Yes! I made it to chapter two! All right I didn't say this before, but I plan on updating every other day or so, so keep checking in if you want to of course. By the way, I have decided that ninjas aren't that capable of world domination, more like assassinating people. I am on the look out for something better, but what…

Disclaimer: I don't own MR, this sit h e last time I shall say it, because I'm pretty sure you got the point in chapter 1. Hope you enjoy anyway.

Chapter 2: Welcome to my Nightmere

I woke up feeling… funny, almost weak, like I had just run across the state under the hot sun. Immediately I looked around making sure that I hadn't been kidnapped during the night.

Okay everything was fine, I was probably just a little light headed from having the voice back in my head, nothing to worry about…And yet I had this funny feeling. I sat up and saw that the other girls beds where all packed up and put away, and somehow I had managed to crawl into Ella's bed during the course of the night. Great, now I sleep walk as well. That's all I needed-sleep walking and having nightmares at the same time.

I figured Angel and Nudge where with the others downstairs grabbing lunch and getting ready for another day of listening to those stupid protesters outside. I'd give anything to have the power to teleport so I could take them all and dump them somewhere in like Mexico or something.

I waited for the voice to chime in with one of its fortune cookie sayings about violence and how it should stop…blah, blah, blah. I had really had it with the Voice. As if I wasn't crazy enough without it.

I got up, and walked into the bathroom, turning on the shower to full blast and watching as a small cloud of steam began to rise. That's another great thing about being normal; you can shower every freaking day. Before this, we were lucky if we even got water to drink. I got in and began to wash myself, taking all of yesterdays grime off. I wiped the soapy wash-cloth up my arms and face, staring at the place where my scar should have been. I then moved to my smooth and scrubbed real hard, making sure I got all the grime off my soiled…wait what?

I dropped the rag and ran my finger down my smooth back my wingless normal back. I stood there for a few seconds letting the water fall on my head, just starring at the wall. My throat closed and I nearly chocked. Okay Max, just chill, this all a bad dream, you're dreaming, everything will be fine when you wake up. I said in my mind, I took a deep breath, and then screamed. I was completely numb, and didn't move as I listened to someone come running up the stairs.

"What's wrong Max?" Ella yelled bursting in and peeking in the shower.

"What's wrong? Oh nothing, besides THE FACT THAT MY WINGS ARE MISSING! I'm…I'm…NORMAL!" I yelled.

Ella just stared at her for a second then slowly backed away.

"Of course you're normal, you've always been normal. I mean I don't even think it's possible to have wings... I could go get mom if you want though, maybe to check you out or something."

I shook my head and grabbed a tow drying myself off. "No, I'm fine; I just was um…sleep-showering. I should be fine" I stammered, realizing Ella had no idea what I was talking about.

"You sure your okay? I could go get mom." She said slowly

"Yeah I'm fine." I watched as Ella left, and then ran my hand over my back just to make sure my wings hadn't managed to magically re-appear.

It was then that realization set in.

I'm… normal? I don't have to save the world daily? There's no voice running through my head, invading my personal space? We no longer have to worry about going day-to-day running for our lives and living off garbage cans and dumpsters?

Then shock. Oh, God. I have no wings, I have no power.

And, lastly panic. Oh, oh, oh crap. I don't have wings! How am I supposed to get away quickly? What about the rest of the Flock? How am I supposed to fight the Eraser, how am I supposed to defend the Flock and keep them safe. Crap. Crap!

Angel? Angel, where are you? I thought the words quickly. What sort of sick test was this? What were they doing to her and her flock now? Where they okay? Was my flock even alive?

I closed my eyes. Think, Max, think. This can't be happening. This can't be happening. There's no way even the White Coats could cut off your wings, leave no scars, and erase everyone's memory. Even if there was, you'd probably be dead by now, Right? Okay think! What could have happened? The Flock has to be around somewhere, maybe if I could fly to the School and…Oh right, no wings. I hated not knowing what was going on, I hated not being in control.

This is what it's like t be normal…This is how it feels. I thought I heard the Voice, but then maybe it was just my own silent mind making up for its absence. Well, I guess maybe this was worse than having wings, worse them constantly on the run. But for right now I had to find the flock, I had to make sure that they were all okay.

