Iggy's Story:

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson

The Lost Chapter 134

You know how Max narrates the books, or it's written in third person? Well I'm putting a twist on things. I'm Iggy. Sure, yeah, I'm a blind pyro with strawberry blonde hair and a fourteen foot wingspan. And I've learned how to use a computer, too (stupid, dang keys!). Keep this in mind; we actually met the Teen Titans in the little space between School's Out- Forever and Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, so Ari didn't die yet. We were still being hunted by the Erasers.

Whoop-dee-do.

And I'm blind, so, if I'm getting too exact and freaking perfect on the details, that means someone was describing it to me, OK?

Well, we were flying over some city in Northern California, and I guess we were flying not to high from the ground because I heard some girl scream.

"Uuhh... Guys, I think we should help out that girl. She may be hurt." I said, trying not to sound like a weenie.

Listen, I AM NOT REALLY LIKE THIS! I just had this retarded feeling inside me that, well, you get the point.

"Veto!" screamed the Gasman, dive-bombing into me. He is such a freaking tard sometimes.

The girl screamed again.

"You know what? I'm just going down there myself. You can't stop me!" I called as I pulled in my wings and lost some altitude.

None of the flock followed me until they heard gunshots. Nudge and Angel gasped in unison and the rest of the flock flew beside me.

Now, I don't know why, but Fang was really steamed and just flew downwards through the stratus clouds (it was kind of foggy down there).

Down there was a dude on a motorcycle, I guess a hog, shooting his 9 mil pistol at a cheetah, yes, cheetah, sprinting down the road. I guess he was having a nervous breakdown and wanted to kill an innocent wildcat, but where did the screams come from?

Fang flew down and knock the creeper off the hog; it skidded and tripped under itself and caught up with the running cheetah, which was slowing down because of tire.

There, Fang shoved the creeper into a brick wall, which knocked off his helmet, and started shaking him down for answers.

"Why would you shoot her? Tell me or I'll pop your head open like a damn tomato!" Yep, that's Fang, the totally pissed off version.

The dude grunted. "If you knew what that thing really was, you'd be on my side!"

"Yeah, right," I said right before I slugged him in the jaw. Or was it the temple? Anyway, he was on the ground, unconscious. (We later found out that he was Jonny Rancid, one of the Titans' bad guys.)

"Stupid creeper," said Nudge. I agree; he was a stupid nobody.

"Here, kitty. Come over here; we won't hurt you." Angel started talking to the cheetah. I guess she was using her mind reading powers to get it to come here.

"Hey, I'm a little less primitive than that, got it?"

I heard a voice say that, but I didn't recognize it. "OK, who said that?" I asked.

"Me,"

"You, who?"

"THE DANG CHEETAH SAID IT, IGGY!" answered Max, still kind of hazy at the idea that a cheetah could talk.

"Oh, I ain't no ordinary cheetah," said you can guess who, "I'm Darian. I'm a shapeshifter of the Teen Titans."

Darian must have morphed back into human form because I could hear Gazzy seriously moaning in lust. "I could have sworn I've seen you guys before, who are you?"

"I'm Max. This is Fang, Angel, the Gasman, Iggy, Nudge and Total. We're just flyin' over the city when Iggy hears some girl scream."

"That was me; Jonny Rancid's never come at me with a serious freaking gun before," said Darian. "Wait, six kids with a pet dog... Are you those awesome bird kids that I keep seeing on the news?"

"Uuhh, maybe," said Total. Doesn't he know he's not supposed to talk to strangers?

Dogs.

"Aww, sweet! The dog talks! I have a talking cat! Her name's Holly!

"Hey, do you want to come over to my place? It's awesome and it's shaped like a 'T'."

"Do you know if your team will like us?" asked Gazzy.

"Of course they will! They love mutants like you, they'd probably want to meet you anyway."

"No; not if a cat's there." Total said sternly and stubbornly. Honestly, I forgot a long time ago why we got a dog, let alone a talking dog.

"Oh, wait, guess what Total? Too bad," said Max.

"So you're coming?" asked Darian.

"Yeah, duh."