Me: HEY! For all you Americans out there reading this, guess what time it is in Australia when I wrote this?
I'll give you time to guess:
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Me: TWO IN THE MORNING!!!!!
Iggy: Now, would anyone like to ask why we are up at two in the morning?
Me: Iggy, why are we up at two in the morning?
Iggy: Because you were reading fanfiction and you suddenly got the urge to update this story!!!!
Me: -snickers- I just wanted to update cause I have a chapter written, but I was too lazy to put it up :D
Iggy: -sighs- Which lead to waking me up at two in the morning to help you write the author note.
Me: Yeah, pretty much. Thanx to:
Razamataz
6464MiniDiceofRandomness
Midge 1012
Nova Ride
Rainbow Wings
for all the reviews :D They made me happy :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Iggy: -yawns- Bell, Jov's asleep...
Me: Yeah, we had a party and she's reeeeeaaaaalllllyyyyy tired.
Iggy: And why aren't you good like that?
Me: -shrugs- I don't get tired easily...
Iggy: Great, I get stuck with the person that stays up all the time....
Me: Whatever, on with the chapter!!!!
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I woke up on a large bed in a very old rundown apartment. The walls were an ugly green color that I wouldn't recommend for my worst enemies to wear. The plaster was also staring to fall away and crack because of age. There was one small window, but that was the only source of light and the room was extremely cramped, making it hard to move around.
My eyes then wandered over the bed that I was lying on, with its tattered blankets and old dirty pillows. I slowly sat up and looked around, bewildered, trying to figure out where I was. I then realized that I still had that weird clock thing with me, but it was broken. The face had a large crack across the front of its and the hands weren't moving like they used to. I tapped it with my finger, but got no response. I sighed and walked over to the window and looked out.
To put it simply, I was horrified by what I saw.
I couldn't see the sky at all! There was just this layer of smog that seemed to linger over the city like a blanket. Cars were speeding up and down the ugly tarmac roads and letting out more exhaust fumes as they went along. But what really surprised me the most was the city. The buildings all looked the same as before, apart from one small difference.......
Most had 'Itex' signs written across the tops.
This doesn't make any sense! I thought angrily. Where am I?
I angrily turned away from the window and picked the clock up off the bed. I then opened the door and was about to storm out when I stopped dead in my tracks. I was in a living room and the TV was quietly playing some random show that I'd never seen in my life. But what shocked me wasn't what was on the television; it was the fact that there was a person sitting on the sofa with a beer watching the TV. And as soon as I had opened the door, the man had become alarmed and stood up. He turned to face me, eyes wild, and looked around the room with a frightened expression. He wore an old dark blue jumper, and ripped and tattered jeans. In his hand, he held one of those white stick things that blind people used to find their way around..........
And that's when it hit me.
He also had strawberry blonde hair and blue unseeing eyes.
I knew him.
But what I didn't understand was that this man was in his twenties, and Iggy was only fourteen last time I checked.
"Who's there?!" He asked pointing the stick in my direction, threatening me with it. He slowly approached, moving his stick to and fro, until he gently tapped my leg.
"Who are you and what are you doing in my apartment?!" He asked angrily.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Iggy looked like he had gone mad. Where were the rest of the flock? What happened?
Tears started to flow down my cheeks for the second time that day.
"Iggy," I whispered, holding back a sob. "What happened to you?"
Iggy's eyes widened in horror as he heard my voice but, after a few minutes, he just shook his head sadly, before returning to the sofa.
"I'm hearing the voices again.......all the time.......never leave me alone.........Nudge is gone........they all are.........never coming back......" He muttered as he went back to listening to the TV.
I put the clock on a small spare table before walking over and kneeling in front of the sofa. I then took both his hands in mine. "Iggy, it's me. You're not imagining this! I fell through a portal thing and ended up here. Please help me, I'm so confused! I don't know what to do and....." I trailed off as more tears fell down my cheeks, and I began sobbing into his jeans.
After a few moments of this, he moved and sat down next to me. With tears in his own eyes, he wrapped his arms around me. "Nudge....." He murmured quietly.
"Yeah," I managed to get out.
"It's been a long time," he said quietly.
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After a few minutes, we then separated from the hug and he trailed his light fingers across my face lightly like feathers. "But, you sound and feel the same. How can this be?"
"I'm not sure, but it has something to do with a clock thing that I found."
"So.....................time travel?" Iggy asked, raising an eyebrow.
I never thought of that. Leave it to Iggy to come up with something completely unexpected.
"I guess so.......Iggy, what happened to the flock?" I asked.
Iggy's expression changed from happiness, to immense sadness. I was suddenly afraid of the answer to my question.
"After you and the man left through that portal thing, the flyboys split us up. We easily found each other again, but it ended up in a fight. We then went our separate ways and did different things........That was six years ago Nudge."
I looked at him in disbelief.
"But, you were a family! How could you break up after one meaningless fight?!" I honestly didn't know what to say. I, NUDGE, was speechless! I couldn't believe that the flock weren't together anymore.
"It was.........it was a big fight." Iggy said biting his lip.
"Why didn't you get back together?! We were supposed to be together forever! Remember? IGGY!" I shouted.
This couldn't be true, I wouldn't believe it. Suddenly something clicked.
"Wait a minute! How could this be the flocks fault? This whole problem started when the guy in the grey suit came into our lives. So, all we have to do is find him and get him to fix all this!"
Iggy sighed, "What do you mean 'we?'" He asked as he got up and started to wander into the corner (which looked like a kitchen), crashing into a chair on the way. He filled up a cup of water and came back to the sofa, managing to crash into the same chair on the way.
"I can't find my way around like I used to, Nudge."
"What do you mean?" I asked feeling confused.
"What I mean is, after the flock split up, I started to find it harder and harder to get around. I forget where things are and, well, I'm just hopeless, okay?!" He said sounding angry. Not at me, but more at himself.
I sat on the sofa with him and squeezed his hand. "It's okay Iggy. You'll have me, come on, we'll go find the flock. And then we'll fix all this!"
Iggy sighed and then shook his head, "Nudge, I-I'm not going with you. You don't want me with you, I'll just hold you back, trust me."
I started to get angry, "You won't hold me back! I need you to help me, how can you turn me down?! I'm family!" I shouted at him, feeling overwhelmed in anger.
"BECAUSE!" Iggy shouted back as he reached into his pocket and handed something to me. It was a container. I read the label and then my eyes widened in shock.
Antidepressants.
Iggy was on drugs.
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Iggy: So....I'm some crazy crackpot on drugs?
Me: -thinks- Yeah.
Iggy: Okay then. I can't wait to find out what has become of Max then.
Me: You will soon, I already have that chapter written, so it should be VERY soon :D Now, I'm so tired that I can hardly keep my eyes open! BED?!
Iggy: PLEASE!!!
Me and Ig: Night everyone :D
Bell and Ig :D