Make a plan, and follow it. Obviously I couldn't go around like some mad person who thought she could fly, I had to act normal, to try and fit in to this sick game the white coats had devised this time. I had to locate the Flock, if they even existed and I had to make sure they were all okay. What if I wasn't the only one who got my wings removed? What if the rest of the Flock was like this as well? What would happen if the Erasers found out and came for us? We would be totally helpless!

I walked out of the shower and into what I assumed was now my room, dressing quickly and running down stairs, hoping to find at least one of the Flock members down here. All I found was Ella and Dr. Martinez sitting down at the table, eating breakfast and getting ready for a busy Monday morning. Normal I though. Yeah right, the only time I've ever been close to normal was when I lived with the creepy school director, and I ended up kicking Eraser butt in the end.

"Everything okay?" Dr. Martinez asked.

"Uh…yeah fine, I just had a little freak out in the bathroom, I should be okay though."

"What happened?" Mom asked.

"Just a bad dream. I guess the shower really woke me up. Nothing big." I grabbed a piece of toast and for the first time realized I wasn't all that hungry. Right, no wings no enhancement, no hunger. Great, now I was miss little appetite. Okay, so what next, I find out that Jeb is normal, and just happens to be the good guy?

"Max, honey, you look like you've seen a ghost. Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah." I said trying to sound confident, but failing miserably.

"Hey Max, Nick called and was wondering if you wanted him to pick you up." Ella said putting the phone down. "He'll be by in five."

"Who? Where am I going?"

Ella and Mom stared at me like I was an Alien from planet Z, and come t think of it, anything would be better then what they were about to tell me. I stared at them and Dr. Martinez stood and took my temperature. I backed away and sat at the table, trying to busy myself with something, anything.

You need to fit in. Right, I need to fit in, how am I supposed to do that if all I'm used to is not fitting in? This was going to be hard then I thought.

"Are you sure you're feeling okay?

"Yeah, why?" I said shrugging it all off.

"Because you've forgotten your boyfriend, and you seem to also have forgotten the fact that you go to school? You know, Nick is in every one of your classes, you two are almost inseparable." Ella said like it was obvious.

"Right, and I'm the tooth fairy…Really Ella?"

"Don't you remember? Tall, wears all black, emo?"

Boyfriend? BOYFRIEND! Whoa, hold it, the School had defiantly taken it too far now more then ever I needed to find the flock, I needed to confirm the fact that I wasn't going crazy, but there was the slight chance that I was.

Nick…Nick? Then it clicked. Oh my gosh, I must be in one of those reality rooms at the school, the very one we had been in several months ago, the very one that made us feel like crap once the whole testing was complete. All this was just images and places being transmitted into my mind. Either that or I was going completely insane, which didn't surprise me. I always did suspect I was going crazy, first the voice and now this.

"Uhh…Yeah, I'm just really off today. I had the worst nightmare last night, and I'm still trying to get over it." I lied easily.

"What about?" My mom asked picking up her purse and staring to head out the door."

"Oh, it was weird I had to like, save the world. The only thing I was this freak with wings, and people where against me having wings, and these wolf things called Erasers. It was totally crazy."

"Yeah, that does sound crazy. Oh Max!" she called from the other room.

"Yeah?"

"Don't forget your father's party later today!"

"Wouldn't dream of it," I said.

Ella came up behind me and handed me a small messenger bag, which I assumed I was supposed to use for school.

"Nick will be by soon." She said as the Bus drove up. Ella ran out the door and stepped on the giant yellow metal death trap I would never let the Flock ride, but the Flock wasn't here and chances were the bus would be fine. I took a deep breath as a small black car drove up and honked. I tried to smile and slowly opened the door. I slowly slipped in and put my bag in the back, not even looking at Nick.

"You okay?" he asked worried.

"No, not really, long night, and crazy morning. I'll be okay though" I said looking straight ahead.

"You want to talk about it?" he asked, and for a second his voice seemed vaguely familiar. I turned to take a look at my so called boyfriend, and nearly flipped out. There sitting next to me was none other the Fang, right down to his favorite black leather Jacket and deep dark eyes that seemed to stare into your very soul.

"Oh my gosh…" and the next thing I knew, my entire world faded into black nothingness.

HAHAHA! cliffe! i promis to havethe next one up in a day or two depending on how much time i have.

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-Mo