Hey freaks! How the hell are ya? Well, I'm great! Besides having to watch my little brother. Devil child. Anyways, here's chapter 2 of The Tale Of Three Birdies. Hope you like it! This one is mostly about Jab and Iggy. Guess what. Jab can also heal! That will play a big part in this chapter. So, ON WITH THE FREAKS!
Disclaimer: I would have never came up with bird kids, so, therefore, I am not James Patterson.
Sight For Sore Eyes
Jab's POV
I woke up the next morning with someone's arms around me, exactly as they had been when I fell asleep. I looked up at Iggy to see him awake and smiling.
"Good morning," I said, kissing his jaw.
"Morning, Jab," he said. "How'd you sleep?"
"Like a baby, thank you." I sat up, bringing him with me. "And you?"
"Good, though I didn't have a dream." He wrapped his arms around me.
"Yeah, I see how that can be hard when you don't know what most stuff looks like," I said, remembering that he was blind. Then I got an idea. "I think I know how to get your sight back." He brightened.
"How?" he asked.
"I heal," I said. "I can heal diseases. So why can't I cure blindness?"
"Try it," he said, closing his eyes.
"I want to tell everyone else first," I said. Max started to stir, and soon she was fully awake.
"Hey, Max," I said.
"Morning, Jab, Iggy," she said.
"So, Max, I have something to tell you," I said. She looked at me to go on. "I can heal. I was thinking that I could maybe heal Iggy. I just wanted to wait till the flock wakes up before trying."
"Well, let's wake them up, then," she said. We shook everyone awake. They groaned.
"What?" Fang whined when I shook him.
"I think I can heal Iggy!" I squealed. He shot up.
"How?" he asked.
"I can heal. If I can heal disease, why not blindness?" He nodded. Once everyone was up, they got in a circle around Iggy and me.
"So, all you have to do is touch someone to heal them?" Gazzy asked. I nodded.
"Ready, Iggy?" I asked. He nodded and closed his eyes. I touched his eyelids and closed my eyes, feeling the wonderful feeling of healing stream through me. Then, almost as soon as it started, it was over. I opened my eyes and took my hand away from Iggy's face.
"Open your eyes, Iggy," I said. He did and looked at me. Then he gasped.
"I can... I can see," he said in amazement. I smiled and hugged him. He hugged me back. Everyone dog-piled us.
"You guys are flippin' heavy!" I said. "Fang, get your fat a- I mean, butt off of me!" I had to watch my language around Angel and Gazzy. I suppose Nudge is old enough to cuss.
"What's the magic word?" he asked.
"Kill!" I yelled. He laughed and got up.
"This is so cool!" Iggy said. I laughed.
"What do you want to do, then?" I asked.
"Go to town," he said.
"Guys, I have something to tell you," Angel said. I knew what she was going to tell them. About the Institute. About their parents.
"Actually, we both do," I said, putting my arm around her shoulders. She smiled thankfully at me.
"At the School, I picked up some... things from the minds of whitecoats," Angel started.
"What kinds of things?" Max asked.
"Like, stuff about our parents. Where we come from," she said. "We're not test-tube babies."
"What? And you've been sitting on this all this time?" Iggy asked, mad. I put a hand on his arm.
"Calm down, Iggy," I said. He relaxed some.
"Please continue, Angel," Max said.
"Well, I know that Iggy's parents think he's dead. So does Nudge's. Gazzy and my parents know we're alive. They gave us up willingly. I think it was for money," she went on. Gazzy exploded.
"What? They just gave us up to the devils in lab coats? I hate 'em," he said.
"I know you do, Gazzy. But they did what they did and we can't undo it," Angel said inellegently.
"Moving on, mine and Fang's mom was a teenager when she had us. She thinks we're dead, though," I said.
"Great. She's probably a drug addict," Fang grumbled.
"At least she took the time to actually have us," I said.
"She has a point," Max said. "She could have had an abortion."
"Okay, I get your point. Anything about Max?" he asked, switching the subject. I shook my head.
"I didn't get anything about you, Max. I do know that your mom's initials are V. G. Does that help any?" I said. Max shook her head no.
"Thanks for trying," she said. "This info's good news, I guess." She hugged me and Angel. Then she turned back to the flock. "We have to get moving. The School will have Erasers after us, so we have to move." We nodded and in matter of minutes, we were soaring high above the desert.
"Town's west of here," I yelled to Max at the center of the group. She nodded. Fang was next to her I was on his other side and Iggy was next to me. Angel flew on Max's other side. Gazzy was next to her and Nudge was next to him. I was deliberating in my head on how I could get Max and Fang to accept their mating. I wasn't telling them because that's just not how I am. I am a matchmaker, but I don't just tell them that they belong together. I was just going to slowly nudge them together. But how? I guess it'll all play out with time.
"Hey, Jab, what's up?" Iggy asked me, breaking me out of my trance.
"Nothing. Why do you ask?" I asked.
"You seem kind of out of it," he said, shrugging. "Like you were thinking deeply about something."
"Just something I need to work out on my own," I said. "Town should be about a mile from here. We'll be there in a couple minutes." When we came to town, we dove down, careful to not be seen.
"Ooo, I still have my credit card from the School!" I squealed, feeling the plastic card in my jacket pocket. They stared at me.
"You have a credit card?" Max asked. I nodded.
"Cam took me out every once and while," I said and felt a wave of sorrow as I said his name. I missed him like crazy. "He got it for me so that I could buy whatever I wanted."
"Jeeze, next you're gonna tell us you have a Lexus or something," Iggy said.
"Whatever. Let's just go. I'm hungry," I said. Right on cue, my stomach growled. "What do you want?"
"McDonald's," Gazzy said.
"TGI Fridays," Nudge said.
"I change my vote," Gazzy said. "TGI Fridays."
"I agree," Max said.
"Bring on the ribs," Iggy saaid.
"To TGI Fridays," Fang said.
"Let's go," I said, putting my iPod on.
"Who got you that anyway?" Iggy asked as I put a bud in his ear.
"Jeb. I only kept it because it's so cool," I said.
"Understood," he said.
"Oh, I forgot. There's also this place in New York called the Institute that is associated with the School. I don't know what they do there, but I know that's where they keep files of our parents and stuff," I said.
"Oh yeah. I remember hearing that, too. But I forgot, due to Iggy's outburst," Angel said, glaring at Iggy.
"My bad," he said.
"Yeah," she said.
"So, we're going to New York? Which one, the city or state?" Max asked.
"Beats me. But my best guess is the city. There are buildings crowded everywhere. It would blend in better," I said.
"Good point," Max said. We were walking down the sidewalk. It was then that I noticed that our clothes were a mess.
"Wait, we can't go to a resteraunt like this," I said, gesturing toward our beaten and battered clothes.
"Yay! Shopping spree!" Nudge squealed, jumping up and down. I put a finger on her head to stop her jumping.
"Calm down. We aren't going anywhere if you're constantly going to scream like a crazy fan girl," I said. She nodded and grinned.
"Let's go to Hot Topic. I saw it on the Internet once and loved their clothes." I nodded. We went to the mall and went into Hot Topic.
"Just bring me what you want," I said. Everyone nodded and spread out into the store. I went to the petite section. I love the shirts here. I found one that said "Team Vampire" in red glitter. Then another that said "Peace and Love" and had colorrful peace signs all over it. Then I got some jeans that had a big denum patch in the shape of a heart on the left back pocket. Then I saw this one pink shirt I had to get. It said "When Pigs Fly" and had a pig on an airplane on it. I found some jean shorts for the hot weather. Then I saw it. I had to get it. It was a mini skirt, plaid and blue. It was hot, to say the least. I loved it. I grabbed it off the rack and grabbed a white high cut spaghetti strap shirt to go with it. I ran off to find Nudge and Max. They were in the juniors' section.
"Guys, come on," I said, grabbing their hands and running back to the skirts. "You both have to get one of these with me," I pleaded. "Pwease?" I put on my puppy dog look that got everyone.
"Fine," Max said. Nudge was alredy scanning the rack for her size. She pulled out a pink one. Max went through them and got out a purple one. I handed them 2 shirts identical to mine that looked their sizes.
"We're wearing them when we get to New York," I said. "Make a statement, you know?"
"This is going to be awesome!" Nudge said. "I bet we'll each get hit on at least once. But probably more."
"What did you guys get so far?" I asked. Max held hers out. One said "Jacob Black, I want to La Push You Off A Cliff". I laughed. The next said "Green Is Sexy". The last said "Happiness is Too Expensive". She also had a couple pairs of jeans and a cute blue dress. "Nice," I said. "Now you, Nudge." She held hers out. There was a white hoody with a Cullen crest in it, a pink t shirt that said "The Script" on it, and a t-shirt that said Justin Bieber on it with him holding up a boom box. She had some jeans and a pink mini dress. "Awesome. Are you guys done, 'cause I'm sure not," I asked. They shook their heads no and went back to searching. I did the same. I found a couple more shirts, some more jeans and shorts, and a couple dresses. I got light fabric, since we would have to carry this stuff while we fly. I finnished about the same time Nudge and Max did. We went to get the boys and Angel. Angel was looking at a rack of dresses. She had a stack in her hands.
"Hey, Angel. You almost finished?" I asked. She nodded, pulling out a tan dress.
"Done," she said. We found Gazzy and then Iggy and then Fang.
"We good?" I asked. They nodded. I walked up to the checkout counder, everyone in tow, and the clerk's eyes got wide.
"You do realize this is going to cost a lot of money, right?" he said.
"I've got it covered," I said, holding up my credit card.
"Alright then." He started ringing up our things and putting them in bags. I gave him the card and he swiped it. I signed the bill and we got our stuff. The stuff wasn't all that heavy. We all went to the bathrooms and changed. I changed into a short blue sweater dress that hung off one shoulder. I realized how bad my shoes looked. So did everyone else's, compared to their new clothes. We went to Payless and got shoes. I got some white shell tip Adidas, some cute black flats that had a big metal studded crown on them, and some black wedge heels. I put the heels on. It would at least make me look older. We would need somewhere to put this stuff, so I bought us each a carry on bag. We were able to stuff all our clothes and shoes into them. I quietly prayed my thanks to Cam if he was listening. We made it to TGI Fridays and then realized that we couldn't go in there with bulging carry on bags.
"We need hotel rooms," I said. They nodded. We were staying in the Holiday Inn. Ironic that I had "Holidae In" by Chingy on my iPod. I got a suite with one bathroom and 3 bedrooms. I shared a room with Iggy, Max with Fang-part one of my plan to get them together-, and then Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy were sharing a room. We placed our stuff in our rooms. I had picked up a brush for everyone to share at the mall. I tugged it through my messed up curls, flinching when it hit knots. Once I was satisfied with my hair, I left the bathroom and waited for the others to finish freshening up. I knew we all looked a mess, so it didn't surprise me when it took 15 minutes for all of them to come out.
"Everyone ready?" I asked, handing my credit card to Iggy. They nodded. We left out and, unsurprising, caught some eyes. Bird kids were good looking, not as beautiful as Erasers, but still out of the average looks. We were head turners to say the least. When Iggy caught a guy staring at my butt, he practically glued me to his side. I think I should have left him blind.
"You don't have to prove that I'm yours," I said, leaning my head on his upper arm. "What they think doesn't-" I cut off as a bunch of very inapropriate thoughts slamed into me.
Hello, sexy.
Man, if I could just get her away from pretty boy... There was a flash of very disturbing images of me.
I bet she's a freak.
Look at that fine little mama.
If she was just a few years older, I'd so hit that.
Bet I can do better than blonie.
There were dozens more, but I'd rather not evalute on them. I covered my ears, trying to block out the gross thoughts and images. "Never mind. Show them who I belond to," I said to Iggy. He nodded and squished me closer to him, if that's even possible. The thoughts were just as gross as before. "God, they're giving me a flippin' headache."
"Me, too," Angel said. She was pressing her hands to her ears, but, of course it didn't work to keep out the very loud thoughts.
"I swear if they don't stop being so loud, I'm killing 'em," I said. "Fang'll help me electricute them."
"Um, how are you and Fang going to electricute them?" Iggy asked.
"Show you later." I had forgot that we hadn't showed Iggy and Gazzy our little trick. Just then a bullet wooshed past my head. I screamed. "Erasers!"
"God, can't we ever just have a freaking break," Max groaned as we started running back toward the Inn. We took the stairs, knowing the elevator would be way too slow. We ran into our room and grabbed our bags.
"We have to fly. They'll be waiting downstairs," Max said. We nodded and cut slits in our clothes for our wings.
"We should keep this so that we can cut slits in our other clothes," I said, putting the knife in my bag. "And maybe fend off some Erasers."
"Okay, let's fly," Max said, unfolding her wings and jumping out the window. I watched as her wings filled with air. She went down, they up, totally unseen. Fang jumped after her, then me, then Iggy, then Nudge, then Gazzy, then finally Angel.
"Guess we're going to New York early, huh?" Iggy said.
"Looks like it," I said. "Though we'll have to stop for food. Soon," I said. My stomach growled. "Thank God that there's another town a couple dozen miles from here."
"Good. We can land there. We'll eat, sleep, and then take off for New York," Max said. We nodded. It was about a half hour ride to San Juan, New Mexico. I was sleepy and hungery by the time we got there. I was surprised I didn't drop straight out of the sky. We landed out of sight and walked into town. I had never been any farther from the School than Arizona, but I was taught geometry at age 13. I knew where everything was. We could be in Alaska and I could lead us right to Anchorage from Wainwright. (If you don't know, Wainwright is in nothern Alaska. Anchorage is in southern Alaska.) I, however, didn't know where anything was in San Juan.
"Um, excuse me, sir," I said to a man on the sidewalk. He turned to me. "Is there a TGI Fridays here?" Nudge grinned at the fact that we were still going there.
"Yo no hablo Inglés (I don't speak English)," he said. I nodded.
"¿Hay alguna TGI Fridays por aquí (Is there any TGI Fridays around here)?" I asked in Spanish. He nodded an gave us the directions. "Gracias." He walked away.
"They taught you to speak Spanish?" Fang asked as we walked in the direction the man had told us.
"And German, Russian, various African languages, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Greek-"
"Okay, we get it. They taught you a lot of languages," Fang said. "Wonder why."
"So I could talk to others when I save the world," I said. "At least that's what Jeb told me. But who could really trust him?"
"He told me the same thing," Max said. "He wants me to save the world. He probably has the same vision for all of us."
"Probably," Fang said.
"So we'll be like X-Men or something? Ooo, I wanna be Wolverine," Nudge said. I laughed at her.
"Nudge, we are not saving the world. That's for grown ups," Max said. Nudge slouched.
"Dang. I wanted some claws growning out of my hands," she said sadly. We came to a stop at the TGI Fridays. I knew we would be too tired to go find a place to stay, so we went around to the back of the building, flapped a couple times to get to the roof, and hid them there. Who would look up there?
"God, am I ever hungry," Nudge said. We walked in, attracting attention. I walked up to the podium where a woman stood.
"Do you all need something? A phone?" she asked. "Are you lost?"
"No, no, no. We're here to eat," I said. Iggy held up the credit card.
"Oh," she said, smiling a bit. "How many?"
"Seven, please," I said.
"Right this way." She started to get menus. "How many kids menus?"
"Gaz, Angel, do you want the kids' menus?" I asked them. They nodded.
"Two," I said.
"Okay then." She walked to a large table with eight seats. "Here you are. Your server will be right with you." She walked away. We took our seats, Max at the head, me and Fang next to her. Iggy was next to me, Nudge next to him. Angel was on Fangs other side, Gazzy next to her. We started looking through the menus.
"Drinks first guys," I said. A waiter came up to our table.
"Hello, my name's Michael and I'll be your server today. Can I get you all something to drink?"
"I'll have a strawberry lemonade slush, please," I said.
"Same," Iggy said.
"Mango peach lemonade slush," Fang said.
"Blue rasberry slush," Angel and Gazzy said at the same time.
"Red Bull passion slush," Max said.
"Same," Nudge said.
"Nudge, you are not getting Red Bull. You're already hyper enough," I said. She slumped in her chair.
"Then I'll have the Friday's homemade fresh lemonade," she said.
"Got ya. Are you waiting on an adult?" he asked. I shook my head.
"Nope," I said, popping the P.
"Okay, then," he said, walking away.
"I think I want the sizzling chicken and cheese," Iggy said.
"That's really good. I've had it before. I'm getting the parmesan crusted chicken," I said. Iggy nodded.
"I'm having 2 orders of the kids ribs," Gazzy said.
"Or you could just get what I'm getting, the baby back ribs from the grown ups' menu," Nudge said. "It'd be the same thing and it would save Jab some money."
"True. Okay, I'm getting that."
"Chicken tenders. Two orders of them," Angel said. I looked at her in concern.
"Honey, you should eat more. They didn't feed you much at the School and you were there for a while," I said.
"Jab's right. You need to eat," Max said.
"Hmm, then how about I get something off the grown ups' menu?" she asked. I nodded and handed her the menu. She slowly sounded stuff out.
"Ooo, I want the Jack Daniel's chicken with fries and a garden salad," she said. I nodded.
"I'll get the grilled shrimp scampi & salmon," Max said.
"I'm getting the 10 oz. Sirloin & Shrimp Scampi," Fang said.
"So, we're all situated?" I asked. They nodded. "Okay then." The waiter came back with our drinks.
"Does anyone know what they want?" he asked.
"We're ready to order," I said. "I want the parmesan crusted chicken."
"I'll have the sizzling chicken and cheese," Iggy ordered.
"Baby back ribs, full rack," Nudge said.
"Same," said Gazzy.
"I'll have the Jack Daniel's chicken," Angel said.
"Your two sides?" Michael asked like she was an adult.
"Fries and a garden salad, please," she said sweetly.
"I'll get the 10 oz. sirloin & grilled shrimp," Fang said. "Baked potato and cesar salad."
"I'm getting the grilled shrimp scampi and salmon," Max said.
"Two sides?"
"Cesar salad and string beans," she said.
"Your food will be out in about 15 or 20 minutes. Any appatizers while you wait?"
"You guys in the mood for cheese sticks?" I asked. They nodded. "2 orders of mozzarella sticks, please."
"Right away, ma'am," he said, going back into the kitchen.
"Ugh. I am so hungry," Nudge said, taking a drink of her lemonade.
"Ditto," I said, leaning my head against Iggy's shoulder. He started to stroke my hair.
"This is our first time eating big like this, in a resteraunt and all," Gazzy said, lookingaround at the old stuff they had on the walls. There was stuff like an old bike, an Elvis casette, and a black and white picture of a blimp. "This place is cool."
"Sure is. I remember the first time I came to TGI Fridays. It was when I first mated with Cam. He took me out on the town and we ate here for lunch. The waiter looked at me crazy when I told him my order."
"What'd you get?" Gazzy asked.
"2 racks of Jack Daniel's ribs and a large cesar salad," I said.
"Of course he would look at you weird. That's a lot of food for a seemingly normal 13 year old to eat," Fang said.
"No, duh, Captain Obvious," I said. The waiter came back with our mozzarella sticks.
"Thanks," I said. I split them between us seven. There were 3 left over. "What are we doing with these 3?"
"You're paying, so you have them," Angel said.
"Thank you, Angel," I said. We finished those pretty quickly, with absolutly no effect on my hunger. "How long has it been since we first ordered?"
"'Bout 12 minutes," Max said. I nodded.
"Can you show me whatever it is you and Fang do with electricity now? Like, near the bathroom?" Iggy asked. I looked at Fang and he nodded. We got up and went into the hallway where the bathrooms were. Me and Fang pressed out hands together and pulled back, the webs weaving between them. Iggy's eyes got wide.
"That's awesome," he said.
"Go get Gazzy," I said. "He hasn't see this yet."
"BRB," Iggy said, running out the hall. He came back with Gazzy.
"What's up, g-" His words cut off when he saw the electric spider webs between mine and Fang's hands. "Whoa." His eyes got so wide I thought they would pop out of his head.
"Yeah, we just recently found out what we're capable of," Fang said.
"That's so cool," he said.
"We should probably get back to the flock," I said. Me and Fang closed our hands, ending the web. We walked back to the table. Our food was sitting there, steaming and yummy looking.
"Food came while you were gone," Angel said through a mouthful of food. I sat down and dug in.
"Mmmm, so good," I said. Iggy dug right into his food, and so did Fang and Gazzy.
"Oh, my God. This is amazing," Iggy moaned.
"Heaven, that's what this is," Gazzy said. We didn't talk after that. We just ate, moaning every once and a while. When we all finished, we sat back. Looking at everyone's stomachs, all of us still had flat stomachs.
"Anyone got room for dessert?" I asked. There was a round of yeses. "'Kay." I put my hand up. "Michael," I called. He walked up.
"Yes, ma'am?" he asked politely.
"What do you guys want?" I asked.
"The brownie obsession looks really good," Max said, looking at the dessert menu. Everyone nodded.
"Okay, so we'll each have a brownie obsession. Hold the pecans on mine," I said.
"Pecans? Yuck. None on mine, either," Nudge said.
"Same here," Angel said.
"Be right back," Michaels said. Wow, those kids have big appetites. It's a wonder they're all so skinny. But they're all really nice and polite. They're parents must have raised them right, I heard him think. I giggled.
"What?" Fang asked.
"Michael was just thinking about our huge appetites and how we're all so skinny, despite our food habits," I said. They laughed a bit. A couple minutes later, Michael came back with 7 plates of brownies with vanilla ice cream on top, carmel and chocolate drizzled on top. Only 4 of them had pecans on top. The other 3 were pecan-less.
"Thank you," I said as he set them in front of us.
"Your very welcome. You all are now my favorite party," he said, smiling.
"You're our favorite waiter," I said.
"I'm honored," he said. He walked away. I dug into my dessert, finishing it in a matter of minutes.
"I'm stuffed," I said, sitting back and patting my stomach.
"Same," Max said.
"Ditto," Nudge said.
"Couldn't eat anything else," Iggy said.
"You guys might want to sleep far from me tonight," Gazzy said.
"Good to know," Fang said.
"No more food," Angel groaned. When we got our bill, everyone's but my eyes practically popped out of their heads. I shrugged.
"That card is bottomless," I said. "It charges automatically to the School." Everyone smiled. I paid and we left. Fang had to carry Max. She had fallen asleep. I smiled at Fang as he carried Max in his arms.
Shut up, he thought toward me.
"What?" I mouthed.
Twin telepathy, remember? I know you're thinking about the possabilities of a mating. I think you're wrong, though, he thought. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm never wrong," I mouthed, turning away. Angel was sound asleep in Iggy's arms. I was carrying my bag and Angel's bag. Fang was carrying his and Max's.
"Here. You want Angel's? It's lighter," I said holding out the bag. He nodded and took Max's bag off his shoulder, handing it to me, and taking Angels little pink one. I checked us into a nearby motel. We would only be her till tomorrow, so I didn't bother getting us a big suite. It was still nice, Two king sized beds, a bathroom, and a small kitchen.
"Me, Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy can fit on one bed. Then Fang, Max, and Angel can be on the other bed," I said. Fang laid Max on the bed. Iggy did the same with Angel. Fang climbed in next to Max and pulled the covers over them all.
"Aww, they're so cute," Nudge said when Fang fell asleep.
"Yeah. But we better get to bed. We have a 7 hour ride ahead of us, and we need as much energy as possible," I said. She nodded and climbed into bed. Gazzy went into bed next to her. Me and Iggy got in next to them. He wrapped his arms around me as I pulled up the covers.
"Night, Ig," I said, settling into his arms. "Looks like we can't stack fists, seeing as half the flock's asleep." Iggy chuckled and kissed my forehead.
"Go to sleep," he said. I closed my eyes and soon fell into a dream. It was about the flock. We were flying high above what looked like Africa. What the?
Heyo! It's Rico! How'd you like it? So now Iggy can see. I don't know why I chose TGI Friday's. It's just a personal favorite of mine. If you haven't read FANG, which I haven't, but have read the first few chapters, it starts with the flock flying over Africa. That's what Jab's dream was. She can now see the future. So, I guess that's it. I have much the same questions as the last chapter, only without the third one:
1) Should I have Max and Fang figure out they are mated or should Jab tell them?
2) Should the Voice still be there?
4) Should there be an IggyxJab Lemon? FangxMax?
'Kay, so I'm leaving it to you. Please help. Lovies. 3
Love,
The 'Fine Little Mama' (one of the perves from when they were in Arizona going to TGIF's called Jab that)
