"Perv," Shay mumbled with a smile.

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"Sure are." Cole said.  He was wondering where all the attacks were.  Hm, didn't they have something scheduled now?

(Fail-ness. Dx )

River then thought of something that he could do to make Shay blush. He smirked at his thoughts. He would save it for later, though. Pumping his large wings, River said, "C'mon. We'll need to get there before dark." The percentage of surviving an Eraser attack greatly decreased when the sun went down.

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Lacey took the lead and began to fly north, looking behind her to see if Cole and the others were following. She was beginning to get used to River...

Shay nodded formally in reply.  Flexing her wings, she gracefully drifted along.

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Cole looked around.  No Flyboys?  No clunky, winged Erasers?  This was interesting.  Maybe they were waiting for the right moment.  Or, rather, the whitecoats had something up their sleeve...  What would they find at California?

Lacey thought that it wouldn't take too long to get to the area of Cali that they wanted to be at. Of course, the sudden rainstorm mixed things up. It started pouring rain, and Lacey couldn't see a foot in front of her face. Her feathers were getting wet, and wet feathers didn't fly well. She aimed herself downwards, cussing as she did so. Her long black hair was wet, and dripping.

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River was surprised by the sudden downfall of rain. It was almost as if god had dumped a big bucket of water on them. He followed Lacey to the ground, and landed before her. He stood beneath a large pine tree, trying not to get any more wet than he already was. However, he was just as soaked as Lacey was.

"Ahh-" Shay started to say as the rain poured down.  Tucking in her wings to herself, she went down in a free-fall.  Hey, it's fun and fast!  Snapping them out at the near last second, it was like drifting to the ground on a parachute.  Gently landing beside River and Lacey, she got annoyed.  "Stupid rain... Messing up my hair..." she muttered with a small smile that quickly faded away.  Shay was completely and utterly soaked.  She guessed that pretty much nothing was dry.

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Cole wasn't too fazed by the rain.  He came down and leaned on the trunk of the tree calmly.  It was just rain - simply water.  They'd all dry off soon with California's burning heat.  Well, that'd come after the rain, of course..