Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride...I do have Iggy locked in my closet...Yum ;)

Third narrative POV:

Kids ran and played in their little hospital gowns. Trying to lift themselves off the ground and fly away. But it was near impossible. Erasers would yell at them saying to stay on solid ground.

Max's little pigtails blew behind her as she chased miniature Fang. He laughed into the wind. The black wings fluttering useless behind him. Max took a leap at him. Tackling him into the artificial grass. He gave her a death glare before spotting Iggy. Standing behind a metal tree. Iggy shook his messy blonde hair out of his face. He stole a peak to see if Fang or Max had spotted him.

Fang had.

Iggy squeeked. He made a dash over to Jeb, who was watching little Nudge play with her block of wood. Itex really knows how to give he thought miserably. Nudge laughed at Iggy who had taken refuge behind Jeb's legs.

"Me it! Me it!" Nudge yelled. Holding out her fat little four year-old hand. Fang grinned. Slapping her hand and dashing to where Max was hiding. Nudge wobbled to her feet. Iggy took one look and started running. Again.

Nudge, though tiny, was almost catching up to him. She ended up tripping. Her hospital gown riding up to show her "big girl pants" as Jeb told her.

Fang laughed. " I see London, I see France, I see Nudge's underpants!" Nudge's little hands clenched. She looked over to Jeb to see if he would scold Fang. But Jeb was arguing with a whitecoat. Instead, Iggy walked over to Nudge and helped her get to her feet. Then, he lowered her gown.

"It's okay. Fang's just a mean boy," he said with a smile. Nudge grinned back. She saw the opportunity.

And she siezed it. She slapped Iggy on the arm and dashed away. Max laughing, probably at Iggy's shocked face.

"Just cause your old. Don't mean you can beat me!" Nudge called behind her shoulder. Only to see Iggy was backing away from a whitecoat. They all hated whitecoats.

Max was yelling at him. Telling him to leave Iggy alone. Fang was trying to get a good bite at the man's legs.

"You can't do that! He's only seven for christ sake!" Jeb yelled at the man. Yanking his shoulder towards him. Jeb was hoping it would never resort to this. The School knew the operation wouldn't work. But no. They just had to try on Iggy.

"Come here little one. With this operation, you'll be able to see in the dark! Night Vision. Doesn't that sound cool?" Iggy shook his head. He hated operations. He hated this man.

"Don't go with him Iggy, we'll protect you." Max said. She nodded to Fang. Who procedded to chomp down on the whitecoats thigh. Nudge laughed. She didn't understand what was going on.

Iggy stopped his backwards crawl. He looked up to see a bird gliding in the wind. He had wings. Why couldn't he do that? Sevens years he had been living in a cage. It would never stop. His friends and Jeb had procceded to what looked like a wrestling match.

Iggy stood up and ran...right into an Eraser.

"Where you going birdy?" His fowl breath stung Iggy's nose.

"Away" Iggy answered. He hoped the Eraser didn't catch the fear in the word.

The Eraser grabbed Iggy and swung him over his shoulder. Iggy knew to give up. So he did.

The Eraser handed Iggy off to two whitecoats.

They tugged him along out of the fake outdoors. Into the clean smelling lab.Jeb yelling after them.

Left, right, right, left. Iggy lost how many turns they had taken him on. He remembered this. They stuck needles in him in this section of the school. But Iggy didn't fight.

"So...Iggy, right?" Iggy didn't answer the scientist. His arms and legs were held in restraints. His back was cold from the metal operating table he was laying on.

"You like seeing things don't you?" Iggy nodded. He loved seeing things. Counting the tiles in the room filled with dog crates. How many feathers he had. He used his eyes for that. When he was outside he looked up into the air. Naming what each cloud was shaped as.

"Well, with this operation, you'll be able to see in the dark." The dark?

"Like a superhero?" Iggy asked the man. The scientist smiled.

"Sure." The man grabbed Iggy's arm and inserted the IV. Iggy cringed. His world sunk into darkness. What would he be able to see in the dark?

--X--

"Iggy? You awake, dude?" Fangs voice drifted into Iggy's oversensitive ears. Was Fang always that loud? The door to the room opened and shut. Were Iggy's eyes open? It was really, really dark in here. Wasn't that the point of the night vision?

"Iggy, can you open your eyes for me?" Jeb asked. He already knew Iggy's eyes were wide open. Jeb was furious. Iggy would never see the world again. All because no one would listen to Jeb. Sure, they improved his hearing. Was that even good enough?

"They are open Jeb." Iggy's voice came out. Fear and panic were laced into the words.

"Jeb..I can't see," Iggy finally realized. Jeb felt his eyes brim with tears. Max was paniced. Her friend couldn't see. Fang was watching. Trying to understand what Iggy meant.

"I CAN'T SEE!!" Iggy screamed. He thrashed against the bars of his cage. Tears falling down his face. Jeb was crying too. He didn't bother to stop them. The boy he was crying for wouldn't see his pity. Max choked down a sob. Nudge was covering her ears.

"They took my eyes out." Iggy murmured. Sobbing.

"No, they made...your...blind," Way to be blunt Jeb. Iggy stopped crying. No more counting tiles. He would never see tiles again. No more sky. No more Max, Fang, and Nudge. His friends. He couldn't see his friends.

Iggy screamed. He kicked. Screamed some more.

Iggy woke up screaming. Technically he just opened his eyes. He would never officially awake from this nightmare. He stopped and listened to the Flock. No one heard.

Or so he thought.

His door pushed open lightly. He listened to the heartbeat.

Nudge.

"Ig, you alright?" Iggy wanted to lie and say he was fine. That he could see Nudge. That he wasn't dreaming about that awful time. That Nudge...could love eighteen year old Iggy. Even if she was three years younger. Because Iggy certainly loved Nudge. He stuttered for his lie. But the truth came instead.

"No." he whispered. His eyes filling with tears.

"Bad dream?" Nudge usually was the one to know. Sure the Gasman was Iggy's eyes, but he would never be a sap in front of the ten year old.

Iggy nodded.

"Tell me about it." No way. Iggy wouldn't tell her. Nudge wanted to comfort Iggy. She saw the tears fall down his cheeks. His soft lovely- Nudge stopped her thoughts. She was fifteen and he was eighteen. He couldn't love her!

"It was the day...more like the time frame...of when they took my sight from...me" Iggy said through his sobs. Nudge held down the tears. He never had that dream anymore. Not since the E-house. Iggy had been trying to hold it down, be brave for the younger ones.

The tears escaped either way.

Iggy heard her sobs come. Was she crying? For him?

"Are you...crying Nudge?" He choked out. He was such a loser. No one should have emotional break downs like this!

"Yes," she whispered. She ran up to Iggy.

And hugged him. She didn't care if he pushed her away. Told her she was just a kid to him.

He didn't. He hugged her ten times tighter.

"Nudge," Iggy started. If he could just say it...

"Hmm?" Nudge said against Iggy's chest.

"I..I..love you," Darn, it sounded like a brother. Especially since he just patted her head. He patted her head! She definatly knew it was to good to be true. Even though her heart doubled in pace at the the beginning.

"Yep, sister and brother love." Nudge hoped the sarcasm that she put into that sentence wasn't there. He obviously didn't like her that way! She just made herself known!

"Nudge...I know you love me that way. I love you, like, the love and...kiss love." Iggy muttered the kiss part mostly to himself. Was it just him or was her heart beating a little to fast?

Nudge felt faint. Her head was lightheaded. She looked at Iggy. His eyes at the wall behind her. The gray pupils in the middle growing in dilation. He was obviously very focused on the wall.

Iggy didn't hear a reply.

"Oh god...I creeped you out didn't I!? I'm sorry! I just wanted my feelin..." Iggy didn't finish the sentence.

Nudge's lips had met Iggy's. Boy did they like it. Sure, they both kissed someone before. Trying to get their minds on something their own age. But that went down the drain right then.

They pulled apart. Breathless. Nudge leaned towards Iggy's ear.

"My little blind bird-boy."

Iggy couldn't stop the giant grin on his face.

I love Niggy :D...If Ella takes him...there will be war!

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