly.