This is what happens when Ms. Martinez decides to give the flock and Ella computers to chat on during the day. However, they soon discover they aren't the only ones online. A funny oneshot by me.

AaBbCc= chat activity and chat talk

AaBbCc= things going on outside the chatroom

MaxRide= Max

SilentFeather= Fang

CaptianBlindTerror= Iggy and Gazzy

Woof= Total

valentine34= Angel

chatterbox17= Nudge

undergirl= Ella

SnoopDoggfan= Jebb

mexicanagurlz= Ms. Martinez

morphindude= Ari

MaxRide has entered Chatroom A

SilentFeather has entered Chatroom A

MaxRide: hi

SilentFeather: hey there

MaxRide: arent we in the same room?

SilentFeather: umm yea why?

MaxRide: oh, no reason…just was letting u know that we probably could talk in person like normal people

SilentFeather: what do u know about normal? we aren't even human

MaxRide: good point

chatterbox17 has entered Chatroom A

chatterbox17: hey guys whats up i just got this account and all and i couldnt decide on a name so i was like hm what do i do and then total came in and suggested this and i was like wow so cool total thanks and then he left and now im here so whats up fang and max pretty day, huh?

MaxRide: oh nothing much we just got here...where r u anyways?

chatterbx17: im upstairs with ella she cant decide on a username

MaxRide: oh, u want me to help?

chatterbox: no she got it never mind

SilentFeather: she should be online soon. hey r u sure this is a private chatroom that were on max?

MaxRide: im preeettty sure it is otherwise mom wouldnt let us on

SilentFeather: oh right, right that makes sense

Ding! Ding! Messages coming in everywhere. Ella sat at her computer, trying to block out Nudge's chattering. The blank next to username was still, well, blank. She put her head in her hands and sighed.Come on, Ella, think, she thought determindley. Just when she was about to give up, an idea came to her. She smiled and started to type. Just you wait, she thought to herself with satisfaction. I'll no longer be left out of anything with this chatroom in session. She pressed SEND, and settled in for the thirty second wait it would take for Max, Fang, or Nudge to respond to her message.

undergirl has logged onto Chatroom A

undergirl: Hi there Max, Fang, and Nudge. What did I miss? I hate being left out of anything, so I decided to join.

MaxRide: not to worry, you havent missed a thing. how r u sis?

undergirl: Fine, I guess. It's not easy being normal.

MaxRide: r u kidding me? id cut off my right wing to be normal like u

undergirl: Really? What's so bad about having wings?

MaxRide: the white coats, the cages, the tests...basically the forst ten years of my life will do more than answer ur question

undergirl: Oh...I didn't know about that. I'm sorry.

MaxRide: its okay. thanks to jebb we survived.

undergirl: He never told me anything about this.

MaxRide: he doesnt tell me anything either dont worry

chatterbox17: well this is nice and all, but i just heard that iggy and gasman r sharing an account so watch out

MaxRide: thx for the warning

SilentFeather: this should b interesting

undergirl: What's going on?

SilentFeather: when gazzy and iggy take control, u should watch out

undergirl: What's that supposed to mean?

SilentFeather: ull c…

CaptianBlindTerror has logged into Chatroom A

valentine34 has logged onto Chatroom A

CaptainBlindTerror: hey whats goin on, gazzy here to talk it up man

SilentFeather: hey, how r u and iggy gonna share one account?

CaptianBlindTerror: thats a secret, ull have to guess whos on when

MaxRide: sigh...cant u just get iggy an account?

CaptianBlindTerror: nope hes blind

undergirl: Iggy is BLIND!

MaxRide: he can see whiteness

undergirl: Hello? Still here!

CaptianBlindTerror: oh yea forgot i can do that yay i can type now...but ur mom wont let me get an account, so just deal with it

MaxRide: fine then

valentine34: hey total should be on soon while im away getting a snack brb

undergirl: Sigh….can someone talk to me please? I feel useless here.

valentine34: shhh..i have a secret account even angel doesnt know about :) im going to log on in a sec...hang on...shhahp messed up i tripped. ive got a labtop right here. ok angels coming back aaaah :O

MaxRide: howd u learn how to type total?

valentine34: shhhh...ill telll u later...

undergirl: I didn't know you can type. Then again, I never knew you could talk either. Or fly. Why am I the only normal one?

valentine34: er...being normal aint so bad either. u can teach the flock stuff i guess.

chatterbox17: cool total has an account too that is awesome now everybody can talk at once i wonder whats gonna happen next...

undergirl: Nudge calm down!

chatterbox17: oh right sorry forgot

CaptainBlindTerror: no u already got a turn iggy let me talk...okay sorry boutwajg;gjzjgjg stop it iggy gdghihfahafslah i sai;sgjagapadg;gd im aflalhsa telling mom slhfaldhladg

SilentFeather: lol im enjoying this

MaxRide: wanna make out later?

SilentFeather: what do u mean later? how bout now?

CaptainBlindTerror: finally! il let u talk in a sec let me say this first! okay guys...im just gonna let u know that um...theres a bomb in the room. no waaait! settle down max i can hear u from here! its not set to go off yet, but fang, i want you to move a tad to ur right. ok, good. that will be all. iggy, u can take over now.

undergirl: There's a bomb! You guys are insane, you know that?

Fang shifted his posistion to the floor, and that's when he saw it. The bomb. It was small, and looked harmless, but he knew better than to touch it. Max yawned and stretched her arms. There was no way they had been chatting for an hour straight already. Angel was in a nearby room with Total, and he heard him complain that they keys on his labtop were too small for his paws. Angel said something about overreacting. Silence. Fang's favorite sound. It spoke of everything, and of nothing. He closed his eyes and smiled, relishing in the moment's peace he had been blessed with. Something smashed upstairs, and his eyes snapped open again.

"I told you I should have gotten my own account!" Iggy shouted, flying down the stairs after Gasman.

"I said I was sorry! I didn't mean to tell Mom we were planning to share it. I forgot that-"

"Oh, right, you forgot I was only partway blind. Gee thanks," Iggy hissed sarcastically. Fang could almost hear and feel his eyes roll. Years of almost total silence makes one a better listener than anybody. Except for Iggy, who had the best hearing in the whole flock. Fang decided it was time to interfere their argument.

"Guys, cool it. What did you break this time?"

"Just a lamp," Gazzy said.

"Mom's gonna kill you two and suspend your accounts," Fang warned. It was Gazzy who rolled his eyes this time.

"We got it covered, Fnick. No worries," Iggy promised. He ran back upstairs. Fang sighed and turned back to his labtop. It didn't look like he missed anything. Nudge had been blabbering on and on about something, and Ella hasn't said a word. Max had fallen asleep at her computer. Fang watched her for a bit. She wasn't completely asleep, because he could tell that she wasn't dreaming yet. Ding! A new message. Max woke up with a start. Fang started typing. The adventure would continue...

chatterbox17: soo i heard this cool joke from a tv show i used to watch u wanna hear it max?

MaxRide: ive heard the joke 18 times nudge! tell it to somebody else later when im not online. ur message woke me btw. i had a late night last night and im tired.

chatterbox17: oops sorry. hey im getting tired of being inside. wanna go out for a fly?

MaxRide: we should all get out. tell angel to...oh great

Woof has logged on to Chatroom A

Woof: hey guys i FINALLY got this thing to work properly after angel said this WASNT a touchscreen computer. then there was the username issue. i decided that being creative wasnt my forte.

MaxRide: hi total. we were just gonna go out for a flight, wanna come? we really need to get outdoors before mom regrets spending this much money on us in one day.

Woof: fine...i guess ill come. hey have u heard the Voice lately?

MaxRide: actually...no. its been pretty quiet lately.

Woof: huh. strange. well, ill meet u out there.

Woof has logged off of Chatroom A

MaxRide has logged off of Chatroom A

SilentFeather has logged off of Chatroom A

undergirl has logged off of Chatroom A

chatterbox17: whered everyone go? i never got to tell my joke to ella! :'(

CaptianBlindTerror: nudge u told everyone that joke at least a million times. get over it.

chatterbox17: oh. wanna go play hide and seek?

CaptianBlindaTerror: actually iggy and i r going out with max and the others for a bit. wanna come?

chatterbox17: Sure!

CaptainBlindTerror has logged off of Chatroom A

chatterbox17 has logged off of Chatroom A

valentine34 has logged off of Chatroom A

Ella shut off her computer and flopped onto her bed. It was so unfair. Even online she gets forgotten. She's only second best, a human girl. Ella sobbed into her favorite pillow, wishing that she had wings just like Max. Memories flooded through her of that time when she and her mom took care of an injured Max. She wasn't ignored then. They laughed and talked about normal things. Ella wished that she were back in that happy time, when Max was as normal as she was. There was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Ella said in a muffled voice. The door opened, and there stood Max.

"Ella, don't you want to come?" she asked. " We're playing freeze tag, but we don't know the rules. Can you teach us how to play?" Ella smiled, and realized that being normal was what she was best at. She could teach them how to be perfectly average kids like her.

"Of course," she smiled warmly now and followed her outside.

"Hey what was all that earlier? I heard you crying," Max said without turning around. They now stood at the foot of the stairs. Ella grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back. Max turned around in surprise.

"You guys leave me out of everything. You, Fang, Angel...everyone. You all just fly around and be yourselves and expect me to be okay with that. I was hoping this IMing thing would change that but it didn't change a thing. I feel too normal with the flock around. At least give me a chance to spread my wings." She pulled out a vial of avain DNA out of her pocket and showed it to Max. "Jebb promised that he fixed the painful part of growing the wings and all the other stuff that comes with being like you," she continued as Max stared at the vial. She said nothing. "What's wrong? You don't want me to fly up in the air with you?" Max recovered, and shook her head.

"No, it's not that...its just, do you really want this? You can't be human ever again." Ella bit her lip, trying to decide. On one hand...she could stay human and remain confused about Max's life, pretending to understand the jokes they make, forced to stay on the ground and walk on the ground and only observe the flight of a bird and not experience it like the flock and Total the dog. Even the dog had wings for crying out loud! Contrarily...she could become part bird, have superpowers, and become closer to Max than ever. But would she belong then? She scarcely knew the flock as a whole, the things they normally talk about and ways they comfort one another. Ella would be as confused as a fish out of water. What should she choose? Bird, or human? She bit her lip harder, deep in thought now. Through the chatroom, she could...maybe spy on them and find out their real personalities. How would she do that? There was only one person to call for that...Ella took out her cellphone and dialed a number she knew by heart.

"Hello?" A deep, male voice answered.

"Jebb, can you tell me about computers? It's for a school project. I wanted to get information on hacking a chatroom."