You are a child of the sun, you come from the sun, and that is something true with the Earth also... your relationship with the Earth is so deep, and the Earth is in you and this is something not very difficult, much less difficult then philosophy.
Thích Nhất Hạnh
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A4Chapter 78
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AX, COME. COME HERE NOW. Fang needs your help. Come now!I froze, balanced on the balcony. I turned to Nudge.
“Did you hear that?”
Nudge shook her head.
“Got a message from Angel,” I said. “She said Fang needed my help and to come there now.”
“Fang is there?” Nudge asked, unfolding her wings, getting ready to jump off after me. “What happened?”
I paused for just a minute, thinking. I didn’t trust Angel, and I sure as heck didn’t trust Dr. Nightmare. But if Fang was there … if he really did need my help …
I jumped off the balcony, swearing, and rose into the air. “I can’t take the chance,” I told Nudge. “Angel alone — I might not go. But I can’t take the chance with Fang. I’m going.”
I decided to go into warp drive, leaving Nudge and the others, now clustered on the balcony, behind. Pressing my hands flat against the legs of my jeans, I aimed myself in the direction of Malibu. Then I just … shifted into overdrive. Within fifteen seconds, I was streaking through the sky at upward of 250 miles an hour. I’d be there in minutes.
One thing was certain: If something had happened to Fang, and it was Angel’s fault, we’d never be in the same flock again. I promised myself that much.
