Maximum Ride: Work of the Devil
Chapter 1: Changes
The world seems to be ending with every step I take. Maybe I'm just stressed, but the more I look, the more it seems true.
But like I said, maybe I'm just stressed. Angel's powers are growing. Nudge seems to talk even more now, except now it seems to concern only one thing. One person, rather: Iggy. Fang's… changed. Iggy has blown up more things than normal, probably to impress Nudge. And Gazzy's powers have grown as well.
Angel has learned to use her mind powers on Animals, as well as take full control of another living thing's body. The other day she made Fang lay on the floor at the bottom of the stairs after she "told" his brain to shut down his body, like sleeping, but hardly breathing. I freaked when I found him laying there. I almost started crying. He woke up, and I expected him to grin or laugh, since I didn't know Angel did something. Instead, he tried to comfort me and I turned right over and slugged him, thinking it had been a joke. When I found out what Angel did, she got Celeste taken away… until she made Celeste walk around the house in front of my eyes.
Nudge, as I said, does nothing but talk about Iggy and how perfect he is. Jesus, its enough to drive anyone insane.
Iggy's blown up 3 of my alarm clocks so far, and if he figures out the kind of "fun" you can have with a microwave's emitter panels and some sort of trigger, then we can assume that every single head in this house will be popped in a unique way.
Gazzy… well his new power is amazing. He just has to see something once and he is instantly a master at it. The other day, some free runners go jumping past us; he looks at them and then instantly takes off after them, mimicking their every move. By the time we catch up to him, he's doing tricks all his own and adding his wings in. He did it effortlessly thanks to his lighter bones and everything. It was mind blowing.
Fang has been acting weird in general. He's been changing a lot and not puberty changes, but small things. He seemed to be skinnier. His chin seemed much more chiseled and defined. He seemed a bit paranoid. And he's definitely withdrawn a bit. From his family. From us. The other day he was all happy, and Nudge asked for help with something. "In a few minutes" he told her cheerfully, almost dazed. A few moments later, it seemed he forgot, Nudge went over to remind him. I didn't actually see what happened next because I went to give Celeste back to Angel. All I heard was Fang yelling towards Nudge in a nasty tone, Nudge yelling back defensively.
"Ouch!" I heard Nudge scream from downstairs. I heard her storm up the stairs. Tears blurring her vision she walked right into me. I noticed her eye was swelling up and her right cheek was red, a handprint outlined into redness. Seemingly glad she ran into me, she thrust her self into me, arms outstretched. I caught her into a hug and attempted to comfort her. Iggy opened his door and immediately felt her pain emanating off of her.
He walked over, trying to comfort her too. I left to get ice from the fridge, the whole way wondering why the hell Fang just hit one of my babies, one of the flock. It's not like he had hit Iggy, who could take it, or had hit me jokingly. He hit Nudge. What was going on with him?